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Land Surface Data Access and Tools

NASA data provide key measurements of Earth’s land, allowing researchers to accurately understand its composition, processes, uses, and interactions. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Land Surface Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
ASF MapReady Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data Processing
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
Giovanni Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting
RTC Stack Processor The radiometric terrain correction (RTC) stack processor tool facilitates time-series analysis of such phenomena as flooding events, deforestation, or glacier retreat. Analysis, Processing, Search and Discovery, Visualization
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
Vertex Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
MASTER: Western Diversity Time Series Campaign, WDTS, Spring 2023 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2023-03-31 to 2023-05-02 CALIFORNIA, NEVADA N: 43.069 S: 30.4 E: -112.5 W: -129.563 multiple
MASTER: Western Diversity Time Series Campaign, WDTS, Spring 2024 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2024-06-04 to 2024-06-28 CALIFORNIA, NEVADA N: 40.98 S: 31.95 E: -112.5 W: -123.75 multiple
MASTER: Wildfire and farmland mapping, California, July, 2004 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2004-07-20 to 2004-07-21 CALIFORNIA N: 45.089 S: 33.0756 E: -116.719 W: -124.097 multiple
Mean Annual Fluxes of Carbon in Coastal Ecosystems of Eastern North America MODELS Computer 1976-01-01 to 2017-12-31 N: 45 S: 25 E: -65 W: -85 CSV
MEaSUREs Vegetation Continuous Fields (VCF) Yearly Global 0.05 Deg V001 NOAA-7, NOAA-9, NOAA-11, NOAA-14, TERRA AVHRR, MODIS 1982-01-01 to 2016-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF
Mechanistic Module for Soil Nitrogen Emissions for CMAQ Model, North America, 2011 MODELS Computer 2011-04-21 to 2011-04-21 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, MEXICO, CANADA N: 51.5525 S: 25.0697 E: -59.1328 W: -128.742 netCDF-3
Meteorology (OTTER) METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS 1989-05-27 to 1991-01-07 N: 45.06 S: 44.38 E: -121.68 W: -123.94 ASCII
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: MA Biodiversity MODELS Computer 1950-01-01 to 2001-12-31 CANADA, ANGUILLA, ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA, ARUBA, AUSTRALIA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Excel, Shapefile, Grid
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: MA Climate and Land Cover MODELS Computer 1901-01-01 to 2000-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Grid, Shapefile
Millennium Ecosystem Assessment: MA Rapid Land Cover Change MODELS Computer 1901-01-01 to 2015-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Grid, Shapefile
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