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AVIRIS-Classic: L2 Calibrated Reflectance, Facility Instrument Collection, V1 1 NOAA Twin Otter, NASA ER-2, NASA WB-57F AVIRIS 2008-06-11 to Present

N: 48.6945 S: 18.5747 E: -81.0205 W: -171.842

multiple
AVIRIS-NG L2 Surface Reflectance, Facility Instrument Collection, V1 1 NOAA Twin Otter, NASA ER-2, DHC-6, B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2014-06-21 to Present

N: 84.356 S: 9.19806 E: 88.8094 W: -166.652

ENVI
AVUELO AVIRIS-3 Orthocorrected Surface Reflectance (provisional calibration) 1 King Air AVIRIS-3 2025-02-06 to 2025-02-28

N: 10.9103 S: 7.14833 E: -79.3211 W: -85.7053

netCDF-4
Baseline Wetland Type and Land Cover Map of the Great Lakes Basin, 2010 1 LANDSAT-5, COMPUTERS, ALOS TM, Computer, PALSAR 2007-04-01 to 2011-04-15

N: 52.5534 S: 38.712 E: -71.5681 W: -97.2815

multiple
BDSNP Module for Improved Soil NO Emission Estimates for CMAQ Model, Conterminous USA 1 MODELS Computer 1950-01-01 to 2016-11-16

N: 51.76 S: 22.75 E: -65 W: -129.79

netCDF-3
BigFoot Land Cover Surfaces for North and South American Sites, 2000-2003 1 LANDSAT-7 ETM+ 2000-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 71.2719 S: -2.86 E: -54.96 W: -156.613

Shapefile
Biome-BGC: Modeling Effects of Disturbance and Climate (Thornton et al. 2002) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2002-12-02 to 2002-12-02

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
Biome-BGC: Terrestrial Ecosystem Process Model, Version 4.1.1 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-07-05 to 2000-07-05

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
BioSCape: AVIRIS-NG L2B Enhanced Surface Reflectance 1 G-III AVIRIS-NG 2023-10-22 to 2023-11-26

N: -31.2347 S: -34.9172 E: 26.2556 W: 17.7847

multiple
BioSCape: AVIRIS-NG L3 Resampled Reflectance Mosaics, V2 2 G-III AVIRIS-NG 2023-10-22 to 2023-11-26

N: -31.1561 S: -35.0059 E: 26.3231 W: 17.624

multiple
BOREAS AFM-01 NOAA/ATDD Long-EZ Aircraft Flux Data over the SSA 1 Airplane THERMISTORS, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, GUST PROBES, IRGA, PRESSURE SENSORS 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-15

N: 54.32 S: 53.42 E: -104.24 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-03 Electra 1994 Aircraft Flux and Moving Window Data 1 NCAR ELECTRA INFRARED THERMOMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, GUST PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, MVI 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-16

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-04 Twin Otter Aircraft Flux Data 1 DHC-6 INFRARED RADIOMETERS, IRGA, MMR, MVI, PYRANOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, UV OZONE DETECTORS, GUST PROBES, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-19

N: 55.95 S: 53.79 E: -98.4 W: -104.81

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31

N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114

ASCII
BOREAS AFM-12 1-km AVHRR Seasonal Land Cover Classification 1 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1992-09-30

N: 57 S: 52 E: -96 W: -108

Binary
BOREAS Agriculture Canada Central Saskatchewan Vector Soils Data, R1 2 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1980-01-01 to 2001-02-06

N: 55.0614 S: 52.8618 E: -99.8739 W: -110.451

multiple
BOREAS CanSIS Regional Soils Data in Vector Format, V2 2 FIELD SURVEYS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, MSS 1982-01-01 to 1984-12-31

N: 60 S: 49 E: -89 W: -110

CSV
BOREAS Daedalus TMS Level-0 Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format 1 NASA ER-2 TMS 1994-09-16 to 1994-09-17

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

BIL
BOREAS DEM Data over the NSA-MSA and SSA-MSA in AEAC Projection 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31

N: 56.14 S: 53.65 E: -97.98 W: -105.23

Binary
BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS Elevation Contours over the NSA and SSA ARC/Info Generate Format 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31

N: 56.06 S: 53.69 E: -98.09 W: -105.23

multiple
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-01 Landsat TM Land Cover Mosaic of the BOREAS Transect 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1991-08-09 to 1998-08-28

N: 57 S: 52 E: -96 W: -107

multiple
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-01 NBIOME Level-4 AVHRR Land Cover, Canada, Ver. 1.1, 1995 1 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1995-04-11 to 1995-11-01

N: 67 S: 34 E: -9 W: -178

multiple
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-08 POLDER Atmospherically Corrected Surface Parameters, SSA 1 C-130 POLDER 1994-06-01 to 1994-07-22

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

BMP
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-09 Moss Cover Classification at Three Area Scales 1 LANDSAT-5, NOAA-11 TM, AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

BMP
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Land Surface Data Tools

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ASF MapReady Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data Processing
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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
OB.DAAC File Search Utility Find and download instrument data archived at OB.DAAC using mission parameters or filename patterns, including support for wildcard searching on partial filenames. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser The Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser allows users to view, download, or order global composites at various spatial and temporal scales (level 3) or get results from analyses of lower-level data (level 4). Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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
SeaDAS Sea, earth, atmosphere Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) is a comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color data. Analysis, Visualization, Processing
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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