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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 Datasets

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Dataset Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
BOREAS HYD-06 Moss/Humus Moisture Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW TUBE, BALANCE 1993-09-09 to 1994-09-05

N: 55.94 S: 53.64 E: -98.23 W: -105.32

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-08 DEM Data over the NSA-MSA and SSA-MSA in UTM Projection 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31

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

Binary
BOREAS Landsat MSS Imagery: Digital Counts 1 LANDSAT-1, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-2 MSS 1972-08-21 to 1988-09-05

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

Binary
BOREAS Landsat TM Level-3a Imagery: Scaled At-Sensor Radiance in BSQ Format 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 TM 1984-06-22 to 1996-07-30

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.23

multiple
BOREAS Landsat TM Level-3b Imagery: At-Sensor Radiance in BSQ Format 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1984-06-22 to 1996-07-30

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.34 W: -106.32

Shapefile
BOREAS Landsat TM Level-3p Imagery: Geocoded and Scaled At-Sensor Radiance 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1988-08-20 to 1994-07-07

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

Binary
BOREAS Landsat TM Level-3s Imagery: Scaled At-Sensor Radiance in LGSOWG Format 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1984-06-22 to 1996-07-30

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

multiple
BOREAS Level-0 AOCI Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format 1 NASA ER-2 AOCI 1994-07-21 to 1994-07-21

N: 54.46 S: 52.98 E: -104.93 W: -105.91

Binary
BOREAS Level-0 TIMS Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format 1 C-130 TIMS 1994-04-16 to 1994-09-17

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

Binary
BOREAS Level-1B TIMS Imagery: At Sensor Radiance in BSQ Format 1 C-130 TIMS 1994-04-16 to 1994-09-17

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

Binary
BOREAS Level-3b AVHRR-LAC Imagery: Scaled At-Sensor Radiance in LGSOWG Format 1 NOAA-11, NOAA-12, NOAA-14, NOAA-9 AVHRR 1994-01-30 to 1996-09-18

N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Binary
BOREAS Level-3S SPOT Imagery: Scaled At-Sensor Radiance in LGSOWG Format 1 SPOT-2, SPOT-3 HRV 1994-04-17 to 1996-08-30

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

Binary
BOREAS Level-4b AVHRR-LAC Ten-Day Composite Images: At-Sensor Radiance 1 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1994-04-11 to 1994-09-10

N: 61.01 S: 50.03 E: -93.29 W: -115.41

BMP
BOREAS Level-4c AVHRR-LAC Ten-Day Composite Images: Surface Parameters 1 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1994-04-11 to 1994-09-10

N: 61.01 S: 48.83 E: -93.29 W: -115.41

BMP
BOREAS NS001 TMS Level-0 Images in BIL Format 1 C-130 NS-001 TMS 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-19

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

Binary
BOREAS NS001 TMS Level-2 Images: Reflectance and Temperature in BSQ Format 1 C-130 NS-001 TMS 1994-04-19 to 1994-09-16

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

Binary
BOREAS Regional DEM in Raster Format and AEAC Projection 1 DEM DIGITIZER 1993-08-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 58.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Binary
BOREAS Regional Soils Data in Raster Format and AEAC Projection 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1991-01-01 to 1991-12-31

N: 59.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Binary
BOREAS RSS-01 PARABOLA SSA Surface Reflectance and Transmittance Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PARABOLA 1994-04-16 to 1996-07-30

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-02 Extracted Reflectance Factors Derived from ASAS Imagery 1 C-130 ASAS 1994-05-24 to 1996-07-20

N: 53.99 S: 53.24 E: -104.62 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-03 Reflectance Measured from a Helicopter-Mounted Barnes MMR 1 HELICOPTER MMR 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-19

N: 55.97 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

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BOREAS RSS-03 Reflectance Measured from a Helicopter-Mounted SE-590 1 HELICOPTER SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1994-05-31 to 1994-09-16

N: 56 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-07 Landsat TM LAI Images of the SSA and NSA 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1991-06-06 to 1994-06-09

N: 58.98 S: 50.09 E: -93.5 W: -111

Binary
BOREAS RSS-07 Regional LAI and FPAR Images From Ten-Day AVHRR-LAC Composites 1 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1994-04-09 to 1994-09-10

N: 61.01 S: 48.83 E: -93.29 W: -115.41

Binary
BOREAS RSS-08 BIOME-BGC Model Simulations at Tower Flux Sites in 1994 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 55.9 S: 53.63 E: -98.29 W: -106.2

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Land Surface Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
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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