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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
ECOSTRESS Tiled Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Instantaneous L2 Global 70 m V003 003 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters COG
ECOSTRESS Tiled Surface Energy Balance Instantaneous L3 Global 70 m V002 002 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-10 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters COG
ECOSTRESS Tiled Top of Atmosphere Calibrated Radiance Instantaneous L1C Global 70 m V002 002 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters COG
ECOSTRESS Tiled Water Use Efficiency Instantaneous L4 Global 70 m V002 002 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-10 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters COG
ECOSTRESS Tiled Water Use Efficiency Instantaneous L4 Global 70 m v003 003 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters COG
Ecosystem Demography Model: Scaling Vegetation Dynamics Across South America 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31

N: 15 S: -15 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
Ecosystem Demography Model: U.S. Ecosystem Carbon Stocks and Fluxes, 1700-1990 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1700-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 52 S: 21.5 E: -30.5 W: -164.5

multiple
Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: ANL (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CO2 ANALYZERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, OZONE SENSOR, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-26 to 1989-08-13

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: GSFC (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, OZONE SENSOR, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-06-26 to 1987-10-17

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: UK (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CO2 ANALYZERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-14 to 1989-08-16

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: UNL (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CO2 ANALYZERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-28 to 1989-08-13

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: USGS (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-25 to 1987-10-17

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
EMIT L2B Estimated Mineral Identification and Band Depth and Uncertainty 60 m V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters netCDF-4
EMIT L2B Fractional Cover and Uncertainty 60 m V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-09 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters x 60 Meters COG
EMIT L3 Aggregated Mineral Spectral Abundance and Uncertainty 0.5 Deg V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-10 to 2023-07-30

N: 55 S: -54.5 E: 179.5 W: -165

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
EMIT L3 Aggregated Mineral Spectral Abundance and Uncertainty 0.5 Deg V002 002 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2022-08-10 to 2024-01-20

N: 55 S: -54.5 E: 179.5 W: -165

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
ERS-1 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

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

ERS-1 Level 1 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

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

ERS-2 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

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

ERS-2 Level 1 Product 1 ERS-2 SAR 1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04

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

Export and Leaching of Carbon and Nitrogen from Mississippi River Basin, 1901-2099 1 MODELS Computer 1901-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 53 S: 24.5 E: -62 W: -126

multiple
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) data in netCDF Version1A NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2022-12-13 to 2024-04-02 NetCDF-4
Fast Longwave And SHortwave Fluxes (FLASHflux) NOAA-20 Clouds and Radiative Swath (SSF) Version1B Version1B NOAA-20 CERES-FM6 2023-10-01 to Present netCDF-4
Field Data on Soils, Vegetation, and Fire History for Alaska Tundra Sites, 1972-2020 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS, THERMOMETERS 1972-08-01 to 2020-08-15

N: 71.334 S: 61.1397 E: -141.683 W: -166.41

CSV
FIFE CDROM Vol. 3 Contents: NS001 Thematic Mapper Simulator (TMS) Imagery, 1987-1989 1 C-130 TMS 1987-06-04 to 1989-08-11

N: 39.0833 S: 39.0833 E: -96.5833 W: -96.5833

multiple

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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