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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
JERS-1_NORTH_AMERICA_MOSAICS 1 JERS-1 SAR 1997-10-01 to 1998-09-01
KMZ for ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

L2 Daily Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from ERS-2 GOME, 1995-2003 1 ERS-2 GOME 1995-07-01 to 2003-06-22

N: 85.42 S: -84.3661 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
L2 Daily Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from MetOp-A GOME-2, 2007-2018, V2 2 METOP-A GOME-2 2007-02-01 to 2018-02-01

N: 89.5996 S: -89.7804 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4 classic
L2 Daily Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from MetOp-B GOME-2, 2013-2021 1 METOP-B GOME-2 2013-04-01 to 2021-06-07

N: 89.5944 S: -89.7694 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
L2 Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from SCIAMACHY, 2003-2012 1 ENVISAT SCIAMACHY 2003-01-01 to 2012-04-08

N: 70 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Land Cover and Ecosystem Map Collection for Northern Alaska 1 COMPUTERS, LANDSAT Computer, MSS, TM 1976-08-04 to 2014-09-01

N: 71.5422 S: 65.5592 E: -130 W: -169.712

multiple
Land Cover and Land Use Classification for the State of New Hampshire, 1996-2001 1 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 1996-07-22 to 2001-12-01

N: 45.305 S: 42.6947 E: -70.6608 W: -72.5931

GeoTIFF
Land Cover and Vegetation Map, Arctic National Wildlife Refuge 1 LANDSAT, HELICOPTER, FIELD SURVEYS, DEM TM, CAMERA, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, Computer 1982-06-01 to 1993-08-31

N: 70.7117 S: 68.8981 E: -140.322 W: -147.051

GeoTIFF
Land Cover and Vegetation Map Collection for Seward Peninsula, Alaska 1 COMPUTERS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, LANDSAT Computer, CAMERAS, MSS 1976-06-01 to 1999-09-01

N: 66.9519 S: 63.9658 E: -159.19 W: -168.542

multiple
Land Cover Classification, Snow Cover, and Fractional Snow-Covered Area Maps from Maxar WorldView Satellite Images V001 1 WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 CAMERA 2015-05-20 to 2019-05-05

N: 39.17614 S: 38.86785 E: -108.03228 W: -108.2981

,

N: 48.67272 S: 48.48144 E: -120.993 W: -121.20371

,

N: 48.44172 S: 48.26972 E: -120.93261 W: -121.17953

GeoTIFF
Land Surface Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Product L3 V1(LANDMET) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
Land Surface Model (LSM 1.0) for Ecological, Hydrological, Atmospheric Studies 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1996-01-15 to 1996-01-15

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

multiple
Land Use and Cover Maps from Landsat, Mawas, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1994-2019 1 LANDSAT-8, MODELS, LANDSAT-5 OLI, Computer, TM 1994-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: -2.16208 S: -2.56094 E: 114.648 W: 114.356

GeoTIFF
Land Use and Land Cover Change Projection in the ABoVE Domain 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 80 S: 49 E: -81 W: -169

netCDF-4
LANDMET Ancillary ISCCP Surface Type Data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_ST) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
LANDMET Ancillary Monthly Mean Effective and Spectral Albedo Data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_TESA) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
LANDMET Ancillary Monthly Mean Thermal Effective Infrared and Microwave Emissivity Data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_TEIME) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
LANDMET Ancillary Soil Moisture data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_SM) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
Landsat-Derived Global Irrigated-Cropland Product L1 2020 30 m V002 002 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters GeoTIFF
Landsat-Derived Global Irrigated-Cropland Product L2 2020 30 m V002 002 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters GeoTIFF
Landsat-Derived Global Rainfed and Irrigated-Cropland Product 30 m V001 001 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2014-01-01 to 2017-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters GeoTIFF
Landsat-derived Global Rainfed and Irrigated-Cropland Product L3 2020 30 m V002 002 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters GeoTIFF
Landsat-Derived Global Rainfed-Cropland Product L1 2020 30 m V002 002 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters GeoTIFF
Landsat-Derived Global Rainfed-Cropland Product L2 2020 30 m V002 002 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2019-01-01 to 2021-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters GeoTIFF
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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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