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LBA-ECO LC-03 Hypsography, Rivers, Roads, and DEM, Four Areas across Brazilian Amazon 1 MAPS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1974-01-01 to 1978-01-01

N: -2.0017 S: -10.5014 E: -54.4989 W: -68.5008

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-03 SAR Images, Land Cover, and Biomass, Four Areas across Brazilian Amazon 1 RADARSAT-1, JERS-1 SAR, DIGITIZER 1974-01-01 to 1998-06-18

N: -2.0017 S: -10.5014 E: -54.4989 W: -68.5008

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-04 Satellite/Census-Based 5-Minute Land Use Data, Amazonia: 1980 and 1995 1 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS Computer, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1995-01-01 to 1995-01-01

N: 6 S: -21 E: -45 W: -80

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-05 Biomass and Soil Properties of Fragmented Forests, Amazonas, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1987-01-01 to 2001-05-05

N: -2.333 S: -2.333 E: -60.064 W: -60.064

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Lake Sediment Nutrient Data, Lago Calado, Brazil: 1982-1984 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY DREDGING DEVICES, SEDIMENT CORERS, SPECTROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS 1982-02-01 to 1984-08-31

N: -3.269 S: -3.319 E: -60.548 W: -60.583

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Monthly Inundated Areas, Amazon, Orinoco and Pantanal Basins: 1978-1987 1 Nimbus-7 SMMR 1978-12-01 to 1987-08-31

N: 10 S: -21 E: -35 W: -80

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-07 Monthly Mean Flooded Wetlands Habitat, Central Amazon Basin: 1979-1996 1 JERS-1, Nimbus-7 SAR, SMMR 1979-01-01 to 1996-06-30

N: 0 S: -8 E: -54 W: -72

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Reflectance Spectra and Water Quality of Amazon Basin Floodplain Lakes 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY SPECTROMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, SECCHI DISKS, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS 2000-07-07 to 2000-08-02

N: -2.9583 S: -3.9811 E: -60.5264 W: -63.9014

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Wetland Extent, Vegetation, and Inundation: Lowland Amazon Basin 2 JERS-1 SAR 1995-09-01 to 1996-06-30

N: 6 S: -21.0024 E: -50 W: -80

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-08 Soil, Vegetation, and Land Cover Maps for Brazil and South America 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION DIGITIZER 1981-01-01 to 1991-12-31

N: 12.4713 S: -34.8444 E: -30 W: -81.3572

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-09 Soil Composition and Structure in the Brazilian Amazon: 1992-1995 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS CORING DEVICES, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31

N: -2.5 S: -4 E: -51 W: -54

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-09 Vegetation Composition and Structure in the Brazilian Amazon: 1992-1995 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: -1 S: -1.4 E: -53.52 W: -53.8

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-10 Landsat TM Data for Legal Amazon: 1986-1994 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 TM 1986-09-21 to 1994-09-17

N: 5.23 S: -19.68 E: -42.59 W: -75.18

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-10 Orthorectified Landsat ETM+ Data for Legal Amazon: 1999-2001 1 LANDSAT-7 ETM+ 1999-07-08 to 2001-11-13

N: 5.25 S: -24.01 E: -43.83 W: -73.65

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-13 GIS Coverages of Logged Areas, Cauaxi, Para, Brazil: 1996, 1998 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, MAPS GPS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1996-01-01 to 1998-12-31

N: -3.7313 S: -3.7313 E: -48.2906 W: -48.2906

ArcInfo Interchange
LBA-ECO LC-13 GIS Coverages of Logged Areas, Juruena, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2002 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION GPS 2002-11-12 to 2002-11-15

N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597

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LBA-ECO LC-13 GIS Coverages of Logged Areas, Tapajos Forest, Para, Brazil: 1996, 1998 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION GPS 1996-01-01 to 1998-12-31

N: -2.25 S: -3.5 E: -54 W: -56

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-14 Modeled Deforestation Scenarios, Amazon Basin: 2002-2050 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2002-01-01 to 2050-12-31

N: 12.98 S: -55.77 E: -34.29 W: -81.86

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-14 Modeled Soil and Plant Water Balance, Amazon Basin, 1995-2001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: 9.24 S: -34 E: -34.035 W: -82

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-14 Root Biomass and Phenology, km 67 Site, Para, Brazil: 2001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-07-25 to 2004-02-29

N: -2.857 S: -2.857 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-15 Amazon Basin Aboveground Live Biomass Distribution Map: 1990-2000 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 13.8583 S: -21.1277 E: -33.5739 W: -82.7209

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-15 JERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar, 1- km Mosaic, Amazon Basin: 1995-1996 1 JERS-1 SAR 1995-08-01 to 1996-06-30

N: 13.8583 S: -23.4268 E: -47.0231 W: -82.7208

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LBA-ECO LC-15 SRTM30 Digital Elevation Model Data, Amazon Basin: 2000 1.1 SPACE SHUTTLES RADAR 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-22

N: 13.8583 S: -21.1277 E: -33.5739 W: -82.7209

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-15 Vegetation Cover Types from MODIS, 1-km, Amazon Basin: 2000-2001 1 Terra MODIS 2000-10-31 to 2001-12-09

N: 13.6944 S: -21.1273 E: -34.2214 W: -82.7208

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-18 Hyperion 30-m Surface Reflectance, Mato Grosso, Brazil: July 2004 1 EO-1 HYPERION 2004-07-10 to 2004-07-10

N: -12.6649 S: -13.1678 E: -52.28 W: -52.4642

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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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