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LBA-ECO LC-19 Soil and Vegetation Data for Cerrado and Forested Sites, Brazil: 2002 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOMETERS 2002-06-10 to 2002-07-30

N: -2.857 S: -15.75 E: -47.6 W: -54.959

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-21 Brazilian Amazon Fractional Land Cover Images: 1999-2002 1 LANDSAT ETM+ 1999-01-01 to 2003-07-04

N: 5.2722 S: -14 E: -41.7955 W: -73.9906

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-21 Foliar Nutrients, Logged Areas, Tapajos Forest, Para, Brazil: 2003 1 LABORATORY ICP-AES, COLORIMETERS 2003-03-01 to 2003-03-01

N: -2.75 S: -3.5833 E: -54.2833 W: -55.25

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-21 Soil Characteristics, Logged Areas, Tapajos Forest, Para, Brazil: 2003 1 LABORATORY MASS SPECTROMETERS, ICP-AES 2003-03-01 to 2003-03-01

N: -2.75 S: -3.5833 E: -54.8333 W: -55.25

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2003-2004 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2004-07-14 to 2004-07-21

N: -10.96 S: -15.65 E: -54 W: -58.25

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2005 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS, MODIS 2005-03-17 to 2005-03-24

N: -11.5 S: -13.1334 E: -54.2833 W: -55.75

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-22 Land Cover from MODIS Vegetation Indices, Mato Grosso, Brazil 1 Terra MODIS 2000-09-01 to 2004-12-31

N: -6.87 S: -20 E: -52.32 W: -60.44

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-22 Vegetation Cover Types from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2000-2001 1 LABORATORY, Terra MODIS 2000-11-01 to 2001-11-30

N: 16 S: -63 E: -34 W: -82

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-23 Characterization of Vegetation Fire Dynamics for Brazil: 2001-2003 1 Terra, NOAA-12, Aqua MODIS, AVHRR 2001-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 5.3 S: -33.75 E: -34.8 W: -74

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-23 Vegetation Fire Data, Roraima , Brazil: 2003 1 Terra, FIELD INVESTIGATION ASTER, THERMOCOUPLES 2003-01-19 to 2003-01-28

N: 5 S: 0 E: -60 W: -63

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-24 Forest Cover Map from MODIS, 500-m, South America: 2001 2 Terra MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: 13.6922 S: -56.4548 E: -34.2236 W: -86.3842

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-24 Land Cover Classes from Landsat TM, Uruara, Para: 1986-1991 1 LANDSAT-5, FIELD INVESTIGATION TM, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1986-01-01 to 1999-12-31

N: -1.8 S: -5.3 E: -51.7 W: -55.6

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-24 Landsat TM and ETM+ Land Cover, Southern Para, Brazil: 1984-2003 1 LANDSAT-7, FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT-5 TM, ETM+, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1984-08-03 to 2003-08-03

N: -4.7908 S: -34.8707 E: -19.8435 W: -49.9385

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-31 Historical Land-Use in the Amazon: 1940-1995 1 SATELLITES, SPOT-4 MODIS, AVHRR, MULTI-SPECTRAL 1940-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 5.41 S: -19.56 E: -45.59 W: -74.35

netCDF-3
LBA-ECO ND-01 Forest and Pasture Soil and Grass Analyses, Rondonia, Brazil: 2003-2004 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2003-05-01 to 2004-05-31

N: -8 S: -15 E: -60 W: -65

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-01 Fractional Land Cover Images, Rondonia, Brazil: 1984-2000 1 LANDSAT-5 TM 1984-06-24 to 2000-06-28

N: -7.8275 S: -12.4968 E: -59.8567 W: -64.6406

Shapefile
LBA-ECO ND-01 Land Cover Classification, Rondonia, Brazil: 1975-2000 1 LANDSAT-2, LANDSAT-5 MSS, TM 1975-06-19 to 2000-06-28

N: -9.1808 S: -12.4311 E: -61.1817 W: -64.6406

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO ND-01 Landsat 28.5-m Land Cover Time Series, Rondonia, Brazil: 1984-2010 1 LANDSAT-5 MSS, TM 1984-06-24 to 2010-07-29

N: -7.8272 S: -13.862 E: -58.7954 W: -64.595

Shapefile
LBA-ECO ND-01 Primary Forests Land Cover Transition Maps, Rondonia, Brazil: 1975-1999 1 LANDSAT-5 TM, MSS 1975-06-19 to 1999-10-16

N: -9.1808 S: -12.4311 E: -61.1817 W: -64.6406

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO ND-01 Streamwater and Watershed Characteristics, Rondonia, Brazil: 1998-1999 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION TM 1998-08-02 to 1999-01-28

N: -8 S: -12.63 E: -60.701 W: -64.43

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-01 Watershed Deforestation from Landsat TM Series, Rondonia, Brazil: 1999 1 DEM DIGITIZER 1999-01-01 to 1999-12-31

N: -8 S: -13.5 E: -60 W: -65

multiple
LBA-ECO ND-02 Cation Leaching from Forest and Pasture Soils, Para, Brazil 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION AAS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2002-01-01 to 2002-10-31

N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-02 CO2 Flux from Soils in Forests and Pastures, Acre, Brazil: 1999-2001 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION IR CO2 ANALYZER 1999-06-01 to 2002-06-30

N: -9.77 S: -9.95 E: -67.07 W: -67.87

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-02 Landsat Imagery, Para, Brazil: 1984, 1994, and 1999 1 LANDSAT TM 1984-07-24 to 1999-07-13

N: -1.0031 S: -1.3803 E: -47.5564 W: -47.8919

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO ND-02 Saturated Soil Hydraulic Conductivity, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION TENSION INFILTROMETER, PERMEAMETERS 2001-06-12 to 2001-06-20

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
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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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