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Land Surface Data Access and Tools

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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MASTER: Airborne Science, California-Nevada, Fall 2005 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2005-10-19 to 2005-12-09

N: 40.9799 S: 34.8735 E: -112.5 W: -123.75

multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, California-Nevada, May-June, 2008 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2008-05-29 to 2008-06-19

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.75

multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Hawaii-Pacific Ocean-western US, Fall, 2001, V2 2 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2001-10-14 to 2001-11-15

N: 40.9799 S: 18.7117 E: -106.875 W: -166.704

multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Southwest US, June, 2011 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-20

N: 40.9799 S: 31.6215 E: -105.469 W: -122.55

multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Southwest US, May, 2011 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2011-05-15 to 2011-05-23

N: 38.8226 S: 31.9522 E: -101.25 W: -120.234

multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Southwestern US, September, 2002 1 ERS-2 MASTER 2002-09-10 to 2002-09-26

N: 40.9799 S: 28.9695 E: -95.8526 W: -123.75

multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Western US, April, 2004 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2004-04-01 to 2004-04-13

N: 45.089 S: 27.0591 E: -101.25 W: -129.375

multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, western US, July-August, 2001, V2 2 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2001-07-20 to 2001-08-19

N: 49.9315 S: 29.5352 E: -115.281 W: -127.083

multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Western US, October, 2003 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2003-10-03 to 2003-11-01

N: 47.6461 S: 29.5352 E: -106.875 W: -126.913

multiple
MASTER: Airborne Science, Western US, September, 2006 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2006-09-19 to 2006-10-13

N: 48.3109 S: 34.2164 E: -90.2258 W: -127.887

multiple
MASTER: BP Oil Spill Mapping, Louisiana-Gulf of America-Wisconsin, Fall, 2010 1 ERS-2 MASTER 2010-07-31 to 2010-09-01

N: 48.9225 S: 23.0581 E: -81.4686 W: -115.967

multiple
MASTER: Cloud And Land Surface Interaction Campaign, California-Oklahoma, 2007 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2007-09-20 to 2007-09-21

N: 40.9799 S: 34.3886 E: -95.4363 W: -120.938

multiple
MASTER: Farmland mapping, California, August, 2003 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2003-08-05 to 2003-08-11

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -113.905 W: -124.094

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California and Nevada, Summer 2016 1.2 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2016-06-09 to 2016-06-22

N: 40.98 S: 31.9519 E: -112.5 W: -123.75

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Early Spring 2013, V2 2 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2013-03-26 to 2013-04-19

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.777

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Early Spring 2014 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2014-03-31 to 2014-05-07

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.82

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Fall 2013 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2013-09-13 to 2013-12-05

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.75

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Fall 2014 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2014-09-19 to 2014-11-24

N: 40.9799 S: 33.4674 E: -113.906 W: -123.75

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Fall 2015 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2015-08-24 to 2015-10-26

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.75

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Late Spring 2013 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2013-05-02 to 2013-06-26

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.78

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Late Spring 2014 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2014-05-28 to 2014-06-13

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.788

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Spring 2015 1.1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2015-04-16 to 2015-05-05

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.77

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Summer 2014 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2014-08-18 to 2014-08-29

N: 36.5979 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -120.938

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Summer 2015 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2015-05-28 to 2015-06-12

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.814

multiple
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Summer 2017 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2017-06-07 to 2017-06-28

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.75

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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