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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
MISR Level 2 Land Surface parameters subset for the UAE region V002 002 Terra MISR 2004-07-01 to 2006-09-30

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

HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 2 Land Surface Product subset for the GoMACCS region V002 002 Terra MISR 2006-07-30 to 2006-10-16

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

HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 2 Land Surface Product subset for the VBBE region V002 002 Terra MISR 2007-08-01 to 2007-11-30

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

HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 2 Surface parameters V002 002 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

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

HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 2 Surface parameters V003 003 Terra MISR 2000-03-01 to Present

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

netCDF-4
MISR Level 3 Component Global Land Product covering a year V004 004 Terra MISR 1999-12-01 to 2016-11-30

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 3 Component Global Land Regional public Product covering a day V002 002 Terra MISR 2002-03-29 to 2007-08-30

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 3 Component Global Land Regional public Product covering a month V002 002 Terra MISR 2002-03-01 to 2007-09-30

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS2
MISR Level 3 FIRSTLOOK Global Land product in netCDF format covering a month V002 002 Terra MISR 1999-12-18 to Present

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
MMR Ground Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION MMR 1987-06-03 to 1989-08-11

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.58

multiple
MMR Helicopter Data (FIFE) 1 HELICOPTER MMR 1987-06-04 to 1989-08-08

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Modified Copernicus Digital Elevation Models used by the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission 1 DEM 2024-10-30 to Present

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

GeoTIFF, XML
MODIS/Aqua Atmospherically Corrected Surface Reflectance 5-Min L2 Swath 250m, 500m, 1km NRT 6.1NRT Aqua MODIS 2021-02-07

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

250 Meters x 250 Meters HDF-EOS
MODIS/Aqua Atmospherically Corrected Surface Reflectance 5-Min L2 Swath 250m, 500m, and 1km 6.1 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

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

250 Meters x 250 Meters
500 Meters x 500 Meters
1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers 		HDF-EOS
MODIS/Aqua Geolocation Fields 1km 5-Min 1A Narrow Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC03S0) at GES DISC 002 Aqua MODIS 2006-06-02 to 2018-03-01

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
MODIS/Aqua Geolocation Fields 1km 5-Min 1A Swath Subset along MLS V002 (MAM03S0) at GES DISC 002 Aqua MODIS 2004-08-08 to 2008-01-11

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
MODIS/Aqua Geolocation Fields 1km 5-Min 1A Wide Swath Subset along CloudSat V002 (MAC03S1) at GES DISC 002 Aqua MODIS 2006-06-02 to 2018-03-01

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 5-Min L2 1km NRT 6.1NRT Aqua MODIS 2021-06-01

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers HDF-EOS
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 5-Min L2 1km V006 006 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to 2023-02-01

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

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 5-Min L2 1km V061 061 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

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

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 061 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

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

5600 Meters x 5600 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V006 006 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to 2023-02-01

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

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity 8-Day L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V061 061 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

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

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity Daily L3 Global 0.05Deg CMG V061 061 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

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

5600 Meters x 5600 Meters HDF-EOS2
MODIS/Aqua Land Surface Temperature/3-Band Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid Day V006 006 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to 2023-02-01

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

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters HDF-EOS2
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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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