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NACP NAFD Project: Forest Disturbance Intensity for CONUS from Landsat, 1986-2015 1 LANDSAT MULTI-SPECTRAL 1986-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 51.68 S: 22.69 E: -65.2 W: -128.03

COG
NACP North American Forest Dynamics Project: Forest Disturbance and Regrowth Data 1 LANDSAT-5 MSS 1984-06-04 to 2009-09-16

N: 49.7924 S: 26.5202 E: -67.9596 W: -126.458

GeoTIFF
NACP Peatland Land Cover Map of Upper Peninsula, Michigan, 2007-2011 1 ALOS, LANDSAT-5 PALSAR 2007-03-01 to 2011-10-01

N: 48.7456 S: 44.5422 E: -82.2881 W: -91.0847

GeoTIFF
NACP Peatland Landcover Type and Wildfire Burn Severity Maps, Alberta, Canada 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2010-06-17 to 2013-07-22

N: 57.2062 S: 56.9053 E: -110.286 W: -114.901

multiple
NACP Regional: Gridded 1-deg Observation Data and Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 1990-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Shapefile
NACP Regional: Supplemental Gridded Observations, Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 1990-01-01 to 2008-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Shapefile
NACP Soil Organic Matter of Burned Boreal Black Spruce Forests, Alaska, 2009-2011 1 FIELD SURVEYS 2009-08-01 to 2011-08-02

N: 65.7019 S: 63.8201 E: -141.418 W: -149.193

CSV
NACP TERRA-PNW: Forest Plant Traits, NPP, Biomass, and Soil Properties, 1999-2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS LASERS, HYDROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER 1999-05-27 to 2014-07-23

N: 45.9477 S: 37.7844 E: -117.131 W: -123.904

CSV
NAMMA SENEGAL RADIOSONDE AND TOWER FLUX DATA V1 1 GROUND STATIONS, RADIOSONDES NET RADIOMETERS, GPS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, TELEMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-17

N: 15.5 S: 13.91 E: 17.09 W: -17.97

ASCII
NARSTO SOS99NASH DOE G-1 Air Chemistry Data 1 G-1 AIRCRAFT BAROMETERS, AEROSOL COLLECTORS, HYGROMETERS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, GUST PROBES, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1999-06-26 to 1999-06-26 ASCII
NASA Energy and Water cycle Study (NEWS) Annual Climatology of the 1st decade of the 21st Century V1.0 (NEWS_WEB_ACLIM) at GES DISC 1.0 OBSERVATION BASED NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2010-12-31

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

NASA Energy and Water cycle Study (NEWS) Monthly Climatology of the 1st decade of the 21st Century V1.0 (NEWS_WEB_MCLIM) at GES DISC 1.0 OBSERVATION BASED NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2010-12-31

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

NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V003 003 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2009-01-01 to 2011-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF4
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V031 031 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 ETM+, TM 1984-01-01 to 2001-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V032 032 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2004-01-01 to 2006-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Monthly Global 30 m V003 003 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2008-12-01 to 2011-11-30

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF4
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Monthly Global 30 m V031 031 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 ETM+, TM 1984-03-01 to 2001-11-30

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Monthly Global 30 m V032 032 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2003-12-01 to 2006-11-30

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Land Information System (LIS) 1 COMPUTERS 1981-01-01 to 2025-12-31

N: 52.915 S: 24.396 E: -66.885 W: -124.925

ASCII, Binary, GRIB1, GRIB2
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Combined Image Data Set V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second number V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters HGT
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second number V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

90 Meters x 90 Meters Binary
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second sub-sampled V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

90 Meters x 90 Meters HGT
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

90 Meters x 90 Meters HGT
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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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