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NOAA-19 AVHRR Top-of-Atmosphere Reflectance Daily L3 Global 0.05 Deg. CMG 6 NOAA-19 AVHRR 2009-05-31 to 2018-01-31

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees HDF-EOS
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Binned Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Data, version R2022.0 R2022.0 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2017-11-29 to Present

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

netCDF-4
NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Data, version R2022.0 R2022.0 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2017-11-29 to Present

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

netCDF-4
NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-3 Global Binned Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Data, version 2025.0 2025.0 NOAA-21 VIIRS 2022-11-10 to Present

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

netCDF-4
NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-3 Global Mapped Normalized Difference Vegetation Index Data, version 2025.0 2025.0 NOAA-21 VIIRS 2022-11-10 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Northern and Mid-Latitude Soil Database, Version 1, R1 2 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2001-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: 71.4 S: 50.9 E: -129.3 W: -180

Shapefile
NPP Multi-Biome: Summary Data from Intensive Studies at 125 Sites, 1936-2006 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1936-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 71.31 S: -45.68 E: 146.27 W: -157.67

multiple
NPP/VIIRS Atmospherically Corrected Surface Reflectance 6-Min L2 Swath 375m, 750m 2 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2023-10-10

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

hdf-EOS
NPP/VIIRS Atmospherically Corrected Surface Reflectance 6-Min L2 Swath 375m, 750m NRT 1 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2016-11-01

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

hdf
NPP/VIIRS Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid 2 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2023-10-10

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
NPP/VIIRS Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 1km and 500m SIN Grid NRT 1 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2016-11-01

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

h5 (Hierarchical Data Format (version 5))
NRT AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture Beta V2 2 GCOM-W1 AMSR2 2018-04-11

N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180

HDF-EOS5, netCDF-4
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 product for Calibration & Validation (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2014-10-14 to 2023-07-29 HDF5, XML
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present HDF5, XML
OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2016-07-01 to Present HDF5, XML
OPERA Land Surface Disturbance Alert from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 Sentinel-2 MSI, OLI 2022-01-01 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
OPERA Land Surface Disturbance Alert from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 provisional product (Version 0) 0 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 Sentinel-2 MSI, OLI 2022-01-01 to 2024-02-26

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
OPERA Land Surface Disturbance Alert from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2026-01-01 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG, XML, PNG
OPERA Land Surface Disturbance Annual from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 Sentinel-2 MSI, OLI 2023-01-01 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 product for Calibration & Validation (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2014-10-28 to 2023-07-13

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

HDF5, GeoTIFF, XML
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

GeoTIFF, XML
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2016-04-14 to Present

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5, GeoTIFF, XML
OPERA Surface Displacement from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present COG, XML, PNG
OPERA Surface Displacement from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2016-07-01 to Present netCDF-4, XML, PNG, Zarr
PACE OCI Level-2 Regional Land Vegetation Indices - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 3.1 3.1 PACE OCI 2024-03-05 to Present

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

netCDF-4
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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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