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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Radiant Temp. Helicopter Data (FIFE) 1 HELICOPTER SPECTRORADIOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1989-07-28 to 1989-08-11

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

multiple
Radiant Temp. Multiangle Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION INFRARED RADIOMETERS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1989-07-12 to 1989-08-10

N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.54 W: -96.55

multiple
Radiant Temperature Ground Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1989-06-15 to 1989-08-11

N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.54 W: -96.55

multiple
Reduced Resolution Geolocated and Calibrated TOA Radiance 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-04-29 to 2012-04-08

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

netCDF-4
Reduced Resolution Geophysical Product for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-04-29 to 2012-04-08

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

netCDF-4
Regridded Harmonized World Soil Database v1.2 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31

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

netCDF-4 classic
Remote Sensing Derived Topsoil and Agricultural Economic Losses, Midwestern USA 1 LANDSAT, WORLDVIEW-2, WORLDVIEW-3 Computer 2003-04-01 to 2018-07-31

N: 46.0461 S: 40.0397 E: -86.986 W: -97.3245

multiple
Resilience of Coastal Wetlands to Sea Level Rise, CONUS, 1996-2100 1 MODELS Computer 1996-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 49.2069 S: 22.7276 E: -64.9678 W: -127.984

multiple
RLC AVHRR-Derived Land Cover, Former Soviet Union, 15-km, 1984-1993 1 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1984-01-01 to 1993-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.2389 E: 180 W: 19.816

multiple
RLC AVHRR-Derived Land Cover, Former Soviet Union, Far East, 1-km, 1990 1 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1990-05-15 to 1990-08-17

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

multiple
RLC Forest Cover Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

BMP
RLC Forest Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1973 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165

multiple
RLC Generalized Forest Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1-km 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 1998-12-31

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

BMP
RLC Vegetative Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165

multiple
Russian Boreal Forest Disturbance Maps Derived from Landsat Imagery, 1984-2000 1 Terra, LANDSAT-5 MODIS, TM, ETM+ 1984-06-01 to 2000-08-31

N: 65.3219 S: 43.7625 E: 138.627 W: 30.9828

GeoTIFF
SAFARI 2000 1-Degree Estimates of Burned Biomass, Area, and Emissions, 2000 1 MODELS, SPOT-4, ERS-2, Terra Computer, MULTI-SPECTRAL, ATSR, MODIS 2000-08-01 to 2000-09-30

N: 0 S: -36 E: 56 W: -18

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 ALI/ETM+ Tandem Image Pair for Skukuza, South Africa, May 2001 1 EO-1, LANDSAT-7 ALI, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, ETM+ 2001-05-30 to 2001-05-30

N: -23.5902 S: -25.5025 E: 33.1174 W: 30.7568

Binary
SAFARI 2000 Annual Soil Respiration Data (Raich and Schlesinger 1992) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PHOTOSYNTHESIS CHAMBER, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS, IRGA 1963-01-01 to 1992-01-01

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

Text File
SAFARI 2000 ASTER and MODIS Fire Data Comparison, Dry Season 2001 1 Terra MODIS, ASTER 2001-08-05 to 2001-10-05

N: -11.29 S: -26.83 E: 44.26 W: 16.31

ASCII
SAFARI 2000 AVHRR Daily Site (1.5 km) and 15-Day Regional (1.5- and 6-km) Imagery 1 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1998-07-01 to 2000-10-31

N: -7.4861 S: -35.2617 E: 43.1995 W: 8.733

Binary
SAFARI 2000 AVHRR-derived Land Surface Temperature Maps, Africa, 1995-2000 1 NOAA-14 AVHRR 1995-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 43.71 S: -42.24 E: 64.52 W: -24.6

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Carbon in Live Vegetation, 0.5-Deg (Olson) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1960-01-01 to 1980-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Derived Soil Properties, 0.5-Deg (ISRIC-WISE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PH METERS 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Digital Elevation Model, 1-km (GLOBE) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1999-01-01 to 1999-06-01

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Emissions Estimates, MODIS Burned Area Product, Dry Season 2000 1 Terra MODIS 2000-08-31 to 2000-09-30

N: 0.3389 S: -34.1425 E: 46.6473 W: 9.6738

Shapefile

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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