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Land Surface Datasets

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SnowEx20-21 QSI Lidar Snow Depth 3m UTM Grid V001 1 King Air LIDAR 2021-03-15 to 2021-03-20

N: 44.3658 S: 43.0343 E: -114.8547 W: -117.0661

,

N: 40.6041 S: 40.5161 E: -111.5989 W: -111.7319

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N: 40.5841 S: 38.9681 E: -105.7432 W: -108.3384

3 Meters x 3 Meters TIFF
SnowEx21 Prairie Station Cosmic Ray Neutron Sensor Snow Water Equivalent and Soil Moisture V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2020-11-22 to 2021-05-08

N: 47.08 S: 47.04 E: -109.93 W: -109.97

171 Meters x 171 Meters CSV
SnowEx21 Prairie Station Digital Surface Models from UAV-LiDAR V001 1 UAV CAMERA, LIDAR 2021-01-15 to 2021-03-04

N: 47.06554 S: 47.05627 E: -109.94596 W: -109.95956

GeoTIFF
SnowEx21 Prairie Station In Situ Dielectric Soil Moisture and Soil Temperature V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE 2020-11-05 to 2021-04-02

N: 47.065 S: 47.055 E: -109.946 W: -109.959

CSV
SnowEx23 Airborne Lidar-Derived 0.5M Snow Depth and Canopy Height V001 1 CESSNA 206 Riegl Airborne Lidar 2022-03-11 to 2023-10-25

N: 70 S: 64.5 E: -148 W: -148.5

0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 Apr23 IOP Snow Surface Imagery V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS, GPS 2023-04-14 to 2023-04-18

N: 65.15746 S: 63.8619 E: -145.723 W: -147.508

Excel, JPEG
SnowEx23 Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest Terrestrial Lidar Scans V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPS RECEIVERS, LIDAR 2023-03-08 to 2023-03-26

N: 64.714 S: 64.697 E: -148.278 W: -148.325

GeoTIFF
SnowEx23 Oct22 Ground Surface Roughness Imagery V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2022-10-23 to 2022-10-25

N: 68.7 S: 68.4 E: -149.3 W: -149.5

JPEG
SnowEx23 Oct22 Ground Surface Roughness Reconstruction V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2022-10-23 to 2022-10-25

N: 68.7 S: 68.4 E: -149.3 W: -149.5

LAZ
SnowEx23 Oct23 Ground Surface Roughness Imagery V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2023-10-17 to 2023-10-28

N: 68.7 S: 68.5 E: -149.3 W: -149.6

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N: 65.2 S: 64.8 E: -147.5 W: -147.8

JPEG
SnowEx23 Oct23 Ground Surface Roughness Reconstruction V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2023-10-17 to 2023-10-28

N: 68.7 S: 68.5 E: -149.3 W: -149.6

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N: 65.2 S: 64.8 E: -147.5 W: -147.8

LAZ
SnowEx23 Soil Moisture Sensor Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, WCR 2021-10-25 to 2023-10-06

N: 64.70642 S: 64.70236 E: -148.29433 W: -148.30772

CSV
Soil Bulk Density Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CORING DEVICES 1989-10-31 to 1989-10-31

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

multiple
Soil Carbon Estimates in 20-cm Layers to 1-meter Depth, Conterminous US, 1970-1993 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 1993-12-30

N: 53.5415 S: 22.2706 E: -54.822 W: -135.682

Shapefile
Soil CH4 and CO2 Profile Data from NSA Tower Sites 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION GC-TCD, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GC-FID 1994-05-16 to 1994-09-13

N: 55.93 S: 55.88 E: -98.29 W: -98.62

ASCII
Soil CO2 Flux Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER, TDR, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE 1989-07-24 to 1989-08-12

N: 39.09 S: 38.98 E: -96.54 W: -96.55

multiple
Soil CO2 Flux, Moisture, Temperature, and Litterfall, La Selva, Costa Rica, 2003-2010 1 FIELD SURVEYS PROBES, TRAPS, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER 2003-10-01 to 2010-02-25

N: 10.435 S: 10.425 E: -84.038 W: -84.05

CSV
Soil Gas Fluxes Using Soil Cores (FIFE) 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES 1987-05-28 to 1987-06-28

N: 39.1 S: 39.03 E: -96.53 W: -96.6

multiple
Soil Hydraulic Conductivity Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PERMEAMETERS, CORING DEVICES 1989-10-31 to 1989-10-31

N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.47 W: -96.6

multiple
Soil Impedance Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 1987-05-24 to 1989-08-10

N: 39.09 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.61

multiple
Soil Matric Potential, Dielectric, and Physical Properties, Arctic Alaska, 2018 1 LABORATORY DIELECTRIC PROBE 2018-08-21 to 2018-08-27

N: 69.8124 S: 62.6973 E: -141.142 W: -149.306

CSV
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) CPEX 1 SMAP SMAP L-BAND RADAR 2017-05-24 to 2017-07-16

N: 41.524 S: 3.866 E: 180 W: -180

Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L1-L3 Ancillary Static Data V001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-14 to Present

N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180

Binary, HDF5, ASCII
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 Carbon Ancillary Parameters V001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-31 to Present

N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 Carbon Ancillary Soil Organic Carbon Restart File V001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-31 to Present

N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5

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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