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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ABoVE: Active Layer and Soil Moisture Properties from AirMOSS P-band SAR in Alaska G-III, MODELS RADAR, Computer 2014-08-16 to 2017-10-10 ARCTIC, ALASKA N: 70.8774 S: 64.7127 E: -150.249 W: -167.944 netCDF-4 classic
ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characteristics at Selected Sites Across Alaska FIELD SURVEYS CORING DEVICES 2016-08-09 to 2018-07-07 ALASKA N: 68.5596 S: 63.8801 E: -146.558 W: -149.533 multiple
ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characterization of Permafrost Sites, Northern Alaska, 2018 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS BALANCE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE 2018-08-22 to 2018-08-26 ALASKA N: 69.8124 S: 68.605 E: -148.564 W: -149.306 CSV
ABoVE: Active Layer Thickness from Airborne L- and P- band SAR, Alaska, 2017, Ver. 3 GULFSTREAM 1000 (695A) UAVSAR 2017-06-19 to 2017-09-16 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, YUKON TERRITORY, ALASKA N: 71.5212 S: 57.8294 E: -110.418 W: -166.733 multiple
ABoVE: Active Layer Thickness from Remote Sensing Permafrost Model, Alaska, 2001-2015 SATELLITES, SMAP MODIS, SMAP L-BAND RADAR 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31 ALASKA N: 70.214 S: 55.5667 E: -132.576 W: -179.18 netCDF-4 classic
ABoVE: AirSWOT Ka-band Radar over Surface Waters of Alaska and Canada, 2017 B-200 AirSWOT 2017-07-08 to 2017-08-17 ALASKA, CANADA, ARCTIC, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE N: 70.4944 S: 46.8451 E: -98.629 W: -149.834 multiple
ABoVE: AirSWOT Radar, Orthomosaic, and Water Masks, Yukon Flats Basin, Alaska, 2015 B-200 AirSWOT, CAMERA 2015-06-15 to 2015-06-15 ALASKA, ARCTIC N: 66.8978 S: 65.9282 E: -145 W: -148 multiple
ABoVE: Alder Shrub Cover and Soil Properties, Alaska, 2019, V2 LANDSAT-8, LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION OLI, CHN ANALYZERS, IRMS, VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS 2018-08-14 to 2019-08-28 ALASKA N: 68.0185 S: 66.3401 E: -149.708 W: -150.714 multiple
ABoVE: Angular-corrected MODIS MAIAC Reflectance across Alaska and Canada, 2000-2017 Terra, Aqua MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2017-12-31 CANADA, ALASKA N: 80.8064 S: 44.1164 E: 180 W: -180 HDF4
ABoVE: Annual Thaw Slump Expansion on East Fork Chandalar River, Alaska, 2008-2017 LANDSAT DIGITIZER 2008-08-23 to 2017-09-17 ALASKA N: 67.635 S: 67.6326 E: -146.058 W: -146.067 Shapefile
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Land Surface Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
ASF MapReady Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data Processing
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
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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