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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
BOREAS AFM-03 Electra 1994 Aircraft Flux and Moving Window Data 1 NCAR ELECTRA INFRARED THERMOMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, GUST PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, MVI 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-16

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS TE-19 Ecosystem Carbon Balance Model 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1968-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 60 S: 50 E: -94 W: -111

multiple
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
ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Vegetation Community and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2019 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE 2018-08-16 to 2019-09-05

N: 62.5658 S: 60.9206 E: -113.016 W: -117.425

CSV
BOREAS Follow-On DSP-09 Moss Cover Classification at Three Area Scales 1 LANDSAT-5, NOAA-11 TM, AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

BMP
BOREAS TF-11 CO2 and CH4 Concentration Data from the SSA-Fen 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY THERMOCOUPLES, GC-FID, PH METERS 1994-06-08 to 1994-09-17

N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62

ASCII
Eddy Corr. Surface Flux: UNL (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CO2 ANALYZERS, Bowen Ratio Devices, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, ANEMOMETERS 1987-05-28 to 1989-08-13

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
Land Cover and Vegetation Map Collection for Seward Peninsula, Alaska 1 COMPUTERS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, LANDSAT Computer, CAMERAS, MSS 1976-06-01 to 1999-09-01

N: 66.9519 S: 63.9658 E: -159.19 W: -168.542

multiple
ASO L4 Lidar Point Cloud Digital Terrain Model 3m UTM Grid V001 1 DHC-6, King Air Riegl LMS-Q1560 2014-08-23 to 2019-10-10

N: 38.35197009 S: 38.34702501 E: -119.1465541 W: -119.1526326

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N: 35.30827095 S: 34.84175616 E: -118.4895324 W: -118.9629908

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N: 36.34419115 S: 36.26066776 E: -116.8080226 W: -116.8720138

,

N: 37.66784501 S: 37.62315324 E: -118.8966533 W: -118.9633777

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N: 37.22534041 S: 36.65336263 E: -118.3217888 W: -119.1602728

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N: 39.1707928 S: 38.70410623 E: -120.226893 W: -120.7784099

,

N: 37.66909751 S: 37.55343841 E: -118.9505367 W: -119.0738527

,

N: 38.19435311 S: 37.72826254 E: -119.186547 W: -119.8057568

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N: 36.60719927 S: 36.57913838 E: -118.1711431 W: -118.1954763

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N: 38.00096209 S: 37.88126056 E: -119.0973977 W: -119.3268503

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N: 38.70477998 S: 38.2451699 E: -119.7120234 W: -120.5498287

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N: 37.82021489 S: 37.7033706 E: -119.0372786 W: -119.2728401

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N: 34.89283042 S: 34.77783945 E: -118.002307 W: -118.1399209

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N: 39.46925434 S: 39.39914367 E: -120.223812 W: -120.3261438

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N: 37.82737428 S: 36.96180713 E: -118.5442576 W: -119.733051

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N: 38.19435311 S: 37.72826254 E: -119.186547 W: -119.8057568

,

N: 38.2410645 S: 37.72115314 E: -119.1836864 W: -119.9391373

,

N: 38.2451472 S: 37.53568061 E: -118.9505367 W: -119.9391373

,

N: 39.08139862 S: 38.75359563 E: -106.8593645 W: -107.1468517

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N: 37.39120306 S: 36.99987095 E: -106.1673098 W: -106.710676

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N: 38.87467886 S: 37.69229517 E: -107.3598092 W: -109.1308069

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N: 39.2728431526 S: 38.7772370906 E: -107.525643057 W: -108.369145146

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N: 37.98230157 S: 37.39058532 E: -106.4596899 W: -107.5708232

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N: 38.20771619 S: 37.8841623 E: -107.562078 W: -107.9723537

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N: 42.38520848 S: 42.2881819 E: -114.6804318 W: -114.7176046

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N: 43.31809187 S: 43.05520107 E: -116.6802206 W: -116.8670348

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N: 36.9129972 S: 36.43705955 E: -113.8795636 W: -114.3776573

,

N: 44.18033752 S: 43.90476142 E: -121.6276046 W: -121.8757381

,

N: 44.52793541 S: 44.31700873 E: -121.8134424 W: -122.1078409

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N: 46.97583352 S: 46.72413964 E: -121.5709621 W: -121.9573479

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N: 48.09085803 S: 47.4930029 E: -123.1287659 W: -124.1847181

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N: 37.39260287 S: 37.37399023 E: -118.4109694 W: -118.4259857

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N: 38.22396341 S: 38.20402645 E: -118.9948678 W: -119.0204053

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N: 37.20269975 S: 37.13101764 E: -118.2969065 W: -118.4150135

,

N: 38.2329357 S: 37.96872691 E: -119.5873395 W: -119.9391373

3 Meters x 3 Meters GeoTIFF
ABoVE: Gridded 30-m Aboveground Biomass, Shrub Dominance, North Slope, AK, 2007-2016 1 LANDSAT-5, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-7 TM, Computer, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, ETM+ 2007-06-01 to 2016-08-31

N: 76.226 S: 64.7265 E: -111.551 W: -168.576

multiple
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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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