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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, DEWPOINT HYDROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, BAROMETERS 1996-02-02 to 1996-12-31

N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2

ASCII
ISLSCP II Snow-Free, Spatially Complete, 16 Day Albedo, 2002 1 Terra MODIS 2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31

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

Shapefile
SMAPVEX16 Manitoba Surface Roughness Data V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS CAMERAS 2016-06-10 to 2016-06-15

N: 49.761171 S: 49.38533 E: -97.756264 W: -98.098417

CSV, KMZ
NACP: Forest Carbon Stocks, Fluxes and Productivity Estimates, Western USA, 1979-2099 1 MODELS Computer 1979-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 49.0351 S: 31.1875 E: -101.961 W: -124.812

netCDF-4 classic
ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

LBA-ECO ND-11 Regeneration in Undisturbed and Logged Forests, NW Mato Grosso, Brazil 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2003-09-23 to 2004-01-21

N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597

CSV
Net Radiation and Albedo from MODIS for Xingu River Basin, Brazil, 2000-2012 1 SATELLITES, COMPUTERS MODIS, Computer 2000-02-18 to 2012-11-16

N: -9.5717 S: -15.0697 E: -51.2324 W: -55.6935

netCDF-4 classic
VIIRS/NPP Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 500 m SIN Grid NRT 1 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2019-01-01 to Present

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF5
Site Averaged AMS Data: 1989 (Betts) 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1989-01-01 to 1989-11-10

N: 39.1161 S: 38.9753 E: -96.447 W: -96.611

CSV
Sentinel-1 Interferograms 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B SENTINEL-1A C-Band SAR, SENTINEL-1B C-Band SAR 2014-10-15 to 2023-05-28

N: 20.31149 S: 18.84486 E: -154.672 W: -156.4174

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N: 37.00386 S: 30.13852 E: -112.4875 W: -114.0486

,

N: 55.19449 S: 53.97382 E: -161.2068 W: -165.6942

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N: 35.68992 S: 34.68611 E: -119.0944 W: -120.6429

,

N: 32.6 S: 31.94 E: -103.6 W: -104.86

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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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