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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
MASTER: Airborne Science, Southwest US, June, 2011 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2011-06-08 to 2011-06-20

N: 40.9799 S: 31.6215 E: -105.469 W: -122.55

multiple
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
Soil Survey Reference (FIFE) 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CORING DEVICES 1989-10-31 to 1989-10-31

N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102

multiple
MMR Helicopter Data (FIFE) 1 HELICOPTER MMR 1987-06-04 to 1989-08-08

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

multiple
ABoVE: Monthly Hydrological Fluxes for Canada and Alaska, 1979-2018 1 MODELS Computer 1979-01-01 to 2018-04-01

N: 83.125 S: 41.7508 E: -53.4255 W: -172.25

multiple
ABoVE: AirSWOT Radar, Orthomosaic, and Water Masks, Yukon Flats Basin, Alaska, 2015 1 B-200 AirSWOT, CAMERA 2015-06-15 to 2015-06-15

N: 66.8978 S: 65.9282 E: -145 W: -148

multiple
BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31

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

ASCII
AirMOSS: L4 Modeled Net Ecosystem Exchange (NEE), Continental USA, 2012-2014 1 MODELS Computer 2012-01-01 to 2014-10-31

N: 53.062 S: 25.062 E: -66.937 W: -124.938

netCDF-4 classic
LBA Regional Land Cover from AVHRR, 1-Degree, 1987 (Defries and Townshend) 1 NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1987-01-01 to 1987-12-31

N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
BOREAS TF-06 SSA-YA Surface Energy Flux and Meteorological Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SONIC ANEMOMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, THERMOCOUPLES, WIND MONITOR, HYGROMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, BAROMETERS 1994-07-19 to 1994-09-19

N: 53.66 S: 53.66 E: -105.32 W: -105.32

ASCII
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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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