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Land Surface Data Access and Tools

NASA data provide key measurements of Earth’s land, allowing researchers to accurately understand its composition, processes, uses, and interactions. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ALOS_PALSAR_KMZ ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS_PALSAR_LEVEL2.2 ALOS PALSAR 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Altimeter Corrected Elevations, Version 2 (ACE2) STS-99 SRTM 1994-01-01 to 2005-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG
Amazon Forest Structure from Airborne Lidar, ED2 Initial Condition Files, 2016 COMPUTERS, AIRCRAFT Computer, LIDAR 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 BRAZIL N: 5 S: -14 E: -45 W: -74 multiple
AMSR-E/AMSR2 Unified L2B Half-Orbit 25 km EASE-Grid Surface Soil Moisture V001 Aqua, GCOM-W1 AMSR-E, AMSR2 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04, 2012-07-02 to Present GLOBAL N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS5
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Surface Soil Moisture, Interpretive Parameters, & QC EASE-Grids V002 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03 GLOBAL N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS2
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Surface Soil Moisture, Ancillary Parms, & QC EASE-Grids V002 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-18 to 2011-10-03 GLOBAL N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS2
AMSR-E/Aqua L2B Surface Soil Moisture, Ancillary Parms, & QC EASE-Grids V003 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-01 to 2011-10-04 GLOBAL N: 89.24 S: -89.24 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS5
AMSR-E/Aqua level 3 global monthly Surface Soil Moisture Averages V005 (AMSRE_AVRMO) at GES DISC Aqua AMSR-E 2002-10-01 to 2011-09-30 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
AMSR-E/Aqua level 3 global monthly Surface Soil Moisture Standard Deviation V005 (AMSRE_STDMO) at GES DISC Aqua AMSR-E 2002-10-01 to 2011-09-30 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
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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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