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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 Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
ASTER Digital Elevation Model V004 004 TERRA ASTER 2000-03-06 to Present

N: 83 S: -83 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
ASTER L2 Surface Temperature V003 003 TERRA ASTER 2000-03-04 to 2025-12-15

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

90 Meters x 90 Meters HDF-EOS2, GeoTIFF
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Swath Image Data V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
MISR Level 2 Surface parameters V003 003 TERRA MISR 2000-03-01 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Combined ASTER and MODIS Emissivity database over Land (CAMEL) Coefficient Climatology Monthly Global 0.05Deg V003 003 TERRA, Aqua ASTER, MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2022-01-01

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

5600 Meters x 5600 Meters netCDF-4
ASTER Orthorectified Digital Elevation Model (DEM) V003 003 TERRA ASTER 2000-03-06 to 2025-12-15

N: 83 S: -83 E: 180 W: -180

15 Meters x 15 Meters<br>30 Meters x 30 Meters<br>90 Meters x 90 Meters GeoTIFF
SMAP L3 Radar Global Daily 3 km EASE-Grid Soil Moisture V003 003 SMAP SMAP L-BAND RADAR 2015-04-13 to 2015-07-07

N: 85.044 S: -85.044 E: 180 W: -180

3 Kilometers x 3 Kilometers HDF5
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission United States 1 arc second number 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 49 S: 24 E: -67 W: -125

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
ASTER Registered Radiance at the Sensor - Orthorectified V003 003 TERRA ASTER 2000-03-06 to 2025-12-15

N: 83 S: -83 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Monthly Global 30 m V003 003 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2008-12-01 to 2011-11-30

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF4
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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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