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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Arctic Vegetation Plots in Northern NWT and YT, Canada, 1965-1966 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL DEPTH PROBE 1965-06-09 to 1966-08-13

N: 68.8244 S: 68.2203 E: -135.697 W: -138.748

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots in NPS Arctic Network Parks, Alaska, 2002-2008 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER 2002-07-10 to 2008-08-10

N: 68.4902 S: 65.2767 E: -150.839 W: -165.323

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots in Willow Communities, North Slope, Alaska, 1997 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS BALANCE, PH METERS 1997-07-09 to 1997-08-17

N: 70.1878 S: 68.0331 E: -148.084 W: -149.851

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots Legacy Project Barter Island and Point Barrow, Alaska, 1994 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER 1994-08-01 to 1994-08-11

N: 71.334 S: 70.1204 E: -143.597 W: -156.644

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots on Unalaska Island, Aleutian Islands, Alaska, 2007 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CONDUCTIVITY METERS, AUTOANALYZER 2007-08-03 to 2007-08-27

N: 53.9087 S: 53.84 E: -166.44 W: -166.518

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots, Poplars, Arctic and Interior AK and YT, Canada, 2003-2005 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2003-06-18 to 2005-08-17

N: 69.4718 S: 61.076 E: -135.222 W: -162.741

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots, Prudhoe Bay ArcSEES Road Study, Lake Colleen, Alaska, 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY CORING DEVICES, PROBES, GPS, THERMOMETERS, BALANCE 2014-08-06 to 2014-08-13

N: 70.2248 S: 70.2214 E: -148.467 W: -148.474

CSV
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

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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

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

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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

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

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

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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

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

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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

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

3 Meters x 3 Meters GeoTIFF
ASTER Digital Elevation Model V003 003 Terra ASTER 2000-03-06 to 2025-12-15

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters GeoTIFF
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
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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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