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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
Sentinel-1C Dual Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product 1 Sentinel-1C C-SAR 2025-03-28 to Present

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

SAFE
SAFARI 2000 Meteorological and Flux Tower Measurements in Maun, Botswana, 2000 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION PYRANOMETERS, IRGA, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RTD, ANEMOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS 2000-02-01 to 2000-09-30

N: -19.9 S: -19.9 E: 23.55 W: 23.55

Shapefile
VEMAP 1: U.S. Soil 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1961-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

Text File
SMAP-Derived 1-km Downscaled Surface Soil Moisture Product V001 1 SMAP SMAP L-BAND RADIOMETER 2015-04-01 to 2024-06-29

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers GeoTIFF
PROVE Land Cover and Leaf Area of Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico, 1997 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR LEAF AREA METER, CAMERAS, SUNFLECK CEPTOMETER, LIDAR ALTIMETERS 1997-05-13 to 1997-05-31

N: 32.5 S: 32.5 E: -106.75 W: -106.75

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-01 Landsat 28.5-m Land Cover Time Series, Rondonia, Brazil: 1984-2010 1 LANDSAT-5 MSS, TM 1984-06-24 to 2010-07-29

N: -7.8272 S: -13.862 E: -58.7954 W: -64.595

Shapefile
ERS-1 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

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

Mechanistic Module for Soil Nitrogen Emissions for CMAQ Model, North America, 2011 1 MODELS Computer 2011-04-21 to 2011-04-21

N: 51.5525 S: 25.0697 E: -59.1328 W: -128.742

netCDF-3
SAFARI 2000 Soil Properties, Moisture, and Temp., Skukuza and Mongu, 1999-2001 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION INFRARED THERMOMETERS, THERMISTORS, TDR, THERMOCOUPLES 1999-08-19 to 2001-12-31

N: -15.4383 S: -25.02 E: 31.4678 W: 23.2527

Shapefile
Baseline Wetland Type and Land Cover Map of the Great Lakes Basin, 2010 1 ALOS, COMPUTERS, LANDSAT-5 PALSAR, Computer, TM 2007-04-01 to 2011-04-15

N: 52.5534 S: 38.712 E: -71.5681 W: -97.2815

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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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