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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
STS-59_METADATA_GRD 1 STS-59 SIR-C 1994-04-09 to 1994-04-22
LBA-ECO ND-04 Termite Mound and Soil Characterization, Amazonas, Brazil: 1999-2001 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, AAS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES 1999-12-15 to 2002-06-26

N: -2.518 S: -2.518 E: -60.03 W: -60.03

CSV
SMAPVEX12 Probe-Based In Situ Soil Moisture Data for Agricultural Area V001 1 FIELD SURVEYS, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS PROBES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2012-06-07 to 2012-07-19

N: 49.96 S: 49.44 E: -97.85 W: -98.51

0.8 Kilometers x 0.8 Kilometers ASCII, CSV
ABoVE: Soil Temperature and VWC at Unburned and Burned Sites Across Alaska, 2016-2023 1 FIELD SURVEYS TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2016-08-11 to 2023-09-02

N: 68.9908 S: 61.2701 E: -146.558 W: -163.239

CSV
BOREAS Follow-On FLX-01 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temp. Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1996-10-31 to 1999-01-01

N: 55.8801 S: 55.8801 E: -98.4814 W: -98.4814

CSV
BOREAS TGB-01 CH4 & CO2 Chamber Flux Data: NSA 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY THERMOCOUPLES, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS 1994-05-16 to 1994-09-13

N: 55.93 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.62

ASCII
FLUXNET Canada Research Network - Canadian Carbon Program Data Collection, 1993-2014 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD SURVEYS PYRANOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, THERMOMETERS, THERMISTORS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CO2 ANALYZERS, PROBES 1993-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 55.88 S: 42.6609 E: -67.0993 W: -125.334

CSV
LBA Regional Derived Soil Properties, 0.5-Deg (ISRIC-WISE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PH METERS 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Binary
LBA-ECO ND-01 Watershed Deforestation from Landsat TM Series, Rondonia, Brazil: 1999 1 DEM DIGITIZER 1999-01-01 to 1999-12-31

N: -8 S: -13.5 E: -60 W: -65

multiple
MODIS-derived Biophysical Parameters for 5-km Land Cover, North America, 2000-2012 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 60 S: 20 E: -40 W: -160

netCDF-4 classic
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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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