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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
ISLSCP II Global Gridded Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 1990 1 Terra MODIS 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

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

Shapefile
Glacial and Fast Ice Distributions in Southeast Greenland Fjords V001 1 Aqua, LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Terra MODIS, OLI, C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI 2015-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 70.009956 S: 60.286876 E: -22.410516 W: -44.199176

Shapefile, CSV, GeoPackage
ABoVE: Landsat Tundra Greenness and Summer Air Temperatures, Arctic Tundra, 1985-2016 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 1985-07-01 to 2016-08-31

N: 90 S: 31.49 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
BOREAS AFM-12 1-km AVHRR Seasonal Land Cover Classification 1 NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1992-09-30

N: 57 S: 52 E: -96 W: -108

Binary
BOREAS TE-20 Soils Data over the NSA-MSA and Tower Sites in Vector Format 1 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 56.06 S: 55.73 E: -98.09 W: -98.79

multiple
ISLSCP II River Routing Data (STN-30p) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
MAPSS: Mapped Atmosphere-Plant-Soil System Model, Version 1.0 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1995-01-01

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

multiple
RLC Forest Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1973 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165

multiple
Soil Organic Carbon and Wetland Intrinsic Potential, Hoh River Watershed, WA, 2012-13 1 MODELS Computer 2012-01-01 to 2022-06-29

N: 47.9 S: 47.57 E: -123.83 W: -124.54

multiple
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

multiple
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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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