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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
LBA-ECO CD-06 Carbon Cycling in Rivers in Amazonas and Acre, Brazil: 2005-2006 1 LABORATORY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY, MASS SPECTROMETERS 2005-07-16 to 2006-09-25

N: -2.589 S: -10.073 E: -58.746 W: -72.7

CSV
Arctic Tundra Flux Study in the Kuparuk River Basin (Alaska), 1994-1996 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMISTORS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1997-01-01

N: 69 S: 45 E: -130 W: -171

ASCII
BOREAS RSS-03 Reflectance Measured from a Helicopter-Mounted Barnes MMR 1 HELICOPTER MMR 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-19

N: 55.97 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

ASCII
LBA-ECO ND-02 Soil Gas and Water Content, Rainfall Exclusion, Tapajos National Forest 1 FIELD SURVEYS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, TDR 1999-12-09 to 2002-06-14

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
CARVE-ARCSS: Methane Loss From Arctic- Fluxes From the Alaskan North Slope, 2012-2014 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, C-23 Sherpa EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HUPCRS 2012-05-23 to 2014-12-31

N: 71.5 S: 68.3 E: -155 W: -158

multiple
NACP Integrated Wildland and Cropland 30-m Fuel Characteristics Map, U.S.A., 2010 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2010-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 49.79 S: 26.52 E: -67.96 W: -126.46

BigTIFF
SHIFT: AVIRIS-NG Full-Resolution True Color Images 1 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2022-02-24 to 2022-05-17

N: 34.8992 S: 34.357 E: -119.478 W: -120.643

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-03 SAR Images, Land Cover, and Biomass, Four Areas across Brazilian Amazon 1 RADARSAT-1, JERS-1 SAR, DIGITIZER 1974-01-01 to 1998-06-18

N: -2.0017 S: -10.5014 E: -54.4989 W: -68.5008

multiple
BOREAS TE-21 Daily Surface Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HUMIDITY SENSORS, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 55.93 S: 53.63 E: -97.87 W: -106.2

ASCII
SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_GRD_HIGH_RES 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

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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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