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Land Use/Land Cover Data Access and Tools

NASA data range from global assessments of snow cover albedo to food insecurity cropland extent measurements. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Commonly Used Land Cover/Crop Extent Data at a Glance

Spatial ResolutionSpatial CoverageTemporal ResolutionTemporal CoverageSpectral ResolutionSatellite/
Platform		Sensor(s)/ Model NameObservation or ModelFile Format
500 mGlobal1-2 days2001-202136 bands ranging from 0.4 µm to 14.4 µmTerra and AquaMODISObservationHDF-EOS
30 m, 90 m, 1 kmRegional datasetsMulti-year2007-2016
(varies)		VariesDerived from Landsat dataGFSADObservationGeoTIFF
30 mGlobalYearly2001-2019VariesDerived from Landsat dataGLanCEObservationGeoTIFF

Land Use/Land Cover Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Frost Boil Sites, North Slope, Alaska, 2000-2006 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS 2000-08-16 to 2006-07-30

N: 70.3811 S: 69.1469 E: -147.991 W: -148.994

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Happy Valley, Alaska, 1994 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1994-07-18 to 1994-07-31

N: 69.1689 S: 69.122 E: -148.82 W: -148.868

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Imnavait Creek, Alaska, 1984-1985 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, SPECTROMETERS, PROBES 1984-08-01 to 1985-09-01

N: 68.625 S: 68.6 E: -149.23 W: -149.325

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Toolik Lake, Alaska, 1989 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY PROBES, SOIL SAMPLER 1989-08-01 to 1989-08-24

N: 68.643 S: 68.6228 E: -149.587 W: -149.651

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots for IBP Tundra Biome, Barrow, Alaska, 1972-2010 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER 1972-08-01 to 2010-08-01

N: 71.2997 S: 71.2882 E: -156.662 W: -156.711

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots in Burned and Unburned Tundra, Alaska, 2011-2012 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2011-07-14 to 2012-07-30

N: 70.0887 S: 65.361 E: -146.645 W: -164.686

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
ASTER Global Emissivity Dataset 1 kilometer Binary 003 Terra ASTER 2000-04-04 to 2008-12-31

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

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters Binary
ASTER Global Emissivity Dataset 100 meter Binary 003 Terra ASTER 2000-04-01 to 2008-12-31

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

100 Meters x 100 Meters Binary
ASTER Global Emissivity Dataset, 1 kilometer, HDF5 V003 003 Terra ASTER 2000-01-01 to 2008-12-31

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

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters HDF5
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Featured Land Use/Land Cover Observation Method: Sentinel-1
Sentinel-1 is a European Space Agency (ESA) satellites designed to acquire Earth-observation measurements and carries a C-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) to provide all-weather, day-and-night imagery of Earth's surface. The platform was launched on April 3, 2014, and images Earth every six days. Sentinel-1 SAR data can reveal the surface roughness of the land, oil and vegetation moisture content, and vegetation density. The dadar data can also be used to determine water surface conditions such as waviness and identify water inundation into inland areas and beneath forest canopies.
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HLS data near Columbus, Nebraska from 2022

HLS: Two Together Better than Two Apart

The purpose of the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) project led by IMPACT, is to combine two or more data streams into a single data set and increase their value.

Land Use/Land Cover Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
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
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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