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NASA data span the composition, dynamics, and processes that describe the solid aspects of Earth. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable, Earth science knowledge.

Dataset	Geographic Region	Temporal Extent	Data Format	Potential Application Areas	Related Subtopics
Daily 30-second Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data	Global	1992-01-01 to Present	RINEX V2 RINEX V3 UNIX compressed ASCII	Precise Positioning/Navigation Geodesy/ Geodynamics (crustal motion, Earth rotation) Atmospheric Science (ionosphere, troposphere) Space Weather Monitoring Scientific Research IGS Support Data Quality Control	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
EMIT L2A Estimated Surface Reflectance and Uncertainty and Masks 60 m	Global Land	2022-08-09 to Present	NetCDF-4	Surface mineralogy mapping Geological exploration and resource assessment Dust source region characterization Spectral library development for earth materials	geochemistry
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) Cumulative Station Position Product	Global	2002-01-01 to Present	SINEX	Precise Station Positioning Geodetic Reference Frame Definition Crustal Deformation Monitoring Plate Tectonics Studies Geodynamics Research Long-term Position Stability Analysis	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
High-rate Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data	Global	2001-05-01 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Precise Positioning/Navigation (High-Accuracy) Geodesy/ Geodynamics (Detailed Crustal Motion, Rapid Changes) IGS Support (High-Frequency Analysis) Data Quality Control (Improved Temporal Resolution)	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
Hourly 30-second combined GPS broadcast ephemeris data	Global	2005-10-27 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Satellite Orbit Determination Precise Point Positioning (PPP) GNSS System Monitoring Navigation Algorithm Development Geodetic Applications Time Transfer	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
Hourly 30-second GPS broadcast ephemeris data	Global	2005-10-07 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Satellite Orbit Determination Precise Point Positioning (PPP) GNSS System Monitoring Navigation Algorithm Development Geodetic Applications Time Transfer	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
Hourly 30-second Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data	Global	2005-10-07 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Precise Positioning/Navigation Geodesy/ Geodynamics IGS Support Data Quality Control	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
OPERA Surface Displacement from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1)	Global	2016-07-01 to Present	NetCDF-4 XML PNG Zarr	Ground subsidence monitoring in urban areas and infrastructure	geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1)	Global	2014-04-03 to Present	GeoTIFF XML	Base mapping for change detection applications Terrain-corrected imagery for accurate spatial analysis Reference data for calibration of other SAR products	geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1)	Global	2020-12-31 to Present	HDF5 GeoTIFF, XML	Detection of changes in surface roughness properties	geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics

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Ground-Based GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) GPS daily accumulated real-time Precise Orbit Determination (POD) orbits (60-second sampling, 24-hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	GPS, GROUND STATIONS		2023-10-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		JPL pos-GOA (ASCII)
Ground-Based Meteorological Data (daily, 24 hour files) from Co-Located Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Receivers from NASA CDDIS	1	Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS	Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS RECEIVERS, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P	1992-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		RINEX
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (full-rate, daily, 24 hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	1976-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (full-rate, monthly files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	1976-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (normal points, daily, 24 hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	2016-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (normal points, hourly files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	2010-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (normal points, monthly files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	1982-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data Summary (normal points, monthly files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	1982-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) V1	1	GLOBAL HAWK	S-HIS	2011-09-01 to 2014-09-30	N: 50.0961 S: 7.55205 E: -19.2257 W: -154.611		netCDF-3
IceBridge BGM-3 Gravimeter L1B Time-Tagged Accelerations V001	1	BT-67	BGM-3	2008-12-31 to 2011-12-23	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		XML, ASCII
IceBridge BGM-3 Gravimeter L2 Geolocated Free Air Anomalies V001	1	BT-67	BGM-3	2009-01-08 to 2011-12-21	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	7.9 Kilometers x 7.9 Kilometers	ASCII
IceBridge CMG 1A Dynamic Gravity Meter Time-Tagged L1B Vertical Accelerations V001	1	BT-67	CMG-GT-1A	2012-11-13 to 2013-01-14	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		XML, ASCII
IceBridge CMG GT-1A Gravimeter L2 Geolocated Free Air Gravity Disturbances V001	1	BT-67	CMG-GT-1A	2012-11-22 to 2012-12-04	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	6.5 Kilometers x 6.5 Kilometers	XML, ASCII
IceBridge LDEO Gravimeter Suite L1B Geolocated Free Air Gravity Anomalies V001	1	DC-8, G-V, P-3B	LGS	2017-03-22 to 2019-11-20	N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180 , N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers	ASCII
IceBridge Sander AIRGrav L1B Geolocated Free Air Gravity Anomalies V001	1	DC-8, P-3B	AIRGrav	2009-10-16 to 2018-11-17	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 , N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180	5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers	XML, ASCII
IceBridge Sander AIRGrav L1B Geolocated Free Air Gravity Anomalies V002	2	DC-8, P-3B	AIRGrav	2009-10-16 to 2018-11-17	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 , N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180	5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers	ASCII
IceBridge Scintrex CS-3 Cesium Magnetometer L1B Geolocated Magnetic Anomalies V002	2	P-3B	CS-3	2013-11-18 to 2017-11-25	N: -63 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ASCII
IceBridge Watson-Gyro Fluxgate Magnetometer L1B Time-Tagged Magnetic Field V001	1	BT-67	FGM	2008-12-29 to 2013-01-14	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ASCII
IceBridge ZLS Dynamic Gravity Meter Time-Registered L1B Vertical Accelerations V001	1	BT-67	ZLS	2011-11-29 to 2011-12-21	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ASCII
IceBridge-Related Sander AIRGrav L1B Geolocated Free Air Gravity Anomalies V001	1	AS350-B2, AS350-B3, AS355-F2, CESSNA 206	AIRGrav	2012-04-29 to 2016-12-31	N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180 , N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers	ASCII
International Laser Ranging Service (ILRS) extension of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame 2020 (ITRF2020) TRF Model with additional SLR sites from NASA CDDIS	1	SATELLITES		1976-05-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		SINEX
JERS-1 Level 0 Product	1	JERS-1	SAR	1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
JERS-1 Level 1 Product	1	JERS-1	SAR	1992-05-20 to 1998-10-11	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
JPSS-1 CrIS Level 1B Principal Component Analysis / Rapid Event Detection V3.0 (SNDRJ1CrISL1BPCARED)	3.0	NOAA-20	CrIS	2018-01-05 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	14 Kilometers x 14 Kilometers
KMZ for ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product	1	ALOS	PALSAR	2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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GUARDIAN	The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning.	Monitoring Natural Events
Vertex	Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.	Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting

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