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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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Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) data from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND STATIONS	VLBI Station	1979-08-03 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) DB data from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	VLBI Station	2005-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ASCII
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Earth Orientation Parameters (EOP) Products from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	VLBI Station	2000-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		Text
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Intensive Earth Orientation Parameter (EOP-I) Series products from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	VLBI Station	2005-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ASCII
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Level 1A correlator (SWIN) output from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	VLBI Station	2021-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		SWIN
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Level 2 VLBI Global Observing System (VGOS) DB format data from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	VLBI Station	2017-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		PDF
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) National Geodetic Survey (NGS) card data from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	VLBI Station	2005-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ASCII
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Positions Products from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND STATIONS	VLBI Station	1980-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		Software INdependent EXchange (SINEX)
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Session Earth Orientation Parameter Series (EOP-S) Product from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND STATIONS	VLBI Station	2002-02-13 to 2023-12-11	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		EOP Transfer Format
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Terrestrial Reference Frame (TRF) products from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS	VLBI Station	2002-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		SINEX
Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) Tropospheric Parameters (TROP) products from NASA CDDIS	1	GROUND STATIONS	VLBI Station	2001-12-30 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		EOP Transfer Format
VIIRS/JPSS1 Day/Night Band Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation 6 Min L1 Swath 750m NRT	2.1	NOAA-20	VIIRS	2022-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	750 Meters x 750 Meters	NetCDF4
VIIRS/JPSS1 Imagery Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation 6 Min L1 Swath 375m NRT	2.1	NOAA-20	VIIRS	2022-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	375 Meters x 375 Meters	NetCDF4
VIIRS/JPSS1 Moderate Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation 6 Min L1 Swath 750m NRT	2.1	NOAA-20	VIIRS	2022-01-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	750 Meters x 750 Meters	NetCDF
VIIRS/NPP Day/Night Band Terrain Corrected Geolocation L1 6-Min Swath 750 m	2	Suomi-NPP	VIIRS	2012-01-19 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	750 Meters x 750 Meters	NetCDF-4
VIIRS/NPP Imagery Resolution Terrain Corrected Geolocation 6-Min L1 Swath 375 m	2	Suomi-NPP	VIIRS	2012-01-19 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		netCDF-4
VIIRS/NPP Moderate Resolution Terrain-Corrected Geolocation L1 6-Min Swath 750 m	2	Suomi-NPP	VIIRS	2012-01-19 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	750 Meters x 750 Meters	NetCDF-4

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