| 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 |
|
| 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 |
| geochemistry |
| Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) Cumulative Station Position Product | Global | 2002-01-01 to Present | SINEX |
| geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics |
| High-rate Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data | Global | 2001-05-01 to Present |
|
| geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics |
| Hourly 30-second combined GPS broadcast ephemeris data | Global | 2005-10-27 to Present |
|
| geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics |
| Hourly 30-second GPS broadcast ephemeris data | Global | 2005-10-07 to Present |
|
| geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics |
| Hourly 30-second Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data | Global | 2005-10-07 to Present |
|
| geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics |
| OPERA Surface Displacement from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) | Global | 2016-07-01 to Present |
|
| 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 |
|
| geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics |
| OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) | Global | 2020-12-31 to Present |
| Detection of changes in surface roughness properties | geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics |
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| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platform | Instrument | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar Orbiter Laser Altimeter (LOLA) one-way Laser Ranging Full Rate Data (all ranges collected, ground stations, aggregate of normal points daily) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | ALTIMETERS | 2009-07-01, 2014-09-01 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
Consolidated Laser Ranging Data Format (CRD) version 1 | |
| MEaSUREs SESES Daily GNSS Geodetic Displacement TIme Series products from NASA CDDIS | 1 | GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS | GLONASS RECEIVERS, GPS, GNSS RECEIVER | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
SOPAC GLOBK ATS Model | |
| MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_adg_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Aerosol Diagnostics (extended) 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXADG) at GES DISC | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| MERRA-2 tavgM_2d_adg_Nx: 2d,Monthly mean,Time-averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Aerosol Diagnostics (extended) 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TMNXADG) at GES DISC | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| MERRA-2 tavgU_2d_adg_Nx: 2d,diurnal,Time-averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Aerosol Diagnostics (extended) 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2TUNXADG) at GES DISC | 5.12.4 | MERRA-2 | NOT APPLICABLE | 1980-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
0.625 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees | |
| MISR Derived Case Study Data for Iceland Volcanic Eruptions (Eyjafjallajokull, Grimsvotn, Holuhraun) Including Geometric Plume Height and Qualitative Radiometric Particle Property Information | 1 | Terra | MISR | 2010-04-15 to 2015-02-21 | ASCII, PNG, JPEG, HDF5 | ||
| MISR Derived Case Study Data for Kilauea Volcanic Eruptions Including Geometric Plume Height and Qualitative Radiometric Particle Property Information | 1 | Terra | MISR | 2000-10-25 to 2018-08-01 | ASCII, PNG, JPEG, HDF5 | ||
| Mobile UIUC Soundings IMPACTS V1 | 1 | GROUND STATIONS | RAWINSONDES | 2020-01-18 to 2023-02-28 |
N: 44.707 S: 38.958 E: -70.661 W: -88.253 |
netCDF-4 | |
| Multi-Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Broadcast Ephemeris Data (daily files) from NASA CDDIS | 1 | Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS | Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS RECEIVER, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P | 1992-01-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
RINEX | |
| NISAR Beta Geocoded Pixel Offsets (Version 1) | 1 | NISAR | L-SAR, S-SAR | 2025-10-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF5, XML, YAML, PNG, KML, CSV, PDF | |
| NISAR Beta Geocoded Polarimetric Covariance Product (Version 1) | 1 | NISAR | L-SAR, S-SAR | 2025-10-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF5, PNG, XML, PDF, CSV, KML, YAML | |
| NISAR Beta Geocoded Single Look Complex Product (Version 1) | 1 | NISAR | L-SAR, S-SAR | 2025-10-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF5, PNG, XML, PDF, CSV, KML, YAML | |
| NISAR Beta Geocoded Unwrapped Interferogram Product (Version 1) | 1 | NISAR | L-SAR, S-SAR | 2025-10-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF5, PNG, XML, PDF, CSV, KML, YAML | |
| NISAR Beta Range Doppler Pixel Offsets (Version 1) | 1 | NISAR | L-SAR, S-SAR | 2025-10-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF5, XML, YAML, PNG, KML, CSV, PDF | |
| NISAR Beta Range Doppler Single Look Complex Product (Version 1) | 1 | NISAR | L-SAR, S-SAR | 2025-10-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF5, XML, PNG, PDF, CSV, KML, YAML | |
| NISAR Beta Range Doppler Unwrapped Interferogram Product (Version 1) | 1 | NISAR | L-SAR, S-SAR | 2025-10-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF5, XML, YAML, PNG, KML, CSV, PDF | |
| NISAR Beta Range Doppler Wrapped Interferogram Product (Version 1) | 1 | NISAR | L-SAR, S-SAR | 2025-10-01 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF5, XML, YAML, PNG, KML, CSV, PDF | |
| NOAA-20 VIIRS Level-1 Geolocation Data, version 2 | 2 | NOAA-20 | VIIRS | 2017-11-29 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| NOAA-21 VIIRS Level-1A Geolocation Data, version 1 | 1 | NOAA-21 | VIIRS | 2022-11-10 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| OMG Airborne Gravity (AirGRAV) Data from Airborne Bathymetry Surveys Version 1 | 1 | AIRCRAFT | AIRGrav | 2016-03-20 to 2020-09-07 |
N: 82.413 S: 60.644 E: -19.232 W: -72.548 |
ASCII | |
| OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) | 1 | Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present | HDF5, XML | ||
| OPERA Coregistered Single-Look Complex from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) | 1 | Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C | C-SAR | 2016-07-01 to Present | HDF5, XML | ||
| OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) | 1 | Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B | C-SAR | 2014-04-03 to Present |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
GeoTIFF, XML | |
| OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) | 1 | Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C | C-SAR | 2016-04-14 to Present |
N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 |
HDF5, GeoTIFF, XML | |
| OPERA Surface Displacement from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1) | 1 | Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-1C | C-SAR | 2016-07-01 to Present | netCDF-4, XML, PNG, Zarr |
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