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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Access and Tools

NASA data examine many characteristics of the liquid and frozen water and the dynamic processes they are part of across Earth’s landscape. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Terrestrial Hydrosphere Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Data Format
LBA-ECO LC-04 Macrohydrological Routing Data for the Amazon and Tocantins River Basin NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1967-01-01 to 1996-12-31 multiple
LBA-ECO LC-04 THMB Model Simulations for the Amazon and Tocantins Basins: 1939-1998 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1939-01-01 to 1998-12-31 netCDF-3
LBA-ECO LC-07 Amazon Floodplain Lake Chlorophyll from MODIS, Para, Brazil: 2002-2003 Terra MODIS 2002-04-01 to 2003-12-31 AMAZONIA GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-07 Bathymetric Survey of Floodplain Lake, Lago Curuai, Para, Brazil: 2004 SATELLITES, FIELD INVESTIGATION TM, ECHO SOUNDERS 2004-06-01 to 2004-06-30 GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-07 CO2 and CH4 Flux from Wetlands, Negro River Basin, Brazil: 2004-2006 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2004-03-10 to 2006-01-31 CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Lake Sediment Nutrient Data, Lago Calado, Brazil: 1982-1984 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY DREDGING DEVICES, SEDIMENT CORERS, SPECTROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS 1982-02-01 to 1984-08-31 CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Methane and Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Balbina Reservoir, Brazil FIELD INVESTIGATION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, OXYGEN METERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES 2004-07-05 to 2006-02-15 CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Methane Releases from Two Amazon Hydroreservoirs, Brazil: 2000-2001 LABORATORY GC-FID 2000-06-01 to 2001-09-30 CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Monthly Inundated Areas, Amazon, Orinoco and Pantanal Basins: 1978-1987 Nimbus-7 SMMR 1978-12-01 to 1987-08-31 multiple
LBA-ECO LC-07 Monthly Mean Flooded Wetlands Habitat, Central Amazon Basin: 1979-1996 JERS-1, Nimbus-7 SAR, SMMR 1979-01-01 to 1996-06-30 CSV
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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
ASF MapReady Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data Processing
CASEI The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns. Search and Discovery, Cataloging
CyAN File Search The CyAN File Search tool allows users to choose an area over the continental United States and Alaska to retrieve cyanobacteria datasets archived by the Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) project. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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
Hydrocron Hydrocron is an API that repackages hydrology datasets from SWOT into formats that make time-series analysis easier. Subsetting, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
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
STREAM STREAM is a rapid water quality monitoring tool that processes satellite imagery to create maps showing chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Solids, and water clarity at 20-30 meter resolution. Processing
SWOT Swath Visualizer The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Swath Visualizer provides a visualization of two instruments’ coverage of Earth's surface: the Ka-band Radar Interferometer and altimeter. Analysis, Data Curation, Visualization
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