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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 Spatial Extent Data Format
LBA-ECO ND-11 Stream Carbon and Nutrients, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2003-2006 LABORATORY PH METERS, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS 2003-11-18 to 2006-05-18 N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597 CSV
LBA-ECO ND-30 Water Chemistry, Rainfall Exclusion, km 67, Tapajos National Forest LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, LYSIMETERS 1999-05-17 to 2006-05-10 N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55 CSV
LBA-ECO TG-05 NPP, Carbon Pool, Soil Characteristics, Soil Gas Flux Maps of Brazil NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1982-01-01 to 2001-12-31 N: 6.02 S: -34 E: -34.035 W: -80 GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO TG-09 Soil Isotopic C, N, H2O, and N2O Data, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil LABORATORY IRMS, BALANCE 2000-07-08 to 2002-03-23 N: -2.75 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -55 CSV
Location and Permanency of Water Bodies in the African Sahel Region from 2003-2011 COMPUTERS, Terra, Aqua MODIS 2003-01-01 to 2011-12-31 N: 20 S: 10 E: 40 W: -20 netCDF-3
Lund-Potsdam-Jena Wetland Hydrology and Methane DGV Model (LPJ-WHyMe v1.3.1) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1972-01-01 to 2010-10-15 N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska SPOT-1, LANDSAT ETM+, MSS 1976-08-04 to 2008-12-31 N: 70.5422 S: 68.2881 E: -148.085 W: -151.196 multiple
Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Toolik Lake Area, Alaska COMPUTERS Computer 1990-01-01 to 2014-08-31 N: 68.6561 S: 68.6169 E: -149.546 W: -149.67 Shapefile
Maps of Vegetation, NDVI, Snow and Thaw Depths: North Slope, Alaska and NWT, Canada FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SPECTROMETERS, SNOW MEASURING ROD 2000-08-01 to 2012-12-31 N: 78.7857 S: 68.3617 E: -103.552 W: -148.852 multiple
MEaSUREs Global Record of Daily Landscape Freeze/Thaw Status V005 DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, FY-3B, GCOM-W1, Nimbus-7 SSM/I, SSMIS, MWRI, AMSR2, SMMR 1979-01-01 to 2023-12-31 GLOBAL N: 86.7167 S: -86.7167 E: 179.9999 W: -179.9999 HDF5, GIF, GeoTIFF
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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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