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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 Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Aqua MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Chlorophyll (CHL) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Garver-Siegel-Maritorena Model (GSM) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Aqua MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Garver-Siegel-Maritorena Model (GSM) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Aqua MODIS 2002-07-04 to Present

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
ARCSIX Learjet In-Situ Cloud Data 1 LEARJET 2DS, FCDP, HVPS, NEVZOROV PROBE, 2D-Gray 2024-07-25 to 2024-08-17

N: 84.18 S: 63.58 E: -49.13 W: -110.53

ICARTT
ARCSIX P-3B In-Situ Cloud Data 1 P-3B 2DS, Hawkeye 2DS, FCDP, HVPS, CFDC 2024-05-17 to 2024-08-18

N: 86.06 S: 37.68 E: -8.32 W: -105.18

ICARTT, Text File
Arctic Alaska Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1993-2005 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, AVHRR 1993-06-01 to 2005-03-30

N: 71.3703 S: 57.0847 E: -138.542 W: -173.052

multiple
Arctic Vegetation Plots in Northern NWT and YT, Canada, 1965-1966 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL DEPTH PROBE 1965-06-09 to 1966-08-13

N: 68.8244 S: 68.2203 E: -135.697 W: -138.748

CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots, Prudhoe Bay ArcSEES Road Study, Lake Colleen, Alaska, 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY CORING DEVICES, PROBES, GPS, THERMOMETERS, BALANCE 2014-08-06 to 2014-08-13

N: 70.2248 S: 70.2214 E: -148.467 W: -148.474

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
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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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