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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

Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
BOREAS SERM Forest Cover Data Layers of the SSA in Vector Format AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1993-01-01 to 1993-12-31 N: 59.34 S: 50.57 E: -94.08 W: -110.05 Binary
BOREAS TF-01 SSA-OA Understory Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temperature Data FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, THERMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, BAROMETERS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IRGA, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, NET RADIOMETERS 1993-10-12 to 1994-12-31 N: 53.63 S: 53.63 E: -106.2 W: -106.2 ASCII
BOREAS TF-10 NSA-Fen Tower Flux and Meteorological Data FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, RAIN GAUGES, PYRANOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, Pyrgeometer, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES 1993-08-15 to 1996-11-10 N: 55.91 S: 55.91 E: -98.42 W: -98.42 ASCII
BOREAS TF-11 CO2 and CH4 Flux Data from the SSA-Fen FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY STEEL MEASURING TAPE, GC-FID 1994-06-08 to 1994-09-15 N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62 ASCII
BOREAS TF-11 SSA Fen Soil Surface CO2 Flux Data FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WATER LEVEL GAUGES 1994-05-27 to 1995-10-03 N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62 ASCII
BOREAS TF-11 SSA-FEN Tower Flux and Meteorological Data FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, LABORATORY EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, TUNABLE DIODE LASER 1993-08-23 to 1995-10-09 N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-01/TGB-03 Water Table and Peat Temperature Data over the NSA FIELD INVESTIGATION WATER LEVEL GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES 1994-05-26 to 1996-10-23 N: 55.92 S: 55.92 E: -98.42 W: -98.42 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-04 NSA-BVP Tower Flux and Meteorological Data FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, THERMOCOUPLES, PSYCHROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, STREAM GAUGES, NET RADIOMETERS, IRGA, Bowen Ratio Devices 1994-05-28 to 1994-09-17 N: 55.84 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.03 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-04 Water and Sediment Temperature Data over the NSA-BP (Beaver Pond) FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES 1994-05-28 to 1994-09-18 N: 55.84 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.03 ASCII
BOREAS TGB-05 Dissolved Organic Carbon Data from NSA Beaver Ponds LABORATORY CARBON ANALYZERS 1994-04-22 to 1994-09-19 N: 55.84 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.03 ASCII
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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

Tool Sort descending 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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