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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 Sort descending Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
GPM Ground Validation USGS Stream Flow IFloodS V1 1 GROUND STATIONS STREAM GAUGES 2008-07-24 to 2013-07-01

N: 43.4697 S: 40.6017 E: -90.1904 W: -96.5619

XML
GPM GROUND VALIDATION WYOMING KING AIR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS LPVEX V1 1 UWKA CDP, FSSP, GPS, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, NEVZOROV PROBE, PMS 2D-C PROBE, PMS 2D-P PROBE, ROSEMOUNT PROBES 2010-09-11 to 2010-10-20

N: 61.5401 S: 59.6884 E: 26.5131 W: 19.8372

netCDF-3
Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids 3.0 MODELS Computer 1990-07-01, 1995-07-01, 2000-07-01, 2005-07-01, 2010-07-01, 2015-07-01

N: 79.89196 S: -54.751503 E: 179.848323 W: -179.199552

ASCII, BIL, Grid, WMS
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area 4.0 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01

N: 85 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 10 4.10 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01

N: 85 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

ASCII, GeoTIFF
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 11 4.11 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01

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

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees ASCII, GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
High Mountain Asia 30m and 8m Flood Geomorphic Potential V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2021-04-22 to 2021-04-22

N: 49.7 S: 9.5 E: 121.6 W: 58.1

30 Meters x 30 Meters<br>8 Meters x 8 Meters GeoTIFF, Shapefile
High Mountain Asia 5 Arc-Minute Hydrological Flow Direction for the Headwaters of the Amu Darya and Indus River Basins V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2023-03-23 to 2023-03-23

N: 39.84 S: 31.09 E: 81.75 W: 65.59

GeoTIFF, ASCII Grid
High Mountain Asia CMIP6 Monthly and Yearly Water Balance Projections, 2016-2099 for Parts of Afghanistan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Pakistan V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 39.83334 S: 31.08334 E: 81.75 W: 65.58334

netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia Daily 0.05 x 0.05 deg Noah-MP Land Surface Model Reanalysis V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2003-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 46 S: 20 E: 111 W: 60

0.05 Decimal Degrees x 0.05 Decimal Degrees netCDF-3
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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
WISP The Water Information from Space (WISP) is an interactive dashboard for displaying satellite hydrology data. Monitoring Natural Events, Visualization
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