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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
MEaSUREs InSAR-Based Ice Velocity Maps of Central Antarctica: 1997 and 2009 V001 1 RADARSAT-1, RADARSAT-2 SAR 2009-01-01 to 2009-12-31

N: -72 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

900 Meters x 900 Meters netCDF-3, Binary, ASCII
MEaSUREs ITS_LIVE Antarctic Quarterly 1920 m Ice Shelf Height Change and Basal Melt Rates, 1992-2017 V001 1 CRYOSAT-2, ENVISAT, ERS-1, ERS-2 SIRAL, RA-2, RA 1992-03-17 to 2017-12-16

N: -54 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

1920 Meters x 1920 Meters netCDF-4
MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere State of Cryosphere Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 1 DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Terra SSM/I, SSMIS, MODIS 1999-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Snow Cover Extent Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 1 DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Terra SSM/I, SSMIS, MODIS 1999-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
MEaSUREs Northern Hemisphere Terrestrial Snow Cover Extent Weekly 100km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 1 DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7 SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR 1966-10-04 to 2012-12-31

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

100 Kilometers x 100 Kilometers netCDF-4
Merged Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B OLCI Regional Binned Inland Waters (ILW) Data, version 5.0 5.0 Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B OLCI 2016-04-25 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Merged Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B OLCI Regional Mapped CyAN Project, True Color (TC) Data, version 6.0 6.0 Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B OLCI 2016-04-25 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Merged Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B OLCI Regional Mapped Cyanobacteria Index (CI) Data, version 6.0 6.0 Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B OLCI 2016-04-25 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Merged Sentinel-3A and Sentinel-3B OLCI Regional Mapped Inland Waters (ILW) Data, version 5.0 5.0 Sentinel-3A, Sentinel-3B OLCI 2016-04-25 to Present

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

netCDF-4
MERRA-2 tavg1_2d_flx_Nx: 2d,1-Hourly,Time-Averaged,Single-Level,Assimilation,Surface Flux Diagnostics 0.625 x 0.5 degree V5.12.4 (M2T1NXFLX) at GES DISC 5.12.4 MERRA-2 NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to Present

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

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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

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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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