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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
OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 product (Version 1) LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI 2016-01-01 to Present N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180 Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF
OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent from Sentinel-1 (Version 1) Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B SENTINEL-1 C-SAR 2024-08-01 to Present N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180 Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF
OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent from Sentinel-1 CalVal Database (Version 1) Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B 2021-09-01 to 2021-10-31 N: 59.2 S: -71 E: 146.3 W: -160.1 zip
PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter In-Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (ISARA) Analysis Data TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS Computer 2024-09-03 to 2024-09-29 CALIFORNIA, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, WESTERN HEMISPHERE, TROPOSPHERE N: 38.1 S: 33.62 E: -116.98 W: -124.24 NetCDF-4
Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snowoff Date Maps, 1988-2023 DMSP 5D-3/F16, DMSP 5D-3/F17, DMSP 5D-3/F18, DMSP SSMIS, SSM/I 1988-01-01 to 2023-12-31 RUSSIAN FEDERATION, CANADA, ALASKA N: 90 S: 37.9787 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
PEM Tropics A Merge Data Data Analysis, NASA DC-8, P-3B 1996-08-06 to 1998-10-08 CHRISTMAS ISLAND, PACIFIC OCEAN, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, FIJI, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS N: 50 S: -79.03 E: 180 W: -180 GTE
PEM Tropics B P-3B In-Situ Aerosol Data P-3B CNC 1999-03-05 to 1999-04-12 PACIFIC OCEAN, HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, FIJI, CHRISTMAS ISLAND, GALAPAGOS ISLANDS N: 40 S: -36.33 E: 180 W: -180 GTE
PnET-BGC: Modeling Biogeochemical Processes in a Northern Hardwood Forest Ecosystem NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-11-05 to 2001-12-31 N: 43.94 S: 43.94 E: -71.751 W: -71.751 multiple
Potential Areas of Gas Seepage Detected by SAR in Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska COMPUTERS, ALOS Computer, PALSAR 2006-12-04 to 2011-03-17 ALASKA N: 65.1787 S: 64.3313 E: -146.87 W: -148.287 multiple
Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Storage Time Series V2 OSTM/JASON-2 POSEIDON-3 1992-09-25 to 2019-12-23 GLOBAL N: 66 S: -66 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

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Tool 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
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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