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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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ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data V007 007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Inland Water Surface Height V001 001 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2019-01-09

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Inland Water Surface Height V001 001 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2019-01-09

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Inland Water Surface Height V002 002 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2019-11-15

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Inland Water Surface Height V002 002 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2019-11-15

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

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Mean Inland Surface Water Data V002 002 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to 2022-08-10

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Mean Inland Surface Water Data V004 004 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Mean Inland Surface Water Data V004 004 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Mean Inland Surface Water Data V004 004 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to Present

N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
AVIRIS-5 L2A Orthocorrected Surface Reflectance, Facility Instrument Collection 1 NASA ER-2 AVIRIS-5 2025-05-05 to Present

N: 45.5 S: 27.5 E: -100.5 W: -127.5

multiple
Baseline Wetland Type and Land Cover Map of the Great Lakes Basin, 2010 1 LANDSAT-5, COMPUTERS, ALOS TM, Computer, PALSAR 2007-04-01 to 2011-04-15

N: 52.5534 S: 38.712 E: -71.5681 W: -97.2815

multiple
BioSCape: PRISM L2A Orthocorrected Surface Reflectance 1 G-III PRISM 2023-10-17 to 2023-11-26

N: -31.2636 S: -34.9153 E: 26.1289 W: 17.8272

multiple
BlueFlux: Dissolved Carbon and Greenhouse Gases 1 FIELD SURVEYS, Analytical Lab SURVEYING TOOLS, PH METERS, WATER BOTTLES, SFM, CARBON ANALYZERS 2022-10-15 to 2023-03-14

N: 25.44 S: 25.2084 E: -80.93 W: -81.9146

CSV
BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31

N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114

ASCII
BOREAS Follow-On HMet-04 1996-1998 NSA Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, WIND MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1994-01-01 to 1999-01-01

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

CSV
BOREAS HYD-02 Estimated Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) from Microwave Measurements 1 DHC-6 INFRARED RADIOMETERS, MR, PYRANOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, HYGROMETERS 1994-02-06 to 1994-02-13

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.24 W: -106.3

CSV
BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Depth Data: 1996 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW MEASURING ROD 1996-02-29 to 1996-03-11

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Pit Measurements: 1996 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW MEASURING ROD 1996-02-29 to 1996-03-12

N: 53.99 S: 53.58 E: -104.69 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Temperature Profiles 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOMETERS 1994-02-05 to 1994-04-27

N: 55.93 S: 53.56 E: -97.82 W: -105.27

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Water Equivalent: 1996 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW TUBE, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, SNOW MEASURING ROD 1996-02-29 to 1996-03-05

N: 55.93 S: 53.58 E: -97.82 W: -106.19

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Water Equivalent Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, SNOW TUBE, SNOW MEASURING ROD 1994-02-05 to 1994-04-27

N: 55.93 S: 53.56 E: -97.82 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-04 Areal Snow Course Survey Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SNOW TUBE, BALANCE 1994-02-03 to 1994-03-10

N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.24 W: -106.32

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-04 Standard Snow Course Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW TUBE, BALANCE 1993-11-15 to 1996-05-17

N: 55.91 S: 53.75 E: -98.42 W: -106.08

ASCII
BOREAS HYD-09 Streamflow Data 1 STREAMFLOW STATION STREAM GAUGES 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 55.92 S: 53.86 E: -98.38 W: -104.82

ASCII
BOREAS Level-0 AOCI Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format 1 NASA ER-2 AOCI 1994-07-21 to 1994-07-21

N: 54.46 S: 52.98 E: -104.93 W: -105.91

Binary

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
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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