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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
ABoVE: End of Season Snow Depth at CRREL sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, 2014-2019 1 FIELD SURVEYS MAGNAPROBE, GPS 2014-04-14 to 2019-03-07

N: 64.9512 S: 64.6938 E: -147.611 W: -148.332

CSV
ABoVE: Environmental Conditions and Subsistence Resource Access, Alaska, 2016-2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA 2016-02-15 to 2017-06-22

N: 67.0834 S: 61.7 E: -141.267 W: -160.72

CSV
ABoVE: Environmental Conditions During Fall Moose Hunting Seasons, Alaska, 2000-2016 1 GROUND STATIONS, Terra, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, Aqua WATER LEVEL GAUGES, MODIS, THERMOMETERS 2000-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 64.9322 S: 64.5525 E: -156.665 W: -158.533

CSV
ABoVE: Fractional Open Water Cover for Pan-Arctic and ABoVE-Domain Regions, 2002-2015 1 Aqua, GCOM-W1, Terra AMSR-E, MODIS, AMSR2 2002-06-20 to 2015-12-31

N: 90 S: 39.383 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
ABoVE: High Resolution Cloud-Free Snow Cover Extent and Snow Depth, Alaska, 2001-2017 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2017-12-30

N: 71.4215 S: 55.5667 E: -132.576 W: -179.18

netCDF-4 classic
ABoVE: Historical Lake Shorelines and Areas near Fairbanks, Alaska from 1949-2009 1 SPOT-1, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS HRVIR, CAMERA 1949-01-01 to 2009-12-31

N: 64.96 S: 64.8282 E: -147.66 W: -147.98

Shapefile
ABoVE: Ice Fraction of Small Water Bodies in the Arctic Coastal Plain, 2017-2023 1 Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-1B, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-1A Sentinel-2 MSI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR 2017-01-05 to 2023-12-28

N: 71.356 S: 68.8998 E: -140.188 W: -164.431

COG
ABoVE: Lake and Pond Extents in Alaskan Boreal and Tundra Subregions, 2019-2021 1 PlanetScope PlanetScope 2019-05-19 to 2021-09-28

N: 67.2081 S: 60.7642 E: -143.836 W: -164.402

Shapefile
ABoVE: Lake and Wetland Classification from L-band SAR, Alaska and Canada, 2017-2019 1 FIELD SURVEYS, UAV CAMERA, UAVSAR 2017-01-01 to 2019-09-19

N: 67.909 S: 53.707 E: -107.864 W: -149.165

multiple
ABoVE: Lake Growing Season Green Surface Reflectance Trends, AK and Canada, 1984-2019 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 1984-07-01 to 2019-09-01

N: 74.9995 S: 49.545 E: -81.2261 W: -168.103

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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

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Tool 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
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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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