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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 Data Format
GPM GROUND VALIDATION GCPEX SNOW MICROPHYSICS CASE STUDY V1 NASA DC-8, GROUND STATIONS, UND CITATION II APR-2, CIPS, D3R, DPR, HVPS, PMS 2D-C PROBE 2012-02-24 to 2012-02-25 ONTARIO netCDF-4
GPM Ground Validation Iowa Flood Center (IFC) Stream Flow IFloodS V1 GROUND STATIONS STREAM GAUGES 2013-03-31 to 2013-06-30 IOWA XML
GPM Ground Validation USGS Stream Flow IFloodS V1 GROUND STATIONS STREAM GAUGES 2008-07-24 to 2013-07-01 IOWA XML
GPM GROUND VALIDATION WYOMING KING AIR CLOUD MICROPHYSICS LPVEX V1 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 FINLAND netCDF-3
Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids MODELS Computer 1990-07-01, 1995-07-01, 2000-07-01, 2005-07-01, 2010-07-01, 2015-07-01 AFRICA, ASIA, AUSTRALIA, EUROPE, GLOBAL ASCII, BIL, Grid, WMS
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL GeoTIFF
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 10 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL ASCII, GeoTIFF
Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Land and Water Area, Revision 11 MODELS Computer 2010-07-01 GLOBAL ASCII, GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
High Mountain Asia 30m and 8m Flood Geomorphic Potential V001 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2017-07-16 to 2017-07-16, 2021-04-22 to 2021-04-22 AFGHANISTAN, PAKISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, NEPAL GeoTIFF, Shapefile
High Mountain Asia 5 Arc-Minute Hydrological Flow Direction for the Headwaters of the Amu Darya and Indus River Basins V001 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2023-03-23 to 2023-03-23 AFGHANISTAN, TAJIKISTAN, KYRGYZSTAN, PAKISTAN GeoTIFF, ASCII Grid
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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
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
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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