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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
LBA-ECO CD-06 Biogeochemistry of Ji-Parana River and Tributaries, Brazil: 1999-2003 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1999-05-24 to 2003-05-20 multiple
LBA-ECO CD-06 Carbon Cycling in Rivers in Amazonas and Acre, Brazil: 2005-2006 LABORATORY FLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY, MASS SPECTROMETERS 2005-07-16 to 2006-09-25 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-06 CO2 Exchange in River Systems Across the Amazon Basin: 2004-2007 FIELD INVESTIGATION IR CO2 ANALYZER 2004-07-01 to 2007-01-23 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-06 Flux of CO2 from Amazon Mainstem Rivers, Tributaries, and Floodplains NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1982-04-01 to 1996-06-30 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-06 Isotopic Composition of Carbon Fractions, Amazon Basin River Water FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY IRGA, CHN ANALYZERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, BALANCE 1991-08-12 to 2003-01-26 CSV
LBA-ECO CD-06 Physical, Political, and Hydrologic Maps, Ji-Parana River Basin, Brazil AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 2001-12-31 Shapefile
LBA-ECO CD-06 Water Balance of the Ji-Parana River Basin, Brazil: 1995-1996 STREAMFLOW STATION, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS STREAM GAUGES, RAIN GAUGES 1995-10-01 to 1996-08-31 CSV
LBA-ECO LC-01 Hydrography, Morphology, Edaphology Maps, Northern Ecuadorian Amazon MAPS DIGITIZER 1983-01-01 to 1993-12-31 Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-02 Groundwater Levels, Catuaba Experimental Farm, Acre, Brazil: 1999-2004 FIELD INVESTIGATION WATER LEVEL GAUGES 1999-02-12 to 2004-12-22 CSV
LBA-ECO LC-02 Tributary Coordinates, Acre River, Tri-national River Basin: 2003-2004 SATELLITES GPS 2003-02-01 to 2004-07-30 CSV
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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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