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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
Sentinel-3B OLCI Regional Inland Waters (ILW) Data, version 5.0 Sentinel-3B OLCI 2018-04-25 to Present UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALASKA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
Sentinel-3B OLCI Regional Binned Inland Waters (ILW) Data, version 5.0 Sentinel-3B OLCI 2018-04-25 to Present UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALASKA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
Sentinel-3B OLCI Regional Mapped Inland Waters (ILW) Data, version 5.0 Sentinel-3B OLCI 2018-04-25 to Present UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ALASKA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 netCDF-4
SISTER: Experimental Workflows, Product Generation Environment, and Sample Data, V004 NOAA Twin Otter, NASA ER-2 AVIRIS 2011-05-13 to 2018-01-26 COLORADO, CALIFORNIA, HAWAII N: 39.0817 S: 21.2023 E: -107.962 W: -158.055 multiple
SnowEx17 Ground Penetrating Radar V002 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPR 2017-02-08 to 2017-02-25 GRAND MESA N: 39.11115 S: 38.9935 E: -107.85785 W: -108.22367 ASCII
SnowEx17 Senator Beck SnowMicroPen (SMP) Raw Penetration Force Profiles V001 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SMP 2017-02-06 to 2017-02-20 GRAND MESA N: 37.940572 S: 37.856078 E: -107.6725 W: -107.752128 PNG, ASCII
SnowEx20 Boise River Basin SnowMicroPen (SMP) Raw Penetration Force Profiles V001 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SMP 2019-12-18 to 2020-01-24 IDAHO N: 44.30331 S: 43.75724 E: -115.23445 W: -116.0909 PNG, Binary, CSV
SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Autumn 2019 Snow Depth V001 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS MAGNAPROBE 2019-11-04 to 2019-11-07 GRAND MESA N: 39.043616 S: 39.003473 E: -108.129346 W: -108.212901 CSV
SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Autumn 2019 Snow Pits V001 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS A2 Photonic_WISe, MICROSCOPES, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS 2019-11-04 to 2019-11-06 GRAND MESA N: 39.046174 S: 39.008296 E: -108.150626 W: -108.201372 JPEG, ASCII, Excel
SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Autumn 2019 Snow Water Equivalent V001 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SWE Sampler 2019-11-03 to 2019-11-06 GRAND MESA N: 39.045793 S: 39.008324 E: -108.133243 W: -108.210066 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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