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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
SWOT Level 2 Water Mask Raster Image Data Product, Version C 2.0 SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

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

100 Meters x 100 Meters<br>250 Meters x 250 Meters netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 Water Mask Raster Image Data Product, Version D D SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

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

100 Meters x 100 Meters<br>250 Meters x 250 Meters netCDF-4
SWOT Level 4 Sword of Science River Discharge Products, Version 3 3 SWOT KaRIn 2023-03-29 to 2025-05-02

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

netCDF-4
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent KaRIn High Rate Water Mask Pixel Cloud Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

20 Meters x 20 Meters netCDF-4
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent High Rate Lake Vectors Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

Shapefile
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent High Rate Raster Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

100 Meters x 100 Meters<br>250 Meters x 250 Meters netCDF-4
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent High Rate River Vectors Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

shapefile
SWOT Simulated Level 2 North America Continent KaRIn High Rate Pixel Cloud Vector Attribute Product Version 1.0 1.0 COMPUTERS Computer 2022-08-01 to 2022-08-22

N: 52 S: 24 E: -82 W: -113

20 Meters x 20 Meters netCDF-4
The ABCflux Database: Arctic-Boreal CO2 Flux and Site Environmental Data, 1989-2020 1 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS Computer, PROBES, THERMOMETERS, GAS SENSORS 1989-12-01 to 2020-09-30

N: 82.8225 S: 48.2167 E: 161.55 W: -165.62

CSV
The Lake Observations by Citizen Scientists & Satellites (LOCSS) Level 1 Version 1.0 1.0 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS WATER LEVEL GAUGES 2017-01-01 to 2022-05-29

N: 53.459502 S: 11.540831 E: 92.219138 W: -123.116192

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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