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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
Timeseries of Arctic-Boreal Lake Area Derived from CubeSat Imagery, 2017 SATELLITES CAMERA 2017-05-01 to 2017-10-01 ALASKA, CANADA, ARCTIC N: 70.3105 S: 52.8149 E: -89.8193 W: -149.699 multiple
TRACE-P P-3B In-Situ Aerosol Data P-3B FSSP, OPC 1999-01-07 to 2002-03-01 WESTERN HEMISPHERE, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE, PACIFIC OCEAN, WESTERN PACIFIC OCEAN, TROPOSPHERE N: 45.7 S: 6.89 E: 180 W: -180 GTE
Trends in Global Freshwater Availability from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) GRACE ACC 2002-01-01 to 2016-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Trends of Thermal, Wetness, and Vegetative Change in the Circumpolar Arctic COMPUTERS Computer 1980-01-01 to 2020-12-31 ARCTIC N: 90 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
U.S. Climate Risk Projections by County, 2040-2049 MODELS Computer 2040-01-01 to 2049-12-31 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180 Shapefile, PDF, PNG, Excel
UAVSAR Polarimetric Products for ABoVE Wetland Sites, Peace-Athabasca Delta, Canada G-III UAVSAR 2017-06-13 to 2022-08-16 ALBERTA N: 59.4366 S: 57.5914 E: -111.172 W: -111.608 COG
UC Berkeley CYGNSS Level 3 Daily RWAWC Watermask Version 3.2 CYGNSS DDMI 2018-08-01 GLOBAL, TROPICS N: 37.4 S: -37.4 E: 180 W: -180 NETCDF
UC Berkeley CYGNSS Level 3 Monthly RWAWC Watermask Version 3.1 CYGNSS DDMI 2018-08-01 GLOBAL, TROPICS N: 37.4 S: -37.4 E: 180 W: -180 NETCDF
VIIRS/JPSS1 Water Reservoir Area 8-day L3 Global V002 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2018-01-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS5
VIIRS/JPSS1 Water Reservoir Monthly L3 Global V002 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2018-01-01 to Present GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 HDF-EOS5
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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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