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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

Dataset Sort descending Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
GFZ TELLUS GRACE Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.0 version 04 RL06v04 GRACE 2002-04-05 to 2017-10-18

N: 89.5 S: -89.5 E: 180 W: -180

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GFZ TELLUS GRACE-FO Level-3 Monthly Land Water-Equivalent-Thickness Surface Mass Anomaly Release 6.3 version 04 RL06.3v04 GRACE-FO GRACE-FO MWI, GRACE-FO LRI, GRACE-FO ACC, GRACE-FO SCA 2018-05-22

N: 89.5 S: -89.5 E: 180 W: -180

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
GLAS/ICESat L2 Global Antarctic and Greenland Ice Sheet Altimetry Data (HDF5) V034 034 ICESat ALTIMETERS, CD, GLAS, GPS, GPS Receiver, LA, PC 2003-02-20 to 2009-10-11

N: 86 S: -86 E: 180 W: -180

60 Meters to 70 Meters x 60 Meters to 70 Meters HDF
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 1.0 x 1.0 degree Early Product V2.1 (GLDAS_CLSM10_3H_EP) at GES DISC 2.1 Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2019-12-01

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 1.0 x 1.0 degree V2.0 (GLDAS_CLSM10_3H) at GES DISC 2.0 Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1948-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 1.0 x 1.0 degree V2.1 (GLDAS_CLSM10_3H) at GES DISC 2.1 Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 daily 0.25 x 0.25 degree GRACE-DA1 V2.2 (GLDAS_CLSM025_DA1_D) at GES DISC 2.2 Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2003-02-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 daily 0.25 x 0.25 degree GRACE-DA1 V2.2 (GLDAS_CLSM025_DA1_D_EP) at GES DISC 2.2 Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2020-01-01

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 daily 0.25 x 0.25 degree V2.0 (GLDAS_CLSM025_D) at GES DISC 2.0 Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1948-01-01 to 2014-12-30

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 monthly 1.0 x 1.0 degree Early Product V2.1 (GLDAS_CLSM10_M_EP) at GES DISC 2.1 Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2019-12-01

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
WISP The Water Information from Space (WISP) is an interactive dashboard for displaying satellite hydrology data. Monitoring Natural Events, Visualization
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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