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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data Quick Look V007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2025-06-07 to Present GLOBAL LAND N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180 HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data Quick Look V007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2025-06-07 to Present GLOBAL LAND N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180 HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data V006 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to 2025-03-02 GLOBAL LAND N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3A Along Track Inland Surface Water Data V007 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-13 to Present GLOBAL LAND N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180 HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Mean Inland Surface Water Data V003 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to 2025-03-02 GLOBAL LAND N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180 HDF5
ATLAS/ICESat-2 L3B Mean Inland Surface Water Data V004 ICESat-2 ATLAS 2018-10-14 to Present GLOBAL LAND N: 88 S: -88 E: 180 W: -180 HDF5
Baseline Wetland Type and Land Cover Map of the Great Lakes Basin, 2010 ALOS, COMPUTERS, LANDSAT-5 PALSAR, Computer, TM 2007-04-01 to 2011-04-15 NEW YORK, ONTARIO, QUEBEC, OHIO, INDIANA N: 52.5534 S: 38.712 E: -71.5681 W: -97.2815 multiple
BlueFlux: Dissolved Carbon and Greenhouse Gases FIELD SURVEYS, Analytical Lab SURVEYING TOOLS, PH METERS, WATER BOTTLES, SFM, CARBON ANALYZERS 2022-10-15 to 2023-03-14 FLORIDA N: 25.44 S: 25.2084 E: -80.93 W: -81.9146 CSV
BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31 N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114 ASCII
BOREAS Follow-On HMet-04 1996-1998 NSA Meteorological Data METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, WIND MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1994-01-01 to 1999-01-01 N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111 CSV
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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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