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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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SWOT Level 2 Water Mask Pixel Cloud 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

netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 Water Mask Raster Image 100m 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 netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 Water Mask Raster Image 100m 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 netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 Water Mask Raster Image 250m 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

250 Meters x 250 Meters netCDF-4
SWOT Level 2 Water Mask Raster Image 250m 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

250 Meters x 250 Meters netCDF-4
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
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
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 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
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
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
Terra MODIS Level-3 Global Binned Chlorophyll (CHL) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Terra MODIS Level-3 Global Binned Chlorophyll (CHL) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Terra MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Chlorophyll (CHL) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Terra MODIS Level-3 Global Mapped Chlorophyll (CHL) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Binned Garver-Siegel-Maritorena Model (GSM) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Apparent Visible Wavelength (AVW) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Terra MODIS Level-4 Global Mapped Garver-Siegel-Maritorena Model (GSM) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Terra MODIS 2000-02-24 to Present

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

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
Tidal Wetlands Soil Organic Carbon and Estuarine Characteristics, USA, 1972-2015 1 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS Computer 1972-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 47.8222 S: 25.1873 E: -67.0547 W: -124.385

CSV
Timeseries of Arctic-Boreal Lake Area Derived from CubeSat Imagery, 2017 1 SATELLITES CAMERA 2017-05-01 to 2017-10-01

N: 70.3105 S: 52.8149 E: -89.8193 W: -149.699

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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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