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Terra Data Access and Tools
Data collected by NASA’s Terra satellite are integral for efforts to understand changes among Earth's interconnected systems. Explore Terra datasets and learn more about relevant data tools.
Datasets
| Dataset | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Version Sort ascending | Data State | Data Format | Related Topics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LBA-ECO LC-22 Post-deforestation Land Use, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2001-2005 | MODIS | 2001-08-01 to 2005-07-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Deforestation |
| ISLSCP II Historical Land Cover and Land Use, 1700-1990 | STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR | 1700-01-01 to 1990-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | Shapefile | Albedo, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Index, Vegetation Cover, Plant Characteristics |
| High Mountain Asia Gridded Glacier Thickness Change from Multi-Sensor DEMs V001 | CAMERA, ASTER | 1974-01-01 to 2017-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4, GeoTIFF | Glacier Thickness/Ice Sheet Thickness |
| INTEX-B Merged DC-8/C-130 Aircraft data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-03-04 to 2006-05-15 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
| ABoVE: Light-Curve Modelling of Gridded GPP Using MODIS MAIAC and Flux Tower Data | MODIS, Computer, MMS | 2000-01-01 to 2018-01-01 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Gross Primary Production (gpp), Carbon Flux, Primary Production, Land Use Classes |
| CERES and MISR Along-Track Footprint Radiances, Fluxes, and Clouds Terra-FM2 | MODIS, CERES-FM1, CERES SCANNER, MISR, CERES-FM2 | 2000-04-12 to 2005-02-28 | 1 | COMPLETE | HDF4 | Albedo, Shortwave Radiation, Longwave Radiation, Cloud Liquid Water/Ice, Cloud Droplet Concentration/Size |
| LBA-ECO LC-39 Modeled Carbon Flux from Deforestation, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2000-2006 | MODIS | 2000-10-01 to 2006-09-30 | 1 | COMPLETE | multiple | Vegetation Index, Fire Occurrence, Biomass, Carbon |
| Annual wildland fire emissions (WFEIS v0.5) for Conterminous US and Alaska, 2001-2013 | MODIS | 2001-01-01 to 2013-12-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | GeoTIFF | Emissions, Forest Fire Danger Index, Fire Models, Wildfires, Forest Fire Science |
| Multilayer Greenland Ice Surface Temperature, Surface Albedo, and Water Vapor from MODIS V001 | MODIS | 2000-03-01 to 2021-08-31 | 1 | COMPLETE | netCDF-4 | Albedo, Snow/Ice Temperature, Surface Melt, Water Vapor |
| INTEX-B Cessna Aircraft data | NOT APPLICABLE | 2006-04-23 to 2006-05-17 | 1 | COMPLETE | ICARTT | Aerosols, Air Quality |
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Terra Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRMS | The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. | Access, Visualization | |
| LDOPE | Access a range of software tools designed to manipulate, visualize, and analyze MODIS and VIIRS data. | Analysis, Visualization | |
| LP DAAC Data Prep Scripts | Access a collection of R and Python scripts to download data and perform basic data processing functions. | ||
| MISR Browse Tool | The MISR Browse Tool allows easy access to images from the MISR instrument. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| MISR Level 3 Data Browser | The MISR Level 3 Data Browser provides visualizations of select parameters available in the MISR Level 3 global data products. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| MISR Orbit Tool | The MISR Orbit Tool is an interactive interface for converting dates to MISR Orbit number and Orbit numbers to dates. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| Similarity Search | Similarity Search uses machine learning to make it easier for scientists to comb through millions of images and locate sets of similar examples. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| TESViS | The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. | Visualization, Subsetting | |
| 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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