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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vegetation Index and Phenology (VIP) Vegetation Indices Monthly Global 0.05Deg CMG V004 | AVHRR, MODIS | 1981-01-01 to 2014-12-31 | 004 | COMPLETE | HDF-EOS2 | Vegetation Index, Plant Phenology, Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), Plant Phenological Changes |
| MISR Level 3 Component Global Land Product covering a month V004 | MISR | 1999-12-18 to Present | 004 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) |
| ASTER L2 Surface Radiance TIR V004 | ASTER | 2000-03-04 to Present | 004 | ACTIVE | COG | INFRARED FLUX, Infrared Imagery, Infrared Radiance, THERMAL INFRARED |
| MISR Level 3 Component Global Land product in netCDF format covering a year V004 | MISR | 1999-12-01 to Present | 004 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Polarized Reflectance, VEGETATION HEIGHT, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) |
| ASTER L2 Surface Radiance VNIR and Crosstalk Corrected SWIR V004 | ASTER | 2000-03-06 to Present | 004 | ACTIVE | COG | INFRARED FLUX, Infrared Imagery, Infrared Radiance, VISIBLE FLUX, VISIBLE IMAGERY |
| ASTER L2 Surface Radiance VNIR and SWIR V004 | ASTER | 2000-03-06 to Present | 004 | ACTIVE | COG | INFRARED FLUX, Infrared Imagery, Infrared Radiance, VISIBLE FLUX, VISIBLE IMAGERY |
| MISR Level 3 Component Global Land seasonal product in netCDF format V004 | MISR | 1999-12-18 to Present | 004 | ACTIVE | netCDF-4 | Land Use/Land Cover Classification, Vegetation Cover, Polarized Reflectance |
| MISR Level 3 Component Global Land Product covering a quarter (seasonal) V004 | MISR | 1999-12-18 to Present | 004 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | Top Of Atmosphere (TOA) Reflectance, Fraction Of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation (fapar), Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), LEAF AREA INDEX (LAI) |
| ASTER L2 Surface Reflectance VNIR and Crosstalk Corrected SWIR V004 | ASTER | 2000-03-06 to Present | 004 | ACTIVE | COG | Albedo, Reflectance |
| MISR Level 1B2 Ellipsoid Data V003 | MISR | 1999-12-18 to Present | 003 | ACTIVE | HDF-EOS2 | VISIBLE IMAGERY, Surface Pressure, Air Temperature |
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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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