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Biosphere Data Access and Tools

NASA biosphere data range from surface reflectance data useful for measuring the greenness of vegetation to measurements of nighttime lights that disrupt the behaviors of wildlife. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Biosphere Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Forest Canopy Composition (SNF) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1976-01-01 to 1986-12-31

N: 48.1697 S: 47.6575 E: -91.7658 W: -92.5058

ASCII
Gridded GEDI Vegetation Structure Metrics and Biomass Density at Multiple Resolutions 1 ISS GEDI 2019-04-17 to 2023-03-16

N: 52.2 S: -52.2 E: 180 W: -180

COG
LBA-ECO CD-15 LAI and Productivity Data, km 67, Tapajos National Forest: 2003-2004 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, BALANCE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, DENDROMETERS 2003-12-10 to 2004-12-03

N: -2.857 S: -2.857 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

CSV
Machine learning-based Arctic-boreal terrestrial ecosystem CO2 fluxes, 2001-2020 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2001-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 90 S: 33.68 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
RLC Vegetative Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165

multiple
Total Leaf Tissue Water Potential (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, PRESSURE CHAMBERS 1988-06-01 to 1989-08-12

N: 39.09 S: 39.05 E: -96.54 W: -96.59

multiple
SENTINEL-1B_SLC 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

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

LBA-ECO ND-11 Litter Decomposition, Carbon, and Nitrogen Dynamics in Agroforestry 1 LABORATORY SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS 2002-07-11 to 2002-10-15

N: -2.518 S: -2.518 E: -60.03 W: -60.03

CSV
ABoVE: Wetland Type, Slave River and Peace-Athabasca Deltas, Canada, 2007 and 2017 1 ALOS-2, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-1A, ERS-2, ALOS PALSAR-2, IMAGING RADIOMETERS, PALSAR 2006-06-14 to 2019-05-28

N: 61.7919 S: 57.7746 E: -109.643 W: -115.291

multiple
BlueFlux: Modeled Daily CO2 and CH4 Wetland Fluxes, Southern Florida, 2000-2024 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2024-08-31

N: 26.6812 S: 24.477 E: -79.96 W: -82.223

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VIIRS
Vegetation indices measure the amount of green vegetation over a given area and can be used to assess vegetation health. A commonly-used vegetation index is the Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI), which uses the difference between near-infrared (NIR) and red reflectance divided by their sum. NDVI values range from -1 to 1. Low values of NDVI generally correspond to barren areas of rock, sand, exposed soils, or snow, while higher NDVI values indicate greener vegetation, including forests, croplands, and wetlands.
VIIRS Vegetation Indices on Earthdata Search

Biosphere Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
STREAM STREAM is a rapid water quality monitoring tool that processes satellite imagery to create maps showing chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Solids, and water clarity at 20-30 meter resolution. Processing
TESViS The Terrestrial Ecology Subsetting & Visualization Services Global Subsets Tool provides on-demand, customized subsets of several terrestrial ecology data products. Visualization, Subsetting
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
Vertex Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data. Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, 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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