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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
SAFARI 2000 Emissions Estimates, MODIS Burned Area Product, Dry Season 2000 1 Terra MODIS 2000-08-31 to 2000-09-30

N: 0.3389 S: -34.1425 E: 46.6473 W: 9.6738

Shapefile
Vegetation Species Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1984-05-07 to 1989-08-18

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

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SAFARI 2000 MODIS 500-m Burned Area Products, Southern Africa, Dry Season 2000 1 Terra MODIS 2000-06-27 to 2000-10-04

N: 0 S: -37.225 E: 56.7519 W: 5

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-02 GOES-08 Hot Pixel Data from Acre, Brazil: 1998, 2000, and 2001 1 GOES-8 GOES-8 Imager 1998-08-01 to 2001-10-30

N: -7.37 S: -11.14 E: -66.63 W: -73.58

CSV
Tree Canopy Cover for the Circumpolar Taiga-Tundra Ecotone: 2000-2005 1 Terra MODIS 2000-01-01 to 2005-12-31

N: 70 S: 50 E: 180 W: -180

Shapefile
A Global Database of Field-observed Leaf Area Index in Woody Plant Species, 1932-2011 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1932-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 78.42 S: -54.2 E: 175.62 W: -164.78

CSV
Global Distribution of Root Nutrient Concentrations in Terrestrial Ecosystems 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1959-01-01 to 1997-01-01

N: 60.82 S: -35.35 E: 148.9 W: -127.833

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Aircraft Flux-Filtered: U of Wy. (FIFE) 1 B-200 HYGROMETERS, INFRARED RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, RADAR ALTIMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS 1987-08-11 to 1989-10-31

N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102

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BOREAS HYD-08 1994 Gravimetric Moss Moisture Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 1994-06-25 to 1994-09-16

N: 55.88 S: 55.47 E: -98.15 W: -98.48

ASCII
LANDMET Ancillary Soil Moisture data L3 V1 (LANDMET_ANC_SM) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

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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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