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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
LBA-ECO CD-08 Leaf Carbon, Nitrogen, LAI, and Isotope Data, Manaus, Brazil: 2001 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION CHN ANALYZERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, BALANCE 2001-08-08 to 2001-08-08

N: -2.5 S: -2.609 E: -60 W: -60.2091

CSV
MODIS-derived Annual Vegetation Resilience, 2000-2019 1 MODELS, Terra Computer, MODIS 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 76.2257 S: 50.259 E: -98.9735 W: -170.006

COG
SAFARI 2000 Leaf Area Index and Canopy Structure, Kalahari Transect, 1999-2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PYRANOMETERS 1999-08-10 to 2000-12-19

N: -15.4378 S: -24.1475 E: 25.5003 W: 21.6964

Shapefile
An integrated Wildfire Event Dataset (iWED), Version 1, Continental U.S., 1992-2021 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1992-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 71.1503 S: 25 E: -67.6 W: -178.821

CSV
WDTS: AVIRIS-Classic Derived Plant Trait Mosaics, 2013-2018 1 NASA ER-2 AVIRIS 2013-04-10 to 2018-08-16

N: 39.5491 S: 32.771 E: -114.882 W: -123.657

COG
BigFoot Field Data for North American Sites, 1999-2003 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION IR CO2 ANALYZER, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, QUADRATS, BALANCE 1999-01-01 to 2003-12-31

N: 71.2719 S: 34.32 E: -72.25 W: -156.613

multiple
ISLSCP II Global River Fluxes of Carbon and Sediments to the Oceans 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1947-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

Shapefile
AfriSAR: Rainforest Canopy Height Derived from PolInSAR and Lidar Data, Gabon 1 B-200, COMPUTERS, UAV LVIS, Computer, UAVSAR 2016-02-27 to 2016-03-08

N: 0.239961 S: -0.347461 E: 11.8303 W: 9.28806

GeoTIFF
BOREAS HYD-03 Subcanopy Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS WIND MONITOR, Pyrgeometer, HUMIDITY SENSORS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1994-02-06 to 1996-03-08

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2

ASCII
BOREAS TE-23 Map Plot Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1994-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 56 S: 53.63 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

ASCII
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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.
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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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