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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
CMS: Vegetative Lifeform Cover from Landsat SR for CONUS, 1984-2018 1 MODELS, LANDSAT-5, G-LiHT, LANDSAT-7 Computer, TM, LIDAR, ETM+ 1984-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 50.6625 S: 23.2663 E: -65.0638 W: -126.714

GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO CD-02 Carbon and Oxygen Isotopes in Atmospheric CO2 in the Amazon: 1999-2004 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION MASS SPECTROMETERS, CO2 ANALYZERS 1999-03-01 to 2004-03-31

N: 1 S: -10.7618 E: 54.5792 W: -62.3572

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-11 Forest Damage Following Reduced Impact Logging, NW Mato Grosso, Brazil 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2003-09-30 to 2005-07-06

N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597

CSV
Net Carbon Dioxide and Water Fluxes of Global Terrestrial Ecosystems, 1969-1998 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1969-01-01 to 1998-01-01

N: 68.5 S: -45.5 E: 176 W: -162

multiple
Phenology derived from Satellite Data and PhenoCam across CONUS and Alaska, 2019-2020 1 Sentinel-2A, LANDSAT-8 Sentinel-2 MSI, OLI 2019-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 63.9265 S: 27.1314 E: -68.6772 W: -145.854

multiple
Shrubland Species Cover, Biometric, Carbon and Nitrogen Data, Southern Idaho, 2014 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS CARBON ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA 2014-09-16 to 2014-10-17

N: 43.2098 S: 42.299 E: -114.689 W: -116.797

CSV
NACP VPRM NEE Parameters Optimized to North American Flux Tower Sites, 2000-2006 1 Terra, Aqua, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, COMPUTERS MODIS, Computer 2000-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 71.32 S: 28.46 E: -68.74 W: -156.63

CSV
Boreal Arctic Wetland Methane Emissions, 2002-2021 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2002-01-01 to 2021-12-30

N: 89.7493 S: 44.8744 E: 179.75 W: -179.76

netCDF-4
Arctic Vegetation Plots at Atqasuk, Alaska, 1975, 2000, and 2010 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS BALANCE, PH METERS 1975-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 70.4643 S: 70.4433 E: -157.346 W: -157.412

CSV
GEWEX SRB Integrated Product (Rel-4) Shortwave Daily Average by local Fluxes 1 SATELLITES RADIOMETERS 1983-07-01 to 2017-06-30 NetCDF-4
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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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