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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
ABoVE: Needle-Level Chlorophyll Fluorescence, Alaska and Idaho, USA, 2017 and 2019 1 FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS FLUOROMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, Computer 2017-07-07 to 2019-07-06

N: 67.9947 S: 44.9061 E: -116.067 W: -149.754

CSV
SMAPVEX12 In Situ Vegetation Data for Agricultural Area V001 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2012-06-07 to 2012-07-19

N: 49.96 S: 49.44 E: -97.85 W: -98.51

0.5 Meters x 0.5 Meters ASCII, CSV
Arctic Vegetation Plots, Prudhoe Bay ArcSEES Road Study, Lake Colleen, Alaska, 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY CORING DEVICES, PROBES, GPS, THERMOMETERS, BALANCE 2014-08-06 to 2014-08-13

N: 70.2248 S: 70.2214 E: -148.467 W: -148.474

CSV
Global 1-degree Maps of Forest Area, Carbon Stocks, and Biomass, 1950-2010 1 MAPS 1950-01-01 to 2010-12-31

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

multiple
BOREAS TE-05 CO2 Concentration and Stable Isotope Composition 1 LABORATORY MASS SPECTROMETERS, IRGA 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-08

N: 55.92 S: 53.62 E: -98.51 W: -106.19

ASCII
Trends of Thermal, Wetness, and Vegetative Change in the Circumpolar Arctic 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1980-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 90 S: 30 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
Classification of Global Forests for IPCC Aboveground Biomass Tier 1 Estimates, 2020 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31

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

COG
Field Data on Soils, Vegetation, and Fire History for Alaska Tundra Sites, 1972-2020 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS, THERMOMETERS 1972-08-01 to 2020-08-15

N: 71.334 S: 61.1397 E: -141.683 W: -166.41

CSV
ISLSCP II IGBP DISCover and SiB Land Cover, 1992-1993 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-14 Specific Leaf Area and Phenology, km 67 Site, Para, Brazil: 2001-2006 1 FIELD SURVEYS BALANCE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2001-01-03 to 2006-01-26

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
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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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