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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: Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico from 2000 to 2019 2 MODELS, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, ISS Computer, OLI, TIRS, ETM+, TM, SRTM 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 33.7967 S: 13.4057 E: -84.6252 W: -119.226

COG
VIIRS (NOAA-20/JPSS-1) I Band 375 m Active Fire Product NRT (Vector data) 2 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2024-10-01

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

375 Meters x 375 Meters TXT, SHP, KML, WMS, as FIRMS email alerts
GEDI L3 Gridded Land Surface Metrics, Version 2 2 ISS, MODELS GEDI, Computer 2019-04-18 to 2023-03-22

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
NPP Tundra: Toolik Lake, Alaska, 1982, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION QUADRATS, CORING DEVICES, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, BALANCE 1982-01-01 to 1982-12-31

N: 68.63 S: 68.45 E: -149.37 W: -149.72

CSV
NPP Boreal Forest: Siberian Scots Pine Forests, Russia, 1968-1974, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CORING DEVICES, QUADRATS 1968-01-01 to 1974-12-31

N: 58 S: 53 E: 103 W: 83

CSV
NPP Temperate Forest: OTTER Project Sites, Oregon, USA, 1989-1991, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CORING DEVICES, QUADRATS 1989-01-01 to 1991-12-31

N: 44.95 S: 44.27 E: -121.17 W: -124.02

Text File
LBA-ECO CD-32 Flux Tower Network Data Compilation, Brazilian Amazon: 1999-2006, V2 2 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, IRGA, PYRANOMETERS 1999-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: -1.74 S: -21.62 E: -47.65 W: -62.36

Text File
NPP Grassland: Media Luna, Argentina, 1981-1983, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION QUADRATS, BALANCE 1981-01-01 to 1985-12-31

N: -45.6 S: -45.6 E: -71.42 W: -71.42

Text File
Walker Branch Watershed Vegetation Inventory, 1967-2006, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1967-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 35.9 S: 35.9 E: -84.3 W: -84.3

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-07 Wetland Extent, Vegetation, and Inundation: Lowland Amazon Basin 2 JERS-1 SAR 1995-09-01 to 1996-06-30

N: 6 S: -21.0024 E: -50 W: -80

GeoTIFF
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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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