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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: Wildfire Date of Burning within Fire Scars across Alaska and Canada, 2001-2019 1.1 COMPUTERS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 70.1592 S: 41.7456 E: -53.8267 W: -178.841

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Delta-X: AirSWOT Level 1B Interferogram Products in Radar Coordinates, 2021 1.1 B-200 AirSWOT 2021-03-26 to 2021-09-12

N: 29.7961 S: 29.0711 E: -90.5817 W: -91.5378

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ABoVE: Modeled Top Cover by Plant Functional Type over Alaska and Yukon, 1985-2020 1.1 COMPUTERS Computer 1985-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 75.91 S: 51 E: -122.5 W: -176.1

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Delta-X: UAVSAR L1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Stack Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1.1 G-III UAVSAR 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-13

N: 29.7804 S: 29.0131 E: -90.1331 W: -91.8333

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ABoVE: MODIS-Derived Daily Mean Blue Sky Albedo for Northern North America, 2000-2017 1.1 SATELLITES MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2017-04-22

N: 79.0819 S: 41.6809 E: -52.6184 W: -173.089

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Delta-X: UAVSAR L1B Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1.1 G-III UAVSAR 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-13

N: 29.7856 S: 28.9827 E: -90.1334 W: -91.6574

ENVI
A Concise Experiment Plan for the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment 1.1 FIELD INVESTIGATION Computer 2014-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 81.6086 S: 39.415 E: -66.9178 W: -176.125

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Delta-X: UAVSAR L2 Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1.1 G-III UAVSAR 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-13

N: 29.7799 S: 29.0133 E: -90.1333 W: -91.5893

ENVI
China Dimensions Data Collection: China Maps Bibliographic Database 1.00 MODELS Computer 1765-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: 54 S: 18 E: 135 W: 73

MDB
HANPP Collection: Global Patterns in Net Primary Productivity (NPP) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees Grid, GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG
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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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