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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
BioSCape Vegetation Surveys Berg and Eerste River Catchments, South Africa, 2022-2023 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA 2022-09-19 to 2023-11-11

N: -32.9962 S: -34.2 E: 19.1165 W: 18.7788

CSV
BOREAS TE-09 in situ Understory Spectral Reflectance within the NSA 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SPECTROMETERS 1994-06-13 to 1994-07-31

N: 56 S: 55.9 E: -97.34 W: -98.62

ASCII
CMS: GLAS LiDAR-derived Global Estimates of Forest Canopy Height, 2004-2008 1 SATELLITES LIDAR 2004-10-03 to 2004-11-08

N: 69.2936 S: -55.4513 E: 179.893 W: -161.413

CSV
LAI (Indirect): Light Wand - KSU (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER 1988-06-29 to 1989-10-31

N: 39.1 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61

multiple
LBA-ECO LC-39 Modeled Carbon Flux from Deforestation, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2000-2006 1 Terra MODIS 2000-10-01 to 2006-09-30

N: -10 S: -20 E: -50.7629 W: -63.8507

multiple
NACP NAFD Project: Forest Disturbance Intensity for CONUS from Landsat, 1986-2015 1 LANDSAT MULTI-SPECTRAL 1986-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 51.68 S: 22.69 E: -65.2 W: -128.03

COG
LBA-ECO CD-02 Oxygen Isotopes of Plant Tissue Water and Atmospheric Water Vapor 1 LABORATORY MASS SPECTROMETERS 1999-03-01 to 2004-09-30

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

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Surface Albedo and Radiation Fluxes at Mongu and Skukuza, 2000-2002 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer 2000-03-02 to 2002-12-31

N: -15.4383 S: -25.02 E: 31.4844 W: 23.2527

Shapefile
ABoVE: NDVI Trends across Alaska and Canada from Landsat, 1984-2012 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7 TM, ETM+ 1984-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 80.5083 S: 41.61 E: -50.1694 W: -169.966

GeoTIFF
Arctic Vegetation Plots for NGEE-Arctic at Barrow, Alaska, 2012 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2012-07-17 to 2012-07-21

N: 71.2822 S: 71.2791 E: -156.6 W: -156.612

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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