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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
LBA-ECO LC-21 Foliar Nutrients, Logged Areas, Tapajos Forest, Para, Brazil: 2003 1 LABORATORY ICP-AES, COLORIMETERS 2003-03-01 to 2003-03-01

N: -2.75 S: -3.5833 E: -54.2833 W: -55.25

CSV
LAI & PAR Data: Light Bar - KSU (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1989-07-03 to 1989-10-31

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

multiple
NACP Biome-BGC Modeled Ecosystem Carbon Balance, Pacific Northwest, USA, 1986-2010 1 MODELS Computer 1980-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 50 S: 42 E: -109 W: -125

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SAFARI 2000 NBI Vegetation Map of the Savannas of Southern Africa 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION DIGITIZER 1968-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 0 S: -35 E: 43 W: 8

Shapefile
Aboveground Biomass, Landcover, and Degradation, Kalimantan Forests, Indonesia, 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane, MODELS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LIDAR, Computer 2014-10-18 to 2014-11-30

N: 8 S: -5 E: 120 W: 108

multiple
ABoVE: Characterization of Burned and Unburned Boreal Forest Stands, SK, Canada, 2016 1 FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, SOIL SAMPLER, CLINOMETERS, GPS, Computer 2016-05-30 to 2016-06-16

N: 57.3646 S: 54.091 E: -104.693 W: -109.173

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-22 Field Validation of MODIS Deforestation Detection, Brazil, 2005 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS, MODIS 2005-03-17 to 2005-03-24

N: -11.5 S: -13.1334 E: -54.2833 W: -55.75

multiple
GPM Ground Validation Kumpula Mast Meteorological Data LPVEx V1 1 GROUND STATIONS ANEMOMETERS, RADIOMETERS, THERMOMETERS 2010-09-16 to 2010-10-21

N: 60.2125 S: 60.1925 E: 24.9717 W: 24.9517

ASCII
Aircraft Flux-Raw: U of Wy. (FIFE) 1 B-200 HYGROMETERS, INFRARED RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, NDIR GAS ANALYZER, RADAR ALTIMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, WIND PROFILERS 1987-08-11 to 1989-10-31

N: 40 S: 37 E: -95 W: -102

multiple
BOREAS HYD-08 1996 Gross Precipitation Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION RAIN GAUGES 1996-07-04 to 1996-08-11

N: 53.99 S: 53.99 E: -105.12 W: -105.12

ASCII
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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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