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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: LiDAR-derived Aboveground Biomass, Canopy Height and Cover for Maryland, 2011 1 Airplane LIDAR 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 39.95 S: 37.69 E: -74.82 W: -79.71

GeoTIFF
Forest-BGC Model (OTTER) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 45.07 S: 44.38 E: -121.68 W: -123.95

multiple
Land Surface Phenology, Eddy Covariance Tower Sites, North America, 2017-2021 1 SATELLITES PlanetScope 2017-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 70.9848 S: 14.3389 E: -57.3047 W: -176.133

multiple
Lakes, Ponds, and Partial Inundation in the Yukon Kuskokwom Delta, AK, 2019-2023 1 PlanetScope, COMPUTERS PlanetScope, Computer 2019-05-01 to 2023-10-30

N: 63.4794 S: 58.422 E: -157.199 W: -168.023

multiple
LBA-ECO ND-02 Secondary Forest Small Stem, Non-Woody Biomass, Para, Brazil: 1999-2005 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1999-11-01 to 2005-07-31

N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516

CSV
BOREAS Follow-On HMet-04 1996-1998 NSA Meteorological Data 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, RAIN GAUGES, TEMPERATURE PROBES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, WIND MONITOR, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1994-01-01 to 1999-01-01

N: 60 S: 48 E: -90 W: -111

CSV
NACP Peatland Landcover Type and Wildfire Burn Severity Maps, Alberta, Canada 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2010-06-17 to 2013-07-22

N: 57.2062 S: 56.9053 E: -110.286 W: -114.901

multiple
Mean Annual Fluxes of Carbon in Coastal Ecosystems of Eastern North America 1 MODELS Computer 1976-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 45 S: 25 E: -65 W: -85

CSV
SnowEx23 Soil Moisture Sensor Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, WCR 2021-10-25 to 2023-10-06

N: 64.706417 S: 64.702361 E: -148.294333 W: -148.307722

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Vegetation Cover Characteristics, Kalahari Transect, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS 2000-03-03 to 2000-03-14

N: -18.66 S: -24.127 E: 25.494 W: 21.709

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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