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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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Pre-Delta-X: UAVSAR-derived Water Level Change Maps, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 1 UAV UAVSAR 2016-10-16 to 2016-10-16

N: 29.7583 S: 29.3562 E: -91.0576 W: -91.6221

GeoTIFF
Pre-Delta-X: Vegetation Species, Structure, Aboveground Biomass, MRD, LA, USA, 2015 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, SURVEYING TOOLS 2015-05-06 to 2015-09-28

N: 29.5395 S: 29.2471 E: -90.7278 W: -91.4591

CSV
Pre-Delta-X: Water Levels across Wax Lake Outlet, Atchafalaya Basin, LA, USA, 2016 1 COMPUTERS, FIELD SURVEYS Computer, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, BAROMETERS 2016-10-13 to 2016-10-20

N: 29.7429 S: 29.5057 E: -91.3573 W: -91.446

CSV
Pre-LBA Anglo-Brazilian Amazonian Climate Observation Study (ABRACOS) Data 1.1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PSYCHROMETERS, ANEMOMETERS 1991-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 5 S: -18 E: -46 W: -75

CSV
Pre-LBA CABARE Mapped Land Surface and Vegetation Characteristics, Rondonia, Brazil 1 MAPS, LANDSAT DIGITIZER, TM 1978-01-01 to 1994-12-31

N: -8 S: -13 E: -60 W: -65

Text File
Pre-LBA FLOODAMA Project Data 1 LANDSAT TM 1986-08-04 to 1995-09-19

N: 1.2911 S: -18.2022 E: -46.284 W: -78.1928

Shapefile
Pre-LBA ISLSCP Initiative I Data 1 NOAA-10, LANDSAT AVHRR, TM 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31

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

Shapefile
PROVE Land Cover and Leaf Area of Jornada Experimental Range, New Mexico, 1997 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR LEAF AREA METER, CAMERAS, SUNFLECK CEPTOMETER, LIDAR ALTIMETERS 1997-05-13 to 1997-05-31

N: 32.5 S: 32.5 E: -106.75 W: -106.75

CSV
RADARSAT-1 Level 0 Product 1 RADARSAT-1 SAR 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17

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

RADARSAT-1 Level 1 Product 1 RADARSAT-1 SAR 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17

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

Relative Tidal Marsh Elevation Maps with Uncertainty for Conterminous USA, 2010 1 MODELS Computer 1983-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 48.2708 S: 20.5669 E: -56.8541 W: -134.672

GeoTIFF
Remote Sensing Data Before and After California Rim and King Forest Fires, 2010-2015 1 NASA ER-2 NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETER, LIDAR, AVIRIS 2010-07-21 to 2015-01-15

N: 39.2193 S: 37.657 E: -119.57 W: -120.81

GeoTIFF
Resilience of Coastal Wetlands to Sea Level Rise, CONUS, 1996-2100 1 MODELS Computer 1996-01-01 to 2100-12-31

N: 49.2069 S: 22.7276 E: -64.9678 W: -127.984

multiple
RLC Forest Cover Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

BMP
RLC Forest Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1973 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165

multiple
RLC Forest Cover of the Krasnoyarsk Region, Russia, 1973 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 56.5 S: 56.5 E: 104.5 W: 104.5

multiple
RLC Forest Fire Images in Russia, 1998-1999 1 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1998-08-01 to 1999-08-03

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

multiple
RLC Forest Fire Locations in Eastern Russia, 1998-1999 1 NOAA-9 AVHRR 1998-04-01 to 1999-09-30

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

multiple
RLC Forest Stand Carbon Map of Russia 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165

BMP
RLC Generalized Forest Map of the Former Soviet Union, 1-km 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 1998-12-31

N: 71 S: 23.21 E: 180 W: 25

BMP
RLC Vegetative Cover of the Former Soviet Union, 1990 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1973-01-01 to 1973-12-31

N: 75 S: 35.1659 E: 170 W: 19.8165

multiple
Root Biomass Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CORING DEVICES 1987-06-01 to 1987-11-12

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.61

multiple
Russian Boreal Forest Disturbance Maps Derived from Landsat Imagery, 1984-2000 1 Terra, LANDSAT-5 MODIS, TM, ETM+ 1984-06-01 to 2000-08-31

N: 65.3219 S: 43.7625 E: 138.627 W: 30.9828

GeoTIFF
SAFARI 2000 1-Degree Estimates of Burned Biomass, Area, and Emissions, 2000 1 MODELS, SPOT-4, ERS-2, Terra Computer, MULTI-SPECTRAL, ATSR, MODIS 2000-08-01 to 2000-09-30

N: 0 S: -36 E: 56 W: -18

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 ALI/ETM+ Tandem Image Pair for Skukuza, South Africa, May 2001 1 EO-1, LANDSAT-7 ALI, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, ETM+ 2001-05-30 to 2001-05-30

N: -23.5902 S: -25.5025 E: 33.1174 W: 30.7568

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Biosphere Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
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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