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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.

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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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A Global Data Set of Leaf Photosynthetic Rates, Leaf N and P, and Specific Leaf Area 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1993-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 58.42 S: -43.2 E: 176.13 W: -122.4

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A Global Database of Carbon and Nutrient Concentrations of Green and Senesced Leaves 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 2009-12-31

N: 68.5 S: -50 E: 176.9 W: -159.7

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A Global Database of Field-observed Leaf Area Index in Woody Plant Species, 1932-2011 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1932-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 78.42 S: -54.2 E: 175.62 W: -164.78

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A Global Database of Gas Fluxes from Soils after Rewetting or Thawing, Version 1.0 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER 1956-01-01 to 2009-12-31

N: 74.5 S: -36.45 E: 160.525 W: -149.633

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A Global Database of Litterfall Mass and Litter Pool Carbon and Nutrients 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1827-01-01 to 1997-12-31

N: 72.5 S: -54.5 E: 176.2 W: -156.7

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A Global Database of Soil Respiration Data, Version 5.0 5 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER 1961-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 81.8 S: -78.02 E: 175.897 W: -163.71

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ABCFlux v2: Arctic-Boreal CO2 and CH4 In-situ Flux and Environmental Data 1 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SURVEYING TOOLS, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES 1984-05-01 to 2024-12-31

N: 82.8226 S: 43.323 E: 161.843 W: -165.833

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ABoVE: Aerial Photographs of Frozen Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska, October 2014 1 Airplane MULTI-SPECTRAL 2014-10-08 to 2014-10-08

N: 64.9392 S: 64.8589 E: -147.758 W: -147.949

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ABoVE: AirSWOT Water Masks from Color-Infrared Imagery over Alaska and Canada, 2017 1 COMPUTERS, B-200 Computer, CAMERAS 2017-07-09 to 2017-08-17

N: 76.2756 S: 43.27 E: -98.6376 W: -152.185

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ABoVE: Alaska Lake and Pond Occurrence 1 Sentinel-2A, MODELS Sentinel-2 MSI, Computer 2016-05-01 to 2021-09-30

N: 71.6586 S: 50.9853 E: -129.221 W: -179.37

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ABoVE: Alder Shrub Cover and Soil Properties, Alaska, 2019, V2 2 LANDSAT-8, LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION OLI, CHN ANALYZERS, IRMS, VISUAL CENSUS TRANSECTS 2018-08-14 to 2019-08-28

N: 68.0185 S: 66.3401 E: -149.708 W: -150.714

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ABoVE: Angular-corrected MODIS MAIAC Reflectance across Alaska and Canada, 2000-2017 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2017-12-31

N: 80.8064 S: 44.1164 E: 180 W: -180

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ABoVE: Annual Aboveground Biomass for Boreal Forests of ABoVE Core Domain, 1984-2014 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, MODELS, ICESat TM, ETM+, Computer, GLAS 1984-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 69.7323 S: 51.7769 E: -101.736 W: -165.41

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ABoVE: Annual Phenology Derived from Landsat across the ABoVE Core Domain, 1984-2014 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7 TM, ETM+ 1984-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 75.0139 S: 50.259 E: -98.974 W: -170.006

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ABoVE: AVHRR-Derived Forest Fire Burned Area-Hot Spots, Alaska and Canada, 1989-2000 1 NOAA-11, NOAA-14, MODELS AVHRR, Computer 1989-05-01 to 2000-10-31

N: 69.007 S: 41.7216 E: -53.1678 W: -165.186

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ABoVE: Boreal Forest Resilience Study 2020-2022, Fairbanks AK 1 FIELD SURVEYS SURVEYING TOOLS 2017-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 65 S: 64.4 E: -146.1 W: -148.9

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ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2015-2016 1 FIELD SURVEYS, Aqua, Terra SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, MODIS 2015-05-20 to 2016-08-08

N: 68.327 S: 59.927 E: -106.759 W: -135.543

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ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, Landcover and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2014 1 Terra, FIELD SURVEYS, Aqua MODIS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE 1997-07-07 to 2015-07-15

N: 64.2509 S: 60.3334 E: -110.677 W: -121.604

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ABoVE: Burn Severity of Soil Organic Matter, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2014-2015 1 LANDSAT-8, FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS OLI, TIRS, GPS, Computer 2014-05-01 to 2015-10-01

N: 65.5514 S: 58.2864 E: -108.834 W: -124.03

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ABoVE: Burned Area, Depth, and Combustion for Alaska and Canada, 2001-2019 1 Terra, LANDSAT, Aqua MODIS, OLI, TIRS 2001-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 72.9491 S: 42.885 E: -48.7792 W: -167.959

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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

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ABoVE: Characterization of Carbon Dynamics in Burned Forest Plots, NWT, Canada, 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS, LABORATORY CLINOMETERS, Computer, MASS SPECTROMETERS 2015-06-14 to 2015-06-14

N: 71.6947 S: 56.2542 E: -102 W: -136.119

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ABoVE: Climate Drivers of Pan-Arctic Tundra Vegetation Productivity, 1982-2015 1 NOAA POES, DMSP SSM/I, AVHRR 1982-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 90 S: 70 E: 180 W: -180

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ABoVE: CO2 and CH4 Fluxes and Meteorology at Flux Tower Sites, Alaska, 2015-2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS, GROUND STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS PROBES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOCOUPLES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, PYRANOMETERS 2015-01-01 to 2017-03-09

N: 71.282 S: 68.4864 E: -155.75 W: -157.41

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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.
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Biosphere Data Tools

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AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
Biomass Earthdata Dashboard Observe global forest biomass harmonization activity with the Biomass Earthdata Dashboard. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
CASEI The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns. Search and Discovery, Cataloging
FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
Giovanni Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting
OpenAltimetry OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
POWER DAV The POWER project’s Data Access Viewer (DAV) is an interactive web-mapping application that provides access to NASA’s customized solar and meteorological data catalog. Analysis, Downloading, Subsetting, Visualization
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
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