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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
Deciduous Fractional Cover and Tree Canopy Cover for Boreal North America, 1992-2015 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 1992-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 80.25 S: 39.9997 E: -49.9998 W: -179.94

COG
Global Distribution of Fine Root Biomass in Terrestrial Ecosystems 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1965-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 75 S: -54 E: 175 W: -160

Text File
SIF and Vegetation Indices in the US Midwestern Agroecosystems, 2016-2021 1 FIELD SURVEYS SPECTROMETERS 2016-08-07 to 2021-09-21

N: 42.3449 S: 38.7397 E: -87.3976 W: -99.7022

CSV
LBA-ECO CD-04 Dendrometry, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION DENDROMETERS 2000-11-01 to 2004-11-20

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
Digital Elevation Models for the Global Change Research Wetland, Maryland, USA, 2016 1 Airplane, FIELD SURVEYS, COASTAL STATIONS, MODELS LIDAR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS RECEIVERS, TIDE GAUGES, Computer 2016-06-22 to 2016-08-15

N: 38.8789 S: 38.8717 E: -76.5427 W: -76.5525

multiple
LBA-ECO ND-30 Water Chemistry, Rainfall Exclusion, km 67, Tapajos National Forest 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, LYSIMETERS 1999-05-17 to 2006-05-10

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
Pre-Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Vegetation Maps, Wax Lake Delta, LA, USA, 2016 1 FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS, B-200, UAV STEEL MEASURING TAPE, Computer, AVIRIS-NG, UAVSAR 2016-10-17 to 2016-10-17

N: 29.5456 S: 29.4563 E: -91.3724 W: -91.5135

GeoTIFF
SiB4 Modeled Global 0.5-Degree Monthly Carbon Fluxes and Pools, 2000-2018 1 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2018-12-31

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

netCDF-4 classic
SMAPVEX16 Iowa PALS Brightness Temperature and Soil Moisture Data V001 1 AIRCRAFT PALS 2016-05-28 to 2016-08-16

N: 42.66 S: 42.28 E: -93.21 W: -93.58

500 Meters x 500 Meters CSV
High-Resolution Shrub Biomass and Uncertainty Maps, Toolik Lake Area, Alaska, 2013 1 Airplane, COMPUTERS, FIELD SURVEYS LIDAR, CAMERA, Computer, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2013-08-01 to 2014-07-15

N: 68.6496 S: 68.6018 E: -149.288 W: -149.662

multiple
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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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