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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
SENTINEL-1B_METADATA_SLC 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

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

SMAPVEX16 Manitoba In Situ Vegetation Data V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2016-06-13 to 2016-07-21

N: 49.761171 S: 49.384076 E: -97.756264 W: -98.098417

CSV, Geodatabase, KMZ
ABoVE: Reflectance Spectra of Tundra Plant Communities across Northern Alaska 1 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS SPECTROMETERS 2017-07-18 to 2018-08-14

N: 71.3462 S: 65.4349 E: -145.515 W: -157.412

CSV
ISLSCP II Carbon Dioxide Flux at Harvard Forest and Northern BOREAS Sites 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY, COMPUTERS IR CO2 ANALYZER, GC-FID, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
BIGFOOT Meteorological Data for North and South American Sites, 1991-2004 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 1991-01-01 to 2004-12-31

N: 71.2719 S: -2.8697 E: -54.96 W: -156.613

multiple
Biomass Burning 5x5 degree data in Native Format 1 GROUND STATIONS, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS NOT APPLICABLE 1980-01-01 to 1980-12-31 ASCII
BOREAS TE-06 Biomass and Foliage Area Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, BALANCE 1994-06-12 to 1995-10-14

N: 55.97 S: 53.59 E: -97.34 W: -106.2

ASCII
CMS: Carbon Fluxes from Global Agricultural Production and Consumption, 2005-2011 1 MODELS Computer 2005-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 83.637 S: -59.463 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
FLUXNET Research Network Site Characteristics, Investigators, and Bibliography, 2016 1 GROUND STATIONS, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 1991-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 78.921 S: -62.2321 E: 175.554 W: -157.409

CSV
ISLSCP II Total Plant-Available Soil Water Storage Capacity of the Rooting Zone 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IR CO2 ANALYZER 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31

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

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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