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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
SnowEx23 Apr23 IOP Snow Pit Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS A2 Photonic_WISe, GPS, MICROSCOPES, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS 2023-04-01 to 2023-04-18

N: 65.16124 S: 63.8631 E: -145.72673 W: -147.72499

CSV
SnowEx23 Mar23 Snow Pit Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS A2 Photonic_WISe, GPS, MICROSCOPES, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS 2022-03-07 to 2023-03-16

N: 70.08434 S: 64.69925 E: -147.48583 W: -149.59716

CSV, Excel, JPEG, PDF
SnowEx23 Oct22 IOP Snow Depth Profiles V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS PROBES 2022-10-22 to 2022-10-27

N: 70.084378 S: 64.699253 E: -147.485758 W: -149.597226

CSV
SnowEx23 Oct22 IOP Snow Pits and Substrate Conditions at Freeze Up V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPS, MICROSCOPES, SWE Sampler, THERMOMETERS 2022-10-22 to 2022-10-27

N: 70.08434 S: 64.69925 E: -147.48583 W: -149.59716

CSV, Excel, JPEG
SnowEx23 Oct23 IOP Snow Depth Profiles V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS PROBES 2023-10-17 to 2023-10-28

N: 70.084378 S: 64.699253 E: -147.485758 W: -149.597226

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
Soil CO2 Flux Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER, TDR, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE 1989-07-24 to 1989-08-12

N: 39.09 S: 38.98 E: -96.54 W: -96.55

multiple
Soil CO2 Flux, Moisture, Temperature, and Litterfall, La Selva, Costa Rica, 2003-2010 1 FIELD SURVEYS PROBES, TRAPS, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER 2003-10-01 to 2010-02-25

N: 10.435 S: 10.425 E: -84.038 W: -84.05

CSV
Soil Gas Fluxes Using Soil Cores (FIFE) 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES 1987-05-28 to 1987-06-28

N: 39.1 S: 39.03 E: -96.53 W: -96.6

multiple
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 Carbon Ancillary Biome Parameter Look Up Table V001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-31 to Present

N: 86.4 S: -86.4 E: 180 W: -180

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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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
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