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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
Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L4 Carbon Ancillary FPAR Climatology V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2015-01-31 to Present

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

HDF5
Soil Organic Carbon and Wetland Intrinsic Potential, Hoh River Watershed, WA, 2012-13 1 MODELS Computer 2012-01-01 to 2022-06-29

N: 47.9 S: 47.57 E: -123.83 W: -124.54

multiple
Soil Organic Carbon Distributions in Tidal Wetlands of the Northeastern USA 1 MODELS Computer 1998-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 45.2588 S: 37.08 E: -66.945 W: -76.3478

multiple
Soundscapes to Landscapes Acoustic Recordings, Sonoma County, CA, 2017-2022 1 Data Collections Passive Acoustic Recorder 2017-04-01 to 2022-07-11

N: 38.8499 S: 38.1419 E: -122.465 W: -123.528

multiple
Spatial Data Access Tool (SDAT) 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1000-01-01 to 2100-12-31

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

multiple
Spectral Reflectance and Ancillary Data, Tundra Transect, North Slope, AK, 2000-2022 1 FIELD SURVEYS INFRARED THERMOMETERS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 2000-06-30 to 2022-08-08

N: 71.3221 S: 71.322 E: -156.602 W: -156.604

multiple
Spruce Leaf, Tree Traits, and Respiration at Range Extremes, AK and NY, USA, 2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM 2018-06-06 to 2018-06-23

N: 67.8889 S: 41.4011 E: -74.0246 W: -149.955

CSV
Standing Crop & Nitrogen Content (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE, COLORIMETERS, INCLINOMETERS 1987-05-28 to 1987-10-12

N: 39.1 S: 39.07 E: -96.53 W: -96.59

multiple
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-2 Regional Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) - Near Real-time (NRT) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-01-02 to Present

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

netCDF-4
Suomi-NPP VIIRS Level-2 Regional Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-01-02 to Present

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

netCDF-4
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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
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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