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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
VIIRS/NPP Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V001 001 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-01-01 to 2024-05-31

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

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters HDF-EOS5
VIIRS/NPP Vegetation Indices Monthly L3 Global 1km SIN Grid V002 002 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2012-01-01 to Present

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

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters HDF-EOS5
Visible and Near-Infrared Leaf Reflectance Spectra, 1992-1993 (ACCP) 1 LABORATORY SPECTROPHOTOMETERS 1992-06-18 to 1993-05-27

N: 45.2222 S: 37.4015 E: -68.7356 W: -122.048

ASCII
Walker Branch Watershed Vegetation Inventory, 1967-2006, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION STEEL MEASURING TAPE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1967-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 35.9 S: 35.9 E: -84.3 W: -84.3

CSV
WDTS: AVIRIS-Classic Derived Plant Trait Mosaics, 2013-2018 1 NASA ER-2 AVIRIS 2013-04-10 to 2018-08-16

N: 39.5491 S: 32.771 E: -114.882 W: -123.657

COG
WDTS: AVIRIS-Classic Derived Plant Traits by Flight Line, 2013-2018 1 NASA ER-2 AVIRIS 2013-04-10 to 2018-08-16

N: 39.646 S: 32.5742 E: -114.22 W: -123.647

ENVI
West African Footprint-Level GEDI Aboveground Biomass Estimates 1 ISS GEDI 2019-04-19 to 2023-03-17

N: 21.7854 S: 4.27589 E: 14.6531 W: -25.3432

CSV
Wetland Salinity Maps of Select Estuary Sites in the United States, 2020 1 MODELS Computer 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 48.808 S: 26.3235 E: -69.4718 W: -124.706

multiple
WindSat/Coriolis surface soil moisture (LPRM) L2 V001 (LPRM_WINDSAT_SOILM2) at GES DISC 001 CORIOLIS WINDSAT 2003-02-01 to 2012-08-01

N: 83 S: -64 E: 180 W: -180

WindSat/Coriolis surface soil moisture (LPRM) L3 1 day 25 km x 25 km daytime V001 (LPRM_WINDSAT_DY_SOILM3) at GES DISC 001 CORIOLIS WINDSAT 2003-02-01 to 2012-08-01

N: 83 S: -64 E: 180 W: -180

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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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