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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
NPP Grassland: Tuva, Russia, 1978-1985, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION QUADRATS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES 1976-01-01 to 1985-12-31

N: 51.83 S: 51.83 E: 94.42 W: 94.42

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High Resolution Global Contiguous SIF Estimates from OCO-2 SIF and MODIS, Version 2 2 Terra, Aqua, MODELS, OCO-2 MODIS, Computer, SPECTROMETERS 2014-09-01 to 2020-07-31

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

netCDF-4 classic
VIIRS/NPP Vegetation Indices 8-Day L3 Global 500m SIN Grid 2 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2025-01-01

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF5
LiDAR Derived Biomass, Canopy Height and Cover for Tri-State (MD, PA, DE) Region, V2 2 MODELS, Airplane Computer, LIDAR 2004-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 42.7117 S: 37.7964 E: -74.0169 W: -81.2257

GeoTIFF
NPP Boreal Forest: Canal Flats, Canada, 1984, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CORING DEVICES, QUADRATS 1962-01-01 to 1986-12-31

N: 50.2 S: 50.1 E: -115.25 W: -115.5

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Delta-X: Aboveground Biomass and Necromass across Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V2 2 FIELD SURVEYS, LABORATORY CHNS/O ELEMENTAL ANALYZERS, SURVEYING TOOLS, COLORIMETERS 2021-03-19 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.5102 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.8852

CSV
NPP Tropical Forest: Darien, Panama, 1967-1968, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION QUADRATS, CORING DEVICES, BALANCE, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1967-02-02 to 1968-02-27

N: 8.66 S: 8.66 E: -78.12 W: -78.12

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NPP Grassland: Nylsvley, South Africa, 1974-1989, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION QUADRATS, BALANCE 1917-01-01 to 1995-05-31

N: -24.65 S: -24.65 E: 28.7 W: 28.7

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NPP Grassland: Central Plains Experimental Range (SGS), USA, 1939-1990, R1 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION QUADRATS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES 1912-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 40.82 S: 40.82 E: -104.77 W: -104.77

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CMS: Tree Cover Estimates at 30 m Resolution for Mexico from 2000 to 2019 2 MODELS, LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4, ISS Computer, OLI, TIRS, ETM+, TM, SRTM 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 33.7967 S: 13.4057 E: -84.6252 W: -119.226

COG
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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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