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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
BOREAS TE-09 PAR & Leaf Nitrogen Data for NSA, R1 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, COLORIMETERS 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-19

N: 56 S: 55.84 E: -97.34 W: -98.67

CSV
CMS: Global Mangrove Canopy Height Maps Derived from TanDEM-X, 2015 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2022-05-22

N: 34.1 S: -39.1 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
BOREAS RSS-04 1994 Jack Pine Leaf Biochemistry and Modeled Spectra in the SSA 1 LABORATORY SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, BALANCE 1994-07-25 to 1994-08-05

N: 53.98 S: 53.87 E: -104.64 W: -105.05

ASCII
Forest Structure and Biomass Data, La Selva, Costa Rica: 2006 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, CLINOMETERS 2006-02-11 to 2006-02-23

N: 10.4219 S: 10.4219 E: -84.0212 W: -84.0212

multiple
Land Surface Model (LSM 1.0) for Ecological, Hydrological, Atmospheric Studies 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1996-01-15 to 1996-01-15

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

multiple
LBA-ECO ND-01 Reflectance and Biophysical Measures, Grass Pastures: Rondonia, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 2003-07-19 to 2003-08-03

N: -8 S: -15 E: -60 W: -65

multiple
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
NACP North American Forest Dynamics Project: Forest Disturbance and Regrowth Data 1 LANDSAT-5 MSS 1984-06-04 to 2009-09-16

N: 49.7924 S: 26.5202 E: -67.9596 W: -126.458

GeoTIFF
Urban Biogenic CO2 fluxes: GPP, Reco and NEE Estimates from SMUrF, 2010-2019 1 MODELS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2010-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 60 S: -40 E: 155 W: -125

netCDF-4 classic
CMS: LiDAR Data for Forested Areas in Paragominas, Para, Brazil, 2012-2014 1 Airplane LIDAR 2012-07-27 to 2014-12-27

N: -2.55319 S: -3.76718 E: -46.7931 W: -48.4958

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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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