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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
MMR Leaf Optical Properties Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR INTEGRATING SPHERE, NMLR 1987-06-01 to 1989-08-12

N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.52 W: -96.6

multiple
BOREAS RSS-01 PARABOLA SSA Surface Reflectance and Transmittance Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PARABOLA 1994-04-16 to 1996-07-30

N: 53.99 S: 53.63 E: -104.69 W: -106.2

ASCII
NACP Peatland Land Cover Map of Upper Peninsula, Michigan, 2007-2011 1 ALOS, LANDSAT-5 PALSAR 2007-03-01 to 2011-10-01

N: 48.7456 S: 44.5422 E: -82.2881 W: -91.0847

GeoTIFF
SAFARI 2000 Kalahari Transect CO2, Water Vapor, and Heat Flux, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS TDR, THERMOCOUPLES, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, SONIC ANEMOMETER, IR CO2 ANALYZER, NET RADIOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS 2000-03-01 to 2000-03-19

N: -15.438 S: -24.164 E: 23.594 W: 21.713

Shapefile
VEMAP 1: Model Input Database CD-ROM ISO Image 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1895-01-01 to 1993-12-31

N: 49 S: 25 E: -67 W: -124.5

multiple
Global Distribution of Root Profiles in Terrestrial Ecosystems 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SOIL SAMPLER 1925-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 76 S: -46 E: 176 W: -157

CSV
VIIRS/NPP Thermal Anomalies/Fire 6-Min L2 Swath 750m NRT 1 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2018-07-01 to Present

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

750 Meters x 750 Meters hdf
BOREAS Follow-On FLX-01 NSA-OBS Tower Flux, Meteorological, and Soil Temp. Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, FIELD INVESTIGATION EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOCOUPLES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1996-10-31 to 1999-01-01

N: 55.8801 S: 55.8801 E: -98.4814 W: -98.4814

CSV
SE-590 Leaf Optical Prop. Data (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR INTEGRATING SPHERE, SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1989-08-02 to 1989-08-07

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

multiple
BOREAS TE-20 Site Characteristics Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, STEEL MEASURING TAPE 1994-07-18 to 1994-07-30

N: 54 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -105.12

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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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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