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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
LiDAR-Derived Aboveground Biomass and Uncertainty for California Forests, 2005-2014 1 Airplane LIDAR 2005-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 41.9828 S: 34.0508 E: -117.739 W: -123.746

multiple
LiDAR-derived Vegetation Canopy Structure, Great Smoky Mountains National Park, 2011 1.2 Airplane, MODELS AIRBORNE LASER SCANNER, Computer 2011-02-01 to 2011-04-30

N: 35.866 S: 35.376 E: -82.96 W: -84.051

GeoTIFF
LINKAGES: An Individual-based Forest Ecosystem Biogeochemistry Model 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES 1973-01-01 to 2008-12-31

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

multiple
Literature-Derived Parameters for the BIOME-BGC Terrestrial Ecosystem Model 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1947-06-15 to 2000-06-21

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

CSV
Long-Term Arctic Growing Season NDVI Trends from GIMMS 3g, 1982-2012 1 SATELLITES AVHRR 1982-06-01 to 2012-08-31

N: 90 S: 20 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
Longwave Radiation Data: UNL (FIFE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION MMR 1987-06-03 to 1989-08-11

N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.59

multiple
LUH2-ISIMIP2b Harmonized Global Land Use for the Years 2015-2100 1 MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2100-01-01

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

netCDF-4 classic
Lund-Potsdam-Jena Wetland Hydrology and Methane DGV Model (LPJ-WHyMe v1.3.1) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1972-01-01 to 2010-10-15

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
LVIS Classic L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product V001 1 B-200, C-130, G-III, G-V LVIS 1998-03-20 to Present

N: 72 S: -3 E: 17 W: -168

ASCII
LVIS Facility L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation and Canopy Height Product V001 1 B-200, G-III, G-V, P-3B LVIS 2018-11-07 to Present

N: 88 S: -35 E: 27 W: -167

ASCII
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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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