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Delta-X: Sonar Bathymetry Survey of Channels, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1 FIELD SURVEYS SONAR 2021-03-25 to 2021-09-25

N: 29.7039 S: 29.103 E: -90.4013 W: -91.4728

multiple
Delta-X: UAVSAR L1 Single Look Complex (SLC) Stack Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1.1 G-III UAVSAR 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-13

N: 29.7804 S: 29.0131 E: -90.1331 W: -91.8333

multiple
Delta-X: UAVSAR L1B Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1.1 G-III UAVSAR 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-13

N: 29.7856 S: 28.9827 E: -90.1334 W: -91.6574

ENVI
Delta-X: UAVSAR L2 Interferometric Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1.1 G-III UAVSAR 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-13

N: 29.7799 S: 29.0133 E: -90.1333 W: -91.5893

ENVI
Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Water Level Changes, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1.1 G-III UAVSAR 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-13

N: 29.7799 S: 29.0131 E: -90.1332 W: -91.5894

ENVI
Dendrometer, Soil, and Weather Observations, Arctic Tree Line, AK and NWT, 2016-2019 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, FIELD SURVEYS PYRANOMETERS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, DENDROMETERS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2016-06-07 to 2019-09-13

N: 68.7274 S: 67.9724 E: -133.531 W: -149.761

CSV
Derived Vegetation Water Content used by the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Mission 1 Terra MODIS 2022-10-31

N: 79 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

200 Meters x 200 Meters HDF5
Development and Evolution of NASA Satellite Remote Sensing for Ecology 1 Publications Computer 1972-01-01 to 2014-12-31

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

PDF
Digital Elevation Models for the Global Change Research Wetland, Maryland, USA, 2016 1 Airplane, FIELD SURVEYS, COASTAL STATIONS, MODELS LIDAR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS RECEIVERS, TIDE GAUGES, Computer 2016-06-22 to 2016-08-15

N: 38.8789 S: 38.8717 E: -76.5427 W: -76.5525

multiple
Distribution of Estimated Stand Age Across Siberian Larch Forests, 1989-2012 1 LANDSAT, MODELS, Terra ETM+, TM, Computer, MODIS 1989-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 67 S: 49 E: 143 W: 90

GeoTIFF
Distribution of Young Forests and Estimated Stand Age across Russia, 2012 1 Aqua, Terra, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 MODIS, ETM+, TM 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 87.2402 S: 32.8631 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
Disturbance History and Forest Biomass from Landsat for Six US Sites, 1985-2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LIDAR 1984-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 48.2886 S: 32.2654 E: -68.4809 W: -123.235

netCDF-4 classic
DSCOVR EPIC Level 2 Vegetation Earth System Data Record (VESDR), Version 2 02 DSCOVR EPIC 2015-06-13 to Present HDF5
ECHIDNA LIDAR Campaigns: Forest Canopy Imagery and Field Data, U.S.A., 2007-2009 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2007-08-01 to 2009-08-05

N: 45.2148 S: 36.961 E: -68.7236 W: -119.249

multiple
ECMWF SMST Data 1 ECMWF 2025-08-01 to Present

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

0.1 Decimal Degrees x 0.1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-3
ECOSTRESS Water Use Efficiency Daily L4 Global 70m V001 001 ISS ECOSTRESS 2018-07-15 to 2023-02-25

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

70 Meters x 70 Meters HDF5
Ecosys Model-Estimated Cropland Carbon Fluxes, Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa, 2001-2018 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 43.5012 S: 36.9703 E: -84.7846 W: -96.6397

Shapefile
Ecosystem Demography Model: Scaling Vegetation Dynamics Across South America 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1987-01-01 to 1988-12-31

N: 15 S: -15 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
Ecosystem Demography Model: U.S. Ecosystem Carbon Stocks and Fluxes, 1700-1990 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1700-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 52 S: 21.5 E: -30.5 W: -164.5

multiple
Ecosystem Functional Type Distribution Map for Mexico, 2001-2014 1 Terra, MODELS MODIS, Computer 2001-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 33 S: 14 E: -86 W: -118.4

GeoTIFF
Ecosystem Functional Type Distribution Map for the Conterminous USA, 2001-2014 1 MODELS, Terra Computer, MODIS 2001-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 49.36 S: 24.55 E: -67 W: -124.77

GeoTIFF
Effects of Elevated Carbon Dioxide on Litter Chemistry and Decomposition 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1993-01-01 to 2000-11-21

N: 76.63 S: -47.31 E: 179.41 W: -180

Text File
EMIT L4 Earth System Model Products V001 001 ISS EMIT Imaging Spectrometer 2007-01-01

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

1.25 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees
2.5 Decimal Degrees x 2 Decimal Degrees 		netCDF-4
ENVISAT MERIS Level-2 Regional Full Resolution, Full Swath (FRS) Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-03-21 to 2012-05-09

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

netCDF-4
ENVISAT MERIS Level-2 Regional Reduced Resolution (RR) Inherent Optical Properties (IOP) Data, version 2022.0 2022.0 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-03-21 to 2012-05-09

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

netCDF-4
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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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