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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 Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Forest Structural Diversity of Central Africa and the Western US mapped using GEDI 1 AIRCRAFT, ISS LIDAR, GEDI 2013-01-01 to 2023-03-16

N: 49.662 S: -8.0836 E: 32.666 W: -125.311

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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

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Forest-BGC Model (OTTER) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 45.07 S: 44.38 E: -121.68 W: -123.95

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GEDI L1B Geolocated Waveform Data Global Footprint Level V002 002 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to 2025-07-10

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L1B Geolocated Waveform Data Global Footprint Level V003 003 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to Present

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V001 001 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2020-09-03

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002 002 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to 2025-07-10

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V003 003 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to Present

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V001 001 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2020-09-03

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002 002 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to 2025-07-10

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V003 003 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to Present

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L3 Gridded Land Surface Metrics, Version 1 1 MODELS, ISS Computer, GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2020-04-15

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

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GEDI L3 Gridded Land Surface Metrics, Version 2 2 ISS, MODELS GEDI, Computer 2019-04-18 to 2025-07-09

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

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GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Golden Weeks, Version 1 1.1 ISS, MODELS GEDI, Computer 2019-04-18 to 2019-09-05

N: 52.4561 S: -52.2008 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 1 1 MODELS, ISS Computer, GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2020-09-03

N: 53.994 S: -54.1988 E: 180 W: -180

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GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2 2 ISS, COMPUTERS GEDI, Computer 2019-04-17 to 2021-08-05

N: 53.9933 S: -52.2046 E: 180 W: -180

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GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2.1 2.1 COMPUTERS, ISS Computer, GEDI 2019-04-17 to 2025-07-09

N: 55.8 S: -53 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
GEDI L4A Footprint Level Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 3 3 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to Present

N: 56 S: -53 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
GEDI L4B Country-level Summaries of Aboveground Biomass 1 COMPUTERS, ISS Computer, GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2023-03-16

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

CSV
GEDI L4B Gridded Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2 2 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2021-08-04

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

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GEDI L4B Gridded Aboveground Biomass Density, Version 2.1 2.1 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2023-03-16

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

COG
GEDI L4C Footprint Level Waveform Structural Complexity Index, Version 2 2 ISS, COMPUTERS GEDI, Computer 2019-04-17 to 2025-07-09

N: 55.8 S: -53 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
GEDI L4C Footprint Level Waveform Structural Complexity Index, Version 3 3 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2025-07-10

N: 56 S: -53 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
GEDI L4C Global Waveform Structural Complexity Index (WSCI) Fusion Product, Version 2 2 Sentinel-1B, TSX, ALOS-2, Sentinel-1A, ISS SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, X-SAR, PALSAR-2, GEDI 2015-01-01 to 2023-01-01

N: 75.1138 S: -56.0002 E: 178.685 W: -177.692

COG
GEDI L4C Gridded Waveform Structural Complexity Index, Version 2 2 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2023-03-17 COG
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Biosphere Data Tools

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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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