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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 Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
NACP MsTMIP Summary of Model Structure and Characteristics 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1801-01-01 to 2010-12-31

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

CSV
NACP NAFD Project: Forest Disturbance History from Landsat, 1986-2010 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7 MSS, ETM+ 1986-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 51.6785 S: 22.6912 E: -65.2026 W: -128.029

GeoTIFF
NACP NAFD Project: Forest Disturbance Intensity for CONUS from Landsat, 1986-2015 1 LANDSAT MULTI-SPECTRAL 1986-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 51.68 S: 22.69 E: -65.2 W: -128.03

COG
NACP New England and Sierra National Forests Biophysical Measurements: 2008-2010 1 FIELD SURVEYS STEEL MEASURING TAPE 2008-07-16 to 2010-08-31

N: 45.2088 S: 36.961 E: -68.5847 W: -119.249

CSV
NACP North American 8-km Net Ecosystem Exchange and Component Fluxes, 2004 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2004-01-01 to 2004-12-31

N: 90 S: 2.736 E: -34.113 W: -179.553

Binary
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
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
NACP Peatland Landcover Type and Wildfire Burn Severity Maps, Alberta, Canada 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2010-06-17 to 2013-07-22

N: 57.2062 S: 56.9053 E: -110.286 W: -114.901

multiple
NACP Regional: Gridded 1-deg Observation Data and Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 1990-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Shapefile
NACP Regional: National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and Aggregated Gridded Model Data 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

multiple
NACP Regional: Original Observation Data and Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 2008-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

multiple
NACP Regional: Supplemental Gridded Observations, Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 1990-01-01 to 2008-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Shapefile
NACP Site: Terrestrial Biosphere Model and Aggregated Flux Data in Standard Format 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Shapefile
NACP Site: Terrestrial Biosphere Model Output Data in Original Format 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Shapefile
NACP Soil Organic Matter of Burned Boreal Black Spruce Forests, Alaska, 2009-2011 1 FIELD SURVEYS 2009-08-01 to 2011-08-02

N: 65.7019 S: 63.8201 E: -141.418 W: -149.193

CSV
NACP TERRA-PNW: Forest Plant Traits, NPP, Biomass, and Soil Properties, 1999-2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS LASERS, HYDROMETERS, CHN ANALYZERS, LICOR PLANT CANOPY ANALYZER 1999-05-27 to 2014-07-23

N: 45.9477 S: 37.7844 E: -117.131 W: -123.904

CSV
NACP: Urban Greenhouse Gases across the CO2 Urban Synthesis and Analysis Network, V2 2 Vaisala HydroMet AWS, AWOS PICARRO G2401-mc CO2, CH4, CO, H2O INSTRUMENT, Picarro G2301-m 2000-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 45.769 S: 32.865 E: -70.4972 W: -123.073

multiple
NACP VPRM NEE Parameters Optimized to North American Flux Tower Sites, 2000-2006 1 Terra, Aqua, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS, COMPUTERS MODIS, Computer 2000-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 71.32 S: 28.46 E: -68.74 W: -156.63

CSV
NACP Woody Vegetation Characteristics of 1,039 Sites across North Slope, Alaska, V2 2 QUICKBIRD, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION QUICKBIRD/BHRC-60, Computer, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CAMERA 2010-07-28 to 2011-08-04

N: 71.4 S: 65 E: -145 W: -167

CSV
NAFD-ATT Forest Canopy Cover Loss from Landsat, CONUS, 1986-2010 1 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, MODELS TM, ETM+, Computer 1986-06-01 to 2010-09-15

N: 51.6785 S: 22.6911 E: -65.2025 W: -128.029

GeoTIFF
NAMMA SENEGAL RADIOSONDE AND TOWER FLUX DATA V1 1 GROUND STATIONS, RADIOSONDES NET RADIOMETERS, GPS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, PRESSURE SENSORS, TELEMETER, TEMPERATURE SENSORS 2006-08-19 to 2006-09-17

N: 15.5 S: 13.91 E: 17.09 W: -17.97

ASCII
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V031 031 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 ETM+, TM 1984-01-01 to 2001-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Annual Global 30 m V032 032 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2004-01-01 to 2006-12-31

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Monthly Global 30 m V031 031 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-4 ETM+, TM 1984-03-01 to 2001-11-30

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2
NASA Global Web-Enabled Landsat Data Monthly Global 30 m V032 032 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2003-12-01 to 2006-11-30

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters HDF-EOS2

Biosphere Data Tools

Tool Sort descending 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
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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