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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 Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
SAFARI 2000 PAI Estimates from Hemispherical Photography, Kalahari Transect 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-02-01 to 2000-09-30

N: -15.4378 S: -24.1475 E: 25.5003 W: 21.8928

CSV
SAFARI 2000 PAR Measurements, Kalahari Transect, Botswana, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PAR SENSORS 2000-03-05 to 2000-03-18

N: -18.6386 S: -24.1642 E: 25.5003 W: 21.6964

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Plant and Soil C and N Isotopes, Southern Africa, 1995-2000 1 LABORATORY MASS SPECTROMETERS 1995-03-01 to 2000-03-28

N: -14.42 S: -27.75 E: 31.75 W: 19.17

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Potential Vegetation, 5-min (Ramankutty and Foley) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1753-01-01 to 1992-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Pre- and Post-fire Reflectance near Kaoma, Zambia, Dry Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, SPECTRORADIOMETERS, QUADRATS 2000-08-24 to 2000-09-04

N: -14.79 S: -14.79 E: 24.8 W: 24.8

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Reflectance of Fire Residue, Kruger National Park, Dry Season 2000 1 LABORATORY SPECTRORADIOMETERS 2000-08-14 to 2000-08-14

N: -24.16 S: -25.75 E: 22.3294 W: 21.83

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Soil Profile Data (ISRIC-WISE) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

Text File
SAFARI 2000 Stem and Canopy Characterization, Kalahari Transect, 1995-2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CLINOMETERS 1995-02-01 to 2000-03-16

N: -14.42 S: -27.75 E: 25.5 W: 19.17

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Surface Albedo and Radiation Fluxes at Mongu and Skukuza, 2000-2002 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer 2000-03-02 to 2002-12-31

N: -15.4383 S: -25.02 E: 31.4844 W: 23.2527

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Surface Irradiance Measurements, Mongu Tower Site, Zambia, 2000-2002 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS PYRANOMETERS 2000-09-04 to 2002-12-31

N: -14.9342 S: -16.8667 E: 24.2773 W: 22.0276

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Surface Spectral Reflectance at Sua Pan, Botswana, Dry Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SPECTRORADIOMETERS 2000-08-24 to 2000-09-03

N: -20.5168 S: -20.5772 E: 26.0803 W: 26.0298

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Tree Cover from AVHRR, 1-km, 1992-1993 (DeFries et al.) 1 NOAA-9, NOAA-10, NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-01-01 to 1993-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Tree Ring Data, Mongu, Zambia, Dry Season 2000 1 LABORATORY MICROSCOPES 1953-01-01 to 2000-08-31

N: -15.1944 S: -15.4458 E: 23.3181 W: 23.2639

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Vegetation and Soils, 1-Deg (Wilson and Henderson-Sellers) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1900-01-01 to 1999-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

Binary
SAFARI 2000 Vegetation Cover Characteristics, Kalahari Transect, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, GPS 2000-03-03 to 2000-03-14

N: -18.66 S: -24.127 E: 25.494 W: 21.709

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Vegetation Structure of Kataba Forest, Zambia, Wet Season 2000 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, DENSIOMETERS 2000-02-15 to 2000-03-15

N: -15.4383 S: -15.4383 E: 23.2533 W: 23.2533

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Wetlands Data Set, 1-Deg (Matthews and Fung) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1971-01-01 to 1982-01-01

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Woody Vegetation Characteristics of Kalahari and Skukuza Sites 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, PAR SENSORS, GPS 2000-02-29 to 2000-06-25

N: -15.4389 S: -31.4969 E: 25.4995 W: 21.7096

CSV
SAR Subsets for Selected Field Sites, 2007-2010 1 ALOS PALSAR 2007-06-05 to 2010-12-14

N: 78.9459 S: -11.3224 E: -28.8805 W: -150.714

Shapefile
Satellite-Derived Forest Extent Likelihood Map for Mexico 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2010-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 34.51 S: 12.4781 E: -84.295 W: -120.306

multiple
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
Sea Level Rise Impacts on Ramsar Wetlands of International Importance 1.0 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

Excel, WMS
Seasat Level 1 Synthetic Aperture Radar Products 1 SEASAT 1 SAR 1978-07-04 to 1978-10-12 GeoTIFF, HDF5, XML, KML, Text File
Seedling Canopy Chemistry, 1992-1993 (ACCP) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, CHN ANALYZERS, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS 1992-11-06 to 1993-03-15

N: 37.4015 S: 37.4015 E: -122.048 W: -122.048

ASCII
Seedling Canopy Reflectance Spectra, 1992-1993 (ACCP) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SPECTRORADIOMETERS 1992-11-06 to 1993-03-15

N: 37.4015 S: 37.4015 E: -122.048 W: -122.048

ASCII

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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