Permafrost Data Access and Tools

From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Earthdata Search, Worldview, and Soil Moisture Visualizer guide users in making the most of permafrost data.

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Featured Permafrost Observation Method: SMAP

The Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP) platform measures surface soil moisture and freeze-thaw state. These direct measurements can be analyzed to learn more about permafrost distributions.

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SMAP L-Band Radiometer Near Real-Time Data

Near real-time soil moisture data from the Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) L-Band Radiometer instrument are available through Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation (LANCE).

SMAP's rotating golden antenna functions like a satellite dish to focus radio waves from Earth's surface into a collector on the spacecraft

Rounding up Data with a Golden Lasso: Getting Soil Moisture Data from SMAP to DAAC

NASA's SMAP team turns raw satellite data into more than a dozen data products for data users around the world.

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Two Sensors are Greater than One: Observing Drought with SMAP and MODIS

Remote sensing data's drought-indicating parameters are essential to manage the impact of water scarcities and minimize drought losses.

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Don't Pass the Salt! NASA's Salinity Mission Continues with SMAP

This webinar will compare sea surface salinity data collected by the Aquarius and SMAP missions. We will showcase data visualization and data access tools available through NASA's Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center.

Permafrost Datasets

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Dataset	Platforms	Instruments	Temporal Extent	Location Keywords	Spatial Extent	Data Format
ERS-1 Level 0 Product	ERS-1	SAR	1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ERS-1 Level 1 Product	ERS-1	SAR	1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ERS-2 Level 0 Product	ERS-2	SAR	1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ERS-2 Level 1 Product	ERS-2	SAR	1995-10-01 to 2011-07-04		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
GeoCryoAI: Ensemble Learning and the Permafrost Carbon Feedback in Alaska, 1963-2022	COMPUTERS	Computer	1960-01-01 to 2022-12-31	ALASKA	N: 72 S: 54 E: -134.776 W: -170	TAR
Lund-Potsdam-Jena Wetland Hydrology and Methane DGV Model (LPJ-WHyMe v1.3.1)	NOT APPLICABLE	NOT APPLICABLE	1972-01-01 to 2010-10-15		N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180	multiple
Potential Areas of Gas Seepage Detected by SAR in Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska	COMPUTERS, ALOS	Computer, PALSAR	2006-12-04 to 2011-03-17	ALASKA	N: 65.1787 S: 64.3313 E: -146.87 W: -148.287	multiple
Pre-ABoVE: Ground-penetrating Radar Measurements of ALT on the Alaska North Slope	FIELD INVESTIGATION	GPR, GPS, SOIL DEPTH PROBE	2014-08-10 to 2014-08-15		N: 69.15 S: 68.4 E: -148.7 W: -149.5	CSV
Projections of Permafrost Thaw and Carbon Release for RCP 4.5 and 8.5, 1901-2299	MODELS	Computer	1901-01-01 to 2300-12-31	NORTHERN HEMISPHERE	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
RADARSAT-1 Level 0 Product	RADARSAT-1	SAR	1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17		N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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