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Gridded Population of the World, Version 4 (GPWv4): Population Density, Revision 11 4.11 MODELS Computer 2000-07-01, 2005-07-01, 2010-07-01, 2015-07-01, 2020-07-01

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

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees ASCII, GeoTIFF, netCDF-4, PDF, PNG, WMS
GRIP Hurricane and Tropical Storm Forecasts V1 1 MODELS Computer 2010-08-12 to 2010-11-14

N: 87.6 S: 0.8 E: 0 W: -178.5

ASCII
Groundswell Africa Spatial Population and Migration Projections at One-Eighth Degree According to SSPs and RCPs, 2010-2050 1.00 MODELS Computer 2010-01-01 to 2050-12-31

N: 37.21 S: -34.51 E: 51.27 W: -17.33

Geodatabase
HANPP Collection: Global Patterns in Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity (HANPP) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees Grid, GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG
HANPP Collection: Global Patterns in Net Primary Productivity (NPP) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees Grid, GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG
HANPP Collection: Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity as a Percentage of Net Primary Productivity 1.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees Grid, GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG
HANPP Collection: Human Appropriation of Net Primary Productivity (HANPP) by Country and Product 1.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 90 S: -55 E: 180 W: -180

Excel
HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Black Carbon concentration at census level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_BC_CENSUS) at GES DISC 1 HAQES NOT APPLICABLE 2022-11-01 to Present

N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132

HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Black Carbon concentration at county level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_BC_COUNTY) at GES DISC 1 HAQES NOT APPLICABLE 2022-11-01 to Present

N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132

HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Black Carbon concentration, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_BC) at GES DISC 1 HAQES NOT APPLICABLE 2022-11-01 to Present

N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132

12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Organic Carbon concentration at census level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_OC_CENSUS) at GES DISC 1 HAQES NOT APPLICABLE 2022-11-01 to Present

N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132

HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Organic Carbon concentration at county level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_OC_COUNTY) at GES DISC 1 HAQES NOT APPLICABLE 2022-11-01 to Present

N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132

HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface PM2.5 Organic Carbon concentration, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_OC) at GES DISC 1 HAQES NOT APPLICABLE 2022-11-01 to Present

N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132

12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface total PM2.5 concentration at census level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_TOT_CENSUS) at GES DISC 1 HAQES NOT APPLICABLE 2022-01-02 to Present

N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132

HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface total PM2.5 concentration at county level, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_TOT_COUNTY) at GES DISC 1 HAQES NOT APPLICABLE 2022-01-02 to Present

N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132

HAQES 3-Hourly Ensemble mean surface total PM2.5 concentration, North America V1 (HAQES_NA_PM25_TOT) at GES DISC 1 HAQES NOT APPLICABLE 2022-01-02 to Present

N: 53.5 S: 21 E: -58.5 W: -132

12 Kilometers x 12 Kilometers
Historical Urban Population: 3700 BC - AD 2000 1.0 MODELS Computer 1700-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 85 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

Excel, MOV, PDF, PNG
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) GLOBAL HAWK NAVIGATION V1 1 GLOBAL HAWK GPS, INS 2012-09-06 to 2014-09-30

N: 51.5268 S: 7.55657 E: -19.4239 W: -174.843

ASCII, XML
HURRICANE AND SEVERE STORM SENTINEL (HS3) WORLD WIDE LIGHTNING LOCATION NETWORK (WWLLN) STORMS V1 1 WWLLN GPS, RF ANTENNA, VLF RECEIVERS 2012-08-28 to 2014-10-20

N: 68.994 S: 12.9 E: -15.001 W: -116.595

netCDF-4, ASCII
IMERG and LHASA Global Landslide Exposure Maps 1.0 1.0 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2001-01-01 to 2017-01-01

N: 72 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

0.00833334 Decimal Degrees x 0.00833334 Decimal Degrees
Impacts of Wildfires on Boreal Forest Ecosystem Carbon Dynamics 1 MODELS, LANDSAT-1 Computer, MSS 1986-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 70 S: 43.5 E: -53 W: -166

CSV
India Annual Winter Cropped Area, 2001-2016 1.0 MODELS, Terra Computer, MODIS 2001-03-31 to 2016-03-31

N: 37.073831 S: 8.083816 E: 89.150397 W: 68.106253

0.008868 Decimal Degrees x 0.008868 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, netCDF-4, PDF, PNG, WMS
India Village-Level Geospatial Socio-Economic Data Set: 1991, 2001 1.0 MODELS Computer 1991-01-01, 2001-12-31

N: 37.073831 S: 8.083816 E: 89.150397 W: 68.106253

Shapefile, Geodatabase, PDF, PNG, WMS
Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Ancillary Data 1.00 MODELS Computer 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

Grid, Shapefile
Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Annual Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007 1.0 OrbView-2 SeaWiFS 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

N: 89.99928 S: -90 E: 179.99856 W: -180

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees Grid, GeoTIFF
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Human Dimensions Data Tools

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AppEEARS The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. Search and Discovery, Subsetting, Customization, Downloading, Visualization
EONET Use NASA Earth Observatory's Natural Event Tracker to look for natural events as they occur all across the planet. Access, Data Curation, Monitoring Natural Events
FIRMS The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. Access, Visualization
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Giovanni Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. Search and Discovery, Analysis, Access, Visualization, Downloading, Subsetting
GUARDIAN The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning. Monitoring Natural Events
Hurricane Intensity Estimator NASA's Hurricane Intensity Estimator is an online platform that demonstrates the use of a machine learning model for estimating the wind speed of hurricanes. Visualization, Monitoring Natural Events
NYS FIDSS Mapper The New York State Flood Information Decision Support System Mapper is an easy-to-use mapping tool visualizes building footprint data for nearly all New York State’s infrastructure, except New York City. Visualization
OpenAltimetry OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
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