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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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POWER DAV The POWER project’s Data Access Viewer (DAV) is an interactive web-mapping application that provides access to NASA’s customized solar and meteorological data catalog. Analysis, Downloading, Subsetting, Visualization
POWER PRUVE PRUVE is an online validation tool created by NASA's Prediction of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project that compares surface satellite-based and assimilation data products to in-situ surface site measurements. Analysis, Visualization
RTC Stack Processor The radiometric terrain correction (RTC) stack processor tool facilitates time-series analysis of such phenomena as flooding events, deforestation, or glacier retreat. Analysis, Processing, Search and Discovery, Visualization
SOTO State of the Ocean (SOTO) is an interactive web-based tool that generates informative maps, animations, and plots that communicate and prove the discovery and analysis of the state of the oceans. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
STREAM STREAM is a rapid water quality monitoring tool that processes satellite imagery to create maps showing chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Solids, and water clarity at 20-30 meter resolution. Processing
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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