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Human Dimensions Data Access and Tools

NASA data span from measuring gas flaring activity around the world to cyclone economic risk estimates. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Human Dimensions Datasets

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Indicators of Coastal Water Quality: Change in Chlorophyll-a Concentration 1998-2007 1.0 OrbView-2 SeaWiFS 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

Excel, CSV, PDF, PNG, WMS
INFORM Global Risk Index 2019 Mid Year, v0.3.7 0.3.7 MODELS Computer 2019-01-01 to 2019-12-31

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

Excel
IPCC Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database, Version 2.01 2.01 MODELS Computer 2007-01-01 to 2014-12-31

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

Excel
IPCC Fourth Assessment Report (AR4) Observed Climate Change Impacts Database 1.0 MODELS Computer 1970-01-01 to 2014-12-31

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

Excel, WMS
IPCC Socio-Economic Baseline Dataset 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01, 1991-01-01, 1980-01-01, 1992-01-01, 1993-01-01, 1994-01-01, 1995-01-01, 2025-01-01

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

Excel
ISLSCP II Carbon Dioxide Emissions from Fossil Fuels, Cement, and Gas Flaring 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
ISLSCP II Global Gridded Gross Domestic Product (GDP), 1990 1 Terra MODIS 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

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

Shapefile
ISLSCP II Global Population of the World 1 Terra MODIS 1990-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

Shapefile
Land Surface Atmospheric Boundary Interaction Product L3 V1(LANDMET) at GES DISC 1 LANDMET NOT APPLICABLE 1998-01-01 to 2007-12-31

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

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers
Land Use and Cover Maps from Landsat, Mawas, Central Kalimantan, Indonesia, 1994-2019 1 LANDSAT-8, MODELS, LANDSAT-5 OLI, Computer, TM 1994-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: -2.16208 S: -2.56094 E: 114.648 W: 114.356

GeoTIFF
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Global Human Footprint Dataset (Geographic) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

BIL
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Global Human Footprint Dataset (IGHP) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

BIL
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Last of the Wild Dataset (Geographic) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

ArcInfo Interchange
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Last of the Wild Dataset (IGHP) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

ArcInfo Interchange
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset (Geographic) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

ArcInfo Interchange
Last of the Wild Project, Version 1, 2002 (LWP-1): Top One Percent Wild Areas Dataset (IGHP) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1992-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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

ArcInfo Interchange
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (Geographic) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

N: 89.930957 S: -89.918972 E: 180 W: -179.999993

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees Grid, PNG, PDF, WMS
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Footprint Dataset (IGHP) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

Grid
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (Geographic) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees Grid, PDF, PNG, WMS
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Global Human Influence Index (HII) Dataset (IGHP) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

Grid
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Last of the Wild Dataset (Geographic) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
Last of the Wild Project, Version 2, 2005 (LWP-2): Last of the Wild Dataset (IGHP) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1995-01-01 to 2004-12-31

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

Shapefile
Latin America and the Caribbean Population Time Series 1.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01, 2000-01-01

N: 54.180542 S: -70.224737 E: 25.441213 W: -167.470568

Shapefile, Excel
LBA Regional Boundary for the Legal Amazon of Brazil, 8-km 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1991-01-01 to 1999-12-31

N: 6.02 S: -34 E: -34.035 W: -80

Binary
LBA-ECO CD-04 Logging Damage, km 83 Tower Site, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2000-11-01 to 2002-03-31

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV

Human Dimensions Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
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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