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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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Dataset Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
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
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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