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Human Dimensions Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
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
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
LBA-ECO LC-21 Selective Logging Activity in the Brazilian Amazon: 1999-2002 1 LANDSAT ETM+ 1999-01-01 to 2002-12-31

N: -7.0529 S: -19.8683 E: -60.4257 W: -74.7931

Shapefile
SAFARI 2000 Global Burned Area Map, 1-km, Southern Africa, 2000 1 SPOT-4 MULTI-SPECTRAL 2000-01-01 to 2000-12-31

N: 18 S: -35 E: 55 W: -18

Shapefile
Export and Leaching of Carbon and Nitrogen from Mississippi River Basin, 1901-2099 1 MODELS Computer 1901-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 53 S: 24.5 E: -62 W: -126

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Historical Fire Maps, Kruger National Park, 1992-2001 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1992-05-11 to 2001-03-31

N: -22.327 S: -25.529 E: 32.034 W: 30.888

Shapefile
ABoVE: Burn Severity of Soil Organic Matter, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2014-2015 1 LANDSAT-8, FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS OLI, TIRS, GPS, Computer 2014-05-01 to 2015-10-01

N: 65.5514 S: 58.2864 E: -108.834 W: -124.03

multiple
LBA-ECO TG-07 Soil Trace Gas Flux and Root Mortality, Tapajos National Forest 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY BALANCE, THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, IRGA, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, GC-FID 2000-06-04 to 2001-05-15

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

CSV
CMS GOSAT and ObsPack L4 Top-down yearly methane emissions for individual sectors at 0.5x0.625 degrees for North America V1 (CMS_GO_CH4_SEC_TDYC_NA) 1 GOSAT TANSO-FTS 2010-01-01 to 2017-12-31

N: 65 S: 15 E: -55 W: -130

Net Radiation and Albedo from MODIS for Xingu River Basin, Brazil, 2000-2012 1 SATELLITES, COMPUTERS MODIS, Computer 2000-02-18 to 2012-11-16

N: -9.5717 S: -15.0697 E: -51.2324 W: -55.6935

netCDF-4 classic
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Human Dimensions Data Tools

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Tool 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
Earthdata Search Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading
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
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
Hazards Mapper The Hazards Mapper enables users to rapidly get an idea of the population, land area, dams, and nuclear power plants that could be impacted by a wide range of natural events, including floods, earthquakes, fires, and volcanic eruptions. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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
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