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Human Dimensions Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Annual Land Use and Urban Land Cover: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa, 2016-2020 1 LANDSAT, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A ETM+, OLI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 16.2061 S: -35.3369 E: 49.6875 W: 2.5725

COG
Remote Sensing Data Before and After California Rim and King Forest Fires, 2010-2015 1 NASA ER-2 NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROMETER, LIDAR, AVIRIS 2010-07-21 to 2015-01-15

N: 39.2193 S: 37.657 E: -119.57 W: -120.81

GeoTIFF
Urban Biogenic CO2 fluxes: GPP, Reco and NEE Estimates from SMUrF, 2010-2019 1 MODELS, SATELLITES Computer, MODIS 2010-01-01 to 2019-12-31

N: 60 S: -40 E: 155 W: -125

netCDF-4 classic
LBA-ECO LC-01 City, Community, and Road Maps, Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: 1990-2002 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1990-01-01 to 2002-12-31

N: 0.1003 S: -0.4774 E: -76.6356 W: -76.9928

Shapefile
LBA-ECO CD-05 Forest Understory Fuel Loads, Paragominas, Para, Brazil: 2001 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE 2001-01-01 to 2001-01-01

N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516

CSV
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

CMS: CO2 Signals Estimated for Fossil Fuel Emissions and Biosphere Flux, California 1 COMPUTERS, OCO-2 FLASKS, OCO SPECTROMETERS 2010-11-01 to 2011-05-31

N: 42.82 S: 32.2044 E: -115.963 W: -124.51

CSV
Vegetation and Open Water High-Resolution Maps for Selected US Tidal Marshes, 2015 1 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, OLI, CAMERA, TMS 2013-09-25 to 2015-08-27

N: 47.1174 S: 24.9166 E: -69.9267 W: -122.733

Shapefile
LBA-ECO CD-06 Physical, Political, and Hydrologic Maps, Ji-Parana River Basin, Brazil 1 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS, MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: -8.0333 S: -12.9269 E: -60.015 W: -63.4153

Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-01 Topographic Data for Intensive Study Areas, Northern Ecuadorian Amazon 1 MAPS DIGITIZER 1993-01-01 to 1993-01-01

N: 0.2889 S: -0.837 E: -76.5017 W: -77.127

Shapefile
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Human Dimensions Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
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
POPGRID Viewer POPGRID Viewer explores the intercomparison of population counts and settlement mapping from leading global data sources. Comparison
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
SEDAC Map Viewer With the SEDAC Map Viewer, users can view up to 4 SEDAC map layers, either as four separately synched maps or as overlays in a single map. Analysis, 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
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