Land Management Data Access and Tools

NASA has land management datasets that help researchers assess land use, condition, and other information. Access a range of data and data tools such as Worldview, FIRMS, and Giovanni to make the most of land management data.

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Featured Land Management Observation Method: MODIS

The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) continually collects data in 36 spectral channels, surveying the entire planet every one to two days. MODIS data are used in studies across numerous disciplines, including vegetative health and changes in land cover and land use.

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Near Real-Time MODIS Global Flood Product Now Available from NASA’s LANCE

New Near Real-Time (NRT) Global Flood Mapping product from LANCE will continue production of data critical for detecting floods around the globe.

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FIRMS Adds Ultra Real-Time Data from MODIS and VIIRS

Scientists develop routine service for wildfire detection in the continental United States with a latency of less than 60 seconds.

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Applying AI to MODIS Data Analysis

Researchers taught the SatVision Top-of-Atmosphere foundation model to recognize MODIS imagery features.

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Land Management Datasets

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Dataset	Platforms	Instruments	Temporal Extent	Location Keywords	Spatial Extent	Data Format
LBA-ECO ND-30 Fractional Cover of Mixed Land Use Ranches, Para and Rondonia, Brazil	LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7	TM, ETM+	1996-07-05 to 2002-05-26		N: -1.9907 S: -11.0355 E: -45.6918 W: -63.1374	GeoTIFF
LUH2-GCB2019: Land-Use Harmonization 2 Update for the Global Carbon Budget, 850-2019	MODELS	Computer	0850-01-01 to 2019-12-31	GLOBAL LAND	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
Vegetation and Open Water High-Resolution Maps for Selected US Tidal Marshes, 2015	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

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