NASA data provide key measurements of Earth’s land, allowing researchers to accurately understand its composition, processes, uses, and interactions. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.
| Dataset | Geographic Region | Temporal Extent | Data Format | Potential Application Areas | Related Subtopics |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ALOS PALSAR High Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product | Global | 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 |
| erosion/ sedimentation, geomorphic landforms and processes, land use/ land cover, topography | |
| ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Level 1 ScanSAR Product | Global | 2014-08-01 to Present |
| geomorphic landforms and processes, land use/ land cover, topography | |
| ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model V003 | Global Land | 2000-03-01 to 2013-11-30 | Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) |
| topography |
| ECOSTRESS Tiled Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity Instantaneous L2 Global 70 m | Global Land | 2018-07-09 to Present | Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF (COG) |
| surface radiative properties, surface thermal properties |
| EMIT L2A Estimated Surface Reflectance and Uncertainty and Masks 60 m | Global Land | 2022-08-09 to Present | NetCDF-4 |
| land use/ land cover, soils |
| GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002 | Global Land |
| HDF5 |
| topography |
| Global Hydrologic Soil Groups (HYSOGs250m) for Curve Number-Based Runoff Modeling | Global | 2017-01-01 to 2017-11-28 | GeoTIFF |
| land use/ land cover, soils |
| HLS Landsat Operational Land Imager Surface Reflectance and TOA Brightness Daily Global 30m v2.0 | Global | 2013-04-11 to Present | Cloud Optimized GeoTiff (COG) |
| land use/ land cover, surface radiative properties |
| MAIAC Daily V01 | Global | 2015-06-13 to Present | PNG |
| land use/ land cover |
| MODIS/Terra Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid | Global | 2000-02-24 to Present | HDF-EOS2 |
| surface radiative properties, surface thermal properties |
| MODIS/Terra Surface Reflectance Daily L2G Global 250m SIN Grid V061 | Global | 2000-02-24 to Present | HDF-EOS2 |
| land use/ land cover, surface radiative properties |
| NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 | Global Land | 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21 | HGT |
| land use/ land cover, topography |
| OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1) | Global | 2014-04-03 to Present |
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| geomorphic landforms and processes, land use/ land cover, |
| SENTINEL-1A_SLC | Global | 2014-04-03 to Present |
| erosion/ sedimentation, geomorphic landforms and processes, land use/ land cover, landscapes, topography | |
| SENTINEL-1B_SLC | Global | 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24 |
| erosion/ sedimentation, geomorphic landforms and processes, land use/ land cover, landscapes, topography | |
| Sentinel-1C Dual Polarization High Resolution Ground Range Detected Product | Global | 2025-01-01 to Present | SAFE |
| erosion/ sedimentation, geomorphic landforms and processes, land use/ land cover, topography |
| VIIRS/JPSS1 Land Surface Temperature/Emissivity Daily L3 Global 1km SIN Grid Day V002 | Global | 2018-01-01 to Present | HDF-EOS5 |
| surface radiative properties, surface thermal properties |
| VIIRS/NPP Moderate Resolution 6-Min L1B Swath 750 m | Global | 2021-12-15 to Present |
|
| land use/ land cover, surface thermal properties |
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASF MapReady | Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data | Processing | |
| 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 | |
| OB.DAAC File Search Utility | Find and download instrument data archived at OB.DAAC using mission parameters or filename patterns, including support for wildcard searching on partial filenames. | Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization | |
| Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser | The Ocean Color Level 3 and 4 Browser allows users to view, download, or order global composites at various spatial and temporal scales (level 3) or get results from analyses of lower-level data (level 4). | Analysis, Search and Discovery, 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 | |
| SeaDAS | Sea, earth, atmosphere Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) is a comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color data. | Analysis, Visualization, Processing | |
| VEDA | NASA's VEDA project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and 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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