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Land Surface Data Access and Tools

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.

Land Surface Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
ASF MapReady Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data Processing
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
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
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
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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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
A Compilation of Global Soil Microbial Biomass Carbon, Nitrogen, and Phosphorus Data NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1977-11-16 to 2012-06-01 N: 79 S: -90 E: 177.9 W: -180 multiple
A Global Database of Gas Fluxes from Soils after Rewetting or Thawing, Version 1.0 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER 1956-01-01 to 2009-12-31 N: 74.5 S: -36.45 E: 160.525 W: -149.633 CSV
A Global Database of Soil Phosphorus Compiled from Studies Using Hedley Fractionation NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1985-01-01 to 2010-12-31 N: 63.2336 S: -42.5 E: 117.596 W: -117.861 CSV
A Global Database of Soil Respiration Data, Version 5.0 FIELD INVESTIGATION LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER 1961-01-01 to 2017-12-31 GLOBAL LAND N: 81.8 S: -78.02 E: 175.897 W: -163.71 CSV
ABoVE: Active Layer and Soil Moisture Properties from AirMOSS P-band SAR in Alaska G-III, MODELS RADAR, Computer 2014-08-16 to 2017-10-10 ARCTIC, ALASKA N: 70.8774 S: 64.7127 E: -150.249 W: -167.944 netCDF-4 classic
ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characteristics at Selected Sites Across Alaska FIELD SURVEYS CORING DEVICES 2016-08-09 to 2018-07-07 ALASKA N: 68.5596 S: 63.8801 E: -146.558 W: -149.533 multiple
ABoVE: Active Layer Soil Characterization of Permafrost Sites, Northern Alaska, 2018 LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS BALANCE, SOIL DEPTH PROBE 2018-08-22 to 2018-08-26 ALASKA N: 69.8124 S: 68.605 E: -148.564 W: -149.306 CSV
ABoVE: Active Layer Thickness from Airborne L- and P- band SAR, Alaska, 2017, Ver. 3 GULFSTREAM 1000 (695A) UAVSAR 2017-06-19 to 2017-09-16 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, YUKON TERRITORY, ALASKA N: 71.5212 S: 57.8294 E: -110.418 W: -166.733 multiple
ABoVE: Active Layer Thickness from Remote Sensing Permafrost Model, Alaska, 2001-2015 SATELLITES, SMAP MODIS, SMAP L-BAND RADAR 2001-01-01 to 2015-12-31 ALASKA N: 70.214 S: 55.5667 E: -132.576 W: -179.18 netCDF-4 classic
ABoVE: AirSWOT Ka-band Radar over Surface Waters of Alaska and Canada, 2017 B-200 AirSWOT 2017-07-08 to 2017-08-17 ALASKA, CANADA, ARCTIC, NORTHERN HEMISPHERE N: 70.4944 S: 46.8451 E: -98.629 W: -149.834 multiple
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