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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

Tool Sort descending 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

Dataset Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ALOS PALSAR Level 1.1 Product ALOS PALSAR 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS PALSAR Level 1.5 Product ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS PALSAR Low Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 Level 1 ScanSAR Product ALOS-2 PALSAR-2 2014-08-01 to Present N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 ZIP
ALOS_AVNIR_OBS_ORI ALOS AVNIR-2 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS_PALSAR_KMZ ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
ALOS_PALSAR_LEVEL2.2 ALOS PALSAR 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
Altimeter Corrected Elevations, Version 2 (ACE2) STS-99 SRTM 1994-01-01 to 2005-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG
Amazon Forest Structure from Airborne Lidar, ED2 Initial Condition Files, 2016 COMPUTERS, AIRCRAFT Computer, LIDAR 2016-01-01 to 2016-12-31 BRAZIL N: 5 S: -14 E: -45 W: -74 multiple
Annual Land Use and Urban Land Cover: Ethiopia, Nigeria, and South Africa, 2016-2020 LANDSAT, Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-2A ETM+, OLI, SENTINEL-1 C-SAR, Sentinel-2 MSI 2016-01-01 to 2020-12-31 NIGERIA, SOUTH AFRICA, ETHIOPIA N: 16.2061 S: -35.3369 E: 49.6875 W: 2.5725 COG
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