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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 Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
Full Resolution Full Swath Geophysical Product for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2003-01-01 to 2012-04-08

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF4-zipped
Reduced Resolution Geophysical Product for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-04-29 to 2012-04-08

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF4-zipped
Delta-X: Feldspar Sediment Accretion Measurements, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2023, Version 4 4 FIELD SURVEYS SEDIMENT CORERS 2019-10-04 to 2023-11-02

N: 29.5643 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8224 W: -91.4448

CSV
CYGNSS Level 3 Soil Moisture Version 3.2 3.2 CYGNSS DDMI 2018-08-01

N: 38.15 S: -38.15 E: 164 W: -135

0.37 Decimal Degrees x 0.3 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 3 (PLACE III) 3.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01, 2000-01-01, 2010-12-31

N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

CSV, Excel, PDF, PNG, WMS
Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids 3.0 MODELS Computer 1990-07-01, 1995-07-01, 2000-07-01, 2005-07-01, 2010-07-01, 2015-07-01

N: 79.89196 S: -54.751503 E: 179.848323 W: -179.199552

ASCII, BIL, Grid, WMS
Delta-X: Soil Properties for Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, Louisiana, 2021, V3 3 Analytical Lab, FIELD SURVEYS IRMS, CHN ANALYZERS, COLORIMETERS, CORING DEVICES 2021-03-21 to 2021-08-19

N: 29.5102 S: 29.1714 E: -90.8219 W: -91.4451

CSV
MEaSUREs BedMachine Antarctica V003 3 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 2019-10-01

N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

500 Meters x 500 Meters netCDF-4
Sounder SIPS: JPSS-1 ATMS Level 2 RAMSES2 Standard: Atmosphere, precipitation and surface geophysical state V3 (SNDRJ1ML2RMS) at GES DISC 3 NOAA-20 ATMS 2017-12-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

Sounder SIPS: JPSS-1 ATMS Level 3 RAMSES2 Standard Gridded Monthly V3 at GES DISC 3 NOAA-20 ATMS 2017-12-01

N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

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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
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 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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