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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
VIIRS/JPSS1 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity 6-Min L2 Swath 750m 2 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2023-10-10 to Present

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

750 Meters x 750 Meters NetCDF
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Comprehensive Quality Control Gridded Daily CLIMCAPS Full Spectral Resolution V2 (SNDRSNIML3CDCCP) at GES DISC 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2015-11-02 to Present

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

JERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar, 100-m Mosaics, South America: 1995-1996, R1 2 JERS-1 SAR 1995-01-01 to 1996-07-31

N: 13.0002 S: -19.9996 E: -48.0004 W: -82.0004

GeoTIFF
SHIFT: AVIRIS-NG L2A Orthorectified Surface Reflectance, V2 2 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2022-02-24 to 2022-09-15

N: 35.1161 S: 33.9039 E: -118.036 W: -120.643

multiple
VIIRS NOAA-20 (JPSS-1) 375m, I-Band Active Fire Product NRT (Vector Data) 2 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2016-01-01

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

375 Meters x 375 Meters TXT
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily CLIMCAPS Normal Spectral Resolution V2 (SNDRSNIML3SDCCPN) at GES DISC 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2012-04-19 to Present

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

IceBridge LVIS L1B Geolocated Return Energy Waveforms V002 2 Airplane, B-200, C-130, DC-8, G-V, HU-25C, P-3B, RQ-4 ALTIMETERS, LASERS, LVIS 2009-04-14 to 2017-09-20

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

,

N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180

HDF5
Sounder SIPS: AQUA AIRS IR-only Level 2 CLIMCAPS : Atmosphere, cloud and surface geophysical state V2 (SNDRAQIL2CCPRET) at GES DISC 2 AQUA AIRS 2002-08-30 to Present

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

BOREAS Scanning Lidar Imager of Canopies by Echo Recovery (SLICER): Level-3 Data 2 C-130 BACKSCATTER LIDAR, LIDAR ALTIMETERS, ASAS 1996-07-18 to 1996-07-30

N: 55.9284 S: 53.6289 E: -98.0275 W: -106.198

multiple
VIIRS/JPSS1 Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 1 km SIN Grid NRT 2 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2023-11-20 to Present

N: 80 S: -80 E: 180 W: -180

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers HDF5
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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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