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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
BOREAS AFM-03 Electra 1994 Aircraft Flux and Moving Window Data NCAR ELECTRA INFRARED THERMOMETERS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, PYRANOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, GUST PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, MVI 1994-05-24 to 1994-09-16 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 ASCII
BOREAS AFM-04 Twin Otter Aircraft Flux Data DHC-6 INFRARED RADIOMETERS, IRGA, MMR, MVI, PYRANOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, UV OZONE DETECTORS, GUST PROBES, PRESSURE TRANSDUCERS 1994-05-25 to 1994-09-19 N: 55.95 S: 53.79 E: -98.4 W: -104.81 ASCII
BOREAS AFM-08 ECMWF Hourly Surface and Upper Air Data for the SSA and NSA NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1994-05-13 to 1997-03-31 N: 62 S: 48 E: -92 W: -114 ASCII
BOREAS AFM-12 1-km AVHRR Seasonal Land Cover Classification NOAA-11 AVHRR 1992-04-01 to 1992-09-30 N: 57 S: 52 E: -96 W: -108 Binary
BOREAS Agriculture Canada Central Saskatchewan Vector Soils Data, R1 AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS DIGITIZER 1980-01-01 to 2001-02-06 N: 55.0614 S: 52.8618 E: -99.8739 W: -110.451 multiple
BOREAS CanSIS Regional Soils Data in Vector Format, V2 FIELD SURVEYS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, MSS 1982-01-01 to 1984-12-31 N: 60 S: 49 E: -89 W: -110 CSV
BOREAS Daedalus TMS Level-0 Imagery: Digital Counts in BIL Format NASA ER-2 TMS 1994-09-16 to 1994-09-17 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 BIL
BOREAS DEM Data over the NSA-MSA and SSA-MSA in AEAC Projection MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31 N: 56.14 S: 53.65 E: -97.98 W: -105.23 Binary
BOREAS Derived Surface Meteorological Data FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOCOUPLES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, WIND MONITOR, BAROMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, INFRARED THERMOMETERS, Pyrgeometer, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR 1994-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 56.25 S: 53.42 E: -97.23 W: -106.32 ASCII
BOREAS Elevation Contours over the NSA and SSA ARC/Info Generate Format MAPS DIGITIZER 1970-01-01 to 1989-12-31 N: 56.06 S: 53.69 E: -98.09 W: -105.23 multiple
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