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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ABoVE: AVIRIS-3 Imaging Spectroscopy for Alaska and Canada, 2023 B-200 AVIRIS-3 2023-07-15 to 2023-08-21 ALASKA, YUKON TERRITORY N: 70.8021 S: 55.1525 E: -130.969 W: -166.441 multiple
ABoVE: AVIRIS-NG Imaging Spectroscopy for Alaska, Canada, and Iceland, 2017-2022, V3 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2017-06-24 to 2022-08-19 ALASKA, CANADA N: 71.3804 S: 52.1605 E: 28.2195 W: -166.651 multiple
ABoVE: Burn Severity of Soil Organic Matter, Northwest Territories, Canada, 2014-2015 LANDSAT-8, FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS OLI, TIRS, GPS, Computer 2014-05-01 to 2015-10-01 ALBERTA, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 65.5514 S: 58.2864 E: -108.834 W: -124.03 multiple
ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2015-2016 FIELD SURVEYS, Aqua, Terra SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, MODIS 2015-05-20 to 2016-08-08 N: 68.327 S: 59.927 E: -106.759 W: -135.543 CSV
ABoVE: Burn Severity, Fire Progression, Landcover and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2014 Terra, FIELD SURVEYS, Aqua MODIS, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE 1997-07-07 to 2015-07-15 N: 64.2509 S: 60.3334 E: -110.677 W: -121.604 multiple
ABoVE: Characterization of Burned and Unburned Boreal Forest Stands, SK, Canada, 2016 FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS STEEL MEASURING TAPE, SOIL SAMPLER, CLINOMETERS, GPS, Computer 2016-05-30 to 2016-06-16 SASKATCHEWAN N: 57.3646 S: 54.091 E: -104.693 W: -109.173 CSV
ABoVE: Characterization of Burned and Unburned Spruce Forest Sites, Tanana, AK, 2017 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT PROBES, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, TM 2017-07-26 to 2017-07-28 ALASKA N: 65.2315 S: 65.0968 E: -151.951 W: -152.416 CSV
ABoVE: Characterization of Carbon Dynamics in Burned Forest Plots, NWT, Canada, 2014 FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS, LABORATORY CLINOMETERS, Computer, MASS SPECTROMETERS 2015-06-14 to 2015-06-14 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 71.6947 S: 56.2542 E: -102 W: -136.119 CSV
ABoVE: Climate Drivers of Pan-Arctic Tundra Vegetation Productivity, 1982-2015 NOAA POES, DMSP SSM/I, AVHRR 1982-01-01 to 2015-12-31 N: 90 S: 70 E: 180 W: -180 CSV
ABoVE: CO2 and CH4 Fluxes and Meteorology at Flux Tower Sites, Alaska, 2015-2017 FIELD SURVEYS, GROUND STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS PROBES, NET RADIOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, THERMOCOUPLES, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, PYRANOMETERS 2015-01-01 to 2017-03-09 N: 71.282 S: 68.4864 E: -155.75 W: -157.41 CSV
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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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