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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 Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Location Keywords Spatial Extent Data Format
ABoVE: Corrected MODIS MAIAC Reflectance at Tower Sites, Alaska and Canada, 2000-2016 MODELS, Aqua, Terra Computer, MODIS 2000-02-24 to 2016-07-31 ALASKA, CANADA N: 71.3225 S: 42.6353 E: -74.0365 W: -157.409 CSV
ABoVE: Dall Sheep Response to Snow and Landscape Covariates, Alaska, 2005-2008 MODELS, Terra, Aqua Computer, MODIS 2005-09-01 to 2008-08-31 ALASKA N: 61.0517 S: 59.976 E: -153.033 W: -154.526 netCDF-4 classic
ABoVE: Distribution Maps of Wildland Fire Fuel Components across Alaskan Tundra, 2015 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2013-01-01 to 2017-12-31 ALASKA, YUKON TERRITORY N: 72.5229 S: 57.3911 E: -132.487 W: -170.006 GeoTIFF
ABoVE: Ecosystem Map, Great Slave Lake Area, Northwest Territories, Canada, 1997-2011 MODELS, LANDSAT-5, WORLDVIEW-2, ALOS Computer, MSS, TM, WV110, PALSAR 1997-09-25 to 2011-09-14 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES N: 65.1494 S: 58.5141 E: -109.463 W: -123.036 multiple
ABoVE: Gridded 30-m Aboveground Biomass, Shrub Dominance, North Slope, AK, 2007-2016 LANDSAT-5, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-7 TM, Computer, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, ETM+ 2007-06-01 to 2016-08-31 N: 76.226 S: 64.7265 E: -111.551 W: -168.576 multiple
ABoVE: Historical Lake Shorelines and Areas near Fairbanks, Alaska from 1949-2009 SPOT-1, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS HRVIR, CAMERA 1949-01-01 to 2009-12-31 ALASKA N: 64.96 S: 64.8282 E: -147.66 W: -147.98 Shapefile
ABoVE: Ignitions, Burned Area, and Emissions of Fires in AK, YT, and NWT, 2001-2018 Aqua, MODELS MODIS, Computer 2001-01-01 to 2018-12-31 YUKON TERRITORY, NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, ALASKA N: 79.2618 S: 51.6346 E: -99.9838 W: -167 multiple
ABoVE: Lake and Wetland Classification from L-band SAR, Alaska and Canada, 2017-2019 FIELD SURVEYS, UAV CAMERA, UAVSAR 2017-01-01 to 2019-09-19 NORTHWEST TERRITORIES, ALBERTA, ALASKA N: 67.909 S: 53.707 E: -107.864 W: -149.165 multiple
ABoVE: Lake Growing Season Green Surface Reflectance Trends, AK and Canada, 1984-2019 LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 TM, ETM+, OLI 1984-07-01 to 2019-09-01 ALASKA, CANADA N: 74.9995 S: 49.545 E: -81.2261 W: -168.103 Text File
ABoVE: Land Cover, Methane Flux, and Environmental Data, Big Trail Lake, Fairbanks AK MODELS, FIELD INVESTIGATION Computer, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2017-05-28 to 2022-08-23 ALASKA N: 64.9231 S: 64.9201 E: -147.816 W: -147.825 multiple
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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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