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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/NPP Albedo Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid NRT 2 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2023-11-20 to Present

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters 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 CanSIS Regional Soils Data in Vector Format, V2 2 FIELD SURVEYS, AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, MSS 1982-01-01 to 1984-12-31

N: 60 S: 49 E: -89 W: -110

CSV
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 2 CLIMCAPS Normal Spectral Resolution: Atmosphere cloud and surface geophysical state V2 (SNDRSNIML2CCPRETN) at GES DISC 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2012-01-20 to Present

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

VIIRS/NPP Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance Daily L3 Global 500m SIN Grid NRT 2 Suomi-NPP VIIRS 2023-11-20 to Present

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

500 Meters x 500 Meters HDF5
VIIRS (NOAA-20/JPSS-1) I Band 375 m Active Fire Product NRT (Vector data) 2 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2024-10-01

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

375 Meters x 375 Meters TXT, SHP, KML, WMS, as FIRMS email alerts
Sounder SIPS: Suomi NPP CrIMSS Level 3 Specific Quality Control Gridded Daily SiFSAP V2 (SNDRSNIML3SDSFSP) at GES DISC 2 Suomi-NPP CrIS, ATMS 2015-11-02 to Present

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

IceBridge LVIS L2 Geolocated Surface Elevation Product V002 2 AIRCRAFT, B-200, C-130, DC-8, G-V, HU-25C, P-3B, RQ-4 ALTIMETERS, LASERS, LVIS 2017-08-25 to 2017-09-20

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

ASCII
VIIRS/JPSS1 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity 6-Min L2 Swath 375m NRT 2 NOAA-20 VIIRS 2023-10-10

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

375 Meters x 375 Meters NetCDF
MASTER: HyspIRI Airborne Campaign, California, Early Spring 2013, V2 2 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2013-03-26 to 2013-04-19

N: 40.9799 S: 31.9522 E: -112.5 W: -123.777

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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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