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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
Global Distribution of Plant-Extractable Water Capacity of Soil (Dunne) NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1996-01-01 to 1996-12-31 N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 multiple
Global Fire Emissions Indicators, Country-Level Tabular Data: 1997-2015 MODELS Computer 1997-01-01 to 2015-12-31 GLOBAL, AFGHANISTAN, ALBANIA, ALGERIA, AMERICAN SAMOA N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 Excel
Global Fire Emissions Indicators, Grids: 1997-2015 MODELS Computer 1997-01-01 to 2015-12-31 GLOBAL N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2010 North America product 30 m V001 LANDSAT-7, DEM, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 2008-01-01 to 2015-12-31 NORTH AMERICA N: 90 S: -0.001078 E: 1.928773 W: -180 GeoTIFF
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 Africa 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-2A, DEM, LANDSAT-5 OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI, TM 2013-01-01 to 2016-06-30 AFRICA N: 40.10861 S: -50.108476 E: 70.001218 W: -37 GeoTIFF
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 Australia, New Zealand, China, Mongolia 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, DEM, LANDSAT-5 OLI, ETM+, TM 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND, CHINA, MONGOLIA N: 60.095406 S: -62 E: 180 W: 60 GeoTIFF
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 Europe, Central Asia, Russia, Middle East product 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, DEM, LANDSAT-5 OLI, ETM+, TM 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31 EUROPE, SOUTHCENTRAL ASIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, MIDDLE EAST N: 90 E: 180 W: -180 GeoTIFF
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 South America product 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, DEM, LANDSAT-5 OLI, ETM+, TM 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31 SOUTH AMERICA N: 15 S: -60 E: -20 W: -110 GeoTIFF
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 South Asia, Afghanistan, and Iran product 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, DEM, LANDSAT-5 OLI, ETM+, TM 2013-01-01 to 2016-06-30 SOUTHERN ASIA, AFGHANISTAN, IRAN N: 40.10861 S: -10.038404 E: 100.001086 W: 39.998656 GeoTIFF
Global Food Security-support Analysis Data (GFSAD) Cropland Extent 2015 Southeast and Northeast Asia product 30 m V001 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-7, DEM OLI, ETM+ 2013-01-01 to 2016-12-31 SOUTHEASTERN ASIA, EASTERN ASIA N: 60 S: -45 E: 180 W: 70 GeoTIFF
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