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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
SENTINEL-1A_SINGLE_POL_GRD_FULL_RES 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

LBA-ECO LC-15 JERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar, 1- km Mosaic, Amazon Basin: 1995-1996 1 JERS-1 SAR 1995-08-01 to 1996-06-30

N: 13.8583 S: -23.4268 E: -47.0231 W: -82.7208

Shapefile
MASTER: Airborne Science, Western US, September, 2006 1 NASA ER-2 MASTER 2006-09-19 to 2006-10-13

N: 48.3109 S: 34.2164 E: -90.2258 W: -127.887

multiple
SAFARI 2000 Derived Soil Properties, 0.5-Deg (ISRIC-WISE) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION PH METERS 1950-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
Synthesis of Winter In Situ Soil CO2 Flux in pan-Arctic and Boreal Regions, 1989-2017 1 SATELLITES, FIELD SURVEYS, MERRA-2, ADEOS-II MODIS, CO2 ANALYZERS, TEMPERATURE LOGGERS, THERMOMETERS, IR CO2 ANALYZER, LICOR SOIL GAS CHAMBER, SOIL SAMPLER, Computer, AMSR 1989-09-01 to 2017-04-30

N: 78.917 S: 53.876 E: 161.992 W: -163.711

CSV
SENTINEL-1B_RAW 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

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

VIIRS (NOAA 21) I Band 375 m Active Fire Product NRT (Vector data) 1 NOAA-21 VIIRS 2016-01-01

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

375 Meters x 375 Meters TXT, SHP, KML, WMS, as FIRMS email alerts
NACP Regional: Supplemental Gridded Observations, Biosphere and Inverse Model Outputs 1 Terra, Aqua MODIS 1990-01-01 to 2008-12-31

N: 84 S: 10 E: -50 W: -170

Shapefile
BOREAS HYD-01 Volumetric Soil Moisture Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION NEUTRON PROBE, TDR 1994-05-25 to 1997-06-26

N: 55.93 S: 53.66 E: -98.29 W: -105.32

ASCII
NPP Multi-Biome: Summary Data from Intensive Studies at 125 Sites, 1936-2006 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1936-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 71.31 S: -45.68 E: 146.27 W: -157.67

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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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