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Land Surface Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
LBA-ECO ND-02 Soil Gas and Water Content, Rainfall Exclusion, Tapajos National Forest 1 FIELD SURVEYS GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, TDR 1999-12-09 to 2002-06-14

N: -2.75 S: -2.75 E: -55 W: -55

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-02 Soil Trace Gas Fluxes in Eastern Amazonia, Para, Brazil: 1999-2003 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION CHEMILUMINESCENCE, GC-FID, GC-ECD, IR CO2 ANALYZER 1999-08-19 to 2003-04-19

N: -1.3167 S: -1.3167 E: -47.95 W: -47.95

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-02 Trace Gas Flux from Forest Soil, Para, Brazil : 1999-2001 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION GC-FID, GC-ECD, IRGA, CHEMILUMINESCENCE 1999-11-17 to 2001-12-12

N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-04 Pasture Soil Water and Precipitation, Km 54, Manaus, Brazil: 1999-2001 1 FIELD SURVEYS, GROUND STATIONS NEUTRON PROBE, RAIN GAUGES 1999-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: -2.518 S: -2.518 E: -60.03 W: -60.03

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-04 Secondary Forest Recovery, Structure, and LAI, Central Amazonia, Brazil 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-09-12 to 2001-09-01

N: -2 S: -2.5716 E: -59 W: -60.03

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-04 Termite Mound and Soil Characterization, Amazonas, Brazil: 1999-2001 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, AAS, BALANCE, CORING DEVICES 1999-12-15 to 2002-06-26

N: -2.518 S: -2.518 E: -60.03 W: -60.03

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-06 Land Use Effects on Soil Nutrients: A Review of Studies 1950-2001 1 FIELD SURVEYS VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1950-01-01 to 2001-05-14

N: 5 S: -18 E: -35 W: -80

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-07 Carbon and Nitrogen in Cerrado Plants and Soils, Brasilia: 1999-2000 1 LABORATORY CHN ANALYZERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, CARBON ANALYZERS 1999-12-01 to 2000-09-30

N: -15.9328 S: -15.9328 E: -47.8506 W: -47.8506

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-07 Nitric Oxide Flux from Cerrado Soils, Brasilia, Brazil: 2004 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2004-03-22 to 2004-11-25

N: -15.9328 S: -15.9328 E: -47.8506 W: -47.8506

CSV
LBA-ECO ND-07 Trace Gas Fluxes Under Multiple Land Uses, Brazil: 1999-2004 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS CHEMILUMINESCENCE, CARBON ANALYZERS, BALANCE, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, IRGA, PHOTOMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, RADIOMETERS 1999-09-09 to 2005-12-31

N: -15.2333 S: -16.3 E: -47.2506 W: -47.8506

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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