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FLUXNET Research Network Site Characteristics, Investigators, and Bibliography, 2016 1 GROUND STATIONS, GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS ANEMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES, THERMOMETERS 1991-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 78.921 S: -62.2321 E: 175.554 W: -157.409

CSV
Forest Aboveground Biomass and Carbon Sequestration Potential, Northeastern USA 1 MODELS Computer 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 49.0223 S: 36.8038 E: -66.0584 W: -81.2256

GeoTIFF
Forest Aboveground Biomass for the Southwestern U.S. from MISR, 2000-2021 1 Terra MISR 2000-05-15 to 2021-06-30

N: 46.2812 S: 28.599 E: -99.0185 W: -126.18

GeoTIFF
Forest Carbon Stocks and Fluxes After Disturbance, Southeastern USA, 1990-2010 1.1 MODELS Computer 1986-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 40.8894 S: 23.2283 E: -71.2798 W: -89.0103

GeoTIFF
Forest Carbon Stocks and Fluxes from the NFCMS, Conterminous USA, 1990-2010 2 MODELS Computer 1986-01-01 to 2010-12-31

N: 50.366 S: 23.1873 E: -65.7307 W: -127.686

GeoTIFF
Forest-BGC Model (OTTER) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1990-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 45.07 S: 44.38 E: -121.68 W: -123.95

multiple
Full Resolution Full Swath Geolocated and Calibrated TOA Radiance 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2002-05-17 to 2012-04-08

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

netCDF-4
Full Resolution Full Swath Geophysical Product for Ocean, Land and Atmosphere 4 ENVISAT MERIS 2003-01-01 to 2012-04-08

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

netCDF-4
Gamma Ray Data: Peck (FIFE) 1 AC-500S GAMMA RADIATION DETECTOR 1987-06-03 to 1989-08-10

N: 39.12 S: 38.97 E: -96.48 W: -96.62

ASCII
GEDI L1B Geolocated Waveform Data Global Footprint Level V001 001 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2020-09-03

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L1B Geolocated Waveform Data Global Footprint Level V002 002 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to 2025-07-10

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L1B Geolocated Waveform Data Global Footprint Level V003 003 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V001 001 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2020-09-03

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002 002 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to 2025-07-10

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2A Elevation and Height Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V003 003 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V001 001 ISS GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2020-09-03

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

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V002 002 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to 2025-07-10

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L2B Canopy Cover and Vertical Profile Metrics Data Global Footprint Level V003 003 ISS GEDI 2019-04-04 to 2023-03-16, 2024-04-26 to Present

N: 54 S: -54 E: 180 W: -180

25 Meters x 25 Meters HDF5
GEDI L3 Gridded Land Surface Metrics, Version 1 1 MODELS, ISS Computer, GEDI 2019-04-18 to 2020-04-15

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

binary
GEDI L3 Gridded Land Surface Metrics, Version 2 2 ISS, MODELS GEDI, Computer 2019-04-18 to 2025-07-09

N: 52 S: -52 E: 180 W: -180

multiple
Geobotanical and Impact Map Collection for Prudhoe Bay Oilfield, Alaska, 1972-2010 1 FIELD SURVEYS, FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT 1949-01-01 to 2010-07-31

N: 71.0271 S: 69.9702 E: -146.974 W: -150.167

multiple
GeoCryoAI: Ensemble Learning and the Permafrost Carbon Feedback in Alaska, 1963-2022 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1960-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 72 S: 54 E: -134.776 W: -170

TAR
Geoecology: County-Level Environmental Data for the United States, 1941-1981 1 COMPUTERS Computer 1941-01-01 to 1981-12-31

N: 49.3844 S: 24.4981 E: -66.9499 W: -124.763

Text File
Geospatial Data for Modeling Soil Carbon Stocks across Pacific Northwest Watersheds 1 Sentinel-2A, MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS Sentinel-2 MSI, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS 2012-01-01 to 2022-12-31

N: 58.7242 S: 46.7725 E: -118.086 W: -134.983

multiple
Geostationary Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Hourly North and South America 4 km V001 001 GOES-8, GOES-10, GOES-11, GOES-12, GOES-13, GOES-14, GOES-15, GOES-16 GOES-8 Imager, GOES-10 Imager, GOES-11 Imager, GOES-12 Imager, GOES-13 Imager, GOES-14 Imager, GOES-15 Imager, GOES-16 Imager 2000-04-01 to 2016-12-30

N: 71.892242873168 S: -20.959026825734 E: 3.4957049484841 W: -180

4000 Meters x 4000 Meters HDF-EOS5
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Land Surface Data Tools

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ASF MapReady Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data Processing
FLOOD The FLOOD viewer facilitates the use and evaluation of LANCE flood products by allowing the user to browse globally and over time, and to compare to other flood products. Monitoring Natural Events, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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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