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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 Sort descending Version Platform Instrument Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
High Mountain Asia Landslide Catalog V002 2 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS MULTIPLE 1990-01-28 to 2018-12-31

N: 45 S: 20 E: 111 W: 61

Shapefile
High Mountain Asia Langtang Snow Properties V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS IceCube 2018-04-23 to 2018-04-24

N: 28.21502 S: 28.21502 E: 85.60986 W: 85.60986

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N: 28.23464 S: 28.23464 E: 85.60918 W: 85.60918

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N: 28.23467 S: 28.23467 E: 85.60915 W: 85.60915

ASCII
High Mountain Asia LDAS 1 km Snow and Temperature Parameters V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2007-09-01 to 2008-08-31

N: 41 S: 20 E: 101 W: 66

1 Kilometers x 1 Kilometers netCDF-3
High Mountain Asia LIS Model Terrestrial Hydrological Parameters V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2003-02-01 to 2018-01-31

N: 40.875 S: 20.875 E: 100.875 W: 66.875

netCDF-4, PNG
High Mountain Asia MAR V3.5 Regional Climate Model Output V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2000-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 38.84 S: 22.41 E: 87.92 W: 65.2

10 Kilometers x 10 Kilometers netCDF-4
High Mountain Asia Multitemporal Landslide Inventories V001 1 RAPIDEYE REIS 2009-12-01 to 2018-12-31

N: 29.32 S: 27.54 E: 86.03 W: 81.24

Shapefile
High Mountain Asia Multitemporal Landslide Inventory for the Pumqu/Arun River Basin V001 1 PlanetScope, RAPIDEYE CAMERA, REIS 2011-12-01 to 2020-12-31

N: 28.11 S: 26.94 E: 87.58 W: 86.93

Shapefile
High Resolution Land Cover-Specific Solar-Induced Fluorescence, Midwestern USA, 2018 1 MODELS, Sentinel-5P, Aura Computer, TROPOMI, MODIS 2018-05-02 to 2018-09-23

N: 49.9375 S: 34.9792 E: -77.9792 W: -110.021

netCDF-4
High-Resolution Vegetation Community Maps, Toolik Lake Area, Alaska, 2013-2015 1 Airplane, FIELD INVESTIGATION, MODELS CAMERAS, LIDAR, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, Computer 2013-08-01 to 2015-08-31

N: 68.6495 S: 68.6019 E: -149.292 W: -149.662

GeoTIFF
HLS Landsat Operational Land Imager Surface Reflectance and TOA Brightness Daily Global 30m v1.5 1.5 LANDSAT-8 OLI 2013-04-01 to 2022-01-04

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
HLS Landsat Operational Land Imager Surface Reflectance and TOA Brightness Daily Global 30m v2.0 2.0 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 OLI 2013-04-11 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
HLS Operational Land Imager Vegetation Indices Daily Global 30 m V2.0 2.0 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 OLI 2013-04-11 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
HLS Sentinel-2 Multi-spectral Instrument Surface Reflectance Daily Global 30m v1.5 1.5 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B Sentinel-2 MSI 2015-12-01 to 2022-01-04

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
HLS Sentinel-2 Multi-spectral Instrument Surface Reflectance Daily Global 30m v2.0 2.0 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C Sentinel-2 MSI 2015-11-28 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
HLS Sentinel-2 Multi-spectral Instrument Vegetation Indices Daily Global 30 m V2.0 2.0 Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C Sentinel-2 MSI 2015-11-28 to Present

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

30 Meters x 30 Meters COG
Hourly Soil Moisture Logger Data, Alberta and Alaska, 2017-2021 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE 2017-07-24 to 2021-07-29

N: 69.6336 S: 56.6564 E: -115.112 W: -148.811

CSV
Hyperspectral Imagery from AVIRIS-NG for Sites in ID and CA, USA, 2014 and 2015 1 DHC-6 AVIRIS-NG 2014-09-15 to 2015-06-13

N: 43.4151 S: 36.5714 E: -114.67 W: -118.408

ENVI
HyTES Level 1 Radiance, Facility Instrument Collection 1 NASA ER-2, G-V, Twin Otter HyTES 2017-06-08 to 2023-11-15

N: 68.571 S: -34.9216 E: 26.2789 W: -160.027

HDF5
HyTES Level 1 Radiance, Facility Instrument Collection, 2013-2016 1 NASA ER-2, G-V, Twin Otter HyTES 2013-04-23 to 2016-01-26

N: 43.355 S: 32.7943 E: -106.164 W: -121.959

ENVI
HyTES: Level 2 Emissivity and Land Surface Temperature 1 Twin Otter, NASA ER-2, G-V HyTES 2014-07-03 to 2023-11-15

N: 68.571 S: -34.9216 E: 26.2789 W: -160.027

HDF5
HyTES Level 2 Emissivity and LST Overlay Images, Facility Instrument Collection 1 NASA ER-2, NOAA Twin Otter, G-V HyTES 2014-07-03 to 2023-11-15

N: 68.6567 S: -34.886 E: 26.3672 W: -159.609

KMZ
IceBridge ATM L4 Surface Elevation Rate of Change V001 1 C-130, DC-8, DHC-6, P-3A, P-3A ORION, P-3B, WP-3D ORION ATM, ACORDS 1993-06-23 to 2018-05-01

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

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N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180

250 Meters x 250 Meters PNG, CSV
IceBridge BedMachine Greenland V003 3 DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 1993-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 90 S: 60 E: 10 W: -80

150 Meters x 150 Meters netCDF-4
IceBridge BedMachine Greenland V004 4 DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 1993-01-01 to 2020-10-01

N: 90 S: 60 E: 10 W: -80

150 Meters x 150 Meters netCDF-4
IceBridge BedMachine Greenland V005 5 NASA DC-8, P-3B MCoRDS 1993-01-01 to 2021-12-31

N: 90 S: 60 E: 10 W: -80

150 Meters x 150 Meters netCDF-4, GeoTIFF

Land Surface Data Tools

Tool Sort descending Description Services
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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