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LBA-ECO TG-07 Litter Decomposition, Tapajos National Forest, Para, Brazil: 2000-2001 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION BALANCE, ICP-AES, CHN ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2000-03-01 to 2001-02-21

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-07 Long-Term Soil Gas Flux and Root Mortality, Tapajos National Forest 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION GC-FID, BALANCE, IR CO2 ANALYZER, AUTOANALYZER 2000-05-31 to 2001-07-14

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-07 Soil CO2 Flux by Automated Chamber, Para, Brazil: 2001-2003 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES, LICOR GAS EXCHANGE SYSTEM, IRGA 2001-03-19 to 2003-05-05

N: -2.857 S: -2.857 E: -54.959 W: -54.959

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-07 Soil Trace Gas Flux and Root Mortality, Tapajos National Forest 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY BALANCE, THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, IRGA, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, GC-FID 2000-06-04 to 2001-05-15

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-07 Soil Trace Gas Fluxes km 67 Seca-Floresta Site, Tapajos National Forest 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY TEMPERATURE PROBES, THERMOMETERS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, IRGA, GC-FID, GC-ECD 2000-01-12 to 2004-04-28

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

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-07 Trace Gas Fluxes, Undisturbed and Logged Sites, Para, Brazil: 2000-2002 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION GC-ECD, BALANCE, GC-FID, THERMOMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, IRGA 2000-01-19 to 2002-02-26

N: -3.017 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -54.9707

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-08 Soil Gas Flux after Forest and Pasture Fertilization, Rondonia, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SPECTROPHOTOMETERS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, AUTOANALYZER, BALANCE, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, IRGA 1998-02-18 to 1999-03-10

N: -10.156 S: -10.156 E: -62.811 W: -62.811

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-08 Trace Gas Fluxes from Wetted Forest and Pasture Soils, Rondonia, Brazil 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, CHEMILUMINESCENCE, GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS, BALANCE 1998-08-17 to 1999-08-23

N: -10.156 S: -10.156 E: -62.811 W: -62.811

CSV
LBA-ECO TG-09 Soil Isotopic C, N, H2O, and N2O Data, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 LABORATORY IRMS, BALANCE 2000-07-08 to 2002-03-23

N: -2.75 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -55

CSV
Leaf Area Index Maps at 30-m Resolution, Selected Sites, Canada 1 LANDSAT-7, FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, CAMERA, TM 2000-01-01 to 2001-12-31

N: 63.1444 S: 44.2284 E: -65.0035 W: -135.05

GeoTIFF
Leaf Area Index Maps at 30-m Resolution, VALERI Site, Larose, Canada 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7, SPOT-4 CAMERA, TM, ETM+, HRVIR 2003-05-08 to 2003-08-19

N: 45.394 S: 45.3671 E: -75.1979 W: -75.2364

multiple
LEDAPS Landsat Calibration, Reflectance, Atmospheric Correction Preprocessing Code 1 LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5 ETM+, TM 1980-01-01 to 2012-01-31

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

multiple
LiDAR and DTM Data from Forested Land Near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 2008 1 Airplane LIDAR 2008-06-07 to 2008-06-24

N: -2.32 S: -2.98306 E: -59.7625 W: -60.215

multiple
LiDAR and DTM Data from Tapajos National Forest in Para, Brazil, 2008 1 Airplane LIDAR 2008-06-25 to 2008-07-04

N: -2.84761 S: -3.055 E: -54.941 W: -54.9776

multiple
LiDAR Data, DEM, and Maximum Vegetation Height Product from Southern Idaho, 2014 1 Airplane LIDAR 2014-08-23 to 2014-08-31

N: 43.3257 S: 42.2848 E: -114.678 W: -116.889

multiple
LiDAR Surveys over Selected Forest Research Sites, Brazilian Amazon, 2008-2018 1 AIRCRAFT LIDAR 2008-01-01 to 2018-12-31

N: -1.57947 S: -26.6965 E: -39.058 W: -68.2989

multiple
LINKAGES: An Individual-based Forest Ecosystem Biogeochemistry Model 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS THERMOMETERS, RAIN GAUGES 1973-01-01 to 2008-12-31

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

multiple
Low Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Monthly Global Gridded V001 001 Aqua, Suomi-NPP MODIS, VIIRS 2002-08-01 to 2020-12-31

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

HDF-EOS5
Low Earth Orbit Land Surface Temperature Monthly Global Gridded V002 002 Aqua, Suomi-NPP, NOAA-20 MODIS, VIIRS 2002-08-01 to 2022-12-31

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

HDF-EOS5
LPJ-PROSAIL L2 Global Simulated Dynamic Surface Reflectance V001 001 LPJ-PROSAIL 2020-01-01 to 2020-12-31

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
LPJ-PROSAIL L2 Global Simulated Dynamic Surface Reflectance V002 002 LPJ-PROSAIL 2000-01-01 to 2022-12-31

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

0.5 Decimal Degrees x 0.5 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
LUH1: Harmonized Global Land Use for Years 1500-2100, V1 1 MODELS Computer 1500-01-01 to 2100-01-01

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

netCDF-4
LUH2-GCB2019: Land-Use Harmonization 2 Update for the Global Carbon Budget, 850-2019 1 MODELS Computer 0850-01-01 to 2019-12-31

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

netCDF-4
LUH2-ISIMIP2b Harmonized Global Land Use for the Years 2015-2100 1 MODELS Computer 2015-01-01 to 2100-01-01

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

netCDF-4 classic
Lund-Potsdam-Jena Wetland Hydrology and Methane DGV Model (LPJ-WHyMe v1.3.1) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1972-01-01 to 2010-10-15

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

multiple

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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