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Reflectance Data Access and Tools

From discovery to visualization, data tools such as Worldview, Earthdata Search, and Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) guide users in making the most of reflectance data.

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ISLSCP II Continuous Fields of Vegetation Cover, 1992-1993	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra	LICOR LEAF AREA METER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, MODIS, AVHRR	1992-04-01 to 1993-05-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) Monthly Albedo, 1986-1990	1	NOAA-9, ERBS, NOAA-10	ERBE	1986-01-01 to 1990-02-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II Ecosystem Rooting Depths	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra	STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, AVHRR, MODIS	1995-02-01 to 1995-07-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	ASCII
ISLSCP II FASIR-adjusted NDVI, 1982-1998	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra	LICOR LEAF AREA METER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, AVHRR, MODIS	1982-01-01 to 1998-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II GIMMS Monthly NDVI, 1981-2002	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra	LICOR LEAF AREA METER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, AVHRR, MODIS	1981-07-01 to 2002-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II Historical Croplands Cover, 1700-1992	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra	LICOR LEAF AREA METER, STEEL MEASURING TAPE, MODIS, AVHRR	1700-01-01 to 1992-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II Historical Land Cover and Land Use, 1700-1990	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra, NOAA-14	STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR	1700-01-01 to 1990-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II IGBP DISCover and SiB Land Cover, 1992-1993	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra	STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR	1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II Leaf Area Index (LAI) from Field Measurements, 1932-2000	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra	STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR	1932-01-01 to 2000-12-31	N: 71.3 S: -54.5 E: 172.75 W: -156.67	CSV
ISLSCP II MODIS (Collection 4) Albedo, 2002	1	Terra	MODIS	2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II Monthly Snow-Free Albedo, 1982-1998, and Background Soil Reflectance	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, Terra, NOAA-14	STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR	1982-01-01 to 1998-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II NOAA 5-year Average Monthly Snow-free Albedo from AVHRR	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-14, Terra	STEEL MEASURING TAPE, LICOR LEAF AREA METER, MODIS, AVHRR	1985-04-01 to 1991-03-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISLSCP II Potential Natural Vegetation Cover	1	NOAA-14, Terra, FIELD INVESTIGATION	AVHRR, MODIS	1992-04-01 to 1993-04-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	ASCII
ISLSCP II Snow-Free, Spatially Complete, 16 Day Albedo, 2002	1	Terra	MODIS	2002-01-01 to 2002-12-31	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	Shapefile
ISS HICO Level-2 Regional Ocean Color (OC) Data, version 2018.0	2018.0	ISS	HICO	2009-09-25 to 2014-09-13	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
KMZ for ALOS PALSAR Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product	1	ALOS	PALSAR	2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180
L2 Daily Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from ERS-2 GOME, 1995-2003	1	ERS-2	GOME	1995-07-01 to 2003-06-22	N: 85.42 S: -84.3661 E: 180 W: -180	multiple
L2 Daily Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from MetOp-A GOME-2, 2007-2018, V2	2	METOP-A	GOME-2	2007-02-01 to 2018-02-01	N: 89.5996 S: -89.7804 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4 classic
L2 Daily Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from MetOp-B GOME-2, 2013-2021	1	METOP-B	GOME-2	2013-04-01 to 2021-06-07	N: 89.5944 S: -89.7694 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
L2 Solar-Induced Fluorescence (SIF) from SCIAMACHY, 2003-2012	1	ENVISAT	SCIAMACHY	2003-01-01 to 2012-04-08	N: 70 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180	netCDF-4
LAI & PAR Data: Light Bar - KSU (FIFE)	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR	1989-07-03 to 1989-10-31	N: 39.1 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61	multiple
LAI & PAR Data: Light Bar - UNL (FIFE)	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION	LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR	1987-06-30 to 1989-10-31	N: 39.12 S: 38.98 E: -96.47 W: -96.6	multiple
LBA-ECO CD-34 Hyperion 30-m Surface Reflectance, Amazon Basin: 2002-2005	1	EO-1	HYPERION	2002-06-29 to 2005-10-01	N: -0.5284 S: -13.741 E: -51.3064 W: -75.3955	GeoTIFF
LBA-ECO LC-01 Landsat MSS, TM, ETM+ Imagery, Northern Ecuadorian Amazon: 1973-2002	1	LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-5	MSS, ETM+, TM	1973-02-07 to 2002-09-12	N: 0.9495 S: -2.3979 E: -74.4006 W: -78.2831	Shapefile
LBA-ECO LC-07 Reflectance Spectra and Water Quality of Amazon Basin Floodplain Lakes	1	FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY	SPECTROMETERS, TEMPERATURE PROBES, SECCHI DISKS, SPECTROPHOTOMETERS	2000-07-07 to 2000-08-02	N: -2.9583 S: -3.9811 E: -60.5264 W: -63.9014	CSV

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