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MODIS/Terra Water Reservoir Monthly L3 Global V061 061 Terra MODIS 2000-03-01 to Present

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

HDF4
Multispectral Imagery, NDVI, and Terrain Models, Big Trail Lake, Fairbanks, AK, 2019 1 UAV MULTI-SPECTRAL 2019-08-04 to 2019-08-04

N: 64.9233 S: 64.9162 E: -147.813 W: -147.829

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NACP Soil Organic Matter of Burned Boreal Black Spruce Forests, Alaska, 2009-2011 1 FIELD SURVEYS 2009-08-01 to 2011-08-02

N: 65.7019 S: 63.8201 E: -141.418 W: -149.193

CSV
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Combined Image Data Set V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second number V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 1 arc second V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters HGT
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second number V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

90 Meters x 90 Meters Binary
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second sub-sampled V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

90 Meters x 90 Meters HGT
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 3 arc second V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

90 Meters x 90 Meters HGT
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Global 30 arc second V002 002 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters DEM
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Swath Image Data V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission United States 1 arc second 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 49 S: 24 E: -67 W: -125

30 Meters x 30 Meters HGT
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission United States 1 arc second number 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 49 S: 24 E: -67 W: -125

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASA Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Water Body Data Shapefiles & Raster Files V003 003 STS-99 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASADEM Merged DEM Global 1 arc second V001 001 OV-105 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters HGT
NASADEM Slope and Curvation Global 1 arc second V001 001 OV-105 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASADEM SRTM Image Mosaic Global 1 arc second V001 001 OV-105 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASADEM SRTM Subswath Global 1 arc second V001 001 OV-105 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
NASADEM SRTM-only Height and Height Precision Mosaic Global 1 arc second V001 001 OV-105 SRTM 2000-02-11 to 2000-02-21

N: 60 S: -56 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Binary
National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates (PLACE) 1.0 MODELS Computer 1995-07-01

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

Excel
National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 2 (PLACE II) 2.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01, 2000-12-31

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

PDF, PNG
National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 3 (PLACE III) 3.0 MODELS Computer 1990-01-01, 2000-01-01, 2010-12-31

N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

CSV, Excel, PDF, PNG, WMS
National Aggregates of Geospatial Data Collection: Population, Landscape, And Climate Estimates, Version 4 (PLACE IV) 4.00 MODELS Computer 2000-01-01, 2005-01-01, 2010-01-01, 2015-01-01, 2020-01-01

N: 85 S: -58 E: 180 W: -180

Geodatabase, PDF, PNG, CSV
NPP Multi-Biome: Summary Data from Intensive Studies at 125 Sites, 1936-2006 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, FIELD SURVEYS SOIL SAMPLER, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 1936-01-01 to 2006-12-31

N: 71.31 S: -45.68 E: 146.27 W: -157.67

multiple
POLARIS Photolysis Frequencies (J-Values) 1 NASA ER-2 CPFM 1997-01-06 to 1997-09-26 AMES
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Topography Featured Observation Method: ICESat-2

NASA's Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) allows scientists to measure the elevation of ice sheets, glaciers, sea ice, and land across Earth's temperate and tropical regions, as well as take stock of the vegetation in forests worldwide. ICESat-2 carries the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), which sends 10,000 pulses of laser light to the ground per second and then measures how long it takes them be reflected back by the surface to determine the area's elevation. Learn more about ICESat-2/ATLAS near real-time data provided by NASA's Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation (LANCE). ICESat-2 carries the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS), which sends pulses of laser light to the ground, collects the returning photons in a telescope, and records the photon travel time.

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New Low Latency ICESat-2 Datasets

The five new datasets are the result of a joint effort by NASA’s Satellite Needs Working Group Management Office (SNWG MO), ICESat-2 team, and Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE).
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