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Soils Data Access and Tools
Soils Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowen Ratio Surface Flux: USGS (FIFE) | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | THERMOCOUPLES, Bowen Ratio Devices, HYGROMETERS, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE, NET RADIOMETERS, ANEMOMETERS | 1987-05-26 to 1987-10-17 |
N: 39.11 S: 38.98 E: -96.45 W: -96.61 |
multiple | |
| Burned and Unburned Field Site Data, Noatak, Seward, and North Slope, AK, 2016-2018 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, THERMOMETERS | 2016-07-22 to 2018-08-27 |
N: 69.6632 S: 65.0181 E: -148.641 W: -164.929 |
multiple | |
| Carbon Pools across CONUS using the MaxEnt Model, 2005, 2010, 2015, 2016, and 2017 | 1 | LANDSAT-5, SPACE SHUTTLES, ALOS, FIELD SURVEYS, Aqua, ALOS-2, LANDSAT-8, MODELS | TM, SRTM, PALSAR, Computer, SURVEYING TOOLS, MODIS, PALSAR-2, OLI | 2005-01-01 to 2017-12-31 |
N: 52.8561 S: 21.5875 E: -64.1285 W: -130.233 |
GeoTIFF | |
| CARVE-ARCSS: Methane Loss From Arctic- Fluxes From the Alaskan North Slope, 2012-2014 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, C-23 Sherpa | EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HUPCRS | 2012-05-23 to 2014-12-31 |
N: 71.5 S: 68.3 E: -155 W: -158 |
multiple | |
| CARVE: Fire-Related Aerosol and Soil Elemental and Isotopic Composition, Alaska, 2013 | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION | MASS SPECTROMETERS | 2013-06-27 to 2013-08-10 |
N: 70.5 S: 61.5 E: -140 W: -168 |
CSV | |
| Characteristics of African Savanna Biomes for Determining Woody Cover | 1 | FIELD INVESTIGATION, NOAA-7, LABORATORY, FIELD SURVEYS | DENSIOMETERS, AVHRR, CHN ANALYZERS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS | 1981-01-01 to 2003-12-31 |
N: 16.761 S: -27.75 E: 37.2375 W: -15.8392 |
CSV | |
| CLASIC07 In Situ Soil Moisture Data V001 | 1 | FIELD SURVEYS | SOIL SAMPLER, SOIL TEMPERATURE PROBE | 2007-06-07 to 2007-07-07 |
N: 35.21 S: 34.91 E: -97.95 W: -98.59 |
0.8 Kilometers x 0.8 Kilometers | ASCII |
| CLASIC07 Soil Texture Data V001 | 1 | Models/Analyses | CONUS-Soil | 2007-07-01 to 2007-07-31 |
N: 36 S: 34.7 E: -96.05 W: -98.8 |
Binary, ASCII | |
| CMS: Carbon Fluxes from Global Agricultural Production and Consumption, 2005-2011 | 1 | Models | Computer | 2005-01-01 to 2011-12-31 |
N: 83.637 S: -59.463 E: 180 W: -180 |
netCDF-4 | |
| CMS: Evapotranspiration and Meteorology, Water-Limited Shrublands, Mexico, 2008-2010 | 1 | FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS | SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, IRGA, SOIL MOISTURE PROBE, RAIN GAUGES | 2008-01-01 to 2010-12-31 |
N: 32.0301 S: 29.741 E: -110.534 W: -116.605 |
CSV |
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Featured Soils Observation Method: MODIS
The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) aboard the Aqua and Terra platforms continually collects global data approximately every two days. One MODIS product, normalized vegetation difference index data, can be used to predict how much carbon dioxide is emitted from soils, which is major component of the global carbon cycle. Carbon is released in the process called soil respiration and driven by the decomposition of surface litter through microbial activity.
Researchers taught the SatVision Top-of-Atmosphere foundation model to recognize MODIS imagery features.
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Soils Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthdata Search | Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. | Search and Discovery, Access, Cataloging, Cloud Computing, Downloading | |
| 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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