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Dataset	Geographic Region	Temporal Extent	Data Format	Potential Application Areas	Related Subtopics
Daily 30-second Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data	Global	1992-01-01 to Present	RINEX V2 RINEX V3 UNIX compressed ASCII	Precise Positioning/Navigation Geodesy/ Geodynamics (crustal motion, Earth rotation) Atmospheric Science (ionosphere, troposphere) Space Weather Monitoring Scientific Research IGS Support Data Quality Control	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
EMIT L2A Estimated Surface Reflectance and Uncertainty and Masks 60 m	Global Land	2022-08-09 to Present	NetCDF-4	Surface mineralogy mapping Geological exploration and resource assessment Dust source region characterization Spectral library development for earth materials	geochemistry
Ground-Based Doppler Orbitography and Radiopositioning Integrated by Satellite (DORIS) Cumulative Station Position Product	Global	2002-01-01 to Present	SINEX	Precise Station Positioning Geodetic Reference Frame Definition Crustal Deformation Monitoring Plate Tectonics Studies Geodynamics Research Long-term Position Stability Analysis	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
High-rate Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data	Global	2001-05-01 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Precise Positioning/Navigation (High-Accuracy) Geodesy/ Geodynamics (Detailed Crustal Motion, Rapid Changes) IGS Support (High-Frequency Analysis) Data Quality Control (Improved Temporal Resolution)	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
Hourly 30-second combined GPS broadcast ephemeris data	Global	2005-10-27 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Satellite Orbit Determination Precise Point Positioning (PPP) GNSS System Monitoring Navigation Algorithm Development Geodetic Applications Time Transfer	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
Hourly 30-second GPS broadcast ephemeris data	Global	2005-10-07 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Satellite Orbit Determination Precise Point Positioning (PPP) GNSS System Monitoring Navigation Algorithm Development Geodetic Applications Time Transfer	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
Hourly 30-second Hatanaka-compressed GNSS observation data	Global	2005-10-07 to Present	RINEX V2 UNIX compressed ASCII	Precise Positioning/Navigation Geodesy/ Geodynamics IGS Support Data Quality Control	geodetics, gravity/ gravitational field, tectonics
OPERA Surface Displacement from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1)	Global	2016-07-01 to Present	NetCDF-4 XML PNG Zarr	Ground subsidence monitoring in urban areas and infrastructure	geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 Static Layers validated product (Version 1)	Global	2014-04-03 to Present	GeoTIFF XML	Base mapping for change detection applications Terrain-corrected imagery for accurate spatial analysis Reference data for calibration of other SAR products	geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics
OPERA Radiometric Terrain Corrected SAR Backscatter from Sentinel-1 validated product (Version 1)	Global	2020-12-31 to Present	HDF5 GeoTIFF, XML	Detection of changes in surface roughness properties	geomorphic landforms and processes, tectonics

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Ground-Based GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) GLONASS daily accumulated real-time Precise Orbit Determination (POD) Clock Corrections (1-second sampling, 24-hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	GLONASS, GROUND STATIONS	GNSS RECEIVER	2023-10-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		JPL Time Dependent Parameter (ASCII)
Ground-Based GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) GLONASS daily accumulated real-time Precise Orbit Determination (POD) Clock Corrections (60-second sampling, 24-hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	GLONASS, GROUND STATIONS	GNSS RECEIVER	2023-10-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		JPL Time Dependent Parameter (ASCII)
Ground-Based GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) GLONASS daily accumulated real-time Precise Orbit Determination (POD) orbits (60-second sampling, 24-hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	GPS, GROUND STATIONS		2023-10-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		JPL pos-GOA (ASCII)
Ground-Based GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) GPS daily accumulated real-time Precise Orbit Determination (POD) Attitude Quaternions (30-second sampling, 24-hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	GPS, GROUND STATIONS		2023-10-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		JPL Quaternions (ASCII)
Ground-Based GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) GPS daily accumulated real-time Precise Orbit Determination (POD) Clock Corrections (1-second sampling, 24-hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	GPS, GROUND STATIONS		2023-10-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		JPL Time Dependent Parameter (ASCII)
Ground-Based GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) GPS daily accumulated real-time Precise Orbit Determination (POD) Clock Corrections (60-second sampling, 24-hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	GPS, GROUND STATIONS		2023-10-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		JPL Time Dependent Parameter (ASCII)
Ground-Based GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) GPS daily accumulated real-time Precise Orbit Determination (POD) orbits (60-second sampling, 24-hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	GPS, GROUND STATIONS		2023-10-01	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		JPL pos-GOA (ASCII)
Ground-Based Meteorological Data (daily, 24 hour files) from Co-Located Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Receivers from NASA CDDIS	1	Beidou, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, GROUND STATIONS, QZSS, IRNSS, SBAS	Beidou P, Galileo P, GLONASS P, GPSP, GNSS RECEIVER, QZSS P, IRNSS P, SBAS P	1992-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		RINEX
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (full-rate, daily, 24 hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	1976-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (full-rate, monthly files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	1976-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (normal points, daily, 24 hour files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	2016-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (normal points, hourly files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	2010-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data (normal points, monthly files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	1982-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Ground-Based Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR) Observation Data Summary (normal points, monthly files) from NASA CDDIS	1	LAGEOS-1, LAGEOS-2, ETALON-1, ETALON-2, GROUND STATIONS, AJISAI, STARLETTE, STELLA, Galileo, GLONASS, Beidou, IRNSS, QZSS, LARES	LASER REFLECTOR, SLR Station	1982-01-01 to Present	N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ILRS data format, CRD format
Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS) V1	1	GLOBAL HAWK	S-HIS	2011-09-01 to 2014-09-30	N: 50.0961 S: 7.55205 E: -19.2257 W: -154.611		netCDF-3
IceBridge BGM-3 Gravimeter L1B Time-Tagged Accelerations V001	1	BT-67	BGM-3	2008-12-31 to 2011-12-23	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		XML, ASCII
IceBridge BGM-3 Gravimeter L2 Geolocated Free Air Anomalies V001	1	BT-67	BGM-3	2009-01-08 to 2011-12-21	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	7.9 Kilometers x 7.9 Kilometers	ASCII
IceBridge CMG 1A Dynamic Gravity Meter Time-Tagged L1B Vertical Accelerations V001	1	BT-67	CMG-GT-1A	2012-11-13 to 2013-01-14	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		XML, ASCII
IceBridge CMG GT-1A Gravimeter L2 Geolocated Free Air Gravity Disturbances V001	1	BT-67	CMG-GT-1A	2012-11-22 to 2012-12-04	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	6.5 Kilometers x 6.5 Kilometers	XML, ASCII
IceBridge LDEO Gravimeter Suite L1B Geolocated Free Air Gravity Anomalies V001	1	DC-8, G-V, P-3B	LGS	2017-03-22 to 2019-11-20	N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180 , N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180	5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers	ASCII
IceBridge Sander AIRGrav L1B Geolocated Free Air Gravity Anomalies V001	1	DC-8, P-3B	AIRGrav	2009-10-16 to 2018-11-17	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 , N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180	5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers	XML, ASCII
IceBridge Sander AIRGrav L1B Geolocated Free Air Gravity Anomalies V002	2	DC-8, P-3B	AIRGrav	2009-10-16 to 2018-11-17	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 , N: 90 S: 60 E: 180 W: -180	5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers x 5 Kilometers to 7 Kilometers	ASCII
IceBridge Scintrex CS-3 Cesium Magnetometer L1B Geolocated Magnetic Anomalies V002	2	P-3B	CS-3	2013-11-18 to 2017-11-25	N: -63 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ASCII
IceBridge Watson-Gyro Fluxgate Magnetometer L1B Time-Tagged Magnetic Field V001	1	BT-67	FGM	2008-12-29 to 2013-01-14	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ASCII
IceBridge ZLS Dynamic Gravity Meter Time-Registered L1B Vertical Accelerations V001	1	BT-67	ZLS	2011-11-29 to 2011-12-21	N: -53 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180		ASCII

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GUARDIAN	The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning.	Monitoring Natural Events
Vertex	Vertex is a graphical search interface for finding synthetic aperture radar (SAR) data.	Search and Discovery, Access, Downloading, Processing, Subsetting

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