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Surface Radiative Properties Data Access and Tools
Access the datasets and tools you need to make the most of surface radiative properties research.
Surface Radiative Properties Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Version | Platforms | Instruments | Temporal Extent | Spatial Extent | Spatial Resolution | Data Format |
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| CAR FIREACE Arctic Ice and Cloud Radiation BRDF V2 (CAR_FIREACE_BRDF) at GES DISC | 2 | C-131A | CAR | 1998-05-20 to 1998-05-30 |
N: 76.7114 S: 71.7758 E: 1.3825699 W: -168.4984 |
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| CAR FIREACE Arctic Ice and Cloud Radiation L1 V1 (CAR_FIREACE_L1C) at GES DISC | 1 | C-131A | CAR | 1998-05-21 to 1998-06-24 |
N: 77.7766 S: 69.8396 E: -154.102 W: -171.705 |
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| CAR INTEX-B Long-range Pollution Transportation L1 V1 (CAR_INTEXB_L1C) at GES DISC | 1 | J-31 | CAR | 2006-03-03 to 2006-03-19 |
N: 22.3245 S: 19.0542 E: -93.5934 W: -99.451 |
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| CAR INTEXB BRDF Measurements L1 V2 (CAR_INTEXB_BRDF) at GES DISC | 2 | J-31 | CAR | 2006-03-03 to 2006-03-19 |
N: 22.1784 S: 19.1145 E: -93.9624 W: -99.451 |
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| CAR Kuwait Oil Fire BRDF V2 (CAR_KUWAITOILFIRE_BRDF) at GES DISC | 2 | C-131A | CAR | 1991-05-18 to 1991-06-02 |
N: 28.602 S: 27.8542 E: 49.3732 W: 46.9617 |
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| CAR Kuwait Oil Fire Spectral Reflectance L1 V1 (CAR_KUWAITOILFIRE_L1C) at GES DISC | 1 | C-131A | CAR | 1991-05-18 to 1991-06-02 |
N: 28.7545 S: 26.2602 E: 50.7998 W: 46.9617 |
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| CAR LEADEX Arctic Sea Ice and Tundra BRDF Measurements L1 V2 (CAR_LEADEX_BRDF) at GES DISC | 2 | C-131A | CAR | 1992-04-14 to 1992-04-14 |
N: 73.2009 S: 73.1663 E: -146.8518 W: -146.9726 |
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| CAR LEADEX Arctic Sea Ice and Tundra Radiation Measurements L1 V1 (CAR_LEADEX_L1C) at GES DISC | 1 | C-131A | CAR | 1992-04-07 to 1992-04-19 |
N: 73.9717 S: 69.4298 E: -142.975 W: -155.433 |
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| CAR Safari BRDF Measurements L1 V2 (CAR_SAFARI_BRDF) at GES DISC | 2 | Convair-580 | CAR | 2000-08-20 to 2000-09-16 |
N: -14.8019 S: -26.025 E: 32.9708 W: 13.0812 |
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| CAR Safari South African Biogeophysics and Biogeochemistry L1 V1 (CAR_SAFARI_L1C) at GES DISC | 1 | Convair-580 | CAR | 2000-08-20 to 2000-09-16 |
N: -14.6484 S: -26.6243 E: 35.3494 W: 11.9202 |
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Featured Surface Radiative Properties Observation Method: OLI
The Operational Land Imager (OLI) flies aboard NASA's Landsat 8 satellite, and an identical instrument, OLI-2, flies aboard Landsat 9. It measures in the visible, near infrared, and shortwave infrared portions of the spectrum, covering wide areas of Earth's landscape. Data products derived from OLI include a surface reflectance product.
Use NASA's Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) tool to access data for an area of interest.
Launched September 27, Landsat 9 will provide a high-quality and reliable stream of land imaging data for the next 10-plus years.
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Users can now integrate HLS True Color and False Color Composite Imagery from Landsat 9 in addition to Landsat 8.
Our experts break down the similarities and differences of Earth observation sensors operated by NASA.
Surface Radiative Properties Data Tools
| Tool Sort descending | Description | Services | |
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| 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 | |
| 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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