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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Northern Hemisphere Monthly Snow Cover Extent | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
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 Reanalysis Near-Surface Meteorology Data | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
ASCII Grid | |
| 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 | |
| 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 | |
| Land Surface Model (LSM 1.0) for Ecological, Hydrological, Atmospheric Studies | 1 | NOT APPLICABLE | NOT APPLICABLE | 1996-01-15 to 1996-01-15 |
N: 90 S: -90 E: 180 W: -180 |
multiple |
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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 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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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