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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Access and Tools

NASA data examine many characteristics of the liquid and frozen water and the dynamic processes they are part of across Earth’s landscape. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.

Terrestrial Hydrosphere Datasets

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Dataset Version Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
GLDAS VIC Land Surface Model L4 3 hourly 1.0 x 1.0 degree V2.0 (GLDAS_VIC10_3H) at GES DISC 2.0 VIC-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 1948-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

SWOT Level 2 Water Mask Raster Image 250m Data Product, Version C 2.0 SWOT KaRIn, Jason-class Altimeter, AMR, DORIS, GPSP, LRA 2022-12-16

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

250 Meters x 250 Meters netCDF-4
AMSR-E/Aqua Daily L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-03

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
LBA-ECO LC-07 Wetland Extent, Vegetation, and Inundation: Lowland Amazon Basin 2 JERS-1 SAR 1995-09-01 to 1996-06-30

N: 6 S: -21.0024 E: -50 W: -80

GeoTIFF
Pre SWOT Hydrology Global Lake/Reservoir Surface Inland Water Height GREALM V.2 2 OSTM/JASON-2 POSEIDON-3 1992-09-25 to 2019-12-23

N: 66 S: -66 E: 180 W: -180

netCDF-4
Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Gridded Open Water Channels, MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V2 2 G-III UAVSAR 2021-04-01 to 2021-09-13

N: 29.7738 S: 29.0133 E: -90.1331 W: -91.5711

COG
AMSR-E/Aqua 5-Day L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-20 to 2011-10-03

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
AMSR-E/Aqua Monthly L3 Global Snow Water Equivalent EASE-Grids V002 2 Aqua AMSR-E 2002-06-19 to 2011-10-01

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

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers HDF-EOS2
JERS-1 Synthetic Aperture Radar, 100-m Mosaics, South America: 1995-1996, R1 2 JERS-1 SAR 1995-01-01 to 1996-07-31

N: 13.0002 S: -19.9996 E: -48.0004 W: -82.0004

GeoTIFF
Delta-X: Total Suspended Solids Concentration across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, Version 2 2 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY WATER BOTTLES, BALANCE 2021-03-25 to 2021-09-24

N: 29.7545 S: 28.7911 E: -90.5696 W: -91.4678

CSV
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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
ASF MapReady Terrain-correct, geocode, and apply polarimetric decompositions to multi-pol SAR data Processing
CASEI The Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is a comprehensive inventory of contextual information for NASA's Earth Science airborne and field campaigns. Search and Discovery, Cataloging
CyAN File Search The CyAN File Search tool allows users to choose an area over the continental United States and Alaska to retrieve cyanobacteria datasets archived by the Cyanobacteria Assessment Network (CyAN) project. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization
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
Hydrocron Hydrocron is an API that repackages hydrology datasets from SWOT into formats that make time-series analysis easier. Subsetting, Visualization
Panoply Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. Visualization, Customization, Reformatting, Subsetting, Comparison
RTC Stack Processor The radiometric terrain correction (RTC) stack processor tool facilitates time-series analysis of such phenomena as flooding events, deforestation, or glacier retreat. Analysis, Processing, Search and Discovery, Visualization
SeaDAS Sea, earth, atmosphere Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) is a comprehensive image analysis package for the processing, display, analysis, and quality control of ocean color data. Analysis, Visualization, Processing
STREAM STREAM is a rapid water quality monitoring tool that processes satellite imagery to create maps showing chlorophyll-a, Total Suspended Solids, and water clarity at 20-30 meter resolution. Processing
SWOT Swath Visualizer The Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Swath Visualizer provides a visualization of two instruments’ coverage of Earth's surface: the Ka-band Radar Interferometer and altimeter. Analysis, Data Curation, Visualization
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