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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
RADARSAT-1 Level 0 Product 1 RADARSAT-1 SAR 1996-02-01 to 2009-03-17

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

Arctic Alaska Vegetation, Geobotanical, Physiographic Maps, 1993-2005 1 FIELD SURVEYS, LANDSAT-5 VISUAL OBSERVATIONS, AVHRR 1993-06-01 to 2005-03-30

N: 71.3703 S: 57.0847 E: -138.542 W: -173.052

multiple
LBA-ECO CD-06 CO2 Exchange in River Systems Across the Amazon Basin: 2004-2007 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION IR CO2 ANALYZER 2004-07-01 to 2007-01-23

N: -0.142 S: -11.76 E: -52.417 W: -72.7

CSV
ALOS PALSAR High Resolution Radiometric Terrain Corrected Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

LBA-ECO ND-07 Hydrochemistry of Natural and Developed Land Cover, Brasilia, Brazil 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION ION CHROMATOGRAPHS, TURBIDITY METERS, CONDUCTIVITY METERS 2004-09-08 to 2006-12-22

N: -15.55 S: -15.9328 E: -47.6 W: -48.1859

CSV
SnowEx23 Mar23 Snow Pit Measurements V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS A2 Photonic_WISe, GPS, MICROSCOPES, SNOW DENSITY CUTTER, THERMOMETERS 2022-03-07 to 2023-03-16

N: 70.08434 S: 64.69925 E: -147.48583 W: -149.59716

CSV, Excel, JPEG, PDF
Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 294, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2021-03-25 to 2021-08-28

N: 29.46 S: 29.4139 E: -90.8914 W: -90.9532

multiple
Pre-Delta-X: Lidar-derived Water Level Profiles in the Wax Lake Outlet, LA, USA, 2016 1 B-200, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS Riegl LMS-Q1560, STREAM GAUGES 2016-10-16 to 2016-10-19

N: 29.743 S: 29.479 E: -91.3571 W: -91.485

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-04 Macrohydrological Routing Data for the Amazon and Tocantins River Basin 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1967-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 6 S: -21.12 E: -45 W: -80

multiple
High Mountain Asia LIS Model Terrestrial Hydrological Parameters V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2003-02-01 to 2018-01-31

N: 40.875 S: 20.875 E: 100.875 W: 66.875

netCDF-4, PNG
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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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