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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
15 Minute Stream Flow Data: USGS (FIFE) 1 SURFACE WATER WEIR STILLING WELL 1984-12-25 to 1988-03-04

N: 39.1 S: 39.1 E: -96.6 W: -96.6

multiple
PACE-PAX CIRPAS Twin Otter In-Situ Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm (ISARA) Analysis Data 1 TWIN OTTER CIRPAS NPS Computer 2024-09-03 to 2024-09-29

N: 38.1 S: 33.62 E: -116.98 W: -124.24

NetCDF-4
SENTINEL-1B_DUAL_POL_GRD_MEDIUM_RES 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

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

BOREAS TF-11 SSA-FEN Tower Flux and Meteorological Data 1 FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS, LABORATORY EDDY CORRELATION DEVICES, HUMIDITY SENSORS, IRGA, NET RADIOMETERS, PYRANOMETERS, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, SOIL HEAT FLUX TRANSDUCER, WATER LEVEL GAUGES, ANEROID PRESSURE SENSOR, ANEMOMETERS, TUNABLE DIODE LASER 1993-08-23 to 1995-10-09

N: 53.8 S: 53.8 E: -104.62 W: -104.62

ASCII
LBA-ECO ND-02 Cation Leaching from Forest and Pasture Soils, Para, Brazil 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION AAS, VISUAL OBSERVATIONS 2002-01-01 to 2002-10-31

N: -2.983 S: -2.983 E: -47.516 W: -47.516

CSV
CMS: Annual Estimates of Global Riverine Nitrous Oxide Emissions, 1900-2016 1 MODELS Computer 1900-01-01 to 2016-12-31

N: 88.5 S: -88.5 E: 180 W: -180

GeoTIFF
ABoVE: Aerial Photographs of Frozen Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska, October 2014 1 Airplane MULTI-SPECTRAL 2014-10-08 to 2014-10-08

N: 64.9392 S: 64.8589 E: -147.758 W: -147.949

GeoTIFF
ALOS PALSAR Level 1.5 Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

Lake Bathymetry Maps derived from Landsat and Random Forest Modeling, North Slope, AK 1 LANDSAT-8, LANDSAT-9 OLI, OLI-2 2016-07-01 to 2018-08-31

N: 77.2626 S: 56.0894 E: -128.196 W: -177.469

COG
LBA Regional Boundary for the Amazon and Tocantins River Basins, 5-min 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1972-01-01 to 1972-12-31

N: 10 S: -30 E: -30 W: -85

Binary
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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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