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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
SENTINEL-1A_SLC 1 Sentinel-1A C-SAR 2014-04-03 to Present

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

BOREAS TF-11 CO2 and CH4 Flux Data from the SSA-Fen 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY STEEL MEASURING TAPE, GC-FID 1994-06-08 to 1994-09-15

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

ASCII
LBA-ECO ND-01 Streamwater and Watershed Characteristics, Rondonia, Brazil: 1998-1999 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION TM 1998-08-02 to 1999-01-28

N: -8 S: -12.63 E: -60.701 W: -64.43

CSV
BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Temperature Profiles 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOMETERS 1994-02-05 to 1994-04-27

N: 55.93 S: 53.56 E: -97.82 W: -105.27

ASCII
Tidal Wetlands Soil Organic Carbon and Estuarine Characteristics, USA, 1972-2015 1 MODELS, FIELD SURVEYS Computer 1972-01-01 to 2015-12-31

N: 47.8222 S: 25.1873 E: -67.0547 W: -124.385

CSV
ARCSIX Learjet In-Situ Cloud Data 1 LEARJET 2DS, FCDP, HVPS, NEVZOROV PROBE, 2D-Gray 2024-07-25 to 2024-08-17

N: 84.18 S: 63.58 E: -49.13 W: -110.53

ICARTT
BOREAS/SRC AMS Suite A Surface Meteorological and Radiation Data: 1995 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS WIND MONITOR, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, TEMPERATURE PROBES, RAIN GAUGES, LICOR QUANTUM SENSOR, PYRANOMETERS, NET RADIOMETERS, BAROMETERS, TEMPERATURE SENSORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, INFRARED THERMOMETERS 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 56.89 S: 52.15 E: -97.87 W: -108.51

ASCII
Maps of Vegetation Types and Physiographic Features, Kuparuk River Basin, Alaska 1 SPOT-1, LANDSAT ETM+, MSS 1976-08-04 to 2008-12-31

N: 70.5422 S: 68.2881 E: -148.085 W: -151.196

multiple
Delta-X: Calibrated ANUGA Hydrodynamic Outputs for the Atchafalaya Basin, MRD, LA 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2016-10-15 to 2021-08-27

N: 29.5381 S: 29.1378 E: -88.3032 W: -88.6539

multiple
ALOS PALSAR Level 1.0 Product 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-03-23 to 2011-04-22

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

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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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