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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

Dataset Version Sort ascending Platforms Instruments Temporal Extent Spatial Extent Spatial Resolution Data Format
SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Autumn 2019 Snow Depth V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS MAGNAPROBE 2019-11-04 to 2019-11-07

N: 39.043616 S: 39.003473 E: -108.129346 W: -108.212901

CSV
Pre-LBA FLOODAMA Project Data 1 LANDSAT TM 1986-08-04 to 1995-09-19

N: 1.2911 S: -18.2022 E: -46.284 W: -78.1928

Shapefile
PEM Tropics B P-3B In-Situ Aerosol Data 1 P-3B CNC 1999-03-05 to 1999-04-12

N: 40 S: -36.33 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
BOREAS HYD-04 Standard Snow Course Data 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW TUBE, BALANCE 1993-11-15 to 1996-05-17

N: 55.91 S: 53.75 E: -98.42 W: -106.08

ASCII
TRACE-P P-3B In-Situ Aerosol Data 1 P-3B FSSP, OPC 1999-01-07 to 2002-03-01

N: 45.7 S: 6.89 E: 180 W: -180

GTE
SENTINEL-1B_METADATA_RAW 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

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

BOREAS TGB-04 Water and Sediment Temperature Data over the NSA-BP (Beaver Pond) 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION THERMOCOUPLES 1994-05-28 to 1994-09-18

N: 55.84 S: 55.84 E: -98.03 W: -98.03

ASCII
LBA-ECO ND-03 Stream and Soil Water Data, Fazenda Nova Vida, Rondonia: 1994-2001 1 LABORATORY, FIELD INVESTIGATION AAS, AUTOANALYZER, STREAM GAUGES, ION CHROMATOGRAPHS 1994-04-24 to 2001-09-12

N: -10.156 S: -10.156 E: -62.811 W: -62.811

CSV
ABoVE: Methane Flux across Two Thermokarst Lake Ecosystems, Interior Alaska, 2018 1 FIELD SURVEYS GAS SENSORS, CO2 ANALYZERS, GPS, SPECTROMETERS 2018-07-17 to 2018-07-29

N: 64.9207 S: 64.9151 E: -147.819 W: -147.85

CSV
Delta-X: Delft3D Broad-Scale Sediment Model, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2021-03-25 to 2021-08-28

N: 29.5522 S: 28.979 E: -90.1564 W: -91.107

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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

Tool Sort descending 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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