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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
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L1B Spectral Radiance Products, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1 B-200 AVIRIS-NG 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-25

N: 29.8483 S: 29.0617 E: -89.6796 W: -91.587

ENVI
PnET-BGC: Modeling Biogeochemical Processes in a Northern Hardwood Forest Ecosystem 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 2000-11-05 to 2001-12-31

N: 43.94 S: 43.94 E: -71.751 W: -71.751

multiple
ISLSCP II Global River Fluxes of Carbon and Sediments to the Oceans 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1947-01-01 to 1998-12-31

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

Shapefile
High Mountain Asia 5 Arc-Minute Hydrological Flow Direction for the Headwaters of the Amu Darya and Indus River Basins V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2023-03-23 to 2023-03-23

N: 39.84 S: 31.09 E: 81.75 W: 65.59

GeoTIFF, ASCII Grid
Pre-Delta-X: L1 UAVSAR Single Look Complex and Interferograms, MRD, LA, USA, 2016 1 UAV UAVSAR 2016-10-16 to 2016-10-17

N: 29.7582 S: 29.3562 E: -91.0577 W: -91.622

multiple
ERS-1 Level 0 Product 1 ERS-1 SAR 1991-08-08 to 1997-09-29

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

LBA Regional Wetlands Data Set, 1-Degree (Matthews and Fung) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1971-01-01 to 1982-01-01

N: 10 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
LBA-ECO CD-06 Isotopic Composition of Carbon Fractions, Amazon Basin River Water 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY IRGA, CHN ANALYZERS, MASS SPECTROMETERS, BALANCE 1991-08-12 to 2003-01-26

N: -1.817 S: -16.472 E: -58.798 W: -74.572

CSV
SnowEx20 Grand Mesa IOP BSU 1 GHz Multi-polarization GPR V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS GPR 2020-01-28 to 2020-02-04

N: 39.038896 S: 39.002182 E: -108.159761 W: -108.206626

CSV
SAFARI 2000 Freshwater Wetlands, 1-Deg (Stillwell-Soller et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1995-09-30

N: 5 S: -35 E: 60 W: 5

multiple
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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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