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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
ABoVE: AirSWOT Color-Infrared Imagery Over Alaska and Canada, 2017 1 B-200 CAMERA 2017-07-09 to 2017-08-17

N: 69.4744 S: 46.8532 E: -98.6421 W: -149.257

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
Monthly Climate Data for Selected USGS HCDN Sites, 1951-1990, R1 1 STREAMFLOW STATION STREAM GAUGES 1951-01-01 to 1990-12-31

N: 49.39 S: 24.16 E: -66.74 W: -125.15

Shapefile
Global-Gridded Daily Methane Emissions Climatology from Lake Systems, 2003-2015 1 MERRA-2, LANDSAT Computer 2012-01-01 to 2012-12-31

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

netCDF-4 classic
LBA-ECO ND-11 Organic Carbon Watershed Exports, Mato Grosso, Brazil: 2003-2004 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION, LABORATORY BALANCE, CARBON ANALYZERS 2003-09-15 to 2004-09-13

N: -10.4249 S: -10.4249 E: -58.7597 W: -58.7597

CSV
ALOS_PALSAR_LEVEL2.2 1 ALOS PALSAR 2006-01-23 to 2011-05-23

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

ABoVE: River Ice Breakup and Freeze-up Stages, Yukon River Basin, Alaska, 1972-2016 1 LANDSAT, LANDSAT-7, LANDSAT-8 MSS, TM, ETM+, OLI 1972-11-04 to 2016-11-30

N: 66.3594 S: 62.9036 E: -142.986 W: -160.065

CSV
LBA Regional Hydrographic Data, 1-Degree, Release 2.2 (Cogley) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1970-01-01 to 1990-01-01

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

multiple
LBA Regional Freshwater Wetlands, 1-Degree (Stillwell-Soller et al.) 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1995-01-01 to 1995-09-01

N: 5 S: -25 E: -30 W: -85

multiple
SnowEx20 Grand Mesa Autumn 2019 Snow Water Equivalent V001 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS SWE Sampler 2019-11-03 to 2019-11-06

N: 39.045793 S: 39.008324 E: -108.133243 W: -108.210066

CSV
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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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