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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: Passive Microwave-derived Annual Snow Melt Duration Date Maps, 1988-2018 1.1 Nimbus-7, DMSP 5D-2/F10, Aqua, DMSP SMMR, SSMIS, AMSR-E, SSM 1988-02-09 to 2018-07-20

N: 72.41 S: 51.6 E: -107.833 W: -180

multiple
Delta-X: UAVSAR L3 Water Level Changes, MRD, Louisiana, 2021 1.1 G-III UAVSAR 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-13

N: 29.7799 S: 29.0131 E: -90.1332 W: -91.5894

ENVI
CARVE: Daily Thaw State of Boreal and Arctic Alaska from AMSR-E and SSM/I, 2003-2014 1.1 ADEOS-II, DMSP AMSR-E, SSM/I 2003-01-01 to 2014-12-31

N: 74.399 S: 46.9946 E: -106.947 W: -179.999

netCDF-4
ABoVE: Surface Water Extent, Boreal and Tundra Regions, North America, 1991-2011 1.1 LANDSAT-4, LANDSAT-5, LANDSAT-7 TM, ETM+ 1990-01-01 to 2012-12-31

N: 82.3729 S: 41.7039 E: -53.9393 W: -177.475

GeoTIFF
Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Dams, Revision 01 1.01 MODELS Computer 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 70.4 S: -45.88 E: 176.82 W: -153.03

Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
Global Reservoir and Dam Database, Version 1 (GRanDv1): Reservoirs, Revision 01 1.01 MODELS Computer 2011-01-01 to 2011-12-31

N: 70.4 S: -45.88 E: 176.83 W: -153.04

Shapefile, PDF, PNG, WMS
U.S. Climate Risk Projections by County, 2040-2049 1.00 MODELS Computer 2040-01-01 to 2049-12-31

N: 72 S: 17 E: -65 W: -180

Shapefile, PDF, PNG, Excel
Water Security Indicator Model - Global Land Data Assimilation System (WSIM-GLDAS) Monthly Grids, Version 1 1.00 MODELS Computer 1948-01-01 to 2014-12-31

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

0.25 Decimal Degrees x 0.25 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4, PDF, PNG
Trends in Global Freshwater Availability from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) 1.00 GRACE ACC 2002-01-01 to 2016-12-31

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

0.008333 Decimal Degrees x 0.008333 Decimal Degrees GeoTIFF, PDF, PNG, WMS
OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent from Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 product (Version 1) 1.0 LANDSAT-8, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, Sentinel-2C OLI, Sentinel-2 MSI 2016-01-01 to Present

N: 84 S: -84 E: 180 W: -180

30 Meters x 30 Meters Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF
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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

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Tool Description Services
VEDA NASA's Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project is an open-source science cyberinfrastructure for data processing, visualization, exploration, and geographic information systems (GIS) capabilities. Access, Analysis, Processing, Visualization, Geoprocessing
WISP The Water Information from Space (WISP) is an interactive dashboard for displaying satellite hydrology data. Monitoring Natural Events, Visualization
Worldview Worldview offers the capability to interactively browse over 1,200 global, full-resolution satellite imagery layers and download the underlying data. Analysis, Search and Discovery, Visualization, Access, Comparison, Monitoring Natural Events
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