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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: Methane Ebullition Hotspots in Frozen Lakes near Fairbanks, Alaska, Oct 2014 1 FIELD SURVEYS, Airplane GPS, CAMERAS 2014-10-08 to 2014-10-08

N: 64.9368 S: 64.863 E: -147.769 W: -147.939

Shapefile
OPERA Dynamic Surface Water Extent from Sentinel-1 CalVal Database (Version 1) 1 Sentinel-1A, Sentinel-1B 2021-09-01 to 2021-10-31

N: 59.2 S: -71 E: 146.3 W: -160.1

zip
GPM GROUND VALIDATION ENVIRONMENT CANADA (EC) MANUAL PRECIPITATION MEASUREMENTS GCPEX 1 GROUND-BASED OBSERVATIONS TRETYAKOV GAUGE 2012-01-18 to 2012-03-28

N: 44.3 S: 44.2 E: -79.7 W: -79.8

Excel
ABoVE: End of Season Snow Depth at CRREL sites near Fairbanks, Alaska, 2014-2019 1 FIELD SURVEYS MAGNAPROBE, GPS 2014-04-14 to 2019-03-07

N: 64.9512 S: 64.6938 E: -147.611 W: -148.332

CSV
Export and Leaching of Carbon and Nitrogen from Mississippi River Basin, 1901-2099 1 MODELS Computer 1901-01-01 to 2099-12-31

N: 53 S: 24.5 E: -62 W: -126

multiple
BOREAS HYD-03 Snow Pit Measurements: 1996 1 FIELD INVESTIGATION SNOW MEASURING ROD 1996-02-29 to 1996-03-12

N: 53.99 S: 53.58 E: -104.69 W: -106.2

ASCII
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
ISLSCP II Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide Consumption by Continental Erosion 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1986-01-01 to 1995-12-31

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
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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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