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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
Global River Discharge, 1807-1991, V[ersion]. 1.1 (RivDIS) 1 STREAMFLOW STATION STREAM GAUGES 1807-01-01 to 1991-09-30

N: 72.12 S: -47.35 E: 176.73 W: -178.5

multiple
MEaSUREs Greenland Surface Melt Daily 25km EASE-Grid 2.0 V001 1 DMSP 5D-2/F11, DMSP 5D-2/F13, DMSP 5D-2/F8, DMSP 5D-3/F17, Nimbus-7 SSM/I, SSMIS, SMMR 1979-01-02 to 2012-12-31

N: 90 S: 0 E: 180 W: -180

25 Kilometers x 25 Kilometers netCDF-4
SENTINEL-1B_SINGLE_POL_GRD_HIGH_RES 1 Sentinel-1B C-SAR 2016-04-25 to 2021-12-24

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

BOREAS/AES Campbell Scientific 15-minute Surface Meteorological Data: 1995 1 METEOROLOGICAL STATIONS RAIN GAUGES, PRESSURE SENSORS, THERMISTORS, HUMIDITY SENSORS, ULTRASONIC DEPTH GAUGE, ANEMOMETERS 1995-01-01 to 1995-12-31

N: 58.18 S: 50.95 E: -94.7 W: -108.52

ASCII
LBA-ECO TG-09 Soil Isotopic C, N, H2O, and N2O Data, Tapajos National Forest, Brazil 1 LABORATORY IRMS, BALANCE 2000-07-08 to 2002-03-23

N: -2.75 S: -3.017 E: -54.9707 W: -55

CSV
ABoVE: Wolf Denning Phenology and Reproductive Success, Alaska and Canada, 2000-2017 1 FIELD SURVEYS, MODELS, Terra GPS, Computer, MODIS 2000-03-29 to 2017-08-31

N: 67.8362 S: 52.9705 E: -112.967 W: -154.581

CSV
Delta-X: Delft3D Sediment Model, Site 294, Terrebonne Basin, MRD, Louisiana, USA 1 COMPUTERS Computer 2021-03-25 to 2021-08-28

N: 29.46 S: 29.4139 E: -90.8914 W: -90.9532

multiple
Pre-Delta-X: Lidar-derived Water Level Profiles in the Wax Lake Outlet, LA, USA, 2016 1 B-200, FIXED OBSERVATION STATIONS Riegl LMS-Q1560, STREAM GAUGES 2016-10-16 to 2016-10-19

N: 29.743 S: 29.479 E: -91.3571 W: -91.485

CSV
LBA-ECO LC-04 Macrohydrological Routing Data for the Amazon and Tocantins River Basin 1 NOT APPLICABLE NOT APPLICABLE 1967-01-01 to 1996-12-31

N: 6 S: -21.12 E: -45 W: -80

multiple
High Mountain Asia LIS Model Terrestrial Hydrological Parameters V001 1 MODELS NOT APPLICABLE 2003-02-01 to 2018-01-31

N: 40.875 S: 20.875 E: 100.875 W: 66.875

netCDF-4, PNG
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Terrestrial Hydrosphere Data Tools

Tool Sort descending 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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