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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
Monthly gridded Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) from Noah-v3.3 land hydrology model for GRACE and GRACE-FO over nominal months 3.3 Noah-LSM 2002-04-04

N: 89.5 S: -89.5 E: 180 W: -180

1 Decimal Degrees x 1 Decimal Degrees netCDF-4
UC Berkeley CYGNSS Level 3 Daily RWAWC Watermask Version 3.2 3.2 CYGNSS DDMI 2018-08-01

N: 37.4 S: -37.4 E: 180 W: -180

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters NETCDF
UC Berkeley CYGNSS Level 3 Monthly RWAWC Watermask Version 3.1 3.1 CYGNSS DDMI 2018-08-01

N: 37.4 S: -37.4 E: 180 W: -180

1000 Meters x 1000 Meters NETCDF
Gridded Population of the World, Version 3 (GPWv3): Land and Geographic Unit Area Grids 3.0 MODELS Computer 1990-07-01, 1995-07-01, 2000-07-01, 2005-07-01, 2010-07-01, 2015-07-01

N: 79.89196 S: -54.751503 E: 179.848323 W: -179.199552

ASCII, BIL, Grid, WMS
Delta-X: Bed and Suspended Sediment Grain Size, MRD, LA, USA, 2019-2021, V3 3 FIELD SURVEYS SOIL SAMPLER, ADCP 2019-10-25 to 2021-08-24

N: 29.7044 S: 29.1715 E: -90.82 W: -91.4523

CSV
Delta-X: AirSWOT L2 Geocoded Water Surface Elevation, MRD, LA, 2021, V3 3 King Air AirSWOT 2021-03-26 to 2021-09-12

N: 29.86 S: 28.98 E: -90.21 W: -91.6

multiple
Delta-X: In Situ Water Surface Reflectance across MRD, LA, USA, 2021, V3 3 FIELD SURVEYS PSR 2021-03-25 to 2021-09-24

N: 29.7545 S: 28.7913 E: -90.5697 W: -91.4676

CSV
Delta-X: AVIRIS-NG L3-derived Water Quality, TSS, and Turbidity, MRD, V3 3 MODELS, B-200 Computer, AVIRIS-NG 2021-03-27 to 2021-09-24

N: 29.809 S: 29.0609 E: -90.1774 W: -91.5891

multiple
GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 daily 0.25 x 0.25 degree GRACE-DA1 V2.2 (GLDAS_CLSM025_DA1_D) at GES DISC 2.2 Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2003-02-01 to Present

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

GLDAS Catchment Land Surface Model L4 daily 0.25 x 0.25 degree GRACE-DA1 V2.2 (GLDAS_CLSM025_DA1_D_EP) at GES DISC 2.2 Catchment-LSM NOT APPLICABLE 2020-01-01

N: 90 S: -60 E: 180 W: -180

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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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