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EOSDIS New Datasets: September 2017

ASF DAAC

NASA's Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center (ASF DAAC) created a new data feed for Sentinel-1 data collected in support of Hurricane Irma response. Data were collected throughout the Caribbean and Florida and published via the feed. Additionally, a Hybrid Pluggable Processing Pipeline (HyP3) subscription was prepared to generate radiometric terrain corrected (RTC) products for NASA and the National Weather Service.

GES DISC

NASA's Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) security team continued reviewing the open Plan of Action/Milestones (POA&Ms), creating responses to several of them. They are working on additional documentation and SSP updates to supplement requests for closure of the open POA&Ms. The security team has been informed that the Assessment and Authorization and review of the GES DISC System Security Plan (SSP) will be deferred until December. Security team briefly reviewed all open POA&Ms and with the goal of addressing most of them and closing them out before the December assessment.

At GES DISC, 46 of the most often used variables from the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS)-only daily product AIRS3STD_V006 have been promoted to the GES-DISC DAAC On-line Visualization and Analysis System (Giovanni). This will allow Giovanni able to explore AIRS data up to present. The variables from AIRS+AMSU product (AIRX3STM and AIRX3STD) on Giovanni are only up to date through September 2016, when the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU)-A2 microwave instrument ceased to work.

GHRC DAAC

NASA's Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC) has published the Global Precipitation Measurement Ground Validation (GPM-GV) NCAR Particle Probes Olympic Mountain Experiment (OLYMPEX) dataset. The dataset consists ice water content, particle concentration normalized by bin width, and total particle concentration collected from 3 instruments flown on the University of North Dakota Citation aircraft during 20 missions in November and December 2015. The instruments included the PMS Two-Dimensional Cloud probe (2D-C), the SPEC Two-dimensional Stereo probe (2D-S), and two SPEC High Volume Precipitation Spectrometer 3 (HVPS-3), all two-dimensional optical array probes which record images of variously-sized particles that travel through the sampling area. All data were collected during the OLYMPEX field campaign held at Washington's Olympic Peninsula.

GHRC DAAC is pleased to announce the public “beta” release of near real-time data from the Lightning Imaging Sensor (LIS) on the International Space Station (ISS). Lightning observations and background data files are generated within minutes of observation. A browse web page (lightning.nsstc.nasa.gov/isslisib/isslisnrt.html) shows the most recent two minutes of lightning data on a map, along with composite image showing lightning observations for the past 12 hours. The two LIS (ISS) datasets are:

GHRC DAAC published beta versions of the Lightning Imaging Sensor on the International Space Station - LIS (ISS) non-quality-controlled standard products on September 17. These data are made available to users until a manual quality control process is complete, at which time they will be replaced by the archive version of the products.

These data are collected by the LIS (ISS) used to detect the distribution and variability of total lightning occurring in the Earth’s tropical and subtropical regions. These data can be used for severe storm detection and analysis, as well as for lightning-atmosphere interaction studies. The LIS instrument makes measurements during both day and night with high detection efficiency. The data are available in both Hierarchical Data Format 4 (HDF4) and Network Common Data Form 4 (netCDF-4) formats. Data is available from 3/1/2017 forward.

LP DAAC

NASA's Land Processes DAAC (LP DAAC) publicly released a new collection of Terra and Aqua Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Version 6 Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) data products on September 21. These products (M*D21's) offer an alternative to the previously released M*D11 LST&E data collection as they differ in algorithm composition and implementation. M*D21 datasets are available at 1 kilometer resolution for 5-minute, daily, and eight-day temporal periods. There is a total of eight products in the collection.

doi:10.5067/MODIS/MOD21.006

NSIDC DAAC

NASA's National Snow and Ice Data Center DAAC (NSIDC DAAC) published an update to the dataset aking Earth System Data Records for Use in Research Environments (MEaSUREs) Annual Greenland Outlet Glacier Terminus Positions from SAR Mosaics. The dataset is now available at version 1.1. The minor changes in this version include:

  • Added data for winters of 2014/2015, 2015/16, 2016/17
  • Added new parameter attributes for the new data
  • Added 29 new glaciers
  • Provided a new GlacierID file with added glaciers and updated attributes

This dataset is part of the MEaSUREs Program.

NSIDC DAAC published an update to the dataset IceBridge POS/AV L1B Corrected Position and Attitude Data for the Arctic campaign during 10 July 2017 to 25 July 2017. This dataset contains georeferencing data from the Applanix 510 POS AV system flown with the Digital Mapping System (DMS) and other instruments over Greenland and Antarctica.

NSIDC DAAC published the dataset VIIRS/Suomi NPP Ice Surface Temperature 6-Min L2 Swath 750m (VNP30). The Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) ice surface temperature algorithm has been specifically designed to be compatible with The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Terra and Aqua Version 6 sea ice datasets, to ensure continuity between the products and facilitate a climate-data record from the three sensors. This dataset is currently being generated by the data provider and delivered to NSIDC DAAC as the files become available. As such, data are available for limited dates in 2016 and 2017. Once processing is complete, the temporal coverage will span 1 January 2012 to present. VIIRS flies aboard NASA's Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (Suomi NPP) satellite and acquires visible and infrared imagery and radiometric measurements of the land, atmosphere, cryosphere, and oceans.

NSIDC DAAC has published an update to the dataset Northern Hemisphere Equal-Area Scalable Earth (EASE)-Grid 2.0 Weekly Snow Cover and Sea Ice Extent. The update extends the temporal coverage of the data through 25 December 2016.

NSIDC DAAC has published data from the Special Sensor Microwave/Imager (SSM/I) F13 sensor to the dataset MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily EASE-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature ESDR as Version 1.2. Also included in this minor version is a correction to the handling of QC flags to retain more data, eliminating only the flagged data in a given channel and taking care not to eliminate data in other channels.

NSIDC DAAC published the dataset NASA IceBridge-related CryoSat-2 Level 4 Sea Ice Elevation, Freeboard, and Thickness. This dataset contains 30-day averaged Arctic sea ice thickness estimates, with freeboard and ice surface roughness, derived from the ESA CryoSat-2 Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Radar Altimeter.

NSIDC DAAC updated the dataset NASA IceBridge DMS L0 Raw Imagery with data from the spring 2017 campaign. This dataset contains level zero imagery taken from the Digital Mapping System (DMS) over Antarctica and Greenland during the Operation IceBridge campaign.

NSIDC DAAC announced a change to data access for the MEaSUREs Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) Mosaic of Greenland 2005 (MOG2005) Image Map, Version 1 dataset. Data access is now available at: https://n5eil01u.ecs.nsidc.org/MEASURES/NSIDC-0547.001/.

NSIDC DAAC has published the dataset Daily Snow Depths and Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) from global positioning system (GPS) Signal-to-Noise Ratios. The data comprise daily SWE at 223 stations located primarily in the western United States, including Alaska. Additional sites are located in Hawaii (Mauna Kea), Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin, plus seven locations in Canada, one in Greenland, and one in Sweden. The dataset is estimated from GPS signal-to-noise ratios.

NSIDC DAAC published new data to NASA's IceBridge DMS L0 Raw Imagery dataset for the Summer 2017 Arctic campaign. This dataset contains level zero imagery taken from the Digital Mapping System (DMS) over Antarctica and Greenland.

NSIDC DAAC published new data to the NASA IceBridge DMS L1B Geolocated and Orthorectified Images dataset for the Summer 2017 Arctic campaign. This dataset contains Level-1B imagery taken from the DMS over Greenland and Antarctica.

NSIDC DAAC published new data to the NASA IceBridge DMS L0 Camera Calibration for the Summer 2017 Arctic campaign. This dataset contains camera calibration reports for IceBridge DMS missions flown over Antarctica and Greenland.

NSIDC DAAC has published data from the Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS) F15 sensor to MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Passive Microwave Daily Equal-Area Scalable Earth Grid (EASE)-Grid 2.0 Brightness Temperature Earth System Data Record (ESDR) dataset as version 1.2. The minor change in this version corrects the handling of QC flags to retain more data, eliminating only the flagged data in a given channel and taking care not to eliminate data in other channels. This dataset is part of the MEaSUREs Program.

ORNL DAAC

NASA's Oak Ridge National Laboratory DAAC (ORNL DAAC) published the Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) dataset CMS: LIDAR Data for Mangrove Forests in the Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique, 2014. This dataset provides high-resolution lidar point cloud data collected during surveys over mangrove forests in the Zambezi River Delta in Mozambique in May 2014. The data are arranged into 144 1- by 1-km tiles.

ORNL DAAC published the CMS dataset CMS: Aboveground Biomass for Mangrove Forest, Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique. This dataset provides several estimates of aboveground biomass (AGB) from various regressions and allometries for mangrove forest in the Zambezi River Delta, Mozambique. Plot level estimates of AGB are based on extensive tree biophysical measurements from field campaigns conducted in September and October of 2012 and 2013. The high-resolution canopy height model for the delta region derived from the airborne lidar data is also included.

ORNL DAAC published the CMS dataset CMS: LiDAR-derived Biomass, Canopy Height and Cover, Sonoma County, California, 2013. This dataset provides estimates of AGB, canopy height, and percent tree cover at 30-m spatial resolution for Sonoma County, California, USA, for the nominal year 2013. Biomass estimates, megagrams of biomass per hectare (Mg/ha) were generated using a combination of lidar data, field plot measurements, and random forest modeling approaches. Estimates of AGB uncertainty are also provided. Maximum canopy height and tree cover were derived from lidar data and high-resolution National Agriculture Imagery Program images.

ORNL DAAC published the following datasets to its Spatial Data Access Tool (SDAT): Fire Intensity and Burn Severity Metrics for Circumpolar Boreal Forests, 2001-2013 ( https://webmap.ornl.gov/ogc/dataset.jsp?ds_id=1520), and Tree Mortality from Fires and Bark Beetles at 1-km Resolution, Western USA, 2003-2012 (https://webmap.ornl.gov/ogc/dataset.jsp?ds_id=1512).

ORNL DAAC published the revised dataset Geoecology: County-Level Environmental Data for the United States, 1941-1981. The Geoecology database is a compilation of environmental data for the period 1941 to 1981. The Geoecology database contains selected data on terrain and soils, water resources, forestry, vegetation, agriculture, land use, wildlife, air quality, climate, natural areas, and endangered species. Data on selected human population characteristics are also included to complement the environmental files. Data represent the conterminous United States at the county level.

ORNL DAAC published the Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) dataset Pre-ABoVE: Arctic Vegetation Plots at Barrow, Alaska, 2012. This dataset provides vegetation cover and environmental plot data collected at the Barrow Environmental Observatory located in Barrow, Alaska in 2012.

ORNL DAAC published the dataset lidar and DTM Data from Tapajos National Forest in Para, Brazil, 2008. This dataset provides lidar point clouds and digital terrain models (DTM) from surveys over the Tapajos National Forest in Belterra municipality, Para, Brazil during late June and early July 2008. The surveys encompass the eddy flux towers and a deforestation chronosequence managed through the Large-Scale Biosphere-Atmosphere (LBA).

ORNL DAAC published the dataset lidar and DTM Data from Forested Land Near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil, 2008. This dataset provides lidar point clouds and digital terrain models (DTM) from surveys over the flux tower site in the Cuieiras Biological Reserve, over forest inventory plots in the Adolpho Ducke Forest Reserve, and over sites of the Biological Dynamics of Forest Fragments Project in Rio Preto da Eva municipality near Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil during June 2008.

ORNL DAAC published the Carbon Arctic Reservoir Vulnerability Experiment (CARVE) dataset Daily Thaw State of Boreal and Arctic Alaska from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) and the Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I), 2003-2014. This dataset provides daily 10 km resolution maps of the Alaskan and Arctic Boreal land surface state as either frozen, melting, or thawed. These data are generated from passive microwave radiometer observations made from 2003 through 2014.

ORNL DAAC published the dataset CARVE: In-flight Videos from the CARVE Aircraft, Alaska, 2012-2015. This dataset contains videos captured by a camera mounted on the CARVE aircraft during airborne campaigns over the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic. Flight campaigns took place from 2012 to 2015 between the months of March and November to enable investigation of both seasonal and inter-annual variability in atmospheric gas content.

ORNL DAAC published the CARVE: Daily Flight Reports, 2012-2015. This dataset includes detailed daily flight reports from each of the airborne campaigns over the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic for CARVE. The reports include plots of the flight path, altitude, wind and weather conditions, IR and visible light images, and initial analysis of the atmospheric gas concentrations encountered along the flight. Flight campaigns took place from 2012 to 2015 between the months of March and November to enable investigation of both seasonal and inter-annual variability in atmospheric gas content.

ORNL DAAC published the CARVE In-flight Photos from the CARVE Aircraft, Alaska, 2013-2015. This dataset contains photos taken by scientists aboard the CARVE aircraft during airborne campaigns over the Alaskan and Canadian Arctic. Flight campaigns took place from 2012 to 2015 between the months of March and November to enable investigation of both seasonal and inter-annual variability in atmospheric gas content.

ORNL DAAC published the Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) dataset Cumulative Annual Burned Area, Circumpolar High Northern Latitudes, 2001-2015. This dataset provides annual cumulative end-of-season burned area in circumpolar high northern latitudes (HNL) above 60 degrees for the years 2001-2015. The data were generated using the Arctic Boreal Burned Area (ABBA) product (a MODIS-based algorithm). The product is delivered in two spatial domains: circumpolar and a North American subset for areas above 60 degree north.

ORNL DAAC published a revised the Boreal Ecosystem-Atmosphere Study (BOREAS) dataset BOREAS TE-13 Biometry Reports. BOREAS Terrestrial Ecology (TE)-13 team collected data on site characteristics, soil profiles, woody debris, overstory vegetation, and understory vegetation from approximately 100 sites in the Southern Study Area (SSA), Northern Study Area (NSA), and Transect Areas in the boreal forest. This dataset provides 3 reports published by the Canadian Forest Service for the BOREAS project in pdf file format.

ORNL DAAC published the following dataset in its Spatial Data Access Tool (SDAT):

 

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