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Human Dimensions Data Access and Tools
NASA data span from measuring gas flaring activity around the world to cyclone economic risk estimates. Our datasets and tools help researchers translate these interconnected data points into actionable knowledge.
Human Dimensions Data Tools
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| AppEEARS | The The Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) offers users a simple and efficient way to perform data access and transformation processes. | |
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| Earthdata Search | Earthdata Search enables data discovery, search, comparison, visualization, and access across NASA’s Earth science data holdings. | |
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| FIRMS | The Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides access to satellite imagery, active fire/hotspots, and related products to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildfire activity. | |
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| Giovanni | Giovanni is a web application for accessing, visualizing, and analyzing Earth science remote sensing data without downloading the data. | |
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| GUARDIAN | The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning. | |
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| Hazards Mapper | The Hazards Mapper enables users to rapidly get an idea of the population, land area, dams, and nuclear power plants that could be impacted by a wide range of natural events, including floods, earthquakes, fires, and volcanic eruptions. | |
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| Hurricane Intensity Estimator | NASA's Hurricane Intensity Estimator is an online platform that demonstrates the use of a machine learning model for estimating the wind speed of hurricanes. | |
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| NYS FIDSS Mapper | The New York State Flood Information Decision Support System Mapper is an easy-to-use mapping tool visualizes building footprint data for nearly all New York State’s infrastructure, except New York City. | |
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| OpenAltimetry | OpenAltimetry is a map-based visualization tool for exploring surface elevation data across Earth over time. | |
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| Panoply | Panoply is a cross-platform application that plots geo-referenced and other arrays from netCDF, HDF, GRIB, and other datasets. | |
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Datasets
| Dataset Sort descending | Size | Start Date | End Date | N Lat | S Lat | E long | W Long |
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| 2000 Pilot Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | 90.00 | -55.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| 2001 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | 90.00 | -55.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| 2002 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | 90.00 | -55.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| 2005 Environmental Sustainability Index (ESI) | 90.00 | -55.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| 2008 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) | 90.00 | -55.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| 2010 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) | 90.00 | -55.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| 2012 Environmental Performance Index and Pilot Trend Environmental Performance Index | 90.00 | -55.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| 2014 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) | 90.00 | -55.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| 2015 Urban Extents from VIIRS and MODIS for the Continental U.S. Using Machine Learning Methods | 84.00 | -56.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 | |||
| 2016 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) | 90.00 | -55.00 | 180.00 | -180.00 |
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