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}NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2026 · Image data
AVUELO: Tropical Forest Crown Maps with Tree Species Names, PanamaThis dataset contains a map of tree crown polygons and orthomosaics for field sites in Panama across 153.36 ha of mapped plots in old-growth and old secondary forest in the Barro Colorado Nature Monument (BCNM), and San Lorenzo Protected Area (SLPA). Tree crown polygons were developed from orthophoto mosaics of UAV imagery acquired in July 2024, November 2024, and January 2025. Field work verified
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2026 · Image data
BioSCape: Vegetation Composition at Plots with Woody Invasives, CFR, South AfricaThis dataset contains vegetation plot data collected across the Cape Floristic Region (CFR) of South Africa as part of the BioSCape (Biodiversity Survey of the Cape) project. It holds field-based measurements of vegetation composition, structure, and cover across the region's Fynbos and associated plant communities. Variables include plot center coordinates, percent cover, canopy diameter, and abu
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2025 · Image data
BioSCape Vegetation Surveys Berg and Eerste River Catchments, South Africa, 2022-2023This dataset contains vegetation plot survey data collected at 36 sites across the Berg and Eerste River catchments in the Western Cape, South Africa collected during 2022 and again in 2023 during the 2023 BioSCape Field Collection season. Sampling protocols were designed by the BioSCape Leadership team for use by multiple teams to generate standardized and comparable vegetation plot data across s
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2024 · Image data
Post-fire Recovery of Soil Organic Layer Carbon in Canadian Boreal Forests, 2015-2018This dataset provides site moisture, soil organic layer thickness, soil organic carbon, nonvascular plant functional group, stand dominance, ecozone, time-after-fire, jack pine proportion, and deciduous proportion for 511 forested plots spanning ~140,000 km2 across two ecozones of the Northwest Territories, Canada (NWT). The plots were established during 2015-2018 across 41 wildfire scars and unbu
NASA Earthdata CMR2023 · collection
Macquarie Island Invertebrate survey data 2015-2018Contemporary survey data from 20 sites on Macquarie Island collected over the 2015/16, 2016/17. 2017/18 field seasons in different habitat types (short grass, tall grass (tussock), Stilbocarpa polaris (Cabbage), herbfield, feldmark). Survey methods include pitfall traps, beating, sweep netting, sticky traps and direct collection from litter samples. Invertebrate community assemblages. These were c
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2023 · Image data
Delta-X: Aboveground Vegetation Structure, Herbaceous Wetlands, MRD, LA, USA, V2This dataset provides mean stem diameter, mean height, dominant species, hydrogeomorphic zone (HGM), and stem density for vegetation in herbaceous wetlands collected in the Atchafalaya and Terrebonne basins in southeastern coastal Louisiana. The data were collected between 2021-03-21 to 2021-03-31 during the Delta-X Spring 2021 deployment, and from 2021-08-19 to 2021-08-27 during the Fall deployme
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2023 · Image data
ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Field Site Data, Anaktuvuk River Fire Area, 2008-2017This dataset includes field measurements from 26 burned and unburned transects established in 2008 in the region of the Anaktuvuk River tundra fire on the Arctic Slope of Alaska, US. Measurements include plant cover by species, shrub and tussock density, thaw depth, and soil depth. This wildfire occurred in 2007, and sampling took place in 2008-2011 and in 2017.
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2022 · Image data
Forest Inventory and Biophysical Measurements, Brazilian Amazon, 2009-2018This dataset provides the complete catalog of forest inventory and biophysical measurements collected over selected forest research sites across the Amazon rainforest in Brazil between 2009 and 2018 for the Sustainable Landscapes Brazil Project. This dataset includes measurements for diameter at breast height (DBH), commercial tree height, and total tree height for forest inventories. Also include
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2022 · Image data
ABoVE: Synthesis of Post-Fire Regeneration Across Boreal North AmericaThis dataset is a synthesis of species-specific pre- and post-fire tree stem density estimates, field plot characterization data, and acquired climate moisture deficit data for sites from Alaska, USA eastward to Quebec, Canada in fires that burned between 1989 and 2014. Data are from 1,538 sites across 58 fire perimeters encompassing 4.52 Mha of forest and all major boreal ecozones in North Americ
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2022 · Image data
ABoVE: Post-Fire and Unburned Vegetation Community and Field Data, NWT, Canada, 2017This dataset provides vegetation community characteristics, soil moisture, and biophysical data collected in 2017 from 11 study sites in the ABoVE Study area. The 11 study areas contained 28 sites that were burned by wildfires in 2014 and 2015, and 10 unburned sites in the Northwest Territories (NWT), Canada. Burned sites included peatland and upland. These field data include assessment of burn se
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2022 · Astronomical catalogue
Mission Reports CPEX-AW V1The Mission Reports CPEX-AW dataset contains daily objectives, flight times, and instrument performance during each NASA DC-8 aircraft flight during the Convective Processes Experiment – Aerosols & Winds (CPEX-AW) field campaign. CPEX-AW was a joint effort between the US National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) with the primary goal of conducting a p
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2022 · Astronomical catalogue
Mission Reports IMPACTSThe Mission Reports IMPACTS dataset consists of flight plans, plans of the day, science plans, and science summaries logged by scientists during the Investigation of Microphysics and Precipitation for Atlantic Coast-Threatening Snowstorms (IMPACTS) field campaign. IMPACTS was a three-year sequence of winter season deployments conducted to study snowstorms over the U.S. Atlantic Coast (2020-2023).
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2021 · Astronomical catalogue
Flight Reports EPOCHThe Flight Reports EPOCH dataset consists of flight number, purpose of flight, and flight hours logged during the East Pacific Origins and Characteristics of Hurricanes (EPOCH) project. EPOCH was a NASA program manager training opportunity directed at training NASA young scientists in conceiving, planning, and executing a major airborne science field program. The goals of the EPOCH project were to
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2021 · Image data
Alaska's Changing YK Delta: Knowledge Exchange between Elders and Geoscientists, 2018This dataset provides a booklet documenting the discussions and outcomes from a knowledge-exchange meeting with Yup'ik elders from the Yukon-Kuskokwim Delta (YKD), western Alaska, community members, and natural scientist to discuss landscape and weather changes that have been observed in their homelands. The meeting was held during November 14-16, 2018. Yup'ik participants represented several YKD
NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection
Status and trends of Macquarie Island Albatrosses and Giant Petrels: management and conservation of threatened seabirdsAlbatross and petrel populations have declined globally due to interactions with fishing operations. The survival of four albatross and two giant petrel species breeding on Macquarie Island is threatened and ongoing monitoring is essential to assess their conservation status and mitigate negative influences. Long-term studies are required to obtain reliable information on population size and produ
NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection
Historical Adelie penguin breeding colony maps in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica, 1981/82The dataset comprises scanned copies of the boundaries of Adelie penguin breeding colonies and sections of island coastlines made from aerial photographs taken between 9-15 December 1981. The original tracings by Michael Whitehead were scanned by Colin Southwell.
NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection
Historic ANARE ship-based wildlife observations from 1947 to 1982.Ship-based observations of birds, seals and whales from the original 'ANARE Bird Log' books have been recovered into a single repository of sightings and associated abiotic information. ANARE (Australian National Antarctic Research Expeditions) is the historic acronym for these voyages. A few voyages have been included that were not part of ANARE but have Australian observers or volunteer observer
NASA Earthdata CMR + NASA Data Portal2021 · Image data
Digital Elevation Models for the Global Change Research Wetland, Maryland, USA, 2016This dataset contains four alternative digital elevation models (DEMs) at 1 m resolution and model performance statistical metrics for the Global Change Research Wetland (GCReW) site on the Rhode River, a tributary of the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland, USA, for the year 2016. Three DEMs were created by using different strategies for correcting positive biases in Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR)-ba
NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection
Vegetation change observed from on-ground repeat photography, Macquarie Island - 1980-2021Repeat photography from locations across Macquarie Island were visually compared to detect and categorise temporal changes in vegetation for each site. Photographs of the same scene in 1980, 2009 and 2014 were used. Terrain variables were used as predictor variables to investigate potential drivers of different types of vegetation change. Satellite-derived vegetation indices were compared with the
NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection
Phenology based adjustments to population survey data show no temporal change in the status or distribution of Cape petrels in the Vestfold Islands.1. The Excel spreadsheet titled "1_Cape Petrel Population adjusted Estimates_Table1.xlsx is population survey count data and estimates of Cape petrels in the Vestfold islands, East Antarctica in 1974 and 2017. Numbers present the number of occupied nests in each year. Adjusted data as per ICESCAPE modelling and provides a value based on attendance of Cape petrels relative to phenology, values in b
NASA Earthdata CMR2021 · collection
Macquarie Island Brown Skua breeding and diet dataThis dataset contains: 1) count data from a series of surveys of brown skua nest numbers and breeding success conducted from 2008/09 to 2017/18; 2) historic skua nest count data and concurrent estimates of rabbit abundance (1974/75 to 2009/10); 3) stable isotope data from feather samples taken from skua chicks during the 2017/18 season to compare stable isotope ratios between different feather typ
NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · collection
Cape petrel nesting areas on islands off the Vestfold Hills, November 2017The dataset contains boundaries of Cape petrel nesting areas at numerous breeding sites on islands off the Vestfold Hills, Antarctica. Boundaries of nesting sites were obtained from aligning ground observations and photographs from land or the sea-ice adjacent to the breeding sites onto maps of islands in the region. The observations were made and the photographs taken between 18 and 30 November 2
NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · collection
Flying seabird aerial surveys at the Rauer Group, Svenner Islands and Vestfold Hills, December 2017The dataset contains boundaries of nest areas of surface nesting flying seabirds at numerous breeding sites across Prydz Bay, Antarctica. The sites are at islands in the Rauer Group, the Svenner Islands and two islands (Bluff Island and Gardner Island) off the Vestfold Hills. The boundary data were obtained from aerial photos of slopes where flying seabirds had been previously observed. The aerial
NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · collection
Azorella macquariensis condition and site topographic valuesThe endemic, keystone species Azorella macquariensis (Macquarie cushion) has undergone rapid widespread decline across Macquarie Island in 2008/2009, resulting in its listing as critically endangered in 2010. Initial research suggests that Azorella dieback is likely driven by a decadal reduction in plant available water, as a result of a significantly changed regional climate, which may have facil
NASA Earthdata CMR2020 · collection
Environmental risk assessment of groundwater from remediated fuel spill sites on land into the marine environment at subantarctic Macquarie IslandAn ecotoxicological risk assessment of groundwater from two Macquarie Island fuel spill sites was conducted to assess the level of risk posed by the sites to the adjacent marine receiving environment. Experiments were conducted on Macquarie Island during the summer season of 2017/18. The two fuel spill sites (known as: Fuel Farm and Power House, see file: Map-macquarie_building_and_structures_1467