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On this page you will find information and links for a few types of datasets and resources that are in the process of being provisioned to support data accessibility and more effective adoption of earth science and remote sensing data for humanitarians! These data include a selection publicly available NASA assetts that have been selected to support innovation around specific humanitarian use cases, special access to donated private assetts, geospatial tools and resources, and information regarding their access and use.

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NASA Resources

MODIS Land Surface Temperature (LST) Data

Mission and Use: The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) instruments aboard NASA’s Terra and Aqua satellites capture global data that include temperature, vegetation, cloud properties, and other phenomena. LST data is crucial for studying urban heat islands, agricultural conditions, and climatic processes.
Format: Available in HDF and GeoTIFF formats.
Coverage: Global
Access: Accessible through NASA’s Earthdata Search at NASA Earthdata.

Link to MODIS DATA PAGE

ECOSTRESS

Mission and Use: ECOSTRESS (Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station) measures the temperature of the Earth to assess water requirements for plants, urban heat, and droughts. This data is pivotal for understanding and managing agricultural and urban environments under climate stress.
Format: Available in HDF5 format.
Coverage: Global
Access: Accessible via NASA’s Earthdata Search at NASA Earthdata.

Link to ECOSTRESS DATA Page

ASTER Global Digital Elevation Model (GDEM)

NASA’s GISS Surface Temperature Analysis (GISTEMP)

NASA’s Power Project

NASA Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)

NASA Harvest Data (NASA)

SWOT Data

VIIRS Nighttime Lights

NASA Disasters – Mapping Portal

Mission and Use: The NASA Disasters Mapping Portal is part of NASA’s Disasters Program, which aims to provide critical data and support to help mitigate the effects of natural and human-made disasters. The portal leverages Earth-observing satellites and other geospatial technologies to offer timely data for disaster response and recovery efforts. It supports a range of applications from monitoring and assessing the impact of floods, hurricanes, earthquakes, and wildfires to improving the resilience of affected communities.
Data Formats: The portal provides data in various formats tailored to the needs of disaster response teams and researchers, including GeoTIFF, KML, Shapefile, and WMS services for easy integration with GIS applications.
Coverage: Global coverage, focusing on areas experiencing or vulnerable to disasters. The portal dynamically updates to focus on current and recent events, offering tools and data relevant to ongoing incidents.
Access: The NASA Disasters Mapping Portal is accessible through the NASA Disasters Program website. Users can access maps, datasets, and tools specifically designed for disaster monitoring and assessment. The portal is designed to be user-friendly, allowing for quick access to essential data during time-sensitive situations.

Link to Mapping Portal

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SatVu Thermal Imagery

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Mission and Use: SatVu Thermal Imagery is designed to enhance environmental and humanitarian responses by providing high-resolution thermal data. This imagery is crucial for identifying wildfires, analyzing urban heat islands, and optimizing energy use in densely populated areas. It supports disaster response teams in assessing damages, aids urban planners in heat mitigation strategies, and equips environmental scientists with critical data for studying climate impacts.

Data Formats: The thermal imagery is typically available in TIFF (GeoTIFF) format, providing compatibility with most GIS software, facilitating easy integration into existing mapping and analysis workflows.

Coverage: The provisioned SatVu Thermal data covers areas of importance for humanitarian efforts around the globe, and represents a diverse selection of geographies and potential interventions.

Licensing and Accessibility: Generously provided at no cost by SatVu, the thermal imagery is distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC-BY-NC 4.0) license. This license allows users to use, share, and adapt the data for non-commercial purposes, as long as SatVu is credited, providing a valuable resource for academic researchers, non-profit organizations, and governmental agencies focused on environmental monitoring and humanitarian efforts.

Data Locations/IDs

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Microsoft Building Footprint Data

Mission and Use: Microsoft has released a dataset of building footprints in the United States, Canada, and some parts of Africa, generated using machine learning techniques on satellite imagery. This dataset is essential for urban planning, infrastructure development, disaster management, and environmental studies. It provides detailed information on the built environment, aiding in analyses such as population density, urban heat islands, and emergency response planning.
Format: Available in GeoJSON format, making it easy to integrate with GIS software for spatial analysis alongside other datasets.
Coverage: United States, Canada, and parts of Africa
Access: The data is freely available and can be downloaded from Microsoft’s GitHub repository at Microsoft Building Footprints.

Link to Data

Ramp Open Buildings Model

Satellogic Open-Source Training Data

Mission and Use: The dataset contains around 3 million 384 m by 384 m Satellogic satellite images of unique locations (6 million images, including location revisits) from around the world – totaling 900 Gigapixels spanning different land-use types, objects, geographies, and seasons. Satellogic data is released under a Creative Commons CC-BY 4.0 license, allowing for commercial use of the data with attribution.
Format: High-resolution optical images in various formats.
Coverage: Global
Access: Information available at Satellogic

Link to Data

OpenStreetMap (OSM)

Mission and Use: OSM is a collaborative project to create a freely editable map of the world. It is invaluable for adding local detail such as roads, land use, water bodies, and buildings to analysis projects.
Format: Available in various formats including XML and JSON.
Coverage: Global
Access: Data can be queried and downloaded via Overpass API or exported using tools like HOT Export Tool.

Link to HOTOSM Export Tool

WRI Environmental Data – Global Forest Watch (GFW)

Esri Land Use/Land Cover (LULC) Data

Public Sector/International Assets

National Land Cover Database (NLCD)

Mission and Use: Maintained by the USGS, the NLCD provides comprehensive land cover data across the U.S., which is crucial for environmental management and urban planning.
Format: Available in GeoTIFF format.
Coverage: US
Access: Available from the Multi-Resolution Land Characteristics Consortium website at MRLC.

Link to Data

Landsat Surface Reflectance Data (USGS)

Copernicus Sentinel Data (European Space Agency)

Mission and Use: Part of the European Copernicus program, Sentinel satellites offer various data types. Sentinel-2 provides high-resolution optical images for land changes, while Sentinel-3 offers wider coverage for environmental monitoring, including surface temperature.
Format: Both Sentinel-2 and Sentinel-3 data are available in JPEG2000 and NetCDF formats.
Coverage: Global
Access: Data can be accessed through the Copernicus Open Access Hub at Copernicus Open Access Hub.

Link to Data Page

Global Human Settlement Layer (GHSL) (European Commission)

Joint Monitoring Programme (JMP) for WASH – WHO and UNICEF

Climate Research Unit (CRU) Data (University of East Anglia)

Mission and Use: The CRU data sets are widely used in climatology and environmental research. They provide high-resolution, global coverage of climatic variables, including temperature, precipitation, cloud cover, and other meteorological variables over land. This dataset is essential for climate modeling, studying climate change impacts, assessing agricultural needs, and conducting environmental assessments.
Format: NetCDF
Coverage: Global
Access: CRU data can be accessed through the Climatic Research Unit’s website at the University of East Anglia or through data portals like the Centre for Environmental Data Analysis (CEDA).

Link to Data

World Bank Global Electrification Database

Mission and Use: Provides detailed information on the progress of electrification in countries worldwide. It is essential for understanding energy access disparities and planning electrification projects.
Format: Available in CSV and Excel formats.
Coverage: Global, with country-specific details on the percentage of the population with access to electricity.
Access: Accessible through the World Bank Data Catalog.

Link to Data platform

Grid3 Data

Social Vulnerability Indices (CDC)

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