d014·dataset
A changing Arctic & boreal north
ABoVE Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment Products
ORNL DAAC ABoVE varies (30 m – 1 km depending on product) varies NetCDFGeoTIFFCSV cryospherebiosphereboreal-ecologypermafrost
A coordinated NASA campaign producing 200+ products in Alaska + western Canada for permafrost, fire, vegetation, and carbon-flux science in the changing boreal/Arctic.
ABoVE Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment Products
A coordinated NASA campaign producing 200+ products in Alaska + western Canada for permafrost, fire, vegetation, and carbon-flux science in the changing boreal/Arctic.
Access
- Python (earthaccess):
search by short_name='ABoVE_*' - Portal: https://above.nasa.gov/
- Campaign portal: https://daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE/guides/
Gotchas
- Heterogeneous product family; each has different scope/methods
- Some are airborne (AVIRIS-NG, UAVSAR, G-LiHT); others satellite-derived
- Check the campaign data search at daac.ornl.gov/ABOVE before assuming an area is covered
Sources
The access details, code, and sources below are kept in the original English for technical accuracy.
Quick access (cloud-direct)
import earthaccess
earthaccess.login(strategy="netrc")
results = earthaccess.search_data(
short_name="varies (ABoVE_*)",
bounding_box=(-122.5, 37.2, -121.8, 37.9),
temporal=("2024-01-01", "2024-12-31"),
)
files = earthaccess.open(results) # stream from ORNL DAACBrowsing CMR needs no login. Downloading or streaming bytes needs a free Earthdata Login + the earthaccess package. 📚 Problem Finder KB
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