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Data Visualization and Access Tools

Many data sets from NASA's Earth-Sun System Division Data Centers require special tools for image processing and analysis. The data centers provide tools for functions such as searching and subsetting data. These tools have been created by the data centers or external software developers. The table below lists each data center's tools.

Data Center	Discipline	Tools Link
Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF) DAAC	Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) Tools	+ ASF Software Tools
Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (CDDIS)	Space Geodetic Techniques	+ CDDIS Site and Data Locator
GSFC Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC)	Data Customization Tools GES DISC Interactive Online Visualization and Analysis Infrastructure (Giovanni) OGC Map Server Data Search Tools Data Mining with S4PM-DME (formerly known as NADM) OPeNDAP On-Demand Subsetting Mirador OGC Web Map Service	+ Giovanni + Mirador + GES DISC Data Services
Global Hydrology Resource Center (GHRC)	Data Customization Tools NLDN Subsetter NLDN/BLDN Movie Maker Coincidence Search Engine Course Grain Subsetter SPOT: A "Subsettability Checker" for HDF-EOS Files Algorithm Development and Mining System (ADaM) Earth Science Markup Language (ESML) Data Search Tools Hydrologic data Search, Retrieval, and Order (HyDRO) Hydrologic data Search, Retrieval, and Order (HyDRO) Web Map Services—Visualization and Data Access	+ GHRC/ITSC- Developed Tools
Land Processes (LP) DAAC	Data Customization Tools MODIS Reprojection Tool (MRT) MODIS Land Data Operational Product Evaluation (LDOPE) MODIS Swath Reprojection Tool (MRT Swath) MODIS Land Tile Calculator MODIS Sinusoidal Grid Shape File ASTER Lat/Lon Adjustment Tool HDF-EOS Software Tools Table Data Search Tools MODIS Data Pool Extraction Tool (MODextract) GLOVIS	+ LP DAAC Data Tools + GLOVIS
Level 1 Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System (MODAPS)	Data Customization Tools MODIS Reprojection Tool (MRT) MODIS Reprojection Tool Swath (MRTSwath) MODIS LDOPE Tools HDFLook HDF-EOS to GeoTiff Converter (HEG) Hrepack	+ MODAPS Tools
Langley Research Center Atmospheric Science Data Center (LaRC ASDC)	Data Customization Tools view_hdf hdfscan misr_view HDF-EOS to GIS Format (HEG) Conversion Tool HDFView EOSView SHARP WebWinds HDF Group (THG)	+ LaRC Data Manipulation Software
National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) DAAC	Data Customization Tools Hierarchical Data Format - Earth Observing System (HDF-EOS) AMSR-E Swath to Grid Toolkit (AS2GT) EASE-Grid Geolocation Tools MODIS Swath-to-Grid Toolbox (MS2GT) HDF-EOS Imaging Tool (EOS IT) ICESat/GLAS IDL Visualizer NSIDC GLAS Altimetry elevation extractor Tool (NGAT) IMCORR Software Data Search Tools Graphical Interface for Subsetting, Mapping and Ordering (GISMO) Search 'N Order Web Interface (SNOWI)	+ NSIDC Data Software and Programming Tools
Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) DAAC	Data Customization Tools MODIS ASCII Subsets OpenGIS Web Map Server RivDIS online plots Data Search Tools Federation Interactive Network for Discovery (FIND) Mercury	+ ESIP Federation Search Engine + ORNL DAAC Mercury Search Screen
Ocean Biology Processing Group	Data Customization Tools SeaWiFS Data Analysis System (SeaDAS) MODISL1 Direct Broadcast (MODISL1DB) Data Search Tools OceanColor Web	+ OceanColor Web
Physical Oceanography (PO) DAAC	Data Customization Tools Hurricane/Typhoon Tracker Near-Real-Time Image Distribution Server (NEREIDS) SeaWinds on QuikSCAT Browse Tool SeaWinds on ADEOS-II Browse Tool NAVOCEANO MCSST L3 Browse Tool Data Search Tools Images, Subsetting, Plotting - (POET) OPeNDAP (DODS)	+ PO.DAAC Data Tools and Services
Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)	Data Customization Tools TerraViva! SEDAC Viewer Model Visualization and Analysis for Integrated Assessment Models of Climate Change SEDAC Map Client Data Search Tools Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Conference of Party (ENTRI COP) Decision Search Tool Environmental Treaties and Resource Indicators Service IPCC Special Report on Emissions Scenarios Potential Impacts of Climate Change on World Food Supply: Data Sets from a Major Crop Modeling Study Ramsar Wetlands Data Gateway	+ SEDAC Interactive Applications

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Author: Laura Naranjo
NASA Official: Jeanne Behnke
Last Updated: 12 January 2009
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