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There are 95 datasets described below.

Dataset infoTypeOriginDescriptionData example
3D Land Mapping Land Cover Measured Combining Lidar and Radar for Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces
A ~6km Daily Obserational Hydrometeorology data set, 1950-2013: North American Extent dataset Climate Measured Daily Obserational Hydrometeorology data set: North American Extent
AI&ML Challenge Dataset Substrates Measured Machine Learning 'Challenge Dataset' for the Seabed
ASTER Topography Measured Global topography from NASA's and METI's (Japan) Terra satellite
Aerial images Fraser GST Topography Measured Aerial images of Fraser GST zone
African Sediment Yield Dataset River discharge Measured Measured sediment yields of African rivers
AgeGrid Substrates Modeled Age, Spreading Rates and Spreading Asymmetry of the World's Ocean Crust
CGIAR-CSI SRTM Topography Modeled Improved and void-filled global topographic model of the SRTM data; 3 arc-second (~90 m) cell size
Clara Orru - measured data of a degradational sand-gravel laboratory experiment Topography Measured measured data from a degradational sand-gravel laboratory experiment
Coastal DEMs Topography Modeled High-resolution, integrated bathymetric-topographic relief models of U.S. coastal communities; 1/3 arc-second (~10 m) cell size and coarser
DBSEABED Substrates Measured dbSEABED Gridded Data Release: Gulf of Mexico File:Gomex dbSBD CSDMS Aug2024.zip
DDM30 Hydrography Modeled Global drainage direction map
Dartmouth Flood Observatory River discharge Measured Dartmouth Flood Observatory: Space-based Measurement of Surface Water
E-OBS Climate Measured E-OBS is a daily gridded observational dataset for precipitation and temperature in Europe based on ECA&D information.
ERA5 Climate Modeled ERA5 is the fifth generation ECMWF reanalysis for the global climate and weather for the past 8 decades. Data is available from 1940 onwards. ERA5 replaces the ERA-Interim reanalysis.
ETOPO1 Topography Modeled Global integrated bathymetric-topographic relief model; 1 arc-minute (~2 km) cell size
Experimentalist Data Catalog Surface properties Measured Experimental datasets offered by the Sediment Experimentalist Network
GEBCO Topography Modeled Global integrated bathymetric-topographic relief model; 1 arc-minute (~2 km) and 30 arc-second (~1 km) cell sizes
GHSL Human dimensions Measured Global Human Settlement layer
GIMMS Land Cover Measured Global Inventory Modeling and Mapping Studies (GIMMS)
GLC-SHARE Land Cover Measured Global Land Cover-SHARE (GLC-SHARE) provides access to an assembled product of global land cover.
GLOBALSOD Climate Measured NOAA Daily Global Summary of Day (GLOBALSOD) Station Data
GLOBE Topography Modeled Global topographic relief model; 30 arc-second (~1 km) cell size
GLiM Surface properties Measured Global Lithological Map
GMIA Human dimensions Measured Global Map of Irrigation Areas (version 5.0)
GPW Human dimensions Modeled Gridded Population of the World
GRDC River discharge Measured Glocal Runoff Data Centre
GSHAP Surface properties Measured Global Seismic Hazard Assessment Program
GSHHG Topography Measured Global Self-consistent, Hierarchical,
High-resolution Geography Database
GTOPO30 Topography Modeled GTOPO30 is a global digital elevation model with a horizontal resolution of 30 arc seconds.
Geomaterials Vocab Substrates Measured A Structured Vocabulary for Geomaterials
Geomorpho90m Land Cover Measured A global dataset comprising of different geomorphometric features derived from the MERIT-Digital Elevation Model (DEM) - the best global, high-resolution DEM available.
GlobCover Land Cover Measured Global Land Cover Map
Global Cropland Area (1960-2100) Land Cover Modeled Global Cropland Area predictions by the GLUDM model
Global Forest Heights Land Cover Measured Forest canopy height globally with spaceborne lidar
Global Multibeam Bathymetry Topography Measured NGDC's global database of multibeam swath sonar bathymetric surveys
Global River and Delta Systems River discharge Measured Global River and Delta Systems
Global Topography Topography Modeled Global estimated bathymetric and integrated bathy-topo relief models; 1 minute (~2 km) and 30 arc-second (~1 km) cell sizes
Great Bay, NH - BBL Data June 2011 Oceanography Measured Fine resolution bottom boundary layer velocity measurements in a tidal estuary
Great Lakes Bathymetry Topography Modeled Bathymetric models and contours of the Great Lakes; 3 arc-second (~90 m) cell size
HWSD Surface properties Measured Harmonized World Soil Database (HWSD)
HYDAT River discharge Measured HYDAT - Online access to historical water levels, streamflow and sediment data of Canada
HYDRO1k Hydrography Modeled HYDRO1k is a geographic database providing comprehensive and consistent global coverage of optographically derived data sets.
Hooshmand etal JGR2015 Oceanography Measured Wave-supported mud layer laboratory data
HydroLAKES Hydrography Measured HydroLAKES is a database aiming to provide the shoreline polygons of all global lakes with a surface area of at least 10 ha.
HydroSHEDS Hydrography Modeled Hydrological data and maps based on SHuttle Elevation Derivatives at multiple Scales.
IBCAO Topography Modeled Integrated bathymetric-topographic relief model of the Arctic Ocean; 500-meter cell size
ICE-5G Cryosphere Modeled Global Grids of Ice Sheet Thickness and Paleotopography for 21,000 - present day
IEDA data services for observational Geoscience data Oceanography Measured IEDA or Integrated Earth Data Applications provides data services for observational Geoscience data from the Ocean, Earth, and Polar Sciences
LUSoils v.1 Land Cover Modeled Linking global land use and land cover to hydrologic soil groups from 850 to 2015.
MERIT DEM Topography Measured The MERIT DEM was developed by removing multiple error components from existing spaceborne DEMs (SRTM3 and AW3D)
MLD Oceanography Measured Ocean mixed layer depth climatology
Marine Geophysical Trackline Data Topography Measured NGDC's global database of marine trackline surveys; contains bathymetry, magnetics, gravity and seismic navigation data
Modeled Suspended Sediment in Global Rivers River discharge Modeled Modeled Global Suspended Sediment Flux
NCED data repository Surface properties Measured Data from or related to the National Center for Earth-surface Dynamics (NCED)
NED Topography Modeled U.S. National Elevation Dataset (NED) topographic relief model; 1/9 arc-second (~3 m) cell size to 2 arc-second (~60 m) cell size
NGDC Coastal Relief Model Topography Modeled Integrated bathymetric-topographic relief models of U.S. coasts; 3 arc-second (~90 m) cell size
NHD Hydrography Measured The National Hydrography Dataset
NLCD 1992 Land Cover Modeled National Land Cover Dataset 1992
NLCD 2001 Land Cover Modeled National Land Cover Database of 2001
NOSHDB Topography Measured Database of U.S. hydrographic surveys conducted by NOAA's National Ocean Service
NRLP India River discharge Modeled Proposed canals and dams data for the Indian Rivers Interlinking project
NWIS River discharge Measured National Water Information System (NWIS)
National Climatic Data Center HDSS Access System Climate Measured Access portal for US weather radar data, satellite data, and additional (US and international) historical weather forecasts and data
Nearshore Oceanographic Observations at Drew Point, Alaska, Summers 2009 and 2010 Oceanography Measured Nearshore Oceanographic Observations at Drew Point, Alaska, Summers 2009 and 2010
North America 3 arcsec drainage area Hydrography Modeled The drainage area of North America at 3 arc sec resolution, from 7°N, 55°W to 60°N, 142°W
North American River Width Data Set (NARWidth) Hydrography Measured NARWidth is composed of planform morphometric measurements of North American rivers at approximately mean discharge
OSCAR Oceanography Measured Ocean Surface Current Analyses - Real time
OneGeology Substrates Modeled Datawarehouse to create a digital geological map of the world
OpenTopography Topography Modeled Community access to high-resolution, Earth science-oriented, topography data, and related tools and resources.
PMIP 2 Climate Modeled Output from the second Paleoclimate Modeling Intercomparison Project
PSMSL Sea level Measured Permanent Service for Mean Sea Level (PSMSL)
Permafrost Temperatures, Alaska Cryosphere Measured U.S. Geological Survey's Borehole Temperature Logs from Arctic Alaska, pre-1989
R-ArcticNet River discharge Measured R-ArcticNet (v4.0) - A Regional, Electronic, Hydrographic Data Network For the Arctic Region
RESSED Surface properties Measured The Reservoir Sedimentation Database
Realtime Permafrost Alaska Cryosphere Measured U.S. Geological Survey: Real-Time Permafrost and Climate Monitoring Network - Arctic Alaska
ReefBase Oceanography Measured A global information system for coral reefs
SRTM Topography Measured Global topography from NASA's 2000 Shuttle Radar Topography Mission (SRTM)
SSURGO Surface properties Measured SSURGO (Soil Survey Geographic database) refers to digital soils data produced and distributed by the Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) - National Cartography and Geospatial Center (NCGC).
STATSGO Surface properties Measured The U.S. General Soil Map
SWBD Hydrography Measured Shuttle Radar Topography Mission Water Body Dataset
Sage River discharge Measured Global River Discharge Database
Sea Ice Concentrations NSIDC Cryosphere Measured Sea Ice Concentrations from Nimbus-7 SMMR and DMSP SSM/I Passive Microwave Data
Sediment Thickness of worlds oceans Oceanography Measured Total Sediment Thickness of the World's Oceans & Marginal Seas
SoilGrids — global gridded soil information Surface properties Measured SoilGridsTM is a system for global digital soil mapping that uses state-of-the-art machine learning methods to map the spatial distribution of soil properties across the globe.
Southern Alaska Coastal Relief Model Topography Modeled Integrated bathymetric-topographic relief model of Southern Alaska; 24 arc-second cell size
TPXO6.2 Oceanography Modeled Global Inverse Tide Model
TRMM Climate Measured Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission
UNPD Human dimensions Modeled United Nations Population Database (1950 - 2050)
WaveWatch III^TM Oceanography Modeled WAVEWATCH III™ (Tolman 1997, 1999a, 2009) is a third generation wave model developed at NOAA/NCEP in the spirit of the WAM model (WAMDIG 1988, Komen et al. 1994). Simulation results contain waves & swells Hs, direction, period, wind direction, etc.
World Glacier Inventory Cryosphere Measured Information on glaciers for over 100,000 glaciers through out the world served by the National Snow and Ice Data Center
World Ocean Atlas 2001 Oceanography Measured World Ocean Atlas 2001 (WOA01)
World Ocean atlas Oceanography Measured World Ocean Atlas 2009
World River Sediment Yields Database River discharge Measured This database contains data on annual sediment yields in worldwide rivers and reservoirs, searchable by river, country and continent.
World Vector Shoreline Topography Measured World Vector Shoreline