GOFC-GOLD Data Access

Data Availability: Data are available online on several portals under the Data Information Services and Systems (DISS) for the Global Observation of Forest and Land Cover Dynamics (GOFC-GOLD).

Access the databases on the Data Information Services and Systems (DISS)

DISS provides information access to first cover data and information and is a joint effort of the GOFC-GOLD implementation team and the CEOS Working Group on Information Systems and Services (WGISS). A WGISS Test Facilty (WTF) - GOFC-GOLD task team has been established to prototype and demonstrate the use of interoperable data and service.

• CEOS Space Agency members are providing an initial integrated catalog, search, ordering, and retrieval mechanisms through the CEOS Data Portal.
  | Access the CEOS International Directory Network |

• Canada Center for Remote Sensing (CCRS) uses parts of the International Directory Network (IDN), customized to meet the requirements of GOFC-GOLD scientists. The portal allows users to browse the directory and search several distributed databases.
  | Access GOFC-GOLD Data Portal |

• NASA/GSFC provides a free-text search portal which allows the user to retrieve data sets that contain words or phrases specified by the user that can appear anywhere in the data set description. NASA/GSFC also offers a keyword search portal. It represents a virtual subset of the IDN collection that contains the data sets for the particular portal requested.
  | Access GOFC-GOLD Free Text Portal |
  | Access GOFC-GOLD Keyword Search |

Page reviewed or revised June 20, 2007