Scientific Databases

Open-access datasets across geoscience, physics, climate, remote sensing, and more.

🌍 Earth & Geoscience

USGS Earthquake Catalog

  • https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map
  • Global real-time earthquake data.

IRIS DMC

  • https://ds.iris.edu/ds/nodes/dmc
  • Seismic waveforms, metadata, and products.

🛰 Remote Sensing

NASA EarthData

  • https://earthdata.nasa.gov
  • MODIS, VIIRS, Landsat, climate reanalysis, etc.

ESA Copernicus Open Access Hub

  • https://scihub.copernicus.eu
  • Free Sentinel satellite data.

📡 GNSS / Geodesy

UNAVCO Data Archive

  • https://www.unavco.org
  • Raw GNSS, derived products, strain, and fault motion.

International GNSS Service (IGS)

  • https://igs.org
  • Global GNSS stations & precise ephemerides.

🌡 Climate / Atmospheric Science

NOAA Climate Data Store

  • https://www.ncei.noaa.gov
  • Temperature, precipitation, atmospheric composition, ENSO.

ECMWF ERA5

  • https://cds.climate.copernicus.eu
  • Global climate reanalysis datasets.

🧪 Chemistry / Physics

NIST Chemistry WebBook

  • https://webbook.nist.gov
  • Thermochemical and spectroscopic data.

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