Geophysics: Geophysics Data

Tools and tips to find literature on topics in geophysics

Get Geophysics Data

Explore databases and data portals to find geophysical data. Below is just a small selection of data resources available publicly or through the library's subscriptions.

DataONE : data observation network for Earth
Data Observation Network for Earth (DataONE) is the foundation of new innovative environmental science through a distributed framework and sustainable cyberinfrastructure that meets the needs of science and society for open, persistent, robust, and secure access to well-described and easily discovered Earth observational data. Supported by the U.S. National Science Foundation (Phase 1 Grant #ACI-0830944, Phase 2 Grant #ACI-1430508) as one of the initial DataNets, DataONE will ensure the preservation, access, use and reuse of multi-scale, multi-discipline, and multi-national science data via three primary cyberinfrastucture elements and a broad education and outreach program. Includes also DataONE: Best Practices and the data search interface ONEMercury.
Earthquake search
Data on earthquakes worldwide from 2000B.C. through the current week of the Preliminary Determination of Epicenters (PDE) program. Each earthquake in the data base is detailed according to source, date, time, latitude, longitude, magnitude, intensity, and seismic-related information. An earthquake is extracted from the data base when it meets all input user-conditions.
NASA technical reports server
The NASA technical reports server is an experimental service that allows users to search the many different abstracts and technical report servers maintained by various NASA centers and programs. Specifically, it is a unified interface to many separate WAIS servers. NTRS is both a superset of the various servers, and a canonical listing of the servers.

Geophysics Data
Data resources from the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Mineral Resources program and Geology, Geophysics, and Geochemistry Science Center.
IRIS Seismic Data Access
IRIS is a consortium of over 100 US universities dedicated to the operation of science facilities for the acquisition, management, and distribution of seismological data. IRIS programs contribute to scholarly research, education, earthquake hazard mitigation, and verification of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty.
NASA Data Portal
DATA.NASA.GOV is NASA's clearinghouse site for open-data provided to the public. Tens of thousands of datasets are available for you.

The majority of dataset pages on data.nasa.gov only hold metadata for each dataset. It is common for the actual data to be held on other NASA archive sites. Data.nasa.gov will have the metadata and links to the data as it exists in those many other locations.
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) is responsible for preserving, monitoring, assessing, and providing public access to the Nation's treasure of geophysical data and information.

We provide stewardship, products, and services for geophysical data from our Sun to Earth and Earth's sea floor and solid earth environment, including Earth observations from space. Active in many international programs, we offer scientists around the world access to global databases through international exchange.