New AWS Public Datasets Available from Facebook, Yale, Allen Institute for Brain Science, NOAA, and others

New AWS Public Datasets Available from Facebook, Yale, Allen Institute for Brain Science, NOAA, and others. 

9 new or updated AWS Public Datasets are now available in the following categories:

Biology:

• The Allen Brain Observatory has been expanded to include 100TB of neurophysiology data representing tens of thousands of neurons in the mouse visual system from Allen Institute for Brain Science.

Environmental:

• Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) 16 & 17 Fire Detection and Characterization data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
  
• Global Hydro Estimator (GHE) Instantaneous Rain Rate product from NOAA.

Geospatial:

• 2018 Classified Point Cloud LiDAR of Washington, DC from the District of Columbia Office of the Chief Technology Officer.
  
• High Resolution Population Density Maps + Demographic Estimates by the Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) at Columbia University and Facebook.

Meteorological:

• Integrated Surface Database (ISD) from the NOAA.
  
• Global Historical Climatology Network Hourly (GHCN-H) from NOAA.
  
• National Water Model Short Range Forecast and Reanalysis version 2.0 from NOAA.

Robotics:

• Yale-Carnegie Mellon University-Berkeley (YCB) Object and Model Set.

The AWS Public Dataset Program covers the cost of storage for publicly available high-value cloud-optimized datasets. We work with data providers who seek to:

• Democratize access to data by making it available for analysis on AWS.
  
• Develop new cloud-native techniques, formats, and tools that lower the cost of working with data.
  
• Encourage the development of communities that benefit from access to shared datasets.