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LP DAAC Learning Resources

Explore webinars, trainings, tutorials, and other learning resources from NASA’s Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC). Learn how to discover, access, process, and apply Earth science data from platforms and instruments such as MODIS, ASTER, VIIRS, GEDI, ECOSTRESS, EMIT, and HLS.
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LP DAAC maintains a collection of dataset and topic-specific GitHub repositories that include step-by-step tutorials, scripts, guides, and example workflows for getting started with LP DAAC data. Users can browse available resources in the LP DAAC Data Resources GitHub repository, which serves as a central hub and provides links to additional LP DAAC–maintained GitHub repositories for specific datasets and topics. 

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Three-panel figure comparing EMIT and PACE OCI observations over a wildfire region in southeastern Australia. The left panel shows a high-resolution stretched RGB EMIT image with detailed terrain, vegetation, burn scars, and surrounding agricultural fields. The center panel displays surface reflectance spectra for a selected location (approximately 142.3°E, 37.0°S), comparing EMIT pre-fire and post-fire observations (solid green and orange lines) with corresponding PACE OCI pre-fire and post-fire observatio

Processing PACE and EMIT Data

This tutorial will demonstrate how to preprocess the EMIT and PACE reflectance data so that they can be used together to investigate science questions. Using the emit_tools and pace_tools modules, the data are orthorectified, geolocated, merged where needed, and resampled onto a common grid, enabling direct comparison of observations from the two sensors.
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July 14, 2026
The folium map above highlights the differences in the observation footprints of the two instruments while clearly showing where each EMIT granule falls within its corresponding PACE OCI granule. For the observations on November 14, 2024, the EMIT granules are located near the center of the PACE OCI granule and collectively cover the full extent of the park. In contrast, most of the other EMIT granules lie near the edges of their paired OCI granules.

Find Colocated PACE and EMIT Data

This tutorial demonstrates how to find colocated EMIT and PACE Ocean Color Instrument (OCI) granules using the earthaccess Python library.
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July 14, 2026
ASTER Level 2 Surface Kinetic Temperature (AST_08) over Kīlauea Crater, Hawaii, acquired on 2025-08-09 at 07:30:32 UTC. The image shows a semi-transparent thermal overlay on an Esri satellite basemap. A concentrated hotspot of temperatures exceeding 100°C is visible near the center of the crater floor, displayed in deep red, surrounded by a gradient of orange and yellow tones indicating elevated but cooler surface temperatures. The surrounding terrain shows ambient temperatures near 0°C. The spatial ex

Exploring AST 08 Surface Kinetic Temperature

This Jupyter Notebook shows users how to find, access, process and display ASTER Level-2 Surface Kinetic Temperature (AST_08) data.
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May 14, 2026
False‑color composite (ASTER bands 4, 6, and 8) of Railroad Valley, Nevada, showing a bright, irregular salt‑flat basin surrounded by dark, rugged mountain terrain.

Exploring ASTER L1T Radiance

This Jupyter Notebook shows users how to find and access ASTER Level-1 Precision Terrain Corrected Registered at Sensor Radiance (AST_L1T) data.
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May 8, 2026
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