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EMIT Imaging Spectrometer Resources

Earthdata resources for users working with NASA’s Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) Imaging Spectrometer include tutorials and other learning resources, news announcements, and frequently asked questions.

The EMIT Imaging Spectrometer Learning Resources listed below are available on the EMIT Data Resources GitHub repository which provides guides and Python tutorials to help users access and work with EMIT data. This repository is public and open to contributions.

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VITALS GitHub Repository

This repository provides Python Jupyter notebook examples to help users work with VSWIR and TIR data from the EMIT and ECOSTRESS missions.
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Oct. 17, 2023
The mineral map shows an area of southwestern Libya in the Sahara Desert observed by NASA's Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation (EMIT) mission

Use EMIT Quality Data

Build a mask using an EMIT L2A Mask file and apply it to an L2A Reflectance file.
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June 17, 2024
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Orthorectify EMIT Data

Use the geometry lookup table (GLT) included with the EMIT netCDF4 file to project on a geospatial grid (EPSG:4326).
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June 17, 2024
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