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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.
EMIT Imaging Spectrometer Learning Resources
Convert from downloaded netCDF4 (.nc) format to .envi format.
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GitHub Repository
June 17, 2024
Work with the EMIT L2B Mineral Identification Band Depth and Uncertainty Data and aggregate individual spectral library constituents into the EMIT-10 minerals and estimate abundance.
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GitHub Repository
July 7, 2024
Explore EMIT L2A Reflectance data using interactive plots.
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GitHub Repository
June 17, 2024
Extract Radiance Spectra and build an in-plume/out-of-plume ratio to compare with CH4 absorption coefficient.
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GitHub Repository
June 17, 2024
Find EMIT L2B CH4 Plume Data and build a time series of CH4 plume complexes.
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GitHub Repository
Oct. 31, 2024
A walkthrough to set up QGIS to stream cloud-optimized GeoTIFF files from NASA Earthdata.
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GitHub Repository
June 25, 2024
A thorough walkthrough for using Earthdata Search to find and download EMIT data.
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GitHub Repository
June 6, 2024
Use the earthaccess Python library to find EMIT L2B Mineral Identification Band Depth and Uncertainty data.
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GitHub Repository
June 28, 2024
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A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in August 2025.
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Sept. 4, 2025
Join us for a two-day webinar covering the fundamentals necessary to work with NASA's high-spectral resolution land-based Earth observation data from NASA's EMIT, ECOSTRESS, and PACE missions.
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July 14, 2025
A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in May 2025.
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June 12, 2025
The VITALS 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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Feb. 3, 2025
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