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Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF) Observations for Assessing Vegetation Changes Related to Floods, Drought, and Fire Impacts

This ARSET training discusses the use of a remote sensing measure of photosynthesis to study the impact of extreme weather on cropland and ecosystems.

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Oct. 15-29, 2025

Applications of Carbon Dioxide Measurements for Climate-Related Studies

This ARSET training provides an in-depth review of OCO-2 and OCO-3 measurements along with demonstrations of case-studies.

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July 9-16, 2024

Aplicaciones de Mediciones de Dióxido de Carbono para Estudios Relacionados con el Clima

Esta capacitación de ARSET hace un repaso profundo de las mediciones de OCO-2 y OCO-3 junto con demostraciones de estudios de caso.

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July 9-16, 2024

Measuring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Space in Support of Climate Related Studies

This ARSET training provides an overview of atmospheric carbon dioxide measurements from space with the OCO-2 and OCO-3 satellite missions.

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May 24 - June 2, 2022

Medición del Dióxido de Carbono Atmosférico desde el Espacio en Apoyo a los Estudios Relacionados Con el Clima

Esta capacitación de ARSET cubre mediciones de CO₂ atmosférico desde el espacio con las misiones OCO-2 y OCO-3.

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May 24 - June 2, 2022

Atmospheric CO2 and CH4 Budgets to Support the Global Stocktake

This ARSET training introduces bottom-up and top-down methods for tracking emissions and removals of carbon dioxide and methane from the atmosphere.

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May 11-25, 2022

El Uso de la Fluorescencia Inducida por el Sol y Lidar para Evaluar los Cambios y la Vulnerabilidad de la Vegetación

Esta capacitación de ARSET cubre fundamentos de Fluorescencia Inducida por energía Solar y LIDAR, y fuentes de datos.

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March 16-25, 2021

Use of Solar Induced Fluorescence and Lidar to Assess Vegetation Change and Vulnerability

This ARSET training covers the fundamentals of solar induced fluorescence and lidar, their applications, and an overview of different data sources.

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March 16-25, 2021

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A view of Queensland, Australia, the study area from Pringle and others (2018) showing the Enhanced Vegetation Index (EVI) layer from the Terra MODIS Vegetation Indices data product during the austral summer 2017

Learn to Use Solar Induced Fluorescence Data to Assess Changes in Vegetation

This training, offered by NASA's ARSET program, explores how solar induced fluorescence is used to assess changes in vegetation in regard to droughts, floods, and fires.

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Sept. 15, 2025

A piece of a larger IceBridge Digital Mapping Sensor (DMS) Level 3 Ames Stereo Pipeline Orthorectified Image.

Earth Science Data Roundup: September 2025

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

Dr. Róisín Commane

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Róisín Commane, to study the effects of terrestrial pollution on the atmosphere’s chemical composition.

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Brian Knosp

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Brian Knosp, to improve Earth observing data products and systems.

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Dec. 22, 2020

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Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF) Observations for Assessing Vegetation Changes Related to Floods, Drought, and Fire Impacts

Applications of Carbon Dioxide Measurements for Climate-Related Studies

Aplicaciones de Mediciones de Dióxido de Carbono para Estudios Relacionados con el Clima

Measuring Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide from Space in Support of Climate Related Studies

Medición del Dióxido de Carbono Atmosférico desde el Espacio en Apoyo a los Estudios Relacionados Con el Clima

Atmospheric CO2 and CH4 Budgets to Support the Global Stocktake

El Uso de la Fluorescencia Inducida por el Sol y Lidar para Evaluar los Cambios y la Vulnerabilidad de la Vegetación

Use of Solar Induced Fluorescence and Lidar to Assess Vegetation Change and Vulnerability

OCO-2 Spectrometer News

Learn to Use Solar Induced Fluorescence Data to Assess Changes in Vegetation

Earth Science Data Roundup: September 2025

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