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Monitoring Aquatic Vegetation with Remote Sensing

This ARSET training introduces how to use remote sensing and spectrometry to monitor aquatic and coastal vegetation.

Training

July 12-19, 2022

Humanitarian Applications Using NASA Earth Observations

This ARSET training focuses on using NASA data products for monitoring human settlements and landscapes during armed conflict and forced displacement.

Training

June 14-23, 2022

Applications of Remote Sensing-Based Evapotranspiration Data Products for Agricultural and Water Resource Management

This ARSET training focuses on introducing evapotranspiration (ET) products derived from remote sensing observations.

Training

June 1-15, 2022

Learn How to View and Download Data from LAADS DAAC

Join us to learn how to search and order datasets from NASA's Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center (LAADS DAAC). Subsetting, reprojection, and data output post-processing operations in the Find Data tool will also be featured.

Webinar

May 18, 2022

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ORNL DAAC's MODIS and VIIRS Data Tools and Services at your Fingertips

Join us to learn how to discover, subset, access and visualize both MODIS and VIIRS data products using a suite of user-friendly tools developed by NASA's ORNL DAAC.

Webinar

April 19, 2022

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Discover NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)

Through NASA FIRMS, users can interactively view fire data via the Fire Map, search for both VIIRS and MODIS active fires/hotspots and sign-up to receive automated Fire Email Alerts for their geographic areas of interest. Join us to learn more!

Webinar

April 19, 2022

A New Era for Gridded Passive Microwave Data at NASA's NSIDC DAAC

Satellite passive microwave sensors provide particularly useful Earth observations as they can 'see’ through clouds and collect measurements both day and night. Join us to learn more about a new, enhanced-resolution passive microwave dataset!

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April 19, 2022

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R You Ready to Python? An Introduction to Working with Land Remote Sensing Data in R and Python

Want to learn how to use R and Python to work with remote sensing data? Join us as we demonstrate how to perform basic data preparation, processing, computation, and visualization techniques using ASTER and VIIRS Surface Reflectance data.

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April 18, 2022

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The eruption of Chaitén Volcano in Chile in May 2008 triggered dramatic lightning displays, illuminating the ash and smoke plume.

Experiment in the Sky

A train of satellites follows the atmospheric effects of a volcanic eruption.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

A prolonged drought across Texas desiccates plants and dries up livestock watering holes. (Courtesy AgriLife Today)

Drought on the Range

Ranchers want to know what to do about dry spells.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

A Bedouin shepherd tends his sheep amid a parched landscape in Syria. (Courtesy J. Werner)

Crisis in the Crescent

Drought turns the Fertile Crescent into a dust bowl.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

Honeybees are helping remote sensing scientists understand how earlier spring arrival might affect plant-pollinator relationships.

Clues in the Nectar

Honeybees signal a worrisome trend in plant-pollinator relationships.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

A blue-green algal bloom on Lake Taihu, China, threatened drinking water supplies.

Cleaner Water from Space

Scientists use satellites to help keep water fit to drink.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

In this photograph, taken eleven years after the Charlton Fire in Oregon’s Willamette National Forest, a majority of snags still stand while gradually new vegetation is recovering.

Burned But Not Forgotten

Decades after a fire, high-elevation forests still shape a climate.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES) Ocean Validation Experiment (COVE) lighthouse site lies fifteen miles east of Chesapeake Bay, in the Atlantic Ocean

A Speck on the Ocean

A lonely platform at sea helps balance Earth's energy budget.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

An unusual area of open water surrounded by persistent ice, captured in this MODIS image in mid-September, appeared during the melt season.

Arctic Sea Ice on the Wane: Now What?

Scientists have determined that Arctic sea ice is on the decline, leading to questions about future climate.

Feature Article

Dec. 27, 2020

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Aqua Learning Resources

Monitoring Aquatic Vegetation with Remote Sensing

Humanitarian Applications Using NASA Earth Observations

Applications of Remote Sensing-Based Evapotranspiration Data Products for Agricultural and Water Resource Management

Learn How to View and Download Data from LAADS DAAC

ORNL DAAC's MODIS and VIIRS Data Tools and Services at your Fingertips

Discover NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS)

A New Era for Gridded Passive Microwave Data at NASA's NSIDC DAAC

R You Ready to Python? An Introduction to Working with Land Remote Sensing Data in R and Python

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Experiment in the Sky

Drought on the Range

Crisis in the Crescent

Clues in the Nectar

Cleaner Water from Space

Burned But Not Forgotten

A Speck on the Ocean

Arctic Sea Ice on the Wane: Now What?

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