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Name Description File Type Date Published
Atmospheric Correction using Cloud & Shadow Atmospheric Correction using Cloud & Shadow PDF (3.6 mb) April 6, 2011
Atmospheric Correction Using Tafkaa Atmospheric Correction Using Tafkaa PDF (522.98 kb) April 6, 2011
GEDI L4C Gridded User Guide GEDI L4C Gridded User Guide PDF (281.48 kb) Dec. 8, 2025
HICO Data Distribution at OSU HICO Data Distribution at OSU PDF (1.42 mb) April 6, 2011
HICO Data Sets and Products HICO Data Sets and Products PDF (11.84 mb) April 6, 2011
HICO data: Life after level 1b HICO data: Life after level 1b PDF (11.89 mb) April 6, 2011
HICO Mission Planning and Operations HICO Mission Planning and Operations PDF (3.03 mb) April 6, 2011
HICO ON-ORBIT CALIBRATION AND DATA CORRECTIONS HICO ON-ORBIT CALIBRATION AND DATA CORRECTIONS PDF (2.85 mb) April 6, 2011
Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) Performance Testing and Calibration HICO User Group (HUG) Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) Performance Testing and Calibration HICO User Group (HUG) PDF (1.26 mb) April 6, 2011
ISS RapidScat Fact Sheet Summary of Facts about the ISS-RapidScat mission. PDF (963.48 kb) Sept. 8, 2014
Ocean Products and Atmospheric Removal in APS Ocean Products and Atmospheric Removal in APS PDF (6.05 mb) April 6, 2011
Ocean Products Using a Look-Up-Table Approach Ocean Products Using a Look-Up-Table Approach PDF (13.66 mb) April 6, 2011
Ocean Products Using Multispectral Algorithms Ocean Products Using Multispectral Algorithms PDF (2.06 mb) April 6, 2011
Overview of data processing to Level 1B Overview of data processing to Level 1B PDF (541.3 kb) April 6, 2011
Overview of the HICO Instrument Overview of the HICO Instrument PDF (5.21 mb) April 6, 2011
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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
data plot points and swaths

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
data plot points and swaths

Convert EMIT .nc to .envi

Convert from downloaded netCDF4 (.nc) format to .envi format.
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June 17, 2024
EMIT image of aquatic chlorophyll a content from the EMIT sensor acquired on February 19, 2023. Image depicts a portion of the Mississippi River delta south-southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, US

Work With EMIT L2B Mineralogy

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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July 7, 2024
image collage of satellite data images of Earth

Generate Methane Spectral Fingerprint

Extract Radiance Spectra and build an in-plume/out-of-plume ratio to compare with CH4 absorption coefficient.
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June 17, 2024
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Pictured is satellite imagery of portions of Montana, Idaho, and Wyoming. Portions of the map are colored blue for areas of EMIT and SAR data masking. Yellow where there is landing cover masking. Red where high-resolution model training was used. Dots for training point data. And white to show the total area of analysis extent.

Homing In On the Range

USGS researchers found NASA’s imaging spectroscopy satellite data could significantly improve identification of vegetation types across rangelands.
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June 25, 2026
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