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Landsat 8 Learning Resources
FIRMS has incorporated additional capabilities into the HLS dropdown menu of its interactive map, including four vegetation indices and the ability for user to create their own red, green, blue (RGB) image composites through the TiTiler-CMR service.
Tutorial
April 29, 2026
This three-part ARSET training covers flood monitoring via remote sensing, NASA flood products, and GEOGLOWS streamflow predictions.
Training
June 18-25, 2026
Create your own Harmonized Landsat Sentinel 2 (HLS) image composite or select from a preset list.
Tutorial
April 29, 2026
This ARSET training explores the fundamentals of thermal infrared remote sensing and some applications using ECOSTRESS data to analyze urban heat.
Training
May 26 - June 2, 2026
This ARSET training covers how to acquire, use, and derive NDVI imagery from Landsat and MODIS.
Training
Feb. 10 - March 2, 2016
This ARSET training explores how the R statistical coding language can be used to classify land cover and quantify changes in land cover over time.
Training
Feb. 24-26, 2026
This ARSET training introduces STREAM, a web tool for monitoring chlorophyll-a concentration, Secchi disk depth, and total suspended solids in inland lakes and coastal regions.
Training
Feb. 10-17, 2026
The Emergency Environmental Health Dashboard helped local communities assess water quality risks and infrastructure damage following Hurricane Helene and Tropical Storm Chantal.
Data in Action
Nov. 18, 2025
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Image for May 8, 2025, derived from OPERA's Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 Land Surface Disturbance data.
Worldview Image of the Week
May 15, 2025
Join us on Thursday, May 29, to learn about the NASA JPL OPERA Surface Displacement (OPERA-DISP) dataset and how to access and explore the data using ASF DAAC's Displacement Portal.
Webinar
May 14, 2025
Two new Earthdata tutorials guide users in accessing Landsat 8 data using the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) tool.
News
March 13, 2025
Users of NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) can now differentiate between fires caused by burning vegetation and fires from natural heat sources or industrial heat sources.
Blog
March 7, 2025
A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in February 2025.
News
March 6, 2025
These new vegetation indices offer the same near-global coverage, and 30-meter spatial resolution as the initial HLS products.
News
Feb. 19, 2025
Image captured on February 2, 2025, from the OLI instrument aboard the Landsat 8 satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Feb. 6, 2025
A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in November 2024.
News
Dec. 4, 2024
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