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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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Thirty-meter data from the Operational Land Imager aboard Landsat 8 and 9 offer greater resolution than MODIS and VIIRS.
Feature Article
Oct. 31, 2022
This new near real-time Landsat Fire and Thermal Anomaly active fire product is the result of an ongoing collaboration by NASA LANCE/FIRMS, University of Maryland, USDA Forest Service, and USGS EROS Data Center.
Blog
Oct. 31, 2022
Our experts break down the similarities and differences of Earth observation sensors operated by NASA.
Blog
Sept. 29, 2022
Infrared data from NASA’s satellites and other sources offer researchers views of Earth’s hidden or obscured features and processes.
Feature Article
Sept. 26, 2022
Users can now integrate HLS True Color and False Color Composite Imagery from Landsat 9 in addition to Landsat 8.
Blog
Aug. 23, 2022
New data layer lets users cut through the smoke to see surface features like active fire fronts and post-fire impacts.
Feature Article
June 24, 2022
IMPACT was instrumental to a recent enhancement of NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System.
Blog
June 8, 2022
Image captured on Mar 24, 2022 by the OLI instrument aboard the Landsat 8 satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
May 19, 2022
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