Training Resources

The Stakeholder Engagement Program (SEP) curates relevant training resources focused on how to access and use Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) products for both first-time users and those more experienced. For each product, resources are aggregated into the following categories: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing, Missions and Instruments, Data Products and Descriptions, Data Access and Code Examples, and Use Case and Application Examples.

The most frequently identified training need across the Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) 2022 survey submissions was for “Training in Cloud Use.” For information about cloud-specific training resources, please see Training in Cloud Use (PDF).

Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science (CASEI)

To learn more about CASEI and access the catalog, visit https://impact.earthdata.nasa.gov/casei/.

Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program

The training resources below are aggregated for Commercial Smallsat data (Planet and Maxar). For more information about accessing commercial data, visit the CSDA Smallsat Data Explorer.

CSDA Training Resources

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Planet's summary of available products such as the Planet Basemaps and Planet Analytic Feeds

Technical specifications of WorldView-1 including items such as launch and orbit information

Presentation by Dr. Sundar Christopher at NASA IMPACT providing an overview of satellite remote sensing

Application example using WorldView-3 to map methane plumes

Sample application using Planet Basemaps to complete a growing season assessment

WorldView data products available through the European Space Agency (ESA)

Planet's imagery product specifications including product attributes and processing information

Technical specifications of WorldView-2 including items such as launch and orbit information

Planet's description of their satellite constellations

CSDA and the Polar Geospatial Center's application of Maxar imagery to create high-resolution DEMs

Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS)

The training resources below are aggregated for the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) product. You can directly access HLS data here: HLSS30v2.0, HLSL30v2.0.

HLS Training Resources

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Description of the algorithm used to develop the Harmonized Landsat/Sentinel-2 Reflectance dataset

Overview of the Landsat mission series that is used in the development of HLS

NASA ARSET tutorial for creating vegetation indices from satellite imagery

User guide for the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) product

Overview of the Sentinel-2 mission that is used in the development of HLS

NASA ARSET tutorial for using remote sensing to understand phenology: the study of life cycle events. Crop and vegetation phenology is a potential application for HLS.

Fact sheet for the HLS product including items such as revisit time and spatial coverage

Resource describes the benefits of a combined Landsat Sentinel product with helpful visualizations

NASA ARSET tutorial for wildfire detection and monitoring using remotely sensed data. Burn scar mapping is a potential application for HLS.

Python tutorial for working with HLS data products

Ice, Cloud & Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) Quick Look Products

The training resources below are aggregated for the ICESat-2 Quick Look products. You can directly access these data here: ICESat-2 Quick Look.

ICESat-2 Training Resources

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Overview of the ICESat-2 mission including helpful videos

NASA ARSET's overview of LiDAR remote sensing

ICESat-2 data available through Earthdata Search

Description of data from ICESat-2

Resources from the ICESat-2 Hackweek

Background information about LiDAR remote sensing from NASA Langley Research Center

NASA ARSET's tutorial for accessing ICESat-2 data and using associated services for data visualization

List of ICESat-2 data products including links to data set landing pages and ATBDs

Using ICESat-2 to monitor wildfire hazard potential

Observation Products for End-Users for Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA)

Please note that OPERA products are still in development. For more information regarding the products' release dates and accessing the data, visit the following site: OPERA Products. To access training resources for the OPERA products, refer to activities hosted by OPERA's Stakeholder Engagement Program

Air Quality

The training resources below are aggregated for the Air Quality Forecasts and Distributed Pandora Sensors product. You can directly access Pandora station data here: http://blickv.pandonia-global-network.org/.

Air Quality Training Resources

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Overview of the Pandora data products by retrieval type

An introduction to basic concepts in spectroscopy and remote sensing

Use of Pandora systems within the Pandonia Global Network (PGN) for total column ozone observations

Technical documentation for the Pandonia Global Network (PGN), a network of Pandora sensors distributed globally to assist with satellite validation efforts

Overview of spectroscopy, the measurement technique used by the Pandora spectrometer system

Pandora station data visualizations for the PGN (Pandonia Global Network)

An overview of passive sensors used for remote sensing of NASA Earth science data, including spectrometers

NASA datasets utilizing the Pandora instrument

The Pandora Project home page that provides links to other relevant resources

Access to PGN (Pandonia Global Network) Pandora station data

HLS-VI

The training resources below are aggregated for the HLS-VI product.

HLS-VI Training Resources

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Background on the HLS Processing Algorithms and Data Products

List of HLS data collections from Earthdata Search

Training on the use of NASA remote sensing data for mapping vegetation health and seasonal patterns

HLS data access index

Web resource that provides information about phenology, both ground-based and via remote sensing

Use of images from the HLS dataset to map the extent of irrigated areas in Southern Italy

An overview of remote sensing and how it can be used for studying vegetation

Visualizations of harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 NDVI data

An overview of the Landsat mission

HLS NDVI estimates from 2016 to 2019 for mapping ecological conditions in the western United States

TEMPO

The training resources below are aggregated for the TEMPO product.

TEMPO Training Resources

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A mission to integrate TEMPO satellite observations with traditional air quality monitoring to improve understanding of air quality science and increase societal benefit

Background on the TEMPO mission including science questions, mission organization, and instrument capabilities

TEMPO workshop materials provided by the TEMPO Early Adopters Program covering mission updates, applications, data products, tools, and resources

Access to synthetic TEMPO Level 2 data products

An overview of passive sensors used for remote sensing of NASA Earth science data, including spectrometers

Overview of spectroscopy, the measurement technique used by TEMPO

Summary and animation of TEMPO proxy data with access to a visualization tool by NASA SPoRT

Training on the use of remote sensing data for monitoring atmospheric trace gasses

Article detailing the EPA's role in the TEMPO mission

PBL

The training resources below are aggregated for the PBL product.

PBL Training Resources

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Overview of GPS-RO and GNSS-RO techniques for weather observations by Spire; Spire GNSS-RO data may be used in the merged PBL product suite

Overview of passive sensors used for remote sensing of NASA Earth science data, including spectrometers

Overview of geostationary hyperspectral infrared sounder (GeoHIS) applications, including boundary layer observations

A brief video detailing how radio occultation is used for weather forecasting

Using Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) Radio Occultation (RO) to estimate Planetary Boundary Layer Height (PBLH)

A series of webinar trainings to provide basic information about the fundamentals of remote sensing

Overview of the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) decadal survey

Overview of the NASA PBL Incubation program

Detailed report on the targeted observables for the PBL Incubation program

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