Training Resources

The Stakeholder Engagement Program (SEP) curates relevant training resources focused on how to access and use 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.

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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WorldView-4 Data Sheet

Technical specifications of WorldView-4 including items such as launch and orbit information

PlanetScope - Earth Online

PlanetScope mission and instrument specifications from the European Space Agency

Counting Trees in Africa's Drylands

Application example using Maxar imagery to count trees in Africa's drylands

Automated DEM generation from very-high-resolution Planet SkySat triplet stereo and video imagery

Sample application generating automated DEMs from Planet SkySat imagery

NASA ARSET training that provides a background on remote sensing

Sentinel Hub WorldView Data Access

Source provides instructions for acquiring WorldView data access through Sentinel Hub

CSDA Smallsat Data Explorer

Tools for searching and accessing commercial Smallsat data acquired by NASA

Maxar Product Overview

Overview of data products available through Maxar

SkySat

Planet's overview of the SkySat constellation including information about its sensors and data products

Satellite Imagery Basics

Maxar's resources for learning the foundational aspects of satellite imagery

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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HLS Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document

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

Landsat

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

Creating and Using NDVI from Satellite Imagery

NASA ARSET tutorial for creating vegetation indices from satellite imagery

HLS User Guide

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

Sentinel-2 Missions

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

Understanding Phenology Using Remote Sensing

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.

HLS SNWG Product Fact Sheet (PDF)

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

Landsat with Sentinel: Global Coverage

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

Techniques for Wildfire Detection and Monitoring

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

Getting Started with Cloud-Native HLS Data in Python

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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About ICESat-2

Overview of the ICESat-2 mission including helpful videos

Hacking ICESat-2: How an Open Science Workshop Helped Scientists Wrangle Big Data

Overview of the ICESat-2 Hackweek

The Fundamentals of LiDAR

NASA ARSET's overview of LiDAR remote sensing

Earthdata Search

ICESat-2 data available through Earthdata Search

ICESat-2 Data Usher in a New Age of Exploration

Description of data from ICESat-2

ICESat-2 Hackweek Learning Resources

Resources from the ICESat-2 Hackweek

Sensing Our Earth from Above

Background information about LiDAR remote sensing from NASA Langley Research Center

ICESat-2 Data Access and Services

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

ICESat-2 Data Products

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

Wildfires

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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What is Spectroscopy?

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

Pandonia Global Network (PGN) Pandora Data Visualizations

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

Passive Sensors

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

Earthdata Search Pandora Data Products

NASA datasets utilizing the Pandora instrument

Pandora Project

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

Pandonia Global Network (PGN) Pandora Data

Access to PGN (Pandonia Global Network) Pandora station data

Pandora Spectrometer System

Details about the Pandora instrument, its campaign involvement, and its data products

Evaluating Sentinel-5P TROPOMI tropospheric NO2 column densities with airborne and Pandora spectrometers near New York City and Long Island Sound

Use of Pandora spectrometers to measure tropospheric column NO2 for the evaluation of Sentinel-5P TROPOMI NO2 products during the Long Island Sound Tropospheric Ozone Study (LISTOS)

Pandora Instrument Components

Hardware specifications for each version of the Pandora instrument design

The first evaluation of formaldehyde column observations by improved Pandora spectrometers during the KORUS-AQ field study

Use of Pandora spectrometers for formaldehyde observations during the Korea-United States Air Quality Study (KORUS-AQ)

HLS-VI

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

HLS-VI Training Resources

TEMPO

The training resources below are aggregated for the TEMPO product.

TEMPO Training Resources

PBL

The training resources below are aggregated for the PBL product.

PBL Training Resources

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Jun 1, 2023

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