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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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

CSDA Vendor - Planet

Information about accessing Planet data through NASA

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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What is Remote Sensing?

NASA Earthdata's tutorial on remotely sensed data including orbits, sensors, and spatial resolutions

Harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 Data

Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) application example using HLS

HLSS30 v2.0

Data set landing page for the HLS Sentinel-2 Multi-spectral Instrument Surface Reflectance Daily Global 30m (HLSS30) product

Spectral Indices for Land and Aquatic Applications

NASA ARSET tutorial for calculating spectral indices from Landsat 9 OLI-2, Sentinel-2 MSI, and Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) data

From Pixels to Products: An Overview of Satellite Remote Sensing

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

Common Landsat Band RGB Composites

True and false color combinations using HLS

HLS Algorithm Theoretical Basis Document

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

Landsat Science

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 and Sentinel-2 (HLS) product

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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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

NSIDC Data Tutorials

Various open-source NSIDC data tutorials for easier access to ICESat-2 data

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

The Basics of LiDAR - Light Detection and Ranging - Remote Sensing

NSF's foundational information about LiDAR remote sensing

icepyx: Python tools for obtaining and working with ICESat-2 data

Open-source resource library for working with ICESat-2 data

ICESat-2 Data

ICESat-2 data products available through NSIDC including Quick Look products

Volcanic Hazards

Using ICESat-2 to mitigate volcanic events

ICESat-2 Mission Page

ICESat-2's mission landing page with links to other relevant resources

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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Pandora Products

Overview of the Pandora data products by retrieval type

Spectroscopy and Remote Sensing

An introduction to basic concepts in spectroscopy and remote sensing

Using networked Pandora observations to capture spatiotemporal changes in total column ozone associated with stratosphere-to-troposphere transport

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

Pandonia Global Network (PGN) Reports

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

What is Spectroscopy?

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

NASA CASEI - Pandora

CASEI's list of NASA Pandora data products 

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

Sulfur dioxide (SO2) vertical column density measurements by Pandora spectrometer over the Canadian oil sands

Article describing the use and analysis of SO2 vertical column densities retrieved by the Pandora spectral Sun photometer in Fort McKay, Alberta, Canada, from 2013 to 2015

Earthdata Search Pandora Data Products

NASA datasets utilizing the Pandora instrument

HLS-VI

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

HLS-VI Training Resources

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Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2: A Harmonized Surface Reflectance Product

Background on the HLS Processing Algorithms and Data Products

Spectral Indices for Land and Aquatic Applications

NASA ARSET tutorial for calculating spectral indices from Landsat 9 Operational Land Imager-2 (OLI-2), Sentinel-2 MultiSpectral Instrument (MSI), and Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) data

Earthdata Search HLS Data Collections

List of HLS data collections from Earthdata Search

Understanding Phenology with Remote Sensing

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

Data - Harmonized Landsat Sentinel 2

Provides information on ways to access Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) data and includes information on the HLS Vegetation Index Suite

Remote Sensing Phenology

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

Harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 Time Series Data to Detect Irrigated Areas: An Application in Southern Italy

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

The Role of Remote Sensing in Vegetation Studies

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

Harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 Data

Visualizations of harmonized Landsat 8 and Sentinel-2 NDVI data

Landsat Science

Overview of the Landsat mission series that is used in the development of the Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) products

TEMPO

The training resources below are aggregated for the TEMPO product.

TEMPO Training Resources

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Remote Sensing of Trace Gases

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

TEMPO/GOES NRT SNWG Product Fact Sheet

SNWG fact sheet for the TEMPO/GOES Near Real-Time products including information such as data parameters and other data specifications

TEMPO: A New Era of Air Quality Monitoring from Space

Article detailing the EPA's role in the TEMPO mission

Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Mission

Background on the TEMPO mission

TEMPO Early Adopters Program: Applications

Overview of TEMPO application areas outlined by the TEMPO Early Adopters Program

TEMPO Mission Brochure

Overview of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission, instrument, data products, and applications

Stratosphere - Troposphere Separation of Nitrogen Dioxide Columns from the TEMPO Geostationary Satellite Instrument

Analysis of the TEMPO stratosphere - troposphere separation algorithm for nitrogen dioxide

TEMPO: A Revolutionary Instrument for Measuring Air Pollution

Summary of the TEMPO instrument and its impacts on air quality monitoring (video)

STAQs - Synergistic TEMPO Air Quality Science Mission

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

TEMPO Fact Sheet

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

PBL

The training resources below are aggregated for the PBL product.

PBL Training Resources

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What is Radio Occultation?

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

Estimation of Daytime Planetary Boundary Layer Height (PBLH) over the Tropics and Subtropics Using COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7 GNSS-RO Measurements

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

ARSET - Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

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

Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL)

Overview of the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) decadal survey

Planetary Boundary Layer Incubation

Overview of the NASA PBL Incubation program

The NASA PBL Incubation Study Team Report: Toward A Global Planetary Boundary Layer Observing System

Detailed report on the targeted observables for the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) Incubation program

Spire Global Positioning System Radio Occultation (GPS-RO) & Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation (GNSS-RO)

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

Passive Sensors

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

Applications of Geostationary Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder Observations: Progress, Challenges, and Future Perspectives

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

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