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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Exploring the Use of PlanetScope Data for Particulate Matter Air Quality Research

Sample application using PlanetScope data for air quality research

CSDA Vendor - Maxar

Information about accessing Maxar high-resolution satellite data through NASA

CSDA Commercial Datasets

Information about accessing commercial data products through CSDA

WorldView-3 Data Sheet

Technical specifications of WorldView-3 including items such as launch and orbit information

PlanetScope

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

Coastal Wetland Shoreline Change Monitoring

Application example using WorldView satellite imagery to monitor shoreline change in coastal wetlands

Assessing within-Field Corn and Soybean Yield Variability from WorldView-3, Planet, Sentinel-2, and Landsat 8 Satellite Imagery

Sample application using PlanetScope imagery to assess crop yield variability

Maxar - Archive Search & Discovery

Maxar's search and discovery tool for viewing available data

Resources for Planet Users

Open source tools for Planet data users

WorldView-4 Data Sheet

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

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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Understanding Phenology with 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)

SNWG fact sheet for the HLS product including information such as temporal resolution 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

Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS)

Overview of HLS with links to additional resources

Land Cover Classification with Satellite Imagery

NASA ARSET tutorial for conducting land cover classification using satellite imagery

Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

NASA ARSET training that provides a background on remote sensing

STAC API

Details about the SpatioTemporal Asset Catalog (STAC) which can be used to query and subset HLS products

HLSL30 v2.0

Data set landing page for the HLS Operational Land Imager Surface Reflectance and TOA Brightness Daily Global 30m (HLSL30) 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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ICESat-2 | Earthdata

Earthdata page for ICESat-2 Quick Look data products

ICESat-2

Overview of the ICESat-2 mission including data stories and links to other relevant information

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 Quick Look Products

ICESat-2 Quick Look products available through Earthdata Search

FAQs on ICESat-2 quick looks

Help article to learn about what ICESat-2 quick look data products are and how to find them

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

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 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

Weekly cloud free Harmonized Landsat Sentinel (HLS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) estimates for western United States (2016-2019)

Weekly cloud-free Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI) estimates from 2016 to 2019 for mapping ecological conditions in the western United States

Sentinel-2 Mission Guide

Details of the Sentinel-2 mission

HLS Overview

Overview of the Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) Project

Exploring NASA's Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 Dataset to Monitor Deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest

Use of HLS to monitor deforestation in the Amazon Rainforest using NDVI, EVI, GEMI, and SAVI vegetation indices

Landsat with Sentinel: Global Coverage

Visualizations of the combined orbits of Landsat 8/9 and Sentinel-2

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

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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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

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

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