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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Satellite Imagery Products | Planet

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

WorldView-1 Data Sheet

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

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

WorldView-3 Satellite Maps Methane Plumes at Very High Spatial Resolution

Application example using WorldView-3 to map methane plumes

USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to Use Planet Basemaps to Support their 2021 Growing Season Assessment

Sample application using Planet Basemaps to complete a growing season assessment

ESA WorldView Data Products

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

Planet Imagery Product Specifications

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

WorldView-2 Data Sheet

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

Planet | Insights - Our Constellations

Planet's description of their satellite constellations

New in CSDA: High Resolution Digital Elevation Models

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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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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ICESat-2 Applications

Presentation slides describing potential applications of ICESat-2 data

ICESat-2 SNWG Product Fact Sheet

Fact sheet for the ICESat-2 Quick Look products including information such as spatial resolution and temporal coverage

ICESat-2 Mission Brochure

Mission brochure with general ICESat-2 information

Space Lasers

Overview of the Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument on the ICESat-2 platform

Mapping and Monitoring Lakes and Reservoirs with Satellite Observations

NASA ARSET tutorial that presents a case study for monitoring water level height with ICESat-2

OpenAltimetry

The OpenAltimetry tool is used for browsing ICESat and ICESat-2 data

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

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

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 SO₂vertical 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

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)

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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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

TEMPO Early Adopters Program Workshop Events

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

TEMPO Synthetic Data

Access to synthetic TEMPO Level 2 data products

Passive Sensors

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

What is Spectroscopy?

Overview of spectroscopy, the measurement technique used by TEMPO

TEMPO Proxy Data

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