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 Basics

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

Fundamentals of Remote Sensing

NASA ARSET training that provides a background on remote sensing

Maxar SecureWatch

Maxar's on-demand imagery access

Planet Overview

Presentation providing an overview of Planet and its potential applications

View-Ready (2A) Imagery

Overview and data product specifications for Maxar's view-ready imagery data

SkySat - Earth Online

SkySat mission and instrument specifications from the European Space Agency

WorldView Series

An overview of the WorldView series including links to find out more information about the WorldView mission

What is Remote Sensing?

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

Maxar Product Use Cases

Government and commercial applications of Maxar products

Planet Resources

On-demand webinars and use cases for Planet data

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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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

Sentinel-2 Missions

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

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

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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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

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

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 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)

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

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 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

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

TEMPO

The training resources below are aggregated for the TEMPO product.

TEMPO Training Resources

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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

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

PBL

The training resources below are aggregated for the PBL product.

PBL Training Resources

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