Data Chats
These short, informal discussions with scientists, managers, and members of our diverse data-user community provide personal insights into how NASA’s Earth observing data are being used around the world, along with a glimpse into how these data, products, and services may be used in the future.
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084, information systems security, technology infrastructure, impact analysis, data protection, cloud, cybersecurity, API, assessment, authorization, ATO, contingency planning, back-up systems, patch, vulnerability, risk enumeration, two-factor, hacking, ransomware, DOS attack, ISC2 credentials |
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Christopher Mishaga ESDIS Project Information Systems Security Officer |
085, new technology, ESDIS, science data, Earthdata Cloud, Cumulus, Openscapes, Harmony, Earthdata Pub, early adoption, Pangeo, OGC, AGU, working group, ACSI, Open Science, Cloud Primer, Jupyter Notebooks, A/B testing, mentor, computer engineering | ![]() |
Dr. Justin Rice
Deputy Manager for the ESDIS Project’s Science Systems Development Office |
086, CSDA, commercial small satellite data, Planet Labs, Maxar, DigitalGlobe, Spire Global Subsidiary, ISS, Teledyne Brown Engineering, DLR, DESIS, NGA, data management, RFI, RFQ, BPA, purchase agreement, Open Data policy, EULA, EarthDEM, Polar Geospatial Center |
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Alfreda Hall
Project Manager, Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program |
087, Open Science, cloud, Big Data, AGU Advances, data, software, computers, Python, netCDF, Xarray, open source, GitHub, ARCO, analysis-ready, cloud-optimized, chunking, JupyterHub, SciPy, Weibull coefficient |
Dr. Chelle Gentemann
Open Science Lead, NASA's Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program |
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088, Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2, HLS, Landsat 8, Sentinel-2A, Sentinel-2B, analysis-ready, MODIS, Aqua, Terra, VIIRS, Suomi NPP, NOAA-20, SNWG, USGS, Hydrology and Remote Sensing Laboratory, BRDF, bidirectional reflectance distribution function, COG, Cloud Optimized GeoTIFF, NEX, NASA Earth Exchange, Ames, AWS, Amazon, ESTO, AMCE, IMPACT, Marshall, crops, vegetation, water resources, merged, M30 | ![]() |
Dr. Jeffrey MasekPrincipal Investigator, Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 (HLS) Project |
089, data management, open science, IMPACT, Marshall, data lakes, data swamps, MAAP, terrestrial, biomass, multi-mission algorithm and analysis platform, Jupyter Notebooks, NISAR, SWOT, open source software, GitHub, APT, algorithm publication tool, ATBD, theoretical basis document, altmetrics, ExoPAG, Exoplanet Exploration Program Analysis Group |
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Kaylin BugbeeNASA data manager and member of NASA’s Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT) |
090, SLC, Sea Level Change, Sentinel-6, Michael Freilich, ocean altimetry, hydrology, PO.DAAC, NSIDC DAAC, oceanography, glaciology, sea height, gravity, GRACE, TOPEX, Poseidon, Jason, global mean sea level, ice sheet, flooding | ![]() |
Dr. Carmen BoeningPrincipal Investigator for NASA’s Sea Level Change portal |
091, cloud computing, EOSDIS operations, high-volume data missions, DAACs, data ingest, archive, distribution, preservation, provenance, metadata curation, development, maintenance, tools, services, working groups, | ![]() |
Drew KittelESDIS Science Operations Office Manager |
092, commercial cloud, computing, technical requirements, software engineering, data, services, Pangeo, ACCESS, data ingest, distribution, analytics, archive, management, ExCEL, NGAP, PaaS, IaaS, cloud evolution, Amazon, CMR, CSPO, | ![]() |
Mark McInerneyESDIS Deputy Project Manager-Technical |
093, systems architecture, NISAR, SWOT, data volume, DAACs, GIBS, services, transformations, extractions, mosaicking, reformatting, regridding, Cumulus, machine learning, | ![]() |
Katie BaynesEOSDIS System Architect |
094, system architect, high-volume data missions, ingest, archive, distribution, CMR, Earthdata Search, metrics, NISAR, SWOT, data volume, growth, MAAP, lidar, SAR, Big Data, Cumulus, analysis-in-place, analysis-ready, AODS, analytics optimized data store, end-user cloud-native, Harmony, Python, numpy, pandas, xarray, dask, Pangeo< AIRS, AGU |
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Dr. Christopher LynnesEOSDIS System Architect |
095, Terra, ASTER, MOPITT, CERES, MISR, MODIS, ASDC, LP DAAC, LAADS DAAC, data retrieval, processing, distribution, archiving, Blue Marble, TDRS, tracking and data relay satellite, LANCE, Suomi NPP, VIIRS, hydrazine fuel | ![]() |
Dr. Kurt ThomeTerra Project Scientist |
096, Navajo Nation, DEVELOP, TRMM, GPM, water resources, global precipitation measurement, tropical rainfall, soil moisture, SMAP, DSAT, drought severity assessment tool, NNDWR, SPI, standard precipitation index, CHiRPS, Climate Hazards group InfraRed Precipitation with Station data, applied sciences capacity building program | ![]() |
Vickie LyNASA DEVELOP Program |
097, ESDS Program, Earth Science Division, ESD, Charles S. Falkenberg Award, climate signals, long-term global processes, DAACs, working group, CEOS, GEO | ![]() |
Kevin MurphyNASA ESDS Program Executive |
098, GPM, global precipitation measurement, JAXA, TRMM, meteorology, physical processes, storms, storm structure, radar, PPS, precipitation processing system, NRT, near real-time, Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Laboratory, CATS, Cloud-Aerosol Transport System, cloud patterns, hydrologic cycle, | ![]() |
Dr. Gail Skofronick-JacksonGPM Project Scientist |
099, CDDIS, crustal dynamics, space geodesy, TRF, terrestrial reference frame, SLR, satellite laser ranging, VLBI, very long baseline interfeometry, antennas, quasars, GNSS, global navigation satellite system, DORIS, doppler orbitography and radiopositioning, reflectors, lasers, GPS, POD, precise orbit determination, GGAO, SGP, Sentinel-3, Jason, CryoSat | ![]() |
Carey NollCDDIS Manager |
100, synthetic aperture radar, SAR, ASF, Alaska Satellite Facility, Fairbanks, chief scientist, interferometric SAR, InSAR, L-band, ALOS-1, PALSAR, phased array, radiometrically terrain corrected, Vertex, GIS, ad hoc, deformation maps, TRB, Transportation Research Board, | ![]() |
Dr. Franz MeyerChief Scientist, Alaska Satellite Facility |
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