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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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

Analysis Ready Data

Overview and data product specifications for Maxar's analysis ready 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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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 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

ICESat-2 SlideRule

Cloud-based data processing service for ICESat-2 data products

ICESat-2 Product Descriptions

Overview of the ICESat-2 products distinguished by product level

Iceberg Hazards

Using ICESat-2 to identify and track icebergs

ICESat-2 Technical Specs

Technical specifications of ICESat-2 including orbital and coverage information

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

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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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)

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

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)

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