NASA Data Made Easy: Getting Started with SAR

Seeing through the clouds with Synthetic Aperture Radar.

Tropical Storm Zeta Near Honduras

Image captured on 25 October 2020, by the VIIRS instrument, aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

Commercial Satellites Shed Light on Small-Scale Agriculture

Researchers are using commercial, high-resolution imagery to map small-scale agriculture in Africa and Asia.

Webinar: SEDAC’s Global COVID-19 Viewer, A User-Friendly Tool for Assessing Trends in Coronavirus Spread

Event Date: October 28, 2020

Join us for an introduction to NASA SEDAC's Global COVID-19 Viewer - a map-based tool for understanding the spread of the Coronavirus and underlying risk factors. During the webinar, participants will learn about its development and then a live demonstration of the viewer focusing on current hotspots, interesting trends, and an exploration of the risk factors will be provided.

The Pangeo Project: Developing Community Tools For a New Era of Data Analysis

Pangeo is helping the Earth science community analyze data in the cloud with an ecosystem of collaborative, open-source tools.

11 ACCESS Projects Funded to Support Earth Science at the Petabyte Scale

Special GES DISC Earthdata Forum Event on October 2

Staff from NASA's GES DISC and subject matter experts will be available live on the Earthdata Forum to answer questions about using GES DISC tools and data.

User Profile: Dr. Navin Ramankutty

Approximately one-third of Earth’s ice-free land surface is devoted to agriculture and livestock. Dr. Ramankutty uses Earth observing data to help find pathways to more sustainable agricultural practices.

Access Commercial Small Satellite Data with the Smallsat Data Explorer

Researchers can explore and order commercial small satellite data in the new Smallsat Data Explorer (SDX).

Webinar: A Clearer View of the Haze – Using NASA GES DISC Data Tools to Examine the June 2020 Sahara Dust Event

Event Date: September 23, 2020

Join us as we explore how GES DISC tools and data products can augment ongoing vital research on the dynamics of dust transport in Earth’s atmosphere. We will investigate the June 2020 Sahara Dust Event over Barbados as our use case.

Take Action From Home in the 2020 Space Apps Hackathon

Registration is open for the Space Apps Challenge 2020 Hackathon, which will take place virtually October 2-4.

Wildfires Can't Hide from Earth Observing Satellites

Sensors aboard Earth observing satellites and NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provide information about wildfires 24/7 to anyone, anywhere in the world.