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SNWG Solutions

SNWG Solutions Provided by NSITE

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Air Quality Sensors and Forecasts

This SNWG solution expands current air quality networks, provides air quality forecast products for select locations, and produces PM2.5 forecasts for U.S. embassies and major cities worldwide.

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ADMG-CASEI Solution

ADMG, an SNWG solution, improves access to airborne and field observations through NASA’s Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) and advances data stewardship processes.

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Animal Tracking (Internet of Animals)

The Internet of Animals study, an SNWG solution, strives to track animal movement from space to inform various conservation efforts and mitigate harmful impacts to ecosystems.

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Data Curation for Discovery Solution

The Data Curation for Discovery (DCD) team, an SNWG solution, assists other agencies in incorporating NASA Earth observation data into their workflows.

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GABAN

The Global Algal Blooms Assessment Network (GABAN), an SNWG solution, aims to provide an automated algal bloom hotspot product using data from multiple platforms and instruments.

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Global Cloud Composites from SatCORPS

This SNWG solution provides global high spatiotemporal resolution satellite observations that are needed to improve the representation of clouds and their effects in Earth system models.

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Global NISAR Soil Moisture Product

SNWG enables a NISAR soil moisture product with 200-m resolution globally (approximately 500-m for the Sahara due to challenges of measuring soil moisture in dry sand).

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GEOS-5 Atmospheric Composition Reanalysis

By assimilating aerosol and trace gas concentrations, this SNWG solution improves the GEOS-Composition Forecasting (CF) system's representation of atmospheric composition.

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HLS Solutions

HLS, an SNWG solution, provides surface reflectance data on a common grid globally and is used to develop HLS-Vegetation Indices. Methods to reduce the latency to 6 hours are also being explored.

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High-Resolution North America NISAR Data

This SNWG solution enabled the installation of an additional downlink station for NISAR, resulting in the highest resolution land imaging mode for North America and U.S. Territories.

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Low Latency ICESat-2/ATLAS Products

This SNWG solution reduces the latency of select ICESat-2 Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) products from 45 days to 3 days to provide Quick Look versions to users.

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Merged PBL Temperature and Water Vapor Products

Using GNSS-RO and sounder data, this SNWG solution provides global atmospheric profiles of temperature and water vapor in the Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL).

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Multisensor Worldwide Ocean Winds (MWOW) Products

This SNWG solution combines wind retrievals from multiple sensors to generate gridded wind speed data approximately every 6 hours, providing near-surface wind observations over the global ocean.

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OPERA Near-Global DIST Product Suite

The OPERA Surface Disturbance (DIST) product suite, an SNWG solution, identifies when and where land surface disturbance (fires, landslides, etc.) has occurred at 30-m resolution every few days.

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OPERA Near-Global DSWx Product Suite

The OPERA Dynamic Surface Water eXtent (DSWx) product suite, an SNWG solution, maps spatial extent of surface water on land at 30-m resolution every few days.

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OPERA North America DISP Product Suite

The OPERA Surface Displacement (DISP) product suite, an SNWG solution, identifies movement of the land surface from processes such as sinkholes, volcanic unrest, earthquakes, landslides, etc.

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OPERA North America VLM Product Suite

The OPERA Vertical Land Motion (VLM) product suite, an SNWG solution, aims to track the magnitude of vertical land surface motions using radar observations.

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Sea Surface Salinity with Sea Ice Mask

This SNWG solution adds a flag/variable to the Remote Sensing Systems Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) - Sea Surface Salinity products to signify the fraction of sea ice pixels.

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Targeted Remote Sensing Training

This SNWG solution aims to deliver targeted training to agencies on the uses of satellite data for their decision-making processes.

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TEMPO NRT and Enhanced Products

This SNWG solution delivers hourly, near real-time (NRT) air quality products from TEMPO and aims to provide seven additional science-quality products of trace gas measurements.

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Water Quality Products

Water quality products, an SNWG solution, use Sentinel-3 Ocean and Land Colour Instrument (OLCI) measurements to provide analysis-ready ocean color data products.

Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Activities Informed by SNWG

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Access to DESIS Data

This CSDA activity, informed by SNWG, improves access to DESIS, a hyperspectral remote sensor aboard the ISS, data for the U.S. government.

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Access to GHGSat Data

This CSDA activity, informed by SNWG, provides access to Greenhouse Gas Satellite (GHGSat) methane emission data at 48-hour latency through the U.S. government EULA.

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Access to High-Resolution DEMs

This CSDA activity, informed by SNWG, provides U.S. government access to 2-m DEM products: a near-Global Mosaic Earth DEM and DEM strips where new data was acquired for detailed change detection.

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Broader Access to Planet Data

This CSDA activity, informed by SNWG, provides broader access to Planet data for U.S. federal civil agencies through the Expanded Planet EULA.

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Broader Access to Spire Data

This CSDA activity, informed by SNWG, improves access to GNSS-RO data through the U.S. government EULA.

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Discovery and Access of Commercial Data

This CSDA activity, informed by SNWG, provides access to commercial data through Earthdata Search so that both NASA and commercial data are discoverable in the same search tool.

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Unrestricted Products Derived from Planet Data per EULA

This CSDA activity, informed by SNWG, allows operational products derived from Planet data per a U.S. government EULA.

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Unrestricted Use of Planet Data per EULA

This CSDA activity, informed by SNWG, provides U.S. government scientists and funded partners with access to operational Planet data per EULA.