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 Products | Planet

Planet's summary of available products such as the Planet Basemaps and Planet Analytic Feeds

WorldView-1 Data Sheet

Technical specifications of WorldView-1 including items such as launch and orbit information

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

WorldView-3 Satellite Maps Methane Plumes at Very High Spatial Resolution

Application example using WorldView-3 to map methane plumes

USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service to Use Planet Basemaps to Support their 2021 Growing Season Assessment

Sample application using Planet Basemaps to complete a growing season assessment

ESA WorldView Data Products

WorldView data products available through the European Space Agency (ESA)

Planet Imagery Product Specifications

Planet's imagery product specifications including product attributes and processing information

WorldView-2 Data Sheet

Technical specifications of WorldView-2 including items such as launch and orbit information

Planet | Insights - Our Constellations

Planet's description of their satellite constellations

New in CSDA: High Resolution Digital Elevation Models

CSDA and the Polar Geospatial Center's application of Maxar imagery to create high-resolution DEMs

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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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

icepyx: Python tools for obtaining and working with ICESat-2 data

Open-source resource library for working with ICESat-2 data

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

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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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)

Passive Sensors

An overview of passive sensors used for remote sensing of NASA Earth science data, including spectrometers

Sulfur dioxide (SO2) vertical column density measurements by Pandora spectrometer over the Canadian oil sands

Article describing the use and analysis of SO2 vertical column densities retrieved by the Pandora spectral Sun photometer in Fort McKay, Alberta, Canada, from 2013 to 2015

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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Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Mission

Background on the TEMPO mission

TEMPO Early Adopters Program: Applications

Overview of TEMPO application areas outlined by the TEMPO Early Adopters Program

TEMPO Mission Brochure

Overview of the Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) mission, instrument, data products, and applications

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)

PBL

The training resources below are aggregated for the PBL product.

PBL Training Resources

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