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LiDAR Profiling Satellite Observations for Air Quality Applications Active remote sensing observations, like those from LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging), can provide information on the vertical structure of atmospheric trace gases, aerosols, and clouds, complementing passive remote sensors. Lida...

Introduction to the Integration of Animal Tracking and Remote Sensing Animals are sentinels of environmental change, and animal telemetry is a commonly used tool to quantify habitat use and help understand environmental changes. NASA data can be used to characterize the environmental parameters tha...

Monitoring Global Terrestrial Surface Water Height using Remote Sensing Oceans, lakes, and rivers are major components of Earth’s surface water. Freshwater lakes and rivers are primary sources of water supply for drinking, agriculture, energy, and transportation, and support aquatic ecosystems and ...

The Application of Earth Observations for Assessing Waterborne Disease Risk Waterborne diseases such as cholera, diarrhea, hepatitis A, typhoid, and polio are caused by contaminated drinking water and poor sanitation (World Health Organization). Inadequate management of urban, industrial, and agric...

Landslide Monitoring and Risk Assessment Using NASA Earth System Data This three-part introductory training will cover a number of topics relating to landslides, demonstrating a wide variety of NASA Earth science data uses to characterize landslides and their impacts. The training will provide the ...

Earth Observations of Blue Carbon Ecosystems This training builds from a series of previous trainings on Remote Sensing of Coastal Ecosystems, Remote Sensing of Mangroves, Remote Sensing of Greenhouse Gases, and Remote Sensing of Carbon Monitoring for Terrestrial Ecosystems to provide a comprehensi...

Methane Observations for Large Emission Event Detection and Monitoring While carbon dioxide (CO2) is the primary greenhouse gas emitted through human activities, methane is estimated around 80 times more effective at trapping heat in the atmosphere on a 20 year timescale. Methane is an attractive t...

An Introduction to Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) and Its Applications Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) has the capability to observe the Earth's surface both day and night and through most weather conditions, making it an ideal sensor to support a wide range of science and applications. Additionally...

Introduction to Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) Hyperspectral Observations for Water Quality Monitoring Water quality monitoring in coastal ocean estuaries and inland lakes is critical for ecosystems and fisheries management and safe drinking water. Remote sensing of water quality ...

Invasive Species Monitoring with Remote Sensing Invasive species costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars a year and can cause declines in ecosystem health. NASA data can be used to identify the impacts of invasive species including the extent, potential distribution, and impacts to affected ecos...