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EARTHDATA DISCOVERY OPEN ACCESS FOR OPEN SCIENCE | APRIL 2024

Focus on NASA Worldview           NASA Worldview is a data tool that enables users to interactively browse more than 1,000 imagery layers, create imagery animations, compare images, and download the data behind the imagery. Learn more about this powerful data exploration tool.                   Access new data, products, and resources available in the past month. Explore the Data Roundup                       Articles

CASEI Source Code Released The source code for NASA's Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) is now fully and openly available. CASEI enables the search and discovery of data and information about NASA airborne and field campaigns and enhances the open availability of these data.           New Format for Machine Learning Datasets The Croissant dataset format was designed to make it easier for machine learning (ML) practitioners to work with datasets across ML platforms and repositories.           Providing Greater Access to Greenhouse Gas Data A NASA-led effort involving several U.S. agencies led to the creation of the U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center. The innovative architecture of the Center ensures that these Earth science data are Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, and Reusable (FAIR).           February Temperature and Precipitation by the Numbers An analysis of data products shows that more than half of the continental U.S. experienced an unseasonably warm February. In addition, the California coast was hit with heavy rain, while tropical cyclones impacted Australia. A small amount of rain also was detected in the Sahara Desert.           Diving Into SWOT Hydrology Data A recent workshop demonstrated Jupyter Notebooks and other resources for working with data from the joint NASA/CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission.           Openscapes Mentors Promote Open Science and Enhance Cloud Computing Skills NASA Openscapes Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) mentors work with data users to promote open science and help them move their workflows into the cloud.                   Funding Opportunities                 NASA Funding for Citizen Science Projects NASA will fund 6 to 10 citizen science projects under the Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences 2024 (ROSES-2024) solicitation. Notices of Intent (NOI) are due by April 15, 2024; proposals are due by May 14, 2024.           NASA Funding for Open-Source Tools, Frameworks, and Libraries (OSTFL) As part of the ROSES-2024 solicitation, NASA is soliciting proposals for the improvement and sustainment of existing OSTFL that have significantly benefitted the agency’s Science Mission Directorate science community. NOI are due by May 3, 2024; proposals are due June 7, 2024.                   Webinars & Events

Efficient Geospatial Data Access with NASA’s AppEEARS April 24, 2024           Register for this upcoming webinar about the Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS), which offers a simple and efficient way to access and transform geospatial data from a variety of federal data archives.           GPM 10-in-10 Webinar Series May 9, 2024 To celebrate the 10-year anniversary of the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) mission’s launch, the GPM team is hosting 10 webinars in 2024 focusing on precipitation measurement from space. The next webinar focus is on Weather and Climate.           Earth Science Technology Forum June 11-12, 2024 Hosted by NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO), this free in-person event in Crystal City, VA, showcases the latest NASA Earth science technology research and development.           ESIP Summer Meeting Explores the Power of Data Ethics July 22-26, 2024 Registration is open for the Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) Summer Meeting. The meeting takes place in Asheville, NC, and online with the theme of Grounded in Trust: Data Ethics Empower Collaboration.           Accessing Data for the World’s Water with SWOT Recorded on March 20, 2024 Data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission provide an unprecedented look at Earth’s water. This webinar introduced SWOT and demonstrated how to access and utilize its data products.             Introduction to PACE Mission, Products, and Data Discovery Recorded on March 27, 2024 In this webinar, experts presented an overview of NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) datasets with demonstrations on how to discover and work with PACE data.                     OpenScience                 Earn Your Open Science Digital Badge Created by NASA’s Transform to Open Science (TOPS) initiative, Open Science 101 is a free public training to equip participants with the knowledge and skills to navigate the principles and practices of open science. Register today and complete the course to receive your NASA Open Science digital badge.                   Worldview Images of the Week           Sun as a Power Source Located in the Thar Desert in the northwest corner of India, the Bhadla Solar Park is the largest solar park in the world. The combination of high Sun angle and clear sky conditions enable the solar park to have a total capacity of 2,245 megawatts.           The Color of Cool Coastal Water The cool Benguela Upwelling System shows up as a ribbon of blue hugging the coast of southern Africa. The system moves surface water away from the coast and brings cooler, nutrient rich waters up from deeper layers of the ocean.           Lake Volta, Ghana Lake Volta is the largest artificial reservoir by surface area in the world, covering an area of about 3,080 square miles. This is larger than the land area of the country of Brunei in Southeast Asia.           View more Images of the Week                 NASA's Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program oversees the life cycle of NASA’s Earth science data and seeks to maximize the scientific return from missions and experiments.