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EARTHDATA DISCOVERY OPEN ACCESS FOR OPEN SCIENCE | MAY 2024

SAR Data Help Keep Alaskans Safe           As winter ice in Alaska breaks up, areas of open water can be difficult to see—but not to synthetic aperture radar (SAR). Fresh Eyes on Ice, a NASA-funded project, uses SAR data and citizen scientists to assess ice cover and increase community awareness of hazardous conditions.                   The upcoming NASA/ISRO (Indian Space Research Organization) SAR (NISAR) mission will generate more data than any previous NASA Earth observation mission. Read More                       Articles

Protecting Workers in Remote Areas with NASA Active Fire Data Indji Systems, an Australian company, uses data from NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) to help global customers in remote areas stay aware of natural hazards.           Monitoring Global Water Cycle Changes from Space The coastal ocean is extremely rich in providing signals of change for the global water cycle. A new Data in Action article describes how remotely sensed sea surface salinity observations are used to detect variations in the large-scale cycling of water.           The Data Behind a “Lost Winter” in the U.S. Midwest This past winter in the U.S. Midwest did not look much like winter due to significantly reduced snowfall. A Data in Action article shows how temperatures well above normal contributed to reduced snow and thin or absent ice on normally frozen ponds and lakes.           New Search Interface for Environmental Justice Data The NASA Environmental Justice Data Search Interface enables rapid search and discovery of Earth science data that can be used to understand and mitigate global environmental and climate-related injustices.           NASA Earth Science at the White House Dr. Manil Maskey, NASA Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT) deputy manager, participated as a panelist during the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development (NITRD) subcommittee’s artificial intelligence (AI) meeting at the White House on April 10.           A World of Data Visualizations Global winners in the Pale Blue Dot: Data Visualization Challenge used open Earth observation data to create visualizations to track microplastics, assess solar panel suitability, evaluate wildfire impacts, map disaster-driven food insecurity risks, and support groundwater well-drilling.                   Webinars & Events

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. Advance registration is required.           GPM 10-in-10 Webinar Series June 13, 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 June webinar focus is Precipitation Extremes and Impacts.           Hydrology from Space July 16, 2024 A free and open workshop for using data from the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission is part of the Hacking Limnology Virtual Summit. The Summit is a week-long series of talks and workshops focused on open data science and modeling by early career scientists and researchers.           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.           Working with Geospatial Data in AppEEARS Recorded on April 24, 2024 NASA’s Application for Extracting and Exploring Analysis Ready Samples (AppEEARS) provides point and area-based data extraction capabilities for geospatial datasets. This webinar highlights the system’s capabilities and learning resources to help simplify data access workflows.                       New Data, Tutorials, & Resources           Discover New Data NASA’s archive of unrestricted data continues to grow. Read summaries of the latest data products, services, and tools released over the past month.           New SWOT Products Available Pre-validated Level 1 and Level 2 Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) hydrology and oceanography datasets are now available. The new datasets relate to terrestrial water surface elevation, slope, width, area, sea surface height, significant wave height and wind speed measurements, and more.                   OpenScience                 Earn Your Open Science Digital Badge Open Science 101 is a free online 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           Total Solar Eclipse over North America A rare total solar eclipse passed over a large swath of the U.S. on April 8—and the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) aboard the GOES-East satellite was 22,236 miles above Earth’s equator to record the event. NASA sounding rockets and airborne instruments collected additional data during the eclipse.           Energy from Above and Below Energy from the Sun in the form of the Aurora Borealis, or northern lights, is seen as a wispy cloud over Iceland’s Reykjanes Peninsula. Meanwhile, energy from below in the form of the heat signature from lava flowing from the Sundhnúkur volcano is indicated by clusters of bright red dots.           African Dust Blows into Europe A large transport of dust from northern Africa into Europe was captured by the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite. The light-brown dust contrasts with the bright white clouds.           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.

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