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Upcoming ERDDAP Training by NOAA CoastWatch at AMS!

Tutorial on Ocean Satellite Data Products and Using ERDDAP and R or Python to Access and Work with Satellite Data

This virtual short course will teach participants how to access ocean satellite data products and how to leverage the ERDDAP data platform to to visualize, subset, download and work with data.

January 19, 2022 at 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM Eastern Time (Virtual)

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Course Description: Satellites make routine observations from which several ocean parameters such as sea surface temperature, ocean color, sea level, ocean winds, and salinity can be derived. Ocean observations from space have the advantage of broad spatial and temporal coverage that complement in situ measurements.

The NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch/PolarWatch program provides free and open access to these ocean products through a variety of platforms. This tutorial will teach you where to find data and how to leverage the ERDDAP data platform to visualize, subset, download and work with data. The day will be a mix of lectures on ocean satellite data, demonstrations and hands-on tutorials in R and Python.

The focus will be on NOAA ocean satellite data products but the tutorials will be useful for working with any type of gridded NetCDF data. This session will be most beneficial for participants who already have some basic experience working in R or Python but who are not familiar with NetCDF or satellite data.

GEO-GEE Algae MAp Project is EOdatascience’s Biggest Story in 2021!

Congratulations to the Algae MAp team for being recognized as the most popular story on EOdatascience in 2021!

Algae MAp’s newly published application and Remote Sensing article (entitled AlgaeMAp: Algae Bloom Monitoring Application for Inland Waters in Latin America ) describe the use of Google Earth Engine for monitoring water quality on a continental scale!  The AlgaeMAp application is a partnership of the Federal University of Pelotas (UFPel), INPE,  the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and Michigan State University.  The project is one of two water quality projects awarded  in July 2020 by joint selection of the Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and Google Earth Engine.

The AlgaeMap Application was developed within the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform and provides historical and current images containing information on the trophic status, chlorophyll-a concentration and algae bloom in reservoirs and lakes in Brazil. The images used are from the MSI/Sentinel-2 satellite, which since 2015 provides images with 10m of spatial resolution. In the application, the NDCI (Normalized Difference Cholorophyll Index) image collection used has a spatial resolution of 30 m.

You can access the Algae Alert App and the usage tutorial on the UFPEL Geotechnology Laboratory website.

This is an open project and the team wants to extend it to other areas/regions and are seeking partnerships and collaborations.  If interested , please contact: felipe.lobo@ufpel.edu.br

 

New Atmospheric Correction Guidance Documents Now Available!

The Algorithm Focus Group within GEO AquaWatch has completed two additional    guidance documents  – this time on applying Atmospheric Corrections – for the community to use as quick references.  As with our other guides, one is introductory in nature and one is more advanced.  All four guidance documents presented by the Algorithm Focus Group can be found on our website under the here at this link under the Knowledge Hub Tab on our website and then scroll down to the Links to Featured section…

NASA ARSET Training Series: EO Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements

Introductory Webinar: Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements
January 27, February 3 & February 10, 2022
10:00-11:30 EST (UTC-5)

This 3-part, introductory webinar series will provide an overview of the Earth Observations Toolkit for Sustainable Cities and Human Settlements, an online knowledge resource that shares ready-to-use Earth observation data sets and tools. These resources can be applied in policy areas that are important to resilient and sustainable cities. Such areas include sustainable urban planning, adequate housing, access to public transport, and access to public spaces. Earth observation data provide significant cost and time savings in urban monitoring and indicator measurement, particularly over large areas or areas where little data is available. The Toolkit also shares national and city experiences in using spatial data and analysis for monitoring progress towards the Sustainable Development Goals and the New Urban Agenda, and enabling successful, evidence-based decision making.

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Webinar Introductorio: Caja de Herramientas (Toolkit) de Observaciones de la Tierra para Ciudades y Asentamientos Humanos Sostenibles
27 de enero, 3 de febrero, y 10 de febrero, 2022
13h a 14h30 (español) horario este de EE.UU. (UTC-5)

Este webinar en serie comprende tres partes y presentará una introducción al Toolkit de Observaciones de la Tierra para Ciudades y Asentamientos Humanos Sostenibles, un recurso informático en línea que comparte conjuntos de datos de la Tierra y herramientas listos para utilizar. Estos recursos se pueden aplicar en áreas de políticas importantes para las ciudades resilientes y sostenibles como la planificación urbana sostenible, vivienda adecuada, acceso a transporte público y acceso a espacios públicos. Los datos de observaciones de la Tierra representan un ahorro significante en términos de dinero y de tiempo en el monitoreo urbano y la medición de indicadores, particularmente sobre grandes extensiones o en áreas donde escasean los datos. El Toolkit también comparte experiencias de diferentes países y ciudades con el uso de datos y análisis espaciales para monitorear el progreso hacia los Objetivos de Desarrollo Sostenible y la Nueva Agenda Urbana además de facilitar la toma exitosa de decisiones basadas en la evidencia.

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In the United States? Take the IOOC OSI social and economic indicators survey by Dec 17th!

The United State’s Interagency Ocean Observation Committee (IOOC)’s Ocean Societal Indicators (OSI) Task Team is distributing a survey to targeted individuals and agencies to help develop a baseline of existing social and economic indicators, or suites of indicators, to better inform the inter-relationships and inter-dependencies between social data elements/observations and physical and biological observations.

 Indicators Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfNxyHkJo3El-cvWIK3kNiorGo5CB79BUnB7HvLCQnTOGM04A/viewform

 We invite you all to provide any input you may consider helpful in this activity. Please submit a separate form for each indicator or suite of indicators by COB Friday, December 17th. This should only take 5-10 minutes to complete. This is a first, high-level data collection. The OSI may reach out again for more detailed information.

Please feel free to share this with other individuals or networks, particularly those with social science knowledge or expertise.  Thank you!