AndreaBozzo/ceres-open-data-index huggingface dataset:
Watching over Texas from Space Lesson Book

An Earth Observations education resource for grades 4 -12 in support of TEKS covering Earth Science and Environmental Science Standards

Watching over Texas from Space has been growing over the past six years, as TexasView has
expanded its outreach effort through teacher-training workshops. It is modeled after an online
publication from the Canada Centre from Remote Sensing “Watching Over Our Planet from Space”
The initial lessons were developed specifically to address the Eighth-grade requirement for Texas’ Earth and Space Science course that states “the  student is expected to interpret topographic maps and satellite views to identify land and erosional features and predict how these features may be reshaped by weathering”. Teachers from other grade levels always attend these workshops and found the lessons applicable for diverse requirements. Lessons that provide imagery for teachers to use at multiple grade levels have been integrated with lectures and games, to enable teachers to easily find and use imagery in the classroom and in laboratory activities to address knowledge and skills defined within the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) standards. The imagery used in the lessons is predominantly
over the State of Texas, but the topics that are covered also fit very well with national-level standards defined in the Next Generation Science Standards (NGSS).

Organization: TexasView
AmericaView UAS Expertise StoryMap

In the spirit of advancing the AmericaView mission, our UAS network of experts is available to share the knowledge gained by our various research efforts. The landscape of UAS technology is constantly evolving, and our hope is to inspire others to apply the best solutions to answer challenging questions in their research and solve real world issues in their communities. From ecological conservation to disaster response, our network has an expert ready to help. 

Organization: AmericaView
AmericaView Research Expertise StoryMap

In the spirit of advancing the AmericaView mission, our network of remote sensing experts is available to share the knowledge gained by our various research efforts. The landscape of remote sensing technology is constantly evolving, and our hope is to inspire others to apply the best solutions to answer challenging questions in their research and solve real world issues in their communities. From ecological conservation to disaster response, our network has an expert ready to help. 

Organization: AmericaView
AmericaView Sensors Expertise StoryMap

In the spirit of advancing the AmericaView mission, our remote sensing network of experts is available to share the knowledge gained by our efforts using a variety of sensors. The landscape of sensor technology is constantly evolving, and our hope is to inspire others to apply the best solutions to answer challenging questions in their research and solve real world issues in their communities. From ecological conservation to disaster response, our network has an expert ready to help. 

Organization: AmericaView
Alabama Environment Awareness Channel

This is project produces videos to raise awareness about the environment among Alabama residents, as well as how remote sensing can be used to access, analyze, and communicate such knowledge. AlabamaView is leading this project, a part of the AmericaView national consortium and funded by the USGS, and aims to improve the availability, timely dissemination, and widespread use of remote sensing data and technology through education, research, outreach, and sustainable technology transfer to the public and private sectors. AlabamaView, led by Department of Geosciences, Auburn University collaborates with other Alabama universities and institutes. This high impact activity (HIA) was designed to educate Alabama citizens on how to use remote sensing techniques to identify and appreciate the causes and impacts of changing environmental conditions, as well as possible solutions for sustainability. Students received instruction in remote sensing applications, as well as script writing and media editing. The Alabama environmental awareness videos were shared on social media sites including Facebook, Instagram, and the Geosciences website. The aim is to spread the word by sending an email to Alabama government leaders, stakeholders, professionals, and citizens who would benefit greatly from learning more about the state’s current environmental issues. AlabamaView’s overall outreach goal through the Alabama Environmental Awareness channel will continue in the future, with the hope of expanding the initiative by making numerous videos about environmental issues in Alabama.

Organization: AlabamaView
GRACE and GRACE-FO Data Visualization in Google Earth Engine User's Guide

The following document outlines a generalized procedure to upload as well as maintain the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) as well as the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment - Follow On (GRACE-FO) data into the Google Earth Engine (GEE). Google Earth Engine is a geospatial visualization platform that allows scientists to directly interact with various satellite data such as MODIS, LANDSAT, and Sentinel data.

Organization: TexasView
Earth Observation with Satellite Remote Sensing in ArcGIS Pro

Lesson 1. An Introduction to working with multispectral satellite data in ArcGIS Pro In which we learn:

•	How to unpack tar and gz files from USGS EROS 
•	The basic map interface in ArcGIS 
•	How to add image files 
•	What each individual band of Landsat spectral data looks like 
•	The difference between: 

o Analysis-ready data: surface reflectance and surface temperature
o Landsat Collection 1 Level 3 data: burned area and dynamic surface water o Sentinel2data
o ISRO AWiFS and LISS-3 data 

Lesson 2. Basic image preprocessing In which we learn: 
•	How to composite using the composite band tool 
•	How to represent composite images 
•	All about band combinations 
•	How to composite using raster functions 
•	How to subset data into a rectangle 
•	How to clip to a polygon 

Lesson 3. Working with mosaic datasets In which we learn:
o	How to prepare an empty mosaic dataset 
o	How to add images to a mosaic dataset 
o	How to change symbology in a mosaic dataset 
o	How to add a time attribute 
o	How to add a time dimension to the mosaic dataset 
o	How to view time series data in a mosaic dataset 

Lesson 4. Working with and creating derived datasets In which we learn: 
•	How to visualize Landsat ARD surface temperature 
•	How to calculate F° from K° using ARD surface temperature 
•	How to generate and apply .lyrx files 
•	How to calculate an NDVI raster using ISRO LISS-3 data 
•	How to visualize burned areas using Landsat Level 3 data 
•	How to visualize dynamic surface water extent using Landsat Level 3 data


Organization: TexasView
Empirical Analysis of ICESat‐2 ATLAS's Bathymetric Mapping Capability

Summary of previous results (some presented at
JALBTCX)
• NASA MABEL (high- altitude airborne
emulator for ATLAS)
capable of mapping
bathymetry
• Agrees with reference
bathymetry to within
0.7 m RMS
• Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
(VIIRS) Kd490 useful in assessing utility of
ATLAS for bathymetric
mapping worldwide

Objectives of current (post-launch)
research
1. Identify examples of ICESat-2 ATLAS bathymetry
2. Empirically assess bathymetric mapping accuracy
through comparison against reference data
3. Assess ATLAS’s maximum depth penetration
capability as a function of Kd and Secchi depth
through analysis at multiple locations around the
globe



Organization: OregonView
Hurricane Season Geospatial Data Mining Workshop

Through the cooperation of the LouisianaView consortium members and co-sponsored with the local USGS liaison, this annual workshop is offered free to everyone interested in up-to-date information on data availability for the geospatial emergency responder. This is a 4-day virtual workshop hosts speakers from multiple Federal, State and Private Response Teams, each presenting their data, websites, links, and contacts while also fielding questions live from those in attendance, proving again and again what a cohesive and informed network of geospatial responders can mean to the inhabitants and economic base within Louisiana, the Gulf of Mexico region and the Caribbean. 

Organization: LouisianaView
Water surface temperature map for Iron Gate Reservoir

In Summer 2016, an OregonView-sponsored research team, led by OSU graduate student, Kory Kellum, tested procedures for using Landsat 8 (L8) TIRS bands and in situ data for generating multi-temporal water surface temperature data products for the Iron Gate Reservoir, impounded by the Iron Gate Dam on the Klamath River. The water surface temperature map for Iron Gate Reservoir on July 20, 2016 is provided as a download from the OregonView website.

Organization: OregonView
Water: A Global Resource 2021 EOD Poster Middle School Lesson Plan

Have you ever thought about how much water it takes to make a pair of jeans? To produce a pound of corn? Or to make a car? What if you had a limited amount of water and had to decide how to “spend” your precious resource? A monopoly-style game developed by AmericaView in partnership with NASA and USGS in 2021 to celebrate Earth Observation Day encourages you to find answers to those and other 'water use' questions. 

This storymap contains three lessons designed to give you background on what we mean by 'water resources.' The lessons are also designed to stimulate your thinking about how we use, protect and monitor this precious, limited natural resource. 

In the elementary StoryMap, U.S. rivers are the center of learning about water resources. This StoryMap, intended for middle school students, is designed to enhance knowledge and understanding about important river systems in other parts of the world.

Since the game poster utilizes amazing pictures of some important rivers, the first lesson introduces you to the technology that captures these images - LANDSAT!

Organization: DelawareView
Water: Today and for the Future 2021 EOD Poster Elementary Lesson Plan

Have you ever thought about how much water it takes to make a pair of jeans? To produce a pound of corn? Or to make a car? What if you had a limited amount of water and had to decide how to “spend” your precious resource? A monopoly-style game developed by AmericaView in partnership with NASA and USGS in 2021 to celebrate Earth Observation Day encourages you to find answers to those and other 'water use' questions.

This StoryMap contains three lessons designed to give you background on what we mean by 'water resources.' The lessons are also designed to stimulate your thinking about how we use, protect and monitor this precious, limited natural resource. Since the game poster utilizes some amazing pictures of Earth and select U.S. river systems, the first lesson introduces you to the technology that captures these images - LANDSAT!

Organization: DelawareView
Meeting Environmental Challenges with Remote Sensing Imagery

This book is authored by TexasView lead, Dr. Rebecca Dodge, and New HampshireView lead, Dr. Russell Congalton, and starts with an overview of how remote sensing imagery is
enabling scientists, engineers, policymakers, and others to meet the environmental
challenges resulting from interactions between environmental change
and human activities. Some of those interactions include:

◊ Weather hazards

◊ Geological hazards

◊ Land use/land cover changes

◊ Water resource changes

◊ Climate variability

◊ Resource development

◊ Environmental restoration

In particular, the first section examines how satellite images are able to
detect features at the Earth’s surface (such as plants, rocks, soil, water, fire,
ice and snow) and in the Earth’s atmosphere (such as clouds, ozone, carbon
monoxide, smoke, dust, ash and other particulate matter). Some of these
observations can only be made in parts of the electromagnetic spectrum
that are not visible to the human eye.

The book concludes with selected applications of satellite imagery on issues
that affect the environment and human society. These examples cover the
range of environmental challenges listed above and have been provided by
applied scientists in diverse disciplines who work for organizations including
academic partner universities in the AmericaView Consortium, the U.S.
Geological Survey, and the National Aeronautic and Space Administration.

Organization: AmericaView
Georgia Land Cover Image Atlas Volume 2: Croplands

This atlas is one of GeorgiaView’s outreach
activities. The theme of this atlas is the
croplands in Georgia. Croplands are very
important part of our living environment.
Even if online platforms like CropScape
(https://nassgeodata.gmu.edu/CropScape/)
provide cropland information, they are not
reached to the public easily because of,
mostly, technical limits. As a way of helping
people's environmental awareness and
decision making, intuitively and
informatively, GeorgiaView has developed
image atlas series using community
boundaries in Georgia such as 159 counties,
14 congressional districts, and 12 regional
commissions. Landsat imagery, Cropland
Data Layer, administrative boundaries, and
the National Land Cover Database (NLCD) are
used in this atlas. Road network datasets are
also used as a reference for relative locations
of geographical units such as counties.
This atlas may appeal to various decision
makers who use geographical boundaries at
local and state governments. It may also be
used for civilizing K-12 students about their
communities, primary production fields, and
environmental awareness. 

Organization: GeorgiaView
Georgia Land Cover Image Atlas Volume 1: Impact of Urbanization

This atlas is one of GeorgiaView’s outreach
activities. The theme of this atlas is the
impact of urbanization. Many people
underestimate the extensive change of land
cover in their living environment. Even if
many online platforms provide land cover or
land cover change information, they are not
reached to the public easily because of,
mostly, technical limits. As a way of helping
people's environmental awareness and
decision making, intuitively and
informatively, GeorgiaView will develop
image atlas series using community
boundaries in Georgia such as 159 counties,
14 congressional districts, and 12 regional
commissions. Landsat imagery,
administrative boundaries, and the National
Land Cover Database (NLCD) are important
datasets that are used in this atlas. Road
network datasets are also used as a reference
for relative locations of geographical units
such as counties.
This atlas will appeal to various decision
makers who use geographical boundaries at
local and state governments. It may also be
used for civilizing K-12 students about their
communities, land cover changes, and
environmental awareness. 

Organization: GeorgiaView
Georgia Image Atlas I: Urbanization: Poster Presentation at 2019 AAG Annual Meeting

As every corner of the world is affected by growing human population, the extent and rate of environmental changes are more dramatic than ever. To show the changes, this project aims at developing an image atlas using various community boundaries and remote sensing imagery. As the first work of its five-planned series, the increase of urban and built-up area, i.e. urbanization was mapped. Because remote sensing imagery allow us to analyze changing environment visually as well as statistically, the National Land Cover Datasets and Landsat imagery were used in this project. The final product is an about 200-page image atlas. Students, decision makers and the public may refer to this atlas to understand the urbanization of their community and to project its potential impacts to their community.

Organization: GeorgiaView
eBook: Introduction to Remote Sensing

A 12-chapter introductory eBook about remote sensing. Contents cover (1) Remote Sensing and Geospatial Technology, (2) Energy and Radiation, (3) Airphotos, (4) Digital Imagery, (5) Satellite, Landsat, and MODIS, (6) Preparing Images for Analysis, (7) Band Transformation, (8) Visual Enhancement, (9) Image Classification, (10) Microwave Remote Sensing, (11) Thermal Remote Sensing, and (12) Remote Sensing with Drones. Last update: 2020.

Organization: GeorgiaView
Remote Sensing Lab Exercise Videos

The lab exercise videos demonstrates how to work with remote sensing imagery available from USGS, USDA, ESA, and NASA with QGIS, SAGA GIS, SNAP, and Pix4Dmapper. Each video runs about 40-70 minutes. Contents cover the following topics: 

Lab01: Downloading and Displaying Landsat Imagery
Lab02: Landsat Bulk Download, Virtual Raster, and Profiles
Lab03: Georeferencing and On-screen Digitizing with QGIS
Lab04: DEM and Airphoto, Pseudo-color, Hillshade, Color Composite, and Hypsometric Tinting
Lab05: Sentinel-2 Imagery, MODIS Imagery, and the SCP Application
Lab06: Reflectance, Radiance, SCP, and ARD
Lab07: NDVI, Tasseled Cap, Band Correlation, Principal Components Analysis
Lab08: Contrast Enhancement, Band Composites, Pan-sharpening, Spatial Filtering
Lab09: Unsupervised Classification, GEOBIA, and Supervised Classification with SAGA GIS
Lab10: Radar Image Processing with SNAP and Sentinel-1 Imagery
Lab11: Working with the Landsat Thermal Bands
Lab12: Drone Image Processing with Pix4D (DSM and Orthophoto)

Organization: GeorgiaView
GEE Lab 1: Fundamentals of Google Earth Engine API

This lab focusses on introducing the fundamentals needed to use the GEE API. This lab introduces fundamental terms in GEE and provides guidance through several basic tasks. At the end of this lab you will be able to use GEE to perform the following tasks:
	
•	Run basic Java commands.

•	Display and clip image and vector.

•	Composite and mosaic images.

•	Explore image collections and their metadata.

•	Filter image collections.

•	Perform simple image band calculations.

•	Explore and construct functions and map these functions over an image collection.

•	Import and export raster and vector.

•	Construct simple graphs based on a set of images e.g. change in vegetation index over time.


Organization: New YorkView
The Virginia GeoCoin Adventure

If you have access to a GPS, and a Geocoin, then you are ready for the Virginia Geocoin Adventure. Place a GeoCoin in a hidden cache, and then track the movements of the geocoin over time.

Learning lessons have been developed to help students explore landscapes and issues impacting our communities using the trackable geocoins as ‘their guide’. These lessons and other resources can be downloaded to support an array of learners groups, from Middle/ High School classrooms to 4-H clubs and scout troops.

Organization: VirginiaView
Working with Lidar Using ArcGIS Pro Book

Lidar (light detection and ranging) imagery provides valuable information in the field of remote sensing, allowing users to determine elevation, vegetation structure, and terrain with remarkable levels of detail. This manual will lead ArcGIS Pro users through the tools and methods needed to access, process, and analyze lidar data through a series of step-by-step tutorials.

By completing this series of tutorials, you will be able to:
•Manipulate data to create maps and map templates in ArcGIS Pro
•Obtain and display lidar imagery
•Use ArcGIS Pro tools to process and analyze lidar data
•Classify lidar points using different classification methods
• Process lidar point clouds to create digital elevation models

Organization: VirginiaView
Remote Sensing with ArcGIS Pro Book

Remotely sensed images are widely available and have countless potential applications. In the past, analyzing these images required specialized software. Esri’s ArcGIS Pro software includes tools that can be used by novice and experienced analysts. In this manual, we provide a series of easy-to-understand, step-by-step tutorials to guide you through image analysis processes. By completing this series of tutorials, you will be able to: •Manipulate data in ArcGIS Pro •Obtain and display Landsat data •Display image data from Landsat or other remote sensing platforms (including Sentinel and sUAS) •Enhance and analyze remotely sensed imagery.Videos available through the Virginia Geospatial Extension Program’s YouTube Channel can be used as additional resources to accompany this manual.

Organization: VirginiaView
South Dakota Landsat 8 Imagery by County

Landsat 8 imagery for each of the counties in South Dakota is available for download in zipped format for various band combinations.  The date of the 2014 imagery varies by county, but is generally late summer.  The pixel size is 30 meters with the exception of band 8 which is 15 meters.  When unzipped, the image format is *.tif. 

Organization: South DakotaView
Remote Sensing of Wildfire Online Course

Participants in this course will learn about remote sensing of wildfires from instructors at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, located in one of the world’s most active wildfire zones. Students will learn about wildfire behavior, and get hands-on experience with tools and resources used by professionals to create geospatial maps that support firefighters on the ground.

Upon completion, students will be able to:

Access web resources that provide near real-time updates on active wildfires, 
Navigate databases of remote sensing imagery and data, 
Analyze geospatial data to detect fire hot spots, map burn areas, and assess severity, 
Process image and GIS data in open source tools like QGIS and Google Earth Engine.

Organization: AlaskaView
Working with Lidar Using ArcGIS Pro - Video Tutorial Playlist

This video playlist contains 17 short videos.  These video tutorials can be viewed as a companion to the ebook "Working with Lidar Using ArcGIS Pro" or they can be viewed as stand-alone tutorials.   Each of the 17 short videos target a specific topic, ranging from acquiring lidar data to Classifying Points Using Geoprocessing Tools, to Creating Surface Constraints.  Note that these tutorials begin with Chapter 7.  Chapters 1-6 are covered in Remote Sensing with ArcGIS Pro video tutorials. 

Organization: VirginiaView
Using Google Earth Engine to Assess Temporal and Spatial Changes in River Geomorphology and Riparian Vegetation

We developed a new approach using a cloud-based remote sensing and geospatial analysis platform, Google Earth Engine, to quantify temporal changes in river channel location and adjacent riparian vegetation extent and fraction. Our new method uses publicly available 1 m aerial images and eliminates manual processing need by incorporating an automatic image classification algorithm. Classification of riparian vegetation is enhanced by increasing the temporal resolution to monthly and by mapping vegetation at high spatial resolution. We illustrate the application of our method by characterizing temporal and spatial trends in riparian vegetation and river channel position for the mainstem of the Genesee River, New York, from 2006 to 2015. Annual change in riparian vegetation extent along the Genesee River ranged from a loss of 17% to a gain of 13%, and 64 km (28%) of the river demonstrated channel migration across consecutive aerial images. Our method also successfully distinguished differences between sections of the river above and below a dam. The enhanced capacity to map vegetation monthly allowed us to identify that seasonal active vegetation fractions along the Genesee River peaked at 75% in the summer and remained lower than 25% in winter. Our method allows stakeholders and managers to process remotely sensed imagery and investigate trends in river channel and riparian vegetation dynamics over time, while reducing the costs of data processing and storage.

Organization: New YorkView