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PRISM Resources

Earthdata resources for users working with NASA’s Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer (PRISM) data include tutorials and other learning resources, news announcements such as instrument updates and data releases, user guides and related documents, and frequently asked questions.

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PRISM Level 2A Reflectance showing spectra over bloom of Noctiluca scintillans in Cape Town, South Africa

Water Quality Mapping with PRISM L2A Reflectance

In this tutorial, we use PRISM Level 2A surface reflectance from the BioSCape campaign for studying blooms of Noctiluca scintillans and turbidity.
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Jupyter Notebook
Oct. 6, 2026
PRISM Level 1B Calibrated Radiance Spectra across water, sand, vegetation, and urban surfaces over Monterey Bay, California

Access and Orthorectify PRISM L1B Radiance Dataset

This tutorial shows how to discover, stream, and orthorectify PRISM Level 1B calibrated radiance for the PACE-PAX campaign and how to compare radiance spectra.
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Jupyter Notebook
Sept. 30, 2026
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PRISM News

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Dr. Philip Brodrick stands before a mountainous and forested landscape.

Dr. Philip Brodrick

NASA has long used imaging spectroscopy to peer into space. Now, scientists are using the technology to take a closer look at Earth.
Data User Story
Feb. 15, 2024
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