Description
This in-person training hosted by NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training Program (ARSET) is in collaboration with NASA’s Private-Sector Engagement Program. The training covers methodologies on how to generate pre- and post-disaster products from satellite and model data and access existing products relevant to assessing fires and floods.
The training focuses on data access and analysis for the stated applications with demonstrations and hands-on use cases for participants to build their technical skills in working with and analyzing NASA Earth science data. Building technical capacity to apply Earth observations and modeled data will better prepare finance and insurance sectors to identify areas at risk and to estimate loss to property caused by natural hazards and extreme events in different geographies around the world.
Prerequisites
Objectives
By the end of this training attendees will be able to:
- Identify practical applications of Earth observations in assessing critical environmental issues specific to fires and floods.
- Identify Earth observations and modeled data for in-depth analysis of natural hazards.
- Apply workflows to case studies that leverage Earth observations and modeled data to evaluate and address challenges related to fires and floods.
Date
Nov. 12, 2025
Time
8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Course Format
- Eight-hour in-person workshop
Location
St. John's University Manhattan Campus, New York, NY
Instructors
- Amita Mehta (NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center; University of Maryland, Baltimore County)
- Erika Podest (NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- Sean McCartney (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center; Science Systems and Applications, Inc.)