Description

New satellite technology and data products continually advance our capabilities for detecting and monitoring wildland fires and for identifying and tracking smoke plumes. This workshop, led by NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) program, will provide an overview of the advanced satellite data available and introduce participants to NASA resources and tools for monitoring fires and smoke. These include NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), which integrates multiple sources of satellite imagery and derived data products relevant to active fire detection and smoke monitoring. 

The workshop will also introduce NASA Worldview, a web mapping application for interactively browsing global satellite imagery and near-real-time data products. Participants will be guided through ways to use Worldview to visualize products relevant to assessing smoke evolution and air quality impacts—such as the new air pollutant observations collected every daytime hour by the NASA Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of POllution (TEMPO) mission. 

The workshop is being held as part of the International Smoke Symposium. 

Date

March 23, 2026

Location

Tallahassee, Florida

Instructors

• ARSET Instructors: Aaron Naeger (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center), Kristina Pistone (Bay Area Environmental Research Institute/NASA Ames Research Center), and Caterina Mogno (UMBC/NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
• Guest Instructor: Dylan Mendes (NASA FIRMS)

Objectives

By the end of this training attendees will be able to:

• Identify satellite sensors and data products applicable for detecting and monitoring fires and smoke plumes;
• Understand the capabilities and limitations of different data sources for detecting fires and observing smoke plumes;
• Access relevant data products using NASA tools such as Worldview and the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS);
• Generate and interpret data visualizations of satellite-based observations for fire and smoke monitoring. 

Audience

Attendees of the 4th International Smoke Symposium, including air quality scientists, air quality managers, fire professionals, and government policymakers.

Health scientists and technology innovators.

Course Format

A four-hour, in-person workshop

Session