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False-color Harmonized Landsat Sentinel-2 image of Cambridge, MD

Customize HLS RGB Imagery Composites in Worldview

Create your own Harmonized Landsat Sentinel 2 (HLS) image composite or select from a preset list.

Tutorial

April 29, 2026

ASTER false-color view of Kilauea volcano in Hawaii

Introducing ASTER Version 4: What’s New in Data Access, Products, Formats, and How to Unlock the ASTER Cloud Archive

The USGS EROS User Services team is offering an hour-long webinar to share the data, tools, and services available from the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) instrument aboard NASA’s Terra satellite.

Webinar

March 26, 2026

Visualizing Land Cover and Land Use Change with NASA Satellite Imagery

This ARSET training explores how the R statistical coding language can be used to classify land cover and quantify changes in land cover over time.

Training

Feb. 24-26, 2026

Solar Induced Fluorescence (SIF) Observations for Assessing Vegetation Changes Related to Floods, Drought, and Fire Impacts

This ARSET training discusses the use of a remote sensing measure of photosynthesis to study the impact of extreme weather on cropland and ecosystems.

Training

Oct. 15-29, 2025

A map of the GLanCE30 Land Cover for the Waubay National Wildlife Refuge in northeast South Dakota on 2002-07-01. The map shows water in blue and herbaceous in tan color which cover the majority of this region. The are smaller patches shown in red which are developed area.

Get Started with GLanCE30

This Jupyter Notebook shows users how to find and access Global Land Cover Mapping and Estimation Yearly 30 meter (GLanCE30) data.

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Jupyter Notebook

July 23, 2025

This map, which is a segment of a larger map, shows changes in avian abundance in portions of the United States and Canada. Red colors indicate declining abundance, whereas blue indicates increasing abundance.

Citizen Science and MODIS Data Reveal Patterns of Bird Population Change

The eBird project uses NASA data and observations from amateur birdwatchers to provide insights into the decline in avian populations throughout North America.

Data in Action

June 17, 2025

EMIT image of aquatic chlorophyll a content from the EMIT sensor acquired on February 19, 2023. Image depicts a portion of the Mississippi River delta south-southeast of New Orleans, Louisiana, US

Work With EMIT L2B Mineralogy

Work with the EMIT L2B Mineral Identification Band Depth and Uncertainty Data and aggregate individual spectral library constituents into the EMIT-10 minerals and estimate abundance.

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GitHub Repository

July 7, 2024

EMIT image depicts a portion of the Sierra Nevada foothills west of San Jose, California, US

Explore EMIT L2A Reflectance

Explore EMIT L2A Reflectance data using interactive plots.

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GitHub Repository

June 17, 2024

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