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Terrain Elevation Learning Resources
Webinars, tutorials, data recipes and more to help you work with Terrain Elevation.
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The eBird tool leverages NASA's remote sensing data to monitor bird populations and habitats and aid in conservation efforts.
Data in Action
May 8, 2023
Learn how to use the Global 30-m Height Above Nearest Drainage (HAND) dataset generated from the Copernicus GLO-30 DEM.
StoryMap
Dec. 2, 2022
Height Above Nearest Drainage (HAND) is a terrain model that normalizes topography to the relative heights along the drainage network and is used to describe the relative soil gravitational potentials or the local drainage potentials.
Tutorial
Dec. 2, 2022
Order Sentinel-1 interferometric synthetic aperture radar (InSAR) datasets from NASA’s Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center (ASF DAAC).
StoryMap
April 23, 2021
Learn how to convert among common synthetic aperture radar (SAR) scales, including power, amplitude, and dB.
StoryMap
Nov. 16, 2020
Work with radiometrically terrain corrected (RTC) Sentinel-1 synthetic aperture radar (SAR) datasets.
StoryMap
Nov. 11, 2020
Get to know NASA's Land Processes Distributed Active Archive Center (LP DAAC) in this Tech Talk Webinar.
Webinar
Oct. 1, 2020
This data recipe guides users to terrain correct CEOS-formatted data granules for legacy platforms.
Data Recipe
Oct. 18, 2016
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