1. Technology, Tools & Methods Used for Capacity Building at NASA
Committee on Earth Observation Satellites
Technology, Tools & Methods Used for Capacity Building at NASA
Nancy D. Searby
Agenda Item # 11
CEOS 7th Working Group for Capacity Building & Data Democracy (WGCapD-7) Annual Meeting
INPE São José dos Campos, Brazil
6-8th March, 2018

2. Agency Competencies Technology, Tools & Methods
General Capacity Building Initiatives
ARSET – Online and hands-on NASA remote sensing training
SERVIR – Building international capacity in developing countries
DEVELOP – Dual workforce capacity building using collaborative feasibility projects
Indigenous Peoples Initiative – Identify needs and building capacity in indigenous communities within the USA
New NASA GEO projects – SAR, agriculture & food security, MBON, indigenous land management
Tools and Methods applied
Trainings
Co-produced tools and methodologies:
Multi-year projects
Rapid feasibility projects
Methods proposed in new GEO projects (e.g. workshops)
Best Practices
Remote Sensing Training: Methods & Best Practices (ARSET webinar series)
SERVIR service planning toolkit
Contributions to the WGCapD compiled best practices document
Brokering relationships
SERVIE service planning toolkit:
ARSET training:

3. Capacity Building Expected Activities Synergy with WGCapD’s plans
SAR Trainings (2018 by SERVIR ):
SAR Basics and Forest Degradation and Deforestation - Niamey, Niger (Jan 29 - Feb 2)
SAR Basics and Forest Degradation and Deforestation - Kathmandu, Nepal (Feb 12 – Feb 16)
Workshop on Use of Spaceborne SAR data for estimating forest height - Bangkok, Thailand (Mar 12 – Mar 16)
Workshop on Use of Spaceborne SAR for mapping mangrove Methods on Sampling Design - Nairobi, Kenya (Apr 16 - Apr 20)
Workshop on Use of Spaceborne SAR data for retrieving forest structural parameters - Kathmandu, Nepal (Apr May 04)
Non-SAR Trainings:
43 in-person trainings in the Americas, Africa and Asia & Oceania, and 27 online global webinars covering Public Health Surveillance, Water Resources Management, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Sustainability, Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture, Disaster Resilience
Tools & Portals:
ARSET Website:
SERVIR Product Catalogue:
DEVELOP Git Hub:
COVE / Data Cube Trainings:
No COVE activities
DEVELOP Summer 2018 project with Data Cube planning in progress
SERVIR piloted Data Cube collaboration
Status Updates for Collection & Coordination of CB Resources:
ARSET trainings are listed in GEOCAB
SERVIE service planning toolkit:
ARSET training:

4. Technology, Tools & Methods
Capacity Building Activities
Technology, Tools & Methods
Future Planning:
Year
Regions
Activity
Themes Covered
EO Involved
2018
Americas
3 in-person trainings
Public Health Surveillance, Water Resources Management, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Sustainability
MODIS, VIIRS, OMI, CALIOP
Africa
19 in-person trainings
Water Resources Management, Disaster Resilience, Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Sustainability, Other
Landsat 5, 7 & 8, SMAP, MODIS, VIIRS, WorldView, VHR imagery, TRMM, GPM, SRTM, Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2,
Asia & Oceania
17 in-person trainings
Public Health Surveillance, Water Resources Management, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Sustainability, Food Security & Sustainable Agriculture
MODIS, VIIRS, OMI, CALIOP, Landsat 7 & 8, TRMM, GRACE, SMAP, Jason-2/3, Sentinel-3, ICESat-2, Sentinel-1, GPM
Global/ Online
5 webinars
Water Resources Management, Disaster Resilience, Public Health Surveillance, Biodiversity & Ecosystem Sustainability
Landsat, VIIRS, MODIS, Landsat, GOES-R
2019
4 in-person trainings
GPM, MODIS, Landsat, VIIRS, OMI, AIRS, CALIOP, SRTM
2 trainings
Water Resources Management, Disaster Resilience
GPM
Global / Online
11 webinars and 1 training
MODIS, OMI, CALIOP, VIIRS, OMI, GOES- R, AIRS, GPM, SRTM, SMAP, Sentinel-2
2020
GPM, MODIS, Landsat, VIIRS, OMI, AIRS, CALIOP, GPM, SRTM
11 webinars
MODIS, OMI, CALIOP, VIIRS, GOES-R, AIRS, GPM, SRTM, SMAP, Sentinel-2
Future Coordination:
Recommended priorities: MODIS > VIIRS transition, GRACE-FO (lrd April 2018), ICESat-2 (lrd September 2018)