News & Events

2024 SBG Science & Applications Technical Interchange meeting
Watching Earth’s Interconnected Systems at Work - EOS.org
SBG DO WG Interactions
AGU 100 - GC51E - Advances Toward Global Imaging Spectroscopy and Thermal Infrared Measurements III Posters Dec 13, 2019 from 08:00 AM to 12:20 PM — Moscone South - Poster Hall ,
AGU 100 - GC53A - Advances Toward Global Imaging Spectroscopy and Thermal Infrared Measurements I Dec 13, 2019 from 01:40 PM to 03:40 PM — Moscone West - 2003, L2 ,
AGU 100 - GC54A - Advances Toward Global Imaging Spectroscopy and Thermal Infrared Measurements II Dec 13, 2019 from 04:00 PM to 06:00 PM — Moscone West - 2003, L2,
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2020 SBG Community Workshop Update: Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, we have cancelled the in-person SBG Community Workshop that was planned for May 26-29. Instead, we will hold a program of virtual meetings during the spring. We will also be developing an online training workshop for early career scientists and others interested in new tools for working with VSWIR and TIR data: stay tuned for announcements on that.
SBG R&A and Architecture Status Webinar Mar 26, 2020 from 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM — WebEx Pacific Time,: Please join us for a SBG community webinar on the status of SBG’s science traceability to questions and priorities, provide brief updates on the research and applications status and will present the process for selecting final architectures for recommendation to NASA HQ planned for July.
Community Webinar on SBG Architecture Recommendations to NASA Headquarters May 27, 2020 from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM — WebEx (1:00 PM EDT),: The SBG team invites the science, applications and space-science communities to a continuing series of webinars to engage with progress and recommended architectures for community input. The next webinar will be on the 27th of May at 1:00 PM EDT (1500 UTC) and will present, first the science and application guidance used by the architecture teams, and second, the process and status of the architecture activity, as it nears a final set of recommended architectures.
Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) Request for Information: The SBG Study team seeks expertise and information from across the spectrum of Earth Science research, applications, technology, mission formulation and implementation, as well as across the major stakeholder organizations in government (NASA and non-NASA), academia, industry and the international community. International (i.e. non-US) and commercial (i.e. non-government) responses are especially encouraged.
April 2020 Update
Community Webinar on SBG Architecture Recommendations to NASA Headquarters Jul 15, 2020 from 12:00 PM to 02:00 PM — WebEx (12:00 PM EDT),: This webinar will begin with a review of the science and applications metrics used to score architectures to be followed by a presentation of the recommended options, a preferred option, and two high-value alternates. The SBG team will review the process for community feedback, and NASA HQ staff, including Charles Webb, Associate Director for Flight Programs, Earth Science Division, who will discuss the next steps, leading to a decision.
May 2020 Update
June 2020 Update: On May 27th 2020, the Surface Biology and Geology study team hosted the second of three webinars being held in place of the previously planned third SBG community workshop. The goal of these webinars is to engage with the science and applications community to provide an update on the SBG architecture design and science valuation process and to solicit feedback prior to providing architecture recommendations to NASA Headquarters in July 2020. The first webinar on March 26 provided a high-level overview of the Research and Applications (R&A) activities and the status of the architecture study as it progressed from Phase 1 “Candidate Architectures” to Phase 2 “Architecture Assessment”. This second webinar, provided a more detailed view on how the R&A working groups provided input to the mission design sessions to evaluate the VSWIR and TIR architectural elements, which took place in April and May 2020 at NASA LaRC, JPL, GSFC, and ARC.
PRISMA data are now available for access: Spaceborne VSWIR data from the Italian PRISMA satellite (both archived and new acquisitions) opened to users last week.
SBG Postdoc Opening: Prepare science community for SBG, NASA has funded a Pathfinder activity
SBG User Needs Survey: NASA, in coordination with RTI International, is undertaking a user needs assessment survey to inform the capabilities of a future NASA imaging spectrometer in the visible to shortwave infrared and multiband thermal satellite mission called Surface Biology and Geology (SBG). This is a unique opportunity to provide feedback on prospective capabilities for SBG and better support the earth observation needs of user communities like yours.
SBG September 2020 Update: The Surface Biology and Geology Study Team had a busy summer in many ways, successfully wrapping up the Architecture Assessment Phase (Phase 2) and presenting the candidate architecture and two alternatives to the community on July 14th and to NASA Headquarters on July 29th. Despite the challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, the SBG team continued the series of planned mission design labs at Langley, Ames, Goddard, and JPL, engaging with the research and applications community, and coordinating with Headquarters and potential international partners to remain on a fast-paced schedule.
AGU Fall Meeting 2020: Please join us at these exciting SBG-relevant AGU FM20 sessions.
4th SBG Community Webinar Feb 18, 2021 from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM: The NASA Surface Biology & Geology team invites the science, applications and space-science communities to our fourth community webinar on February 18th at 1:00 PM Eastern.
NASA ARSET training opportunity on “Hyperspectral Data for Land and Coastal Systems”: The NASA Applied Remote Sensing Training Program is hosting a series of online training webinars (Jan 19, Jan 26, and Feb 2) on using imaging spectroscopy to study land and coastal ecosystems.
Slides from the 4th SBG Community Webinar available here
NASA's surface biology and geology designated observable: A perspective on surface imaging algorithms: New review paper summarizing existing hyperspectral and thermal algorithms across the Surface and Biology Geology Designated Observable thematic areas: snow/ice, aquatic environments, geology, and terrestrial vegetation
NASA ESD Decadal Survey Community Forum Apr 15, 2021 from 01:00 PM to 02:30 PM: The NASA Earth Science Division is hosting a Decadal Survey Community Forum to “provide an update on the strategic implementation of the 2017 ESAS, with particular emphasis on the “new” program element identified as the Designated Observables (DOs). ESD is seeking new ways to leverage the work and ideas in the non-governmental/private sector to contribute possible approaches that may address the designated observables recommendations in the 2017 ESAS in order to increase mission/observing system capability and/or to reduce costs.”
Call for abstracts: 1st DESIS User Workshop, 29 September – 1 October 2021 from Jul 01, 2021 12:00 AM to Jul 23, 2021 12:00 AM: Our colleagues at the German Space Agency (DLR) are hosting the first DESIS User Workshop to “to provide a platform for discussion and knowledge exchange related to spaceborne imaging spectroscopy with a focus on DESIS mounted on MUSES/ISS. [They] would like to get a feedback on your first experiences working with DESIS data.”
Registration deadline: ASI's Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Workshop: PRISMA Mission and beyond, 13-14 April 2021 Mar 29, 2021 12:00 AM: Our colleagues at the Italian Space Agency (ASI) are hosting a virtual workshop to “promote the use of hyperspectral data in various scientific and application domains and to increase the visibility of operational and next-to-come satellite missions, starting from the ASI’s PRISMA, pursuing the following objectives”.
Call for papers: “The Earth in living color: spectroscopic and thermal imaging of the Earth: NASA’s Decadal Survey Surface Biology and Geology Designated Observable”: This special collection focuses on tracing capability needs by the research and applications communities using visible-to-shortwave infrared (VSWIR) imaging spectroscopy and multispectral thermal infrared (TIR) remote sensing to an architecture for advancing the science of Earth surface biology and geology.
Call for Abstracts (Due 16 March 2021) for the Optical Society’s (OSA) 2021 Hyperspectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment (HISE)
Requests for Information (RFIs) for SBG Instruments posted on SAM.gov: The Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) is planning for the development or procurement of the SBG wide-swath visible-to-shortwave infrared (VSWIR) imaging spectrometer and thermal infrared (TIR) instruments for a spaceflight application.
6th SBG Community Webinar Oct 12, 2021 from 08:00 AM to 09:30 AM — WebEx,: The NASA Surface Biology & Geology team invites the science, applications and space-science communities to our sixth community webinar on 12 October 2021 at 0800 Pacific (1100 Eastern).
SBG Application User Needs Survey
Slides from the 7th SBG Community Webinar Available
8th SBG Community Webinar May 17, 2022 12:00 AM — WebEx,: The NASA Surface Biology and Geology team invites you to our 8th SBG Community Webinar on May 17th at 0800-0930 PDT/1100-1230 EDT.
Slides from the 8th SBG Community Webinar focused on Applications Available
Register now for the SBG Community Workshop (Oct 12-14 2022) from Oct 12, 2022 05:15 AM to Oct 14, 2022 05:15 PM — Washington DC Area,
Slides and Video from the 2023-07-12 SBG VSWIR Project Science/Applications Update Webinar