News
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.
Call for Abstracts (Due 16 March 2021) for the Optical Society’s (OSA) 2021 Hyperspectral Imaging and Sounding of the Environment (HISE)
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.