NASA ARSET Training & Professional Certifications
These certificates were awarded by NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) Program. The trainings focus on Earth Observation, Remote Sensing, GIS, Climate, Water Resources, Air Quality, Wildfire Monitoring, and Environmental Applications.
Estimating Biomass Change Using GEDI and the OBIWAN API
Level: Intermediate
Provider: NASA ARSET
Introduces carbon monitoring concepts and the OBIWAN application, which builds on GEDI's model-based statistical framework to generate aboveground biomass change estimates and associated uncertainties for user-defined areas and time periods.
GEDI OBIWAN Biomass Estimation Carbon Monitoring
NASA Earth Observations and Tools for Wildfire Monitoring and Management
Level: Introductory
Provider: NASA ARSET
Covers the Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS), a web-based application for visualizing satellite-based active fire detections and hot spots to identify the location, extent, and intensity of wildland fire activity.
FIRMS VIIRS MODIS Wildfire Monitoring
Geostationary Remote Sensing of Trace Gases for Air Quality Applications
Level: Intermediate
Provider: NASA ARSET
Provides an overview of TEMPO capabilities and available trace gas data products, and illustrates how geostationary TEMPO observations can be visualized and applied to air quality monitoring.
TEMPO Air Quality Monitoring NO₂ Analysis Atmospheric Remote Sensing
Monitoring Groundwater Changes for Water Resources Management
Level: Advanced
Provider: NASA ARSET
Covers applicable data sources for assessing groundwater change, including GRACE satellite observations, to analyze storage anomalies and support sustainable water resource management.
GRACE Groundwater Storage Anomaly Water Resource Assessment
Applications of ICESat-2 for Land and Vegetation Studies
Level: Intermediate
Provider: NASA ARSET
Introduces ICESat-2 lidar data and demonstrates its use for measuring land surface elevation, canopy height, and vegetation structure in support of ecosystem and terrain monitoring.
ICESat-2 Lidar Vegetation Structure
Eyes in the Sky: NASA Satellite Imagery for Land Cover Analysis
Level: Intermediate
Provider: NASA ARSET
Explores how the R statistical coding language can be used to classify land cover and quantify land use / land cover change (LULC) over time using NASA satellite data.
R LULC Change Land Cover Classification
Introduction to STREAM for Inland and Coastal Water Quality Monitoring
Level: Intermediate
Provider: NASA ARSET
Introduces STREAM, a web-based tool for monitoring chlorophyll-a concentration, Secchi disk depth, and total suspended solids in inland lakes and coastal regions.
STREAM Water Quality Chlorophyll-a
Introduction to Thermal Remote Sensing and Applications in Urban Heat Island Mapping
Level: Intermediate
Provider: NASA ARSET
Covers the fundamentals of thermal infrared remote sensing and demonstrates how satellite-derived land surface temperature data can be used to map and analyze Urban Heat Island (UHI) intensity in cities
Thermal Remote Sensing Land Surface Temperature (LST) Urban Heat Island Intensity
Monitoring Groundwater Changes for Water Resource Management
Level: Advanced
Provider: NASA ARSET
Covers GRACE and GRACE-FO satellite observations for monitoring groundwater storage anomalies and supporting sustainable water resource management.
GRACE Groundwater Storage Anomaly Water Resource Assessment
Monitoring and Predicting Floods Using Earth Observations for Planning and Preparedness
Level: Intermediate
Provider: NASA ARSET
This course covered NASA Earth observation tools and data for monitoring flood events and forecasting flood risk, supporting early warning systems and disaster preparedness planning.
Flood Monitoring Earth Observation Disaster Preparedness
Species Distribution Modeling with Google Earth Engine
Level: Intermediate
Provider: NASA ARSET
This course covered the use of Google Earth Engine to model species distribution by integrating environmental and climatic variables with occurrence data, supporting biodiversity conservation and habitat assessment.
Species Distribution Modeling Google Earth Engine Biodiversity
Harnessing NISAR: Next-Generation Radar Observations for Earth Applications
Level: Introductory | Provider: NASA ARSET
Date: July 2, 9 & 16, 2026
This training introduced NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar), covering its upcoming radar observation capabilities and potential applications for monitoring Earth surface changes, ecosystems, and natural hazards.
NISAR Synthetic Aperture Radar Earth Surface Monitoring
Estimating Surface PM2.5 Using Satellite Data and Other Information Sources
Level: Intermediate | Provider: NASA ARSET
Date: July 8–22, 2026
This course covered methods for estimating ground-level PM2.5 concentrations by integrating satellite aerosol data with other information sources, supporting air quality monitoring and public health assessment.
PM2.5 Satellite Aerosol Data Air Quality Monitoring