ABoVE

Science Cloud Webinars

Webinars are held occasionally at 1:00 pm Eastern time to discuss topics of interest to ASC users, including how to use the system, system updates, and presentations on current research being done on the ASC by the user community. Presentations are recorded and made available from the link below.
Contact Liz Hoy to submit a topic or to find out more information.

The How to Cloud for Earth Scientists webinar series is held at Goddard Space Flight Center and offers useful examples of cloud computing which may be relevant for users of the ABoVE Science Cloud

Science Cloud Setup Instructions
About the Science Cloud

For instructions on accessing the ABoVE Science Cloud, contact support@cce.nasa.gov

UPCOMING

2023

Title: ABoVE Science Cloud
Speaker: Liz Hoy
Description: Have you been interested in giving the ABoVE Science Cloud a try, but you have some questions, or you aren’t sure where to start? We will be hosting an informational webinar about the ABoVE Science Cloud this Thursday at 1pm Eastern (9am Alaska) to give some background on the ABoVE Science Cloud. We will discuss how to get an account, how to access the cloud once you have an account, and what datasets are available to use on the cloud. Please join if you are interested. We will have members from the NASA Center for Climate Simulation (our ASC partners) available to answer questions and provide additional information.
Slides [PDF]

2022

Title: SMCE ABoVE Talk
Speaker: Dan Duffy
Description: Dan Duffy, Chief of the NASA Computational and Information Sciences and Technology Office, will discuss the Science Managed Cloud Environment (SMCE). SMCE is a managed Amazon Web Service (AWS) based infrastructure accessible for NASA funded projects that can leverage cloud computing capabilities.
Recording [View Directly on YouTube]

2021

	Title: ABoVE Science Cloud on ADAPT Presentation Slides[PDF] Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	Title: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence Available On The ABoVE Science Cloud: Presented by Laura Carriere of NASA NCCS and Mark Carroll of NASA CISTO Recording [View Directly on YouTube]

2020

	Title: ABoVE Science Cloud Webinar: Presentations by Dr. Christoph Keller, Matthew Stroud, and Dr. Paul Montesano Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	Title: ABoVE Science Cloud Webinar: Presentations by Dr. Chris Neigh & the ASC Team Presentation Slides - ASC Presentation Slides - Neigh

2019

	Title: An overview of the datasets currently on the ASC, as well as a discussion of system tools and available resources. Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	Title: SLURM Webinar: An overview of the use of SLURM on the ABoVE Science Cloud presented by Scott Sinno. Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	Title: Introduction to the ABoVE Science Cloud Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube] Speaker: Laura Carriere Description: An overview presentation about the ABoVE Science Cloud given by Laura Carriere of the NASA Center for Climate Simulation.
	Title: Stefano Potter Presenting: Predicting post-fire albedo under historical and future climate across boreal North America Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]

2018

	Title: Publishing Multidimensional Data from the ASC Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube] Speaker: Jim Shute, Principal Applications Architect for the NASA Climate Center for Simulation (our science cloud partner) will describe how to use resources available on the ASC. Description: Publishing time-enabled, multidimensional data from the ABoVE Science Cloud to the Web can be a challenge. This presentation will showcase the behind-the-scenes methodology used to populate data for the recent Barn Swallow Climate Story demonstration. Our presenter will use a multidimensional (NetCDF) dataset from MERRA2 and walk through the various stages of the project, to include project setup, service publishing, python script modification, data reformatting, and application creation. The finished result will be a web-enabled, time-aware application on the NCCS Spatial Analytics Platform (https://maps.nccs.nasa.gov).
	Creating and Using Web-based (ESRI) Story Maps in a Cloud Environment Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube] Speakers: ABoVE-PI Dr. JJ Frost will share a recent Story Map he created as part of his ABoVE research in Emmonak, AK and NCCS summer intern Carly Robbins will share the Story Map she created using the NCCS ADAPT system (the ASC is part of this system). About Story Maps: ESRI Story Maps offer a way to use your own data to create a web-based map using text, images, and multimedia content. These maps are then shared out over the web and can be a great tool for interacting with stakeholders. The NCCS ADAPT system has the capabilities to both create and share these interactive maps with the public – all you need is your ASC account to get started. Description: Following these two presentations, we will discuss any ASC system updates and newly available ASC datasets, and will close with a time of Q&A with ASC users, so please bring your questions (about logging on, using imagery, security restrictions, etc.). We hope many of you can join us. In general, webinars in this series are focused on providing a forum for users of the ASC to learn how to access the ASC and use the provided capabilities to analyze data. We normally hold these webinars every 3rd Friday of the month (although we had to shift the webinar this month). Everyone on the ABoVE Science Team is welcome to attend, although this is most relevant for science team members with ASC accounts. If you aren’t able to make a webinar, we will record it so that you can view it later.
	Presentation by Eric Stofferahn: A Model-Data Integration Framework Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	Title: High-resolution forest modeling in the cloud Description: Dr. Adrianna Foster, a NASA Postdoctoral Program Fellow studying boreal forests using high-resolution forest modeling, provides insight into her use of the ABoVE Science Cloud. Dr.Foster will introduce us to her ABoVE-related research, and discuss how she has utilized the science cloud for this work. Following her talk, we will also discuss any system updates and newly available datasets, and will close with a time of Q&A with ASC users. Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	ABoVE Science Cloud Introduction and Hands-on Workshop Presentation Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	System Updates, Dataset Review, and Q&A Presentation Slides No Recording Available

2017

	The ABoVE Science Cloud on ADAPT This was a joint webinar given for both the “How to Cloud for Earth Scientists” series at NASA GSFC and the ABoVE Science Cloud Seminar Series. Presented by Dr. Peter Griffith, Dr. Elizabeth Hoy, and PhD candidate Mark Carroll. Learn how the NASA Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) science team is using a private cloud here at Goddard, the NASA Center for Climate Simulation’s Advanced Data Analytics Platform (ADAPT). ADAPT hosts the ABoVE Science Cloud (ASC), which combines high performance computing in a “platform-as-a-service” virtual machine environment, and peta-scale data management with software tools for analytics. This environment is specifically designed for large-scale modeling and analysis of remote sensing data, and has copious disk storage for “big data” with integrated data management. We will discuss the ASC and show examples from Goddard scientists of how the ASC is being used to meet the needs of ABoVE. Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	System Updates, Dataset Review, Q&A Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	NGA Data Discovery Tools Slides Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	Demonstration by Jim Shute of NCCS on the planned use of ESRI products in the ABoVE Science Cloud Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	Recording [View Directly on YouTube]
	Landsat Surface Reflectance and Landsat Collection 1 The U.S. Geological (USGS) Survey Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD is the steward of Landsat satellite imagery and other land records, and the provider of land change science data, information and knowledge to aid in the understanding of a changing Earth. In an effort to make Landsat data more useful for science applications, USGS EROS provides research-quality, application-ready, higher level science data products, such as Surface Reflectance. The Surface Reflectance algorithms derive biophysical measurements of Earth’s surface primarily by estimating and removing atmospheric contamination from the Landsat Level-1 data. This webinar will discuss the theory behind Surface Reflectance retrieval; the fundamentals of the Landsat 4-5 Thematic Mapper (TM)/Landsat 7 Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) Surface Reflectance Landsat Ecosystem Disturbance Adaptive Processing System (LEDAPS) algorithm, and the Landsat 8 Operational Land Imager (OLI) Surface Reflectance Code (LaSRC); how to effectively use these higher level data; and how Landsat Collection 1 will better enable time series analysis of Landsat data products. Steve Foga works as a remote sensing scientist for Stinger Ghaffarian Technologies Inc., contractor to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD. He works on the Land Satellites Data Systems (LSDS) Science Research and Development (LSRD) team, where his primary focus is on characterization, documentation and quality assurance of higher level Landsat data products, such as Surface Reflectance and Surface Temperature. Steve has also worked on other projects within LSRD, such as cloud detection algorithm validation, metadata development, and science data product evaluation. Steve has a M.Sc. degree in Geography from the University of Kansas, where his focus was on glaciology and remote sensing. Following Steve’s discussion on Landsat, Mark Carroll and Damien Sulla-Menashe will describe the location of the current Landsat data available on the ABoVE Science Cloud, and there will be a time for Q & A. Recording View Directly on Youtube Steve Foga Slides [14.35MB pdf] Mark Carroll Slides [14KB pdf] Damien Sulla-Menashe Slides [12.32MB ppt]
	Current Datasets on the ASC and System Updates Recording [View Directly on Youtube] Presentation Slides [197KB pdf]
	Claire Porter from the Polar Geospatial Center presented information about using the PGC imagery utilities to orthorectify high resolution imagery on the ASC Recording [View Directly on Youtube] Presentation Slides [2.3MB pdf] Process to use the PGC Imagery Utils on the ASC >> Updated Sep 2017

2016

	ABoVE Science Cloud Webinar: System Updates and Q & A Recording [View Directly on Youtube] Presentation Slides [1.3MB pdf]
	ABoVE Science Cloud Webinar: System Updates and Q & A The ASC team provided system updates and explained how to log into Windows VMs using Guacamole within a web browser and navigate to the high resolution imagery to view it. Recording [View Directly on Youtube] Presentation Slides [853KB pdf]
	ABoVE Science Cloud Webinar: System Updates and Q & A Due to technical difficulties we did not host this webinar, however the slides are available here. This information will be presented at our next webinar on October 21st, 2016. Presentation Slides [946KB pdf]
	NASA Earthdata Webinar: "Arctic Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE) Data Management Best Practices" Recording [View Directly on Youtube]
	ABoVE Science Cloud Data Discovery and Management Recording [View Directly on Youtube] Presentation Slides [745KB pdf]
	ABoVE Science Cloud Data Discovery and Management Recording [View Directly on Youtube] View a short video on using the ASC Data Discovery Tool here. Presentation Slides [305KB pdf]
	ABoVE Science Cloud Use Case and Imagery Discovery Presentation by Mark Carroll showing his successful use of the ASC to create surface water masks using Landsat imagery Tips on locating and accessing imagery stored within the ASC. Recording [View directly on YouTube]
	Accessing the ABoVE Science Cloud The basics of how to access the ASC from both Windows and Linux machines (included are video tutorials) A presentation by Mark Carroll showing the location of various datasets on the ASC Presentation by Dan Slayback showing the future plans we have to access imagery on the ASC. Recording [View directly on YouTube] Presentation slides [380KB pdf]