The 2023 American Geophysical Union conference, Wide. Open. Science. (December 11–15), will feature a number of IMPACT researchers. Their presentations, posters, and eLightning sessions will cover a range of topics including: satellite data processing and analysis; utilization of various frameworks and tools for Earth observation data; cloud-based data exploration, visualization…

IMPACTful News, the IMPACT 2023 newsletter has been released. Here are several of the stories you won’t want to miss: IMPACT and IBM Develop AI Geospatial Foundation Model Science Discovery Engine Developments Facilitating Satellite Earth Observation Needs VEDA Powers Open Science Release of Additional Spire Soil Moisture Data HLS Opens Source Code and Completes Data Archive IMPACTful News is available here.

IMPACT team members will be involved in over three dozen oral and poster presentations, sessions, and town halls at the upcoming 2023 American Geophysical Union conference (December 11–15 in San Francisco, CA). Many of these activities will highlight how IMPACT teams and projects are involved in Earth science data stewardship…

On November 2, eight IMPACT team members were recognized for their exemplary efforts in leading and supporting numerous IMPACT projects. The awards highlight the contributions and achievements of these outstanding individuals who demonstrate remarkable commitment to IMPACT’s vision and mission. Cerese Albers, Lead Program Executive for the Earth Science Data…

Kaylin Bugbee, Rahul Ramachandran Introduction “We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.” -R. Buckminster Fuller Emerging new technologies are always feared by some. In 1474, priest Filippo de Strata worried that the “brothel of the printing press” would dilute the quality of information made available…

On May 25, 2023, the Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP) team unveiled stac_ipyleaflet, the latest addition to MAAP user tool boxes. …

Interns are a regular part of the IMPACT team. Again and again, interns have brought significant value to IMPACT projects with their fresh perspectives, enthusiasm, and willingness to learn. Their unique outlooks challenge established patterns and can lead to creative problem-solving and innovative solutions. These IMPACT interns also infuse teams…

Last summer, we introduced the Algorithm Publication Tool (APT): an authoring, publishing, and central repository environment for creating Algorithm Theoretical Basis Documents (ATBDs). These documents are needed for communicating the theory behind some of the NASA data products available to users. …

Less than seven months after a public/private partnership was forged between IBM Research and NASA IMPACT, the largest ever open-source geospatial AI foundation model (FM) has been released. AI foundation models are pre-trained on large datasets with self-supervised learning techniques. They provide flexible base models that can be fine-tuned for…