Alaska Satellite Facility

❄️Want to learn how help with the Blowing Snow Pilot Project? Join our friends at GINA to talk about the results at tomorrow’s webinar!!

🛰️ NISAR Releases Over 100,000 New Data Products

The NASA–ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) mission has released more than 100,000 Level-1 through Level-3 L-band data products through the Alaska Satellite Facility DAAC.

This is the second data release since the satellite’s July 2025 launch, which expands global coverage and gives researchers the opportunity to refine workflows, explore time-series analysis, and begin integrating NISAR data into their science applications.

Data are available through Vertex and NASA Earthdata Search.

Learn more about the latest NISAR data release https://nisar-docs.asf.alaska.edu/product-known-issues/

Pre-Calibration Sample Products - NISAR Data User Guide DownloadsPre-Calibration Sample ProductsUpdated February 27, 2026Pre-Calibration Product Known Issues¶The NISAR project is still in the calibration and validation phase, and currently available products are not yet fully calibrated. Through processing of the global data, the project has learned abo...

NASA Releases ROSES Call for NISAR DART Proposals!

NASA has announced a new Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) program element supporting the NISAR Data, Applications, Research, and Technology (DART) team.

NISAR will provide global, repeat L-band and S-band radar observations to study earthquakes, ecosystems, ice sheets, soil moisture, hazards, and more.

🌎 All L-band NISAR data will be freely available through the Alaska Satellite Facility Distributed Active Archive Center (ASF DAAC).

🗓 Step-1 proposals due: March 13, 2026
🗓 Step-2 proposals due: May 14, 2026

If you’re developing innovative science or applications using NISAR data, this is your opportunity to help maximize the mission’s impact.

Learn more via NSPIRES under ROSES-2025.

nspires.nasaprs.com

Join our friends at GINA for their February VAWS webinar: Monitoring and Communicating Glacier Outburst Flood Hazards from Mendenhall Glacier

VAWS – Monitoring and Communicating Glacier Outburst Flood Hazards from Mendenhall Glacier | ACCAP Speaker: Eran Hood, Professor of Environmental Science, University of Alaska Southeast About the webinar: Su***de Basin, an ice-marginal lake along Mendenhall Glacier, has released outburst floods …

🌎Want to learn more about ? Register today for this webinar that is happening tomorrow at 11am AKST.

VAWS – Introducing NISAR: NASA’s Biggest Earth Observation Mission | ACCAP Speaker: Franz Meyer, Professor, UAF Geophysical Institute, Chief Scientist, Alaska Satellite Facility About the webinar: Some of the recent earthquakes in Alaska and across the globe showed us how…

Join us at the January 2026 ESIP Meeting for a great lineup of talks on cloud adoption in Earth science!

ASF’s Joseph Kennedy will be presenting during “Bridging the Cloud Divide – Part 1”, which focuses on best practices for working with data in the cloud, including data formatting, APIs, and efficient access strategies.

👉 Learn more and register:
https://2026januaryesipmeeting.sched.com/event/2CXOq/bridging-the-cloud-divide-part-1

We’re also excited to share Aimee Barciauskas’ LinkedIn post highlighting both Part 1 and Part 2 of the Bridging the Cloud Divide sessions, which explore real-world use cases for cloud adoption, scalability, and collaboration, found here:
https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7414424015462707200/

Don’t miss these sessions if you’re interested in how cloud technologies are shaping the future of Earth science 🌍☁️

2026 January ESIP Meeting: Bridging the Cloud Divide - Part 2 | Aimee Barciauskas I'm excited for a great lineup of presentations at two (2) "Bridging the Cloud Divide" sessions during the virtual January Earth Science Information Partners (ESIP) meeting on January 21st! If you're interested in new and emerging best practices for cloud adoption, join us for "Bridging the Cloud Di...

Looking for something indoors to do on these last cold days of 2025? Go to the University of Alaska Museum of the North and check out the ASF exhibit and learn how our data are used by the science community. Only a few more days to see this exhibit before it comes down in the museum!

❗Today’s the last day for ASF presentations and your last chance to grab an ASF calendar!! Come talk with us!!

📣We’re holding an ASF NISAR Hour at the UAF Research booth this morning, come see us in the exhibit hall! We also have several talks and poster sessions scheduled for today!

🚀This morning we have a talk and 2 poster sessions.

🌏Day 1 of AGU!! We have a few talks today and a poster session this afternoon. Don’t forget to swing by the UAF Research booth this afternoon to pick up your 2026 calendar!! 📆