{"id":3768,"date":"2023-08-11T22:46:26","date_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/?p=3768"},"modified":"2023-08-11T22:46:26","modified_gmt":"2023-08-11T17:16:26","slug":"nasa-software-catalog-offers-free-programs-for-earth-science-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/archives\/3768","title":{"rendered":"NASA Software Catalog Offers Free Programs for Earth Science, More"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">NASA Software Catalog<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3224\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/archives\/3659\/new-big-logo-sti\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Big-Logo-STI.png\" data-orig-size=\"417,153\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"New Big Logo STI\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Big-Logo-STI-300x110.png\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Big-Logo-STI.png\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-3224\" src=\"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Big-Logo-STI-300x110.png\" alt=\"NASA Software Catalog\" width=\"82\" height=\"30\" srcset=\"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Big-Logo-STI-300x110.png 300w, https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/New-Big-Logo-STI.png 417w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 82px) 100vw, 82px\" \/>Washington D.C., NASA: (NASA Software Catalog) <\/strong>Each year, NASA scientists, engineers, and developers create software packages to manage space missions, test spacecraft, and analyse the petabytes of data produced by agency research satellites. As the agency innovates for the benefit of humanity, many of these programs are now downloadable and free of charge through NASA\u2019s Software Catalog.<\/p>\n<p>The 2023-2024\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/software.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Software Catalog<\/a>\u00a0contains more than 1,000 programs, including dozens of new packages added this year.<\/p>\n<p>Among the 15 different categories of NASA software available through the catalog is environmental science. Whether it means helping farmers navigate crop-destroying\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spinoff.nasa.gov\/Spinoff2015\/ps_1.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">droughts<\/a>, tracking deadly storms such as\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spinoff.nasa.gov\/global-weather-forecasting\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">hurricanes<\/a>\u00a0and tornadoes, or mapping\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/spinoff.nasa.gov\/A-High-Tech-Farmer%E2%80%99s-Almanac-for-Everyone\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">floods, fires, and more<\/a>, NASA\u2019s fleet of Earth-observation satellites allows an \u201ceye-in-the-sky\u201d advantage to spot events, features, and long-term trends on our ever-changing planet.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By making our innovations available to the public, we fulfill our goal of helping NASA&#8217;s research and technology development find new uses beyond space exploration,\u201d said Daniel Lockney, program executive for the agency\u2019s Technology Transfer program at <a href=\"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/archives\/3767\">NASA<\/a> Headquarters in Washington. \u201cWe\u2019re proud to make NASA software more accessible through our easy-to-use website, and we are dedicated to continuing this \u2018customer-service\u2019 approach to software release.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the environmental science software included in the catalog are:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/software.nasa.gov\/software\/MFS-32780-2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">popular modeling software that<\/a>\u00a0provides values for atmospheric parameters, such as temperature and winds, for any month and location in Earth\u2019s atmosphere<\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/software.nasa.gov\/software\/ARC-16088-1A\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">geospatial system<\/a>\u00a0for disaster response using low-cost hardware such as digital cameras or cellphones<\/li>\n<li>A cloud-based toolkit that allows collaboration among researchers in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/software.nasa.gov\/software\/NPO-49145-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Earth science<\/a><\/li>\n<li>An algorithm to accurately forecast\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/software.nasa.gov\/software\/MFS-33225-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">lighting strikes<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A framework that combines maps with satellite-based rainfall estimates to identify potential\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/software.nasa.gov\/software\/GSC-17452-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">landslide hazards<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/software.nasa.gov\/software\/GSC-17111-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">platform<\/a>\u00a0built for interactive browsing of near-real-time satellite imagery to help with time-critical scenarios such as wildfires or flooding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NASA scientists and software experts, who use satellite data and more to better understand Earth, will be available to answer questions about free agency resources at 12 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, Aug. 16, during a Reddit \u201cAsk me Anything.\u201d Join or follow the discussion online using the \/r\/AskScience subreddit.<\/p>\n<p>To complement the Software Catalog, NASA\u2019s Technology Transfer program has also built a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/software.nasa.gov\/remotesensing\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Remote Sensing Toolkit<\/a>. The web-based set of tools helps users find, analyze, and use the most relevant satellite data for research, business projects, or conservation efforts.<\/p>\n<p>Beyond environmental science, the catalog also includes software packages for system testing, aeronautics, business systems and project management, data and image processing, crew and life support, and more.<\/p>\n<p>The Software Catalog is a product of NASA\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/technology.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Technology Transfer program<\/a>, managed for the agency by STMD. NASA routinely makes improvements to the Software Catalog website, ensuring the process is fast and easy. The program ensures technologies developed by and for NASA are broadly available to the public, maximizing the benefit to American taxpayers.<\/p>\n<p>Access restrictions apply to some software that may be limited to use by U.S. citizens or for U.S. government purposes only.<\/p>\n<p>Review the catalog online at:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/software.nasa.gov\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>http:\/\/software.nasa.gov<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\" align=\"center\"><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">NASA Software Catalog NASA Software Catalog NASA Software Catalog NASA Software Catalog NASA Software Catalog NASA Software Catalog NASA Software Catalog NASA Software Catalog NASA Software Catalog<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NASA Software Catalog &nbsp; Washington D.C., NASA: (NASA Software Catalog) Each year, NASA scientists, engineers, and developers create software packages to manage space missions, test spacecraft, and analyse the petabytes of data produced by agency research satellites. As the agency innovates for the benefit of humanity, many of these programs are now downloadable and free [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3771,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,18,60],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/2-1.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7P32y-YM","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3768"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3772,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3768\/revisions\/3772"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3771"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3768"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3768"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/schooltimesindia.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3768"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}