ECOSTRESS December Community Updates Digest
Dear colleagues:
We look forward to working together with you in the new year!
On behalf of the ECOSTRESS team
🎉 Mission Announcements
590,000+ Scenes Acquired
ECOSTRESS has now acquired over 590,000 scenes since the completion of In-Orbit Checkout! This incredible achievement continues to provide the highest spatiotemporal and spectral resolution thermal measurements available from space at 70m resolution.
New Tutorial Available
A Python-based pre-processing workflow for the ECOSTRESS Collection 2 Land Surface Temperature Tiled Product has been posted. This tutorial is designed to filter raw scenes and reduce bias for dynamic coastal and aquatic applications. It includes Python scripts for each processing step and a user guide, supporting open, reproducible science. Materials associated with this tutorial are posted here: https://ecostress.jpl.nasa.gov/tutorials | https://github.com/ECOSTRESS-Tutorials/ECOSTRESS_LST_Evaluation
📚 Recent Publications and Updates from the Community
- Alamillo et al. (2025). Post-Fire Vegetation Recovery Response: A Case Study of the 2020 Bobcat Fire in Los Angeles, California. Remote Sens. 2025, 17, 4023. https://doi.org/10.3390/rs17244023
- Lewis, R., & Sankey, T. (2025). ECOSTRESS Evapotranspiration Estimates Across Temporal and Spatial Scales in Arid and Semi-Arid Southern Arizona, USA. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences, 130(12), e2025JG009141. https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JG009141
- NASA Scientists Help Maryland County Plan to Beat Summer Heat Risks! Read more here: https://www.nasa.gov/earth/nasa-helps-md-county-beat-heat/
🌐 New Website Feature: Applications Tab
The ECOSTRESS applications page is now live! This dedicated section provides information regarding real-world applications of ECOSTRESS data across various domains including:
- Agriculture and water resources
- Urban resilience and planning
- Critical minerals and geologic hazards
- Wildfire management
- Coastal and aquatic resources
What You'll Find:
- Case studies from practitioners and stakeholders
- Success stories of ECOSTRESS data implementation
- Links to gallery images related to application use cases
We Need Your Input!
If you're using ECOSTRESS data in applied settings or working with end-users, we'd love to feature your work. Please reach out to share your application stories and help build this resource for the community.
📢 Share Your Work!
We want to hear from you! If you have recent work using ECOSTRESS data, please share:
- Recent publications or preprints
- Conference presentations or posters
- Applications work with practitioners and stakeholders
- Field campaigns or validation studies
- Student research or dissertations
- Real-world implementations affecting policy or management decisions
🔗 Resources
- ECOSTRESS Website: https://ecostress.jpl.nasa.gov
- Data Access (AppEEARS): https://appeears.earthdatacloud.nasa.gov/
- Collection 2 Code: https://github.com/ECOSTRESS-Collection-2
- Tutorials: https://ecostress.jpl.nasa.gov/tutorials
💼 Opportunities
NASA is beginning the process of identifying future water cycle research opportunities, and our team—sponsored by NASA's Terrestrial Hydrology Program—is sourcing critical input across the water cycle science community to support that effort. We invite you to share input via this online questionnaire (https://lnkd.in/gJQyCmdH) focused on a simple but critical question:
Where can space-based observations, missions, and partnerships have the greatest impact on water cycle science and applications for societal benefit in the next decade?