Mentors: Jacob Nesslage (UCM, ES) and Adam Weingram (UCM, EECS)
This repository contains scripts and tutorials for NASA SpaceApps Challenge 2024 workshops at UC Merced.
To provide training on NASA data access and analysis prior to the challenge. NASA hosts an incredible repository of free and open-access data, which can be overwhelming for even those experienced in NASA data science applications to navigate. The tutorials provided herein should aid in navigating the data selection and acquisition process using the NASA's earthaccess API, as well as standard analyses using Python packages such as rasterio, geopandas, shapely, xarray, rioxarray, and Pytorch.
The NASA International Space Apps Challenge is the largest annual global hackathon. This two-day event creates innovation through international collaboration by providing an opportunity for participants to utilize NASA’s free and open data and its Space Agency Partners’ space-based data to address real-world problems on Earth and in space.
During the hackathon, NASA Space Apps Challenge participants around the world gather at hundreds of in-person and virtual Local Events to address challenges submitted by NASA Subject Matter Experts (SMEs). These challenges range in complexity and topic, tasking participants with everything from creating artistic visualizations of NASA data to conceptualizing and developing informational apps and software programs. After the hackathon, project submissions are judged by space agency experts and winners are selected for one of 10 Global Awards.
The NASA Space Apps Challenge inspires collaboration, creativity, and critical thinking. Participants have gone on to form companies inspired by their projects, develop professional careers via employment opportunities or skill development, and network with like-minded individuals in their local community and around the world.