Forrest Williams

PhD; Geoscience, remote sensing, and InSAR 🛰🌎
Research Software Engineer at the Alaska Satellite Facility

[Forrest Williams @RS_Forrest]

We’ve got incredible SAR capabilities - but still struggle to use public and commercial data together. I’ve decided to build a new tool called MultiRTC to help fix this.

🔗 More in my blog post: https://t.co/0kmRIOaf9K
🔗 MultiRTC: https://t.co/95bTLNCjcg

[Forrest Williams @RS_Forrest]

🚀Excited to be giving a NASA Earthdata webinar tomorrow!
I'll be walking through how to explore the new OPERA DISP dataset via ASF’s Displacement Portal. It’s gonna be great!

🗓️May 29, 2 pm ET
🔗 Register here:
https://t.co/javGz8hm9Y

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📢HyP3 SDK v. 7.3.0 Released!

Users are now able to rename existing jobs using a new HyP3.update_jobs() method. Explore how it works with this example tutorial notebook👇

https://t.co/NZxN13o200

[Forrest Williams @RS_Forrest]

At the @NASAEarthData AGU booth this morning! Stop by to talk SAR and big data! #AGU #GoldenAgeOfSAR

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🌍Happy GIS Day! 🌎
Exciting news: ArcGIS Pro 3.4.0 supports NISAR HDF5 products! Updated docs for working with NISAR sample data are coming soon.
In the meantime, check out our new Burst InSAR StoryMap! https://t.co/UZt0Ieq4yI

[NASAEarthdata @NASAEarthData]

Looking for data recipes and tutorials to help you learn how to work with synthetic aperture radar (#SAR) data? Check out the learning resources from our NASA Alaska Satellite Facility SAR data center on the new Earthdata website.

View tutorials: https://t.co/xdUyVKxate

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Sentinel-1 orbit files are now available in the Registry of Open Data on AWS!

• Publicly available, no login required 🎉

• Less downtime, thanks to Amazon S3 🎊

• Accessible via a new s1_orbits Python library and standard S3 tools 🥳

https://t.co/grsMcUxUPp

[Forrest Williams @RS_Forrest]

💥Want to use @Ak_Satellite’s #Sentinel1 burst archive with your favorite SAR processor? Check out burst2safe – a Python package that converts burst data to ESA’s SAFE format. Available on PyPI and Conda!
#GoldenAgeOfSAR #S1Bursts

https://t.co/0h5nbsXPqD

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🚨 ASF’s Sentinel-1 Burst Archive is complete!!! 🚨

You can now create on-demand InSAR products for ANY Sentinel-1 burst in @Ak_Satellite's archive. Read our docs to learn more! #GoldenAgeOfSAR #S1Bursts

https://t.co/H6jLrJ2JvX

[Forrest Williams @RS_Forrest]

So excited about this! Bursts make it much easier to work with Sentinel-1 data, especially when you're looking at small areas!

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🚨ASF’s Sentinel-1 Burst Archive is complete!!! 🚨

You can now download burst data for ANY #Sentinel-1 scene in our archive. Learn more below 👇#GoldenAgeOfSAR #S1Bursts

https://t.co/fG9PhThDW9

[Forrest Williams @RS_Forrest]

So great to see @insar_11 using @Ak_Satellite's new Sentinel-1 burst products for landslide analyses! Our burst products are much smaller than full Sentinel-1 scenes, making them ideal for this type of analysis.

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⁉️Want more InSAR data? 🚀

We're changing our quota system to a credit system. As of today, each job type costs a different amount of your 10,000 monthly credits. You can now submit up to 10,000 Burst InSAR jobs a month - a 10x increase!💥

Learn more: https://t.co/ORjV1neJWd

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New Tutorial Available!
Check out ASF'S new Change Detection Tutorial using OPERA RTC-S1 products: https://t.co/fu5PEl1mUa

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⚠️ Starting April 1st, users will be given an allotment of 10,000 credits per month instead of 1,000 jobs per month.
Each type of job will cost a different number of credits. Notably, now you will be able to run up to 10,000 Burst InSAR jobs per month, a 10x increase!

[Forrest Williams @RS_Forrest]

@geonanayi @jettrecruitsgeo @RegrowAg Yep still here! I’ll DM you!

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Poster is up and I’m ready to talk Sentinel-1 bursts at #AGU23 !

[Forrest Williams @RS_Forrest]

Lots of exciting @Ak_Satellite presentations at #AGU23 today!

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We have lots of ✨exciting ✨topics to talk about today. Learn more about the OPERA project with Dr. Franz Meyer (@SARevangelist). Then dive into this afternoon’s poster session with Dr. Forrest Williams (@RS_Forrest) and Kim Fairbanks 🥳 #AGU23 #GoldenAgeOfSAR @UAFGI @theAGU

[Forrest Williams @RS_Forrest]

Excited about the release of burst InSAR at @Ak_Satellite! Burst-based workflows are faster, simpler, and I now use them exclusively in my own work.

Come by my poster at #AGU23 today to learn more!
https://t.co/pI1UWEW82z

#GoldenAgeofSAR #BurstsAreTheFuture

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🚨Sentinel-1 Burst InSAR now available in HyP3!🚨

These bite-sized interferograms are perfect for applications that analyze small areas, or that need perfectly overlapping interferograms!

Burst InSAR Docs:
https://t.co/dXEe0wyEhN

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NASA's Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA) project released two new analysis-ready #SAR products designed to minimize the technical barriers of working with satellite radar data.

➡️Learn more in our latest feature: https://t.co/E777gTClCY

[AKSatelliteFacility @Ak_Satellite]

The @UAFGI booth is ready for #AGU23 in San Francisco this week! We have UAF bags for all the swag you will surely pick up. The Nanook 🐻‍❄️ bags are also back in limited quantities. You can find the ASF calendar, stickers, pens, & more at the booth (next to NASA). #UAFxAGU @theAGU