The document provides instructions for trainees to analyze environmental scenarios using satellite data from NASA's Giovanni platform. Trainees are asked to select one scenario from the first three options about drought in the US Midwest, forest fires in a specified area, or flooding from rainfall events. For the selected scenario, trainees should determine the spatial domain, locate relevant Giovanni datasets, and analyze the data to address the scenario issue, submitting a 2-5 page summary with graphics. A fourth scenario allows trainees to analyze any environmental event of their choice in a country outside the US.

1. Module 6: Scenario Analysis & Display on NASA
Training on NASA Giovanni platform for satellite data retrieval
and analysis – Giovanni Work Session
Relevant NASA Giovanni Online Tutorial Resources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEXcoqDIURU
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/giovanni/overview/index.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hc53UA9dv9A
Instructions:
Review the four scenarios below, select one from the first three,
and also complete the fourth one.
Your task is to determine the spatial extent of your domain of
interest, explore GIOVANNI to locate appropriate datasets, and
use the data that you selected to conduct an analysis that helps
you address the issue of interest. If necessary, you may also use
surface-based station data (e.g., from the NOAA Climate Data
Centre) as part of your analyses. Please note that you are
required to use multiple datasets for each scenario.
Submit a brief summary of your analyses (2 to 5 pages) for each
scenario and include some graphics that best reflect the analyses
that you did.

2. Scenario 1:
We have experienced some severe droughts in the U.S. Midwest
in the recent past. Document the severity of this drought as best
as you can by comparing appropriate datasets from recent years
to previous years when conditions were wetter.
Scenario 2:
Fires are a major threat to human life, property, and forest
ecosystems in many parts of the world. Choose an area where
forest fires are rampant and highlight some of the environmental
impacts on air quality and land surface conditions (vegetation,
soil moisture, soil temperature, etc.).
Scenario 3:
Many parts of the world have recently experienced severe
flooding incidents from excessive rainfall. Characterize these
rainfall events using appropriate satellite and surface datasets.
Scenario 4:
Select any environmental event in any country outside the USA
that you are interested in and highlight specific aspects of that
event using appropriate datasets from GIOVANNI.