OPERA SDS (Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis Science Data System) software(NPO-52101-1)

The OPERA project was funded by NASA in direct response to recommendations issued by the Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG), which every two years issues a report to NASA and other federal agencies listing new desirable products that should be produced to better monitor and forecast the state of the Earth system. The last survey, conducted in 2018-2019, proposed nine new activities, three of which are covered by the OPERA scope (Surface Water Extent, Land Surface Disturbance and Displacement). One of the funding requirements issued by SNWG is that all OPERA software be made available to the community as Open Source.