The NISAR mission launched in July 2025, started acquiring science-quality data in November 2025 and finished its calibration/validation period in mid-2026. NISAR acquires data over nearly all the Earth’s land areas, many coastal waters and much of the polar oceans, with a 12-day repeat cycle for consistent global monitoring.

NISAR’s routine observations enables time series analysis to track trends and detect changes of surface conditions, relevant to many societal applications (e.g., vegetation dynamics related to agricultural practices and forest management; ground deformation relevant to critical infrastructure monitoring; surface water extent relevant to flood detection).

With NISAR data products now publicly available, the community can assess early results and explore the mission’s potential across a wide range of applications.

This session welcomes contributions that highlight the use of NISAR data, tools and capabilities to support applications, including efforts by end user organizations, operational agencies, and commercial companies to address societal benefits.

• EP - Earth and Planetary Surface Processes
• G - Geodesy
• NH - Natural Hazards
• SY - Science and Society