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Sea Level Change

Satellite data show that the rate of global mean sea level rise has accelerated to 3.9 mm/year.


Wildfires

Wildfire is an essential process connecting terrestrial systems to the atmosphere and climate.


Tropical Cyclones

Tropical cyclones are one of the biggest threats to life and property.

Photo of Dr. Timothy Lang, Lead Research Aerospace Technologist in the Earth Science Branch at NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center
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User Profile: Dr. Timothy Lang
NASA’s GHRC DAAC helps scientists like Dr. Timothy Lang use lightning data to better understand the processes in convective storms.
This color map shows Africa, portions of the Middle East, and Southern Europe. The Northern third of Africa is colored in shades of tan to highlight the desert regions. The middle of Africa is covered in red dots to indicate where fires have been detected. The Southern portion of Africa is green to reflect the more humid, vegetation-rich areas.
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The Big and Small of Fire in Africa
NASA Earth science data are being used in Africa’s Sahel region and across the continent to help track, study, and manage fires.
A portion of the first light image from Suomi NPP's VIIRS sensor captured November 21, 2011. The VIIRS instrument on JPSS satellites will become the primary imager in polar orbit in the coming years.
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Suomi NPP SIPS Help Ease the Transition from EOS to JPSS Satellites
Work by five Science Investigator-led Processing Systems (SIPS) enhance data continuity for next-generation instruments and missions.
Photo of Karen MIchael, EOSDIS System Manager and LANCE Manager
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Data Chat: Karen Michael
As EOSDIS System Manager and LANCE Manager, Karen Michael has two roles, but has one mission: ensuring users get the data they need.
An artist's conception of Aura's OMI instrument scanning the atmosphere
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OMPS, TROPOMI Instruments Set to Continue OMI's Long-Term Data Record
Data from the next-generation Instruments will help atmospheric scientists advance air quality measurements and standards.
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DCOTSS 2022 Open Data Workshop
Nov 23, 2022

The Dynamics and Chemistry of the Summer Stratosphere (DCOTSS) team is hosting a free open data workshop Dec 8, 2022, for anyone interested in learning how to access and conduct analysis on DCOTSS data.

The POWER of DAVe
Nov 23, 2022

The enhanced Data Access Viewer (DAVe) from NASA’s Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) project provides climate parameters that make it easy to explore renewable energy resources, sustainable infrastructure technologies, and agricultural planning.

Terra's Lower Orbit Virtual Community Forum
Nov 18, 2022

This virtual, open community forum on Dec 8, 2022, features discussions of Terra instrument and spacecraft health, mission longevity, and prospective scientific impacts, data product implications, and opportunities resulting from past and future orbit changes.

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Sulfur Dioxide Plume from the Eruption of the Mauna Loa Volcano on 28 November 2022 from the AIRS instrument aboard the Aqua satellite
Nov 30, 2022
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Sulfur Dioxide Plume from the Mauna Loa Volcano Eruption, Hawaii

Image captured on Nov 28, 2022, by the MODIS and AIRS instruments aboard the Aqua satellite.

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