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A topographical map of the Goodwin Creek Watershed in Mississippi. Portions of the map are colored in shades of blue to green to show increasing elevation above a water outlet.

Satellites and Models Can Fill the Gaps in Watershed Data

The NLDAS-2 dataset was added to the AIMS decision-making platform to create hydrology and water quality simulations for farmers and land managers across the country.

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May 14, 2026

30-, 60- and 90-day forecasts of dry and wet conditions, relative to the historic record for the lower 48 states, use GRACE-FO satellite groundwater data for the initial conditions.

Below the Surface: Tracking Groundwater from Space

This training offered by NASA's Applied Remote Sensing Training (ARSET) program covers applicable data sources for assessing groundwater change.

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March 9, 2026

High aerosol index over France due to Saharan dust on 5 March 2026 from the OMPS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.

Saharan Dust over Western Europe

The OMPS instrument aboard the NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP platform captured imagery and data on March 5, 2026.

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March 6, 2026

Global surface mass anomalies observed by the GRACE/GRACE-FO satellites (for the month of May 2025 relative to the 2005-2010 gravity field).

NASA Satellite Data Show Decrease in Colorado River Basin Aquifers

Researchers used data from the GRACE/GRACE-FO platform to estimate that the region has lost a combined 34 cubic kilometers of groundwater since 2002.

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Dec. 5, 2025

Monthly Average Daily TCWV from AIRS for July 2025

Water Vapor Data Helps Meteorologists Predict Whether a Storm Will Strengthen or Weaken

NASA's AIRS instrument provides information about precipitable water vapor, a key variable in determining the potential strength of hurricanes and tropical cyclones.

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Sept. 30, 2025

Typhoon Ragasa

Image captured September 24, 2025, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-21 platform.

Worldview Image of the Week

Sept. 25, 2025

A piece of a larger IceBridge Digital Mapping Sensor (DMS) Level 3 Ames Stereo Pipeline Orthorectified Image.

Earth Science Data Roundup: September 2025

A summary of datasets, products, and resources released by NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) in August 2025.

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Sept. 4, 2025

Hurricane Milton total surface precipitation

New Tutorial: Use Giovanni and Panoply to Create Line Plot Cross-Sections of Earth Science Data

Giovanni and Panoply are dynamic data tools that enable users to create a plot of data values in a data map and produce related visualizations.

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Aug. 19, 2025

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Satellites and Models Can Fill the Gaps in Watershed Data

Below the Surface: Tracking Groundwater from Space

Saharan Dust over Western Europe

NASA Satellite Data Show Decrease in Colorado River Basin Aquifers

Water Vapor Data Helps Meteorologists Predict Whether a Storm Will Strengthen or Weaken

Typhoon Ragasa

Earth Science Data Roundup: September 2025

New Tutorial: Use Giovanni and Panoply to Create Line Plot Cross-Sections of Earth Science Data

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