Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC)

Disciplines: Radiation budget, clouds, aerosols, and tropospheric composition
Image
First Light incoming solar radiation from CERES on Suomi NPP.

NASA's Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) is in the Science Directorate located at NASA'S Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. The Science Directorate's Climate Science Branch, Atmospheric Composition Branch, and Chemistry and Dynamics Branch work with ASDC to study changes in the Earth and its atmosphere. Data products translate those findings into meaningful knowledge that inspires action by scientists, educators, decision-makers, and the public. ASDC supports over 50 projects and provides access to more than 1,000 archived data sets. These data sets were created from satellite measurements, field experiments, and modeled data products. ASDC projects focus on the Earth science disciplines: Radiation Budget, Clouds, Aerosols, and Tropospheric Composition.

Contact Information

John Kusterer, DAAC Manager
Christopher Harris, Operations Lead
Jeff Walter, Science Data Services Lead
Matthew Tisdale, Data Scientist

Langley Research Center
2 South Wright Street, Building 1268C
Mail Stop 157D
Hampton, VA 23681-2199

Website: https://asdc.larc.nasa.gov/  

Last Updated

You Might Also Be Interested In

Filter By

Content type
Placeholder image
Resource
Placeholder image
Resource
Many locations north of the equator, such as Guyana, tend to receive more rain than locations in the southern tropics. (Courtesy T. Rampersad)
Article
Contrails, or condensation trails, form when water vapor from airline exhaust condenses and freezes, forming clouds made of ice crystals.
Article
Mares' tail clouds over Texas
Article
Retirees perform tai chi during a smoggy day in Fuyang, China in January 2013.
Article
Researcher Michel Verstraete pauses while a laser scanner records the geometric properties of a savanna landscape in Kruger National Park, South Africa
Article