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From ERS-1 to NISAR: 35 Years of SAR at ASF

August 2026 marks 35 years since the first downlink of synthetic aperture radar data to the Alaska SAR Facility. ASF has supported many missions and archived many Earth observations since then.

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Aug. 17, 2026

Taken from the International Space Station (ISS), this photograph shows the city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, at the southern end of icebound Green Bay, a basin of Lake Michigan. The heavy snowfalls of winter 2014 cover the landscape.

Historical Data-in-Action: Less Predictable Winter Weather in Wisconsin

The Global Land Data Assimilation System Noah hydrologic model offers a tool for checking how winter weather changed from 1977-1978 to 2018-2019.

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July 24, 2026

Connecting Federal Agencies to Earth Observations: The Impactful Legacy of Data Curation for Discovery

Now part of NASA's SNWG Implementation TEam, the Data Curation for Discovery project team celebrates its role in enhancing discovery of Earth science solutions.

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July 10, 2026

satellite swath patterns from the FIRMS application over Africa

New FIRMS Data Product: Satellite Swath Outlines

NASA's Fire Information for Resource Management System now provides swath outlines, showing the extent of Earth's surface within view of a sensor.

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June 25, 2026

A map from the MERRA-2 models shows sea level pressure over Western Europe in December 1999.

Historical Data in Action: Western Europe’s Storm of the Century

We used data from the Modern-Era Retrospective analysis for Research and Applications, Version 2 (MERRA-2) to re-examine back-to-back December 1999 storms.

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April 14, 2026

Satellite-derived maps use red and yellow shading to distinguish between areas of new flooding versus recurrent/repeat flooding.

NASA Enhances Global Flood Products: Smarter Detection of Flooding, and the Release of a 23-Year Archive

NASA significantly enhanced its MODIS and VIIRS near real-time flood products, enabling users to distinguish between unusual and recurring flooding.

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April 10, 2026

Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for Global Precipitation Measurement (IMERG) Late precipitation anomalies expressed as departures from the climatological mean (base period 2000-2021) for South America during August 2022.

Brazilian Wildfires Captured by NASA TROPESS

The NASA TRopospheric Ozone and Precursors from Earth System Sounding (TROPESS) project captures trace-gas emissions associated with the August 2022 Amazon fires.

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March 27, 2026

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The Metadata Mission: How the ARC Project's Legacy Enriches Earth Science Data

The Analysis and Review of the Common Metadata Repository (ARC) project is transitioning to ESDIS management and will continue to ensure that NASA’s Earth observation metadata records are correct, complete, and consistent.

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Dec. 22, 2025

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From ERS-1 to NISAR: 35 Years of SAR at ASF

Historical Data-in-Action: Less Predictable Winter Weather in Wisconsin

Connecting Federal Agencies to Earth Observations: The Impactful Legacy of Data Curation for Discovery

New FIRMS Data Product: Satellite Swath Outlines

Historical Data in Action: Western Europe’s Storm of the Century

NASA Enhances Global Flood Products: Smarter Detection of Flooding, and the Release of a 23-Year Archive

Brazilian Wildfires Captured by NASA TROPESS

The Metadata Mission: How the ARC Project's Legacy Enriches Earth Science Data

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