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Dr. Gonzalo González Abad, an Atmospheric Physicist at the Center for Astrophysics, sits at a desk in his office. He is wearing a green collared shirt and behind him is a computer monitor showing code used to manipulate data.

Dr. Gonzalo González Abad

NASA Earth science data help Dr. Gonzalo González Abad produce retrievals of formaldehyde and other atmospheric trace gases.
Data User Story
Oct. 26, 2023
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All Historical Data from NASA's LAADS DAAC Now in the Cloud

The migration of historical satellite data from NASA's Level-1 and Atmosphere Archive and Distribution System Distributed Active Archive Center (LAADS DAAC) to the Earthdata Cloud brings new efficiencies to using these data.
News
Oct. 18, 2023
image of clouds in the atmosphere

ACTIVATE Data Workshop 2023

Join NASA's Aerosol Cloud Meteorology Interactions Over the Western Atlantic Experiment (ACTIVATE) science team for a free and open hybrid data workshop Nov 13-15, 2023.
Event
Sept. 30, 2023
Canadian Wildfire Smoke over the Atlantic Ocean on 27 September 2023 from the VIIRS and OMPS instruments aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite

Canadian Wildfire Smoke over the Atlantic Ocean

Base image acquired Sep 27, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite and overlaid with Aerosol Index values from the OMPS instrument.
Worldview Image of the Week
Sept. 28, 2023
High Aerosol Index from Fires in Canada on 4 September 2023 from the VIIRS and OMPS instruments aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite

High Aerosol Index from Smoky Canadian Fires

Base image acquired Sep 4, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite and overlaid with Aerosol Index values from the OMPS instrument.
Worldview Image of the Week
Sept. 7, 2023
Dr. David Peterson, Naval Research Laboratory meteorologist poses with a globe showing wavy patterns of satellite data. Peterson is in a white, button-down shirt and sitting in the lobby of a large office building. A staircase with a white railing can be seen in the background.

Dr. David Peterson

For meteorologist David Peterson, Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) data are crucial for studying pyrocumulonimbus events.
Data User Story
Aug. 28, 2023
False-color image of fires and burned areas in Greece on 19 July 2023 from the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite

Fires and Burned Areas in Greece

Image captured July 19, 2023, by the VIIRS instrument aboard the joint NASA/NOAA NOAA-20 satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
July 20, 2023
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