Feb 13, 2026 · NASA’s Earth-observing satellites help scientists identify atmospheric rivers, which enables studies of climate change, water management, and weather.

Feb 17, 2026 · Humidity data from NASA gives researchers measurements essential for determining water vapor's role in the function of Earth and its ecosystems.

Feb 13, 2026 · Air mass/density is a fundamental property of atmosphere. Mixture of gases forming Earth's atmosphere, consisting of nitrogen (∼78%), oxygen (∼21%), water vapor, and other trace …

Jan 27, 2026 · The review of atmospheric models showed that while they accurately capture many aspects of global cloud behavior, some longstanding issues in the details persist.

Feb 13, 2026 · NASA data help researchers characterize processes occurring within Earth’s atmosphere and their interactions with its land, ocean, and ecosystems.

Feb 13, 2025 · NASA’s Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) recently debuted its new GitHub online collaboration and code-sharing page offering tutorials, scripts, and guides for using data from …

This backgrounder provides information on essential variables known to be critical for observing and monitoring a given facet of the Earth system.

Feb 17, 2026 · The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a hyperspectral sounder that collects daily global measurements of water vapor and temperature profiles as one of four instruments comprising …

Feb 5, 2026 · Lightning research has come a long way in the past few decades. Looking back at Space Shuttle lightning experiments in the 1980s, we now have a better understanding of why lightning …

Feb 13, 2026 · NASA’s atmospheric wind data provide measurements to profile the force of air moving over land, water, and high into the sky.