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 …

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 …

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.

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

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 …

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 …

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.