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The GNSS-based Upper Atmospheric Realtime Disaster Information and Alert Network (GUARDIAN) is a near real-time (NRT) ionospheric monitoring tool for natural hazards warning.

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Earth Science Data Systems 2025 Fiscal Year Highlights

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This graph shows the Earth science data archive growth projection soaring to over 500 Petabytes in 2030.

+7.4 billion

files distributed to end users

10+ million

distinct data and service users

178+ petabytes

of Earth science data available