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Dr. Santiago Gassó

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Santiago Gassó, to study the concentration and global movement of dust.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
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Dr. Róisín Commane

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Róisín Commane, to study the effects of terrestrial pollution on the atmosphere’s chemical composition.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
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Dr. Paul Stackhouse

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Paul Stackhouse, for developing new products for analyzing the global energy cycle and interfaces for using these data.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
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Dr. Anne Nolin

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Anne Nolin, to study mountain ecosystems.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
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Brian Knosp

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Brian Knosp, to improve Earth observing data products and systems.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020

3-D View of the Colby Fire, California

The Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) instrument aboard the Terra satellite passed over the Colby Fire at 10:45 a.m. on Jan. 16, 2014, about five hours after the fire was first reported. The instrument was able to acquire images of the fire at different angles, allowing scientists to create a 3-D view of the Colby fire and images of the height of the smoke/particulate dispersal.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
Terra completes 100,000 orbits

Terra: The Hardest Working Satellite in Earth Orbit

Since 1999, NASA’s Terra Earth observing satellite has completed more than 100,000 orbits. The instrument data from this workhorse satellite has resulted in one of the longest continuous data records of our planet ever recorded from space.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
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