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Read the latest news stories, feature articles, user stories, and blog posts that feature data archived by NASA's Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC).

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The image above shows Daily MSU upper tropospheric temperature (channel 3/4) from Dec 31, 1993.

Highs and Lows of Temperature

Earth's atmosphere is more complex than previously thought.

Feature Article

April 19, 2021

This image shows the inside of the NASA DC-8 aircraft. (Image courtesy of CAMEX-4).

Dropping in on a Hurricane

Models that predict hurricanes use CAMEX, a series of hurricane field research investigations.

Feature Article

April 19, 2021

The map above shows the average yearly counts of lightning flashes per square kilometer from 1995 to 2013

Data in a Flash

Daytime detection of lightning competes with sunlight shining off cloud tops.

Feature Article

April 19, 2021

Photograph of a thunderstorm discharging electricity as both cloud flashes and ground flashes.

Cosmic Charges

Scientists learn that Earth is plugged into a much larger electrical circuit.

Feature Article

April 19, 2021

A dog explores a park during a blizzard in the town of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.

Cold, Symmetric, and Cryptic

Researchers aim a barrage of sensors at nature's most enduring heiroglyphs.

Feature Article

April 19, 2021

This MODIS image from July 19, 2006, shows muddy water from the rangeland-dominated Fitzroy River catchment entering the waters near the Great Barrier Reef,

Cloud to Cloud: Forecasting Storm Severity with Lightning

Forecasters find that lightning may help predict whether developing storms will become severe.

Feature Article

April 19, 2021

Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC) Moves to the Earthdata Cloud

Feature article highlighting GHRC DAAC as the first of NASA's DAACs to complete efforts to migrate their data into a commercial cloud provider.

Feature Article

April 16, 2021

Diagram of the EOSDIS Cloud architecture

2019 Cumulus Highlights

Efforts to migrate NASA EOSDIS data into the commercial cloud, an undertaking called Cumulus, made significant strides in 2019.

Feature Article

Feb. 25, 2021

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Highs and Lows of Temperature

Dropping in on a Hurricane

Data in a Flash

Cosmic Charges

Cold, Symmetric, and Cryptic

Cloud to Cloud: Forecasting Storm Severity with Lightning

Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center Distributed Active Archive Center (GHRC DAAC) Moves to the Earthdata Cloud

2019 Cumulus Highlights

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