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Dr. John Wilkin

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. John Wilkin, to study coastal ocean circulation, marine ecosystem processes, and the occasional rock lobster.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
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Dr. Joan Ramage

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Dr. Joan Ramage, to study glaciers and snowmelt.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
Dr. David Mocko

David Mocko

Who uses NASA Earth science data? David Mocko, for using land-surface models to study drought.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 2020
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Cara Wilson

Who uses NASA Earth science data? Cara Wilson, to better understand the possible connection between harmful algal blooms and southern right whale mortality.
Data User Story
Dec. 22, 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
NASA's PO.DAAC just released the first public data products from the GRACE-FO mission.

First GRACE-FO Data Now Available

Two datasets from the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment Follow-On (GRACE-FO) mission have just been released by NASA’s PO.DAAC.
Feature Article
Nov. 4, 2020
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