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Photograph of four EOSDIS interns

An Internship Like No Other

The experience may be different this summer, but almost a dozen interns are helping the ESDIS Project office and EOSDIS DAACs move vital work forward.
Feature Article
Aug. 12, 2020
Photograph of Dr. Mark McInerney

Mark McInerney

The technical requirements for moving NASA EOSDIS data into the commercial cloud are enormous. Mark McInerney oversees this effort and helps ensure these data are interoperable with similar data from other agencies.
Data User Story
July 29, 2020
The image above shows the approximate location of the Aurora Borealis in relation to the mesosphere and thermosphere.

UARS: A Model Data Set

The UARS satellite has revolutionized our view of the mesosphere.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
Periodic flooding in the Mississippi Valley can affect residents as far north as Minnesota and as far south as Louisiana. In May 2001, the Mississippi River flooded this house south of Red Wing, Minnesota.

The Flood Hunters

A new long-term archive of satellite data will help hydrologists monitor floods, allow aid agencies to pinpoint flood-prone regions, and provide information for modeling Earth's complex hydrologic cycles.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
In this QuikSCAT image, ocean colors indicate wind speed (blue is low, yellow is high), and white streamlines indicate wind direction.

Teaching Old Data New Tricks

20 years after NASA launched a new radar remote sensing instrument called a scatterometer on the Seasat satellite, data from that first scatterometer and its descendants have opened up new possibilities for scientists who study climate change.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
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