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Articles, resources, and announcements from Atmosphere.
Image captured on 23 August 2020, by the VIIRS instrument, aboard the joint NASA/NOAA Suomi NPP satellite.
Worldview Image of the Week
Aug. 31, 2020
Each year, several hundred million tons of African dust are transported westward over the Atlantic to the Caribbean, Central America, and South America.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
What might happen to the Antarctic food web if temperatures increase in the polar regions?
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
The UARS satellite has revolutionized our view of the mesosphere.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
For years, experts have used cloud observations to predict the weather.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
The goal of NASA's Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is to understand the chemistry, dynamics, and energy balance above the troposphere, as well as the coupling between these processes and between regions of the atmosphere.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
Soil moisture is one of the components of land-surface evapotranspiration, and is a required parameter for evaporation calculations.
Feature Article
July 28, 2020
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
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