Feb 13, 2026 · NASA’s Earth-observing satellites help scientists identify atmospheric rivers, which enables studies of climate change, water management, and weather.

Feb 13, 2026 · Humidity is a measure of water vapor in the atmosphere. There are measures of absolute humidity, which is the grams of water vapor present per cubic meter of air. Specific humidity …

Feb 13, 2026 · Air mass/density is a fundamental property of atmosphere. Mixture of gases forming Earth's atmosphere, consisting of nitrogen (∼78%), oxygen (∼21%), water vapor, and other trace …

Jan 27, 2026 · The review of atmospheric models showed that while they accurately capture many aspects of global cloud behavior, some longstanding issues in the details persist.

Feb 19, 2026 · Earth's atmosphere is a layer of mixed gases approximately 60 miles high that provides the air we breathe, shields us from dangerous levels of ultraviolet light from the sun, and traps …

NASA's Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC), one of NASA's Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs), is in the Science Directorate located at NASA's Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA. …

This backgrounder provides information on essential variables known to be critical for observing and monitoring a given facet of the Earth system.

Feb 13, 2025 · NASA’s Atmospheric Science Data Center (ASDC) recently debuted its new GitHub online collaboration and code-sharing page offering tutorials, scripts, and guides for using data from …

Feb 17, 2026 · The Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) is a hyperspectral sounder that collects daily global measurements of water vapor and temperature profiles as one of four instruments comprising …

Feb 17, 2026 · NASA's carbon monoxide data track historical and near real-time levels of this pollutant, enabling studies of air quality and atmosphere composition.