Earth Science Branch

The Earth Science Branch conducts research of the Earth as a system with a focus on lightning and precipitation processes, weather and climate variability, monitoring fluxes of heat and water from the surface, and associated data management and mining activities for scientific discovery and applications for societal benefit.

Earth Science Branch Projects

Press Release Featuring New Collaboration Between NASA and IBM

March 29, 2023

On February 1, IBM and NASA announced a new collaboration to develop and apply artificial intelligence (AI) foundation models for Earth science. At the press event, 26 reporters attended and over 70 news outlets have released feature articles highlighting the …

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Open-Source Code Repositories and Documentation for the Visualization, Exploration, Data Analysis (VEDA) Now Available on Github

February 5, 2023

Aligned with NASA’s 2023 open-science initiative, the Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) project has made all supporting code repositories and associated documentation publicly available and accessible via GitHub. VEDA believes that the open sourcing of its code allows for …

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Paper Accepted for Publication in Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

February 5, 2023

William Koshak (ST11) is co-author on an article accepted for publication on 11/21/22 in Journal of Atmospheric & Oceanic Technology, with title “Monte Carlo Simulations for Evaluating the Accuracy of Geostationary Lightning Mapper Detection Efficiency and False Alarm Rate Retrievals”. …

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Presentation of the Science Discovery Engine at the 241st American Astronomical Society (AAS)

February 5, 2023

Kaylin Bugbee and Ashish Acharya (ST11/UAH/IMPACT) attended the 241st American Astronomical Society (AAS) in Seattle, 1/9-12/23. Bugbee gave a hyperwall presentation on the beta Science Discovery Engine (SDE). Acharya and Bugbee also ran two demonstration sessions at the NASA booth …

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Paper Accepted for Publication in Journal of Geophysical Research

February 5, 2023

William Koshak (ST11) is co-author on an article recently accepted for publication on 1/5/23 in Journal of Geophysical Research – Atmospheres, with title “LNOx Emission Model for Air Quality & Climate Studies Using Satellite Lightning Mapper Observations”. Lightning nitrogen oxides …

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