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

Launch of Virtual Earth Information Center (Earth.gov) and U.S. Greenhouse Gas Center

January 29, 2024

At the 28th annual United Nations Climate Conference (COP28), the Administrators of NASA and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) introduced the Earth Information Center and the U.S. GHG Center system. These systems, developed by the IMPACT (ST11) team in collaboration …

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Hands-On Workshop in Accra, Ghana About Environmental Remote Sensing

January 29, 2024

As part of his NASA ROSES grant to support the SERVIR West Africa Hub, Pontus Olofsson (ST11) taught a workshop in Accra, Ghana, during the week of 11/13/23. The main topics of the workshop included monitoring of environmental change by …

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New Python Library Publicly Released for Optimized In-Notebook Data Visualization by MAAP

January 29, 2024

The data systems development team for the Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP) managed by the Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT) just released a new python library for in-notebook geospatial data visualization. The library, named stac-ipyleaflet, builds on …

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Zenodo Communities Established for MAAP and VEDA Projects

January 29, 2024

The Multi-Mission Algorithm and Analysis Platform (MAAP) and Visualization, Exploration, and Data Analysis (VEDA) projects led by the Interagency Implementation and Advanced Concepts Team (IMPACT) recently established open-source communities within Zenodo. The Zenodo community provides a common location for project-related …

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MSFC Scientists Publish SAR Article Assessing Quality of Multiple RTC Products

January 29, 2024

Africa Flores-Anderson and Helen Parache co-authored together with scientists from the SERVIR Science Coordination Office (SCO), Vanesa Martin, Stephanie Jimenez, Kelsey Herndon, Stefanie Mehlich, Amanda Markert, and Emil Cherrington, Alaska Satellite Facility (ASF), Google and Spatial Informatic Group (SIG) published …

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