Earth Observations and Integrative Models in Support of Food and Water Security [PDF]
Global food production depends upon many factors that Earth observing satellites routinely measure about water, energy, weather, and ecosystems. Increasingly sophisticated, publicly-available satellite data products can improve efficiencies in resource ...
Anderson, Martha C. +15 more
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Comparing ASCAT and CYGNSS Winds near Tropical Convection [PDF]
Gradient Features identified in ASCAT (Advanced Scatterometer) data correspond well to observed CYGNSS (Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System) wind shifts: Comparing ASCAT and CYGNSS winds near tropical convection.
Garg, Piyush +3 more
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Hurricane Season 2017: A NASA Disasters Program Response Perspective [PDF]
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Bell, Jordan
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Progress Report on the Airborne Composition Standard Variable Name and Time Series Working Groups of the 2017 ESDSWG [PDF]
The role of NASA's Earth Science Data Systems Working Groups (ESDSWG) is to make recommendations relevant to NASA's Earth science data systems from users' experiences and community insight.
Ames, Dan +8 more
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The Extratropical Transition of Tropical Storm Cindy From a GLM, ISS LIS and GPM Perspective [PDF]
The distribution of lightning with respect to tropical convective precipitation systems has been well established in previous studies and more recently by the successful Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM).
Cecil, Daniel J. +4 more
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Satellite-Based Assessment of Rainfall-Triggered Landslide Hazard for Situational Awareness [PDF]
Determining the time, location, and severity of natural disaster impacts is fundamental to formulating mitigation strategies, appropriate and timely responses, and robust recovery plans.
Kirschbaum, Dalia, Stanley, Thomas
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The 2015/16 El Nio Event in Context of the MERRA-2 Reanalysis: A Comparison of the Tropical Pacific with 1982/83 and 1997/98 [PDF]
The 2015-2016 El Nino is analyzed using atmospheric/oceanic analysis produced using the Goddard Earth Observing System (GEOS) data assimilation systems.
Kovach, Robin M. +3 more
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July 2018 Mid-Atlantic Atmospheric River and Extreme Precipitation Event Captured by MERRA-2 [PDF]
Despite starting off the month with hardly any precipitation, July 2018 turned out to be one of the wettest on record in the Baltimore/Washington D.C. area.
Bosilovich, Mike, Collow, Allie
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Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM): Unified Precipitation Estimation From Space [PDF]
Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) is an international satellite mission that uses measurements from an advanced radar/radiometer system on a Core Observatory as reference standards to unify and advance precipitation estimates through a constellation
Berg, Wesley +6 more
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GPM (Global Precipitation Measurement) Products. Includes information on these two programs that integrate GPM data: Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor (MRMS) and Integrated Multi-satellitE Retrievals for GPM (IMERG)
Huffman, George J.
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