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Big solar storm hitting Earth (so CNN says)
Posted On: September 16, 2014Comments: No Responses
SESDA 3 staff braced for the possible next “big” one – a significant X-class flare erupted on September 10, 2014 and produced two Coronal Mass Ejections (CME’s) directed towards Earth. By combining real-time imagery from three spacecraft – SOHO, STEREO, and SDO, staff helped provide accurate space outlook forecasts of the speed and intensity of […]
GES DISC Data Products Show Record Rain in the Florida Panhandle
Posted On: August 4, 2014Comments: No Responses
Between April 29 and May 1, 2014, a powerful cold front triggered storms that dropped 10-20 inches of rain over the Florida Panhandle near the city of Pensacola. Areas around the city received almost 24 inches of rain from the intense storms, and the official rain gauge at Pensacola’s airport measured an astonishing 5.68 inches […]
Dusting Off GES DISC Data
Posted On: June 26, 2014Comments: No Responses
A massive dust storm covered much of China this past April, turning the air brown and creating health hazards. Much of the data about this monster storm were provided by SESDA 3 scientists and engineers working at the NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC), who support numerous missions that provide […]
SESDA Staff Help NASA Look to the Stars
Posted On: June 5, 2014Comments: No Responses
SESDA staff contributed to developing and testing the Near-Infrared Spectrograph (NIRSpec), one of four instruments that make up the Integrated Science Instrument Module (ISIM) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST). The 1.4 metric ton ISIM is the science instrument payload of the JWST and will help make the JWST the most powerful space telescope […]
SESDA 3 team contributes to release of April 2014 issue of The Giovanni News
Posted On: May 22, 2014Comments: No Responses
The April edition of The Giovanni News includes several articles by SESDA 3 team members working at the Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC): Research Highlight: Summer-time lightning activity and its relation with precipitation: Diurnal variation over maritime, coastal and continental areas: The frequency of summertime lightning strikes was examined in […]
Juno’s Journey to the Jovian Giant
Posted On: May 1, 2014Comments: No Responses
July 2016 will mark a milestone in planetary exploration. With support from SESDA staff, the Juno Spacecraft will enter orbit around Jupiter and circle the planet until October 2017 (equivalent to about one Jovian year). The data sent back from this spacecraft will help unravel the origin and evolution of this gas giant. Launched on […]
SESDA Staff Support the Search for Dark Matter
Posted On: April 24, 2014Comments: No Responses
SESDA staff at the Fermi Science Support Center are aiding in the dissemination of data from the Large Area Telescope (LAT) on the Fermi Gamma-Ray Space Telescope – data that are now providing the best evidence yet for the existence of dark matter at the center of our galaxy. Dark matter is believed to make […]
GES DISC/USGS Collaboration Leads to More Effective Hydrological Data Analysis
Posted On: April 17, 2014Comments: No Responses
The NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC) is home to North American Land Data Assimilation System (NLDAS) as well as Global Land Data Assimilation System (GLDAS) hydrological data. These data can be downloaded for analysis using the Giovanni visualization tool developed and maintained in part by SESDA team members at […]
SESDA 3 Contributes to Release of New AIRS CO2 Products
Posted On: March 13, 2014Comments: No Responses
SESDA 3 scientists and engineers working at the Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center contributed to the release of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Version 5 Infra-Red only (IR-Only) Level 2 and Level 3 CO2 products. These data have taken on special significance after the failed launch of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory in 2009 […]
SESDA Communications Staff Support Successful GPM Launch
Posted On: March 6, 2014Comments: No Responses
On Thursday, Feb. 27 at 1:37pm EST the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Core Observatory successfully launched into orbit from Tanegashima Space Center, Japan. GPM is a joint NASA/JAXA (Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency) mission to provide next-generation global observations of rain and snowfall using a constellation of satellites united by the GPM Core Observatory. The data […]
