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2024 Goddard Year in Review
2024.12.18
The Goddard Office of Communications is pleased to announce the release of Goddard 2024 Year in Review (replaces the annual report).
Goddard Institute for Space Studies Research Publications 2022
2023.08.01
The GISS Research Publications document was initiated in 1992 as an annual summary of our research based on quick inexpensive reproduction of excerpts of published papers. Its aim is twofold: to communicate in and outside the GISS community what we do and how we got about it, as well as to record annual accomplishments, providing a continual basis for measuring progress.
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2021 Atmospheric Research Technical Highlights
2023.01.23
A report summarizing Earth atmospheric science highlights and communication/outreach accomplishments.
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Airborne Science Program 2021 Annual Report
2022.03.31
A summary of NASA's airborne science, as well as the people and the aircraft that make the science possible.
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2020 Atmospheric Research Technical Highlights
2022.02.01
A report summarizing Earth atmospheric science highlights and communication/outreach accomplishments.
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2019 Atmospheric Research Technical Highlights
2021.06.24
A report summarizing Earth atmospheric science highlights and communication/outreach accomplishments.
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2021 Earth Sciences Division's Atmospheres Brochure
2021.05.01
This brochure provides an overview of the portion of Earth atmospheric science activities at Goddard that comprise the Earth Sciences Division’s Atmospheres organization (Code 610AT). Inside you will find descriptions of our scope of work, our people and facilities, our place in NASA’s mission, and examples of recent accomplishments.
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2018 Atmospheric Research Technical Highlights
2019.08.16
A report summarizing Earth atmospheric science highlights and communication/outreach accomplishments.
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ICESat-2 Mission Brochure
2018.09.17
ICESat-2 will take measurements across the globe and provide an incredibly precise height map of our planet in unprecedented detail. Its focus will be on Earth’s poles, including the Arctic region where temperatures are rising faster than at other latitudes. Read more about how this innovative spacecraft will help scientists check on the health of Earth's frozen regions.
2017 Atmospheric Research Technical Highlights
2018.06.20
A report summarizing Earth atmospheric science highlights and communication/outreach accomplishments.
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NASA's Science Communication Support Office Annual Report 2017
2017.11.06
The Science Communications Support Office (SCSO) supported 18 domestic and international science conferences and 6 public events in 2017. The SCSO continues to provide an inspiring and interactive venue for every event during the year, using a unique storytelling approach that allows a variety of audiences worldwide to connect with NASA Science. The 2017 Annual Report provides an overview of these activities with details about new Hyperwall stories, publications, social media, key partnerships, and more!
NASA Laboratory for Atmospheres 2017 Instrument Systems Report
2017.11.01
Within NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) Earth Sciences Division-Atmospheres, laboratories and offices maintain an active program of instrument system development and observational studies that provide: 1) information leading to a basic understanding of atmospheric processes and their relationships with the Earth’s climate system, 2) prototypes for future flight instruments, 3) instruments to serve as calibration references for satellite missions, and 4) instruments for future field validation campaigns that support ongoing space missions. Our scientists participate in all aspects of instrument activity, including component and system design, calibration techniques, retrieval algorithm development, and data processing systems. he Atmospheres Program has well-equipped labs and test equipment to support the development and testing of instrument systems, such as a radiometric calibration and development facility to support the calibration of ultraviolet and visible (UV/VIS), space-borne solar backscatter instruments. This document summarizes the features and characteristics of 46 instrument systems that currently exist or are under development.
CERES FM6
2017.09.01
The Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System, or CERES, instrument measures reflected sunlight and thermal radiation emitted by the Earth. Data products from CERES include both solar-reflected and Earth-emitted radiation from the top of the atmosphere to the Earth’s surface. These measurements, called radiative fluxes, represent the amount of energy radiated through a given area within a given time range. CERES provides the only global top of atmosphere energy budget dataset. In addition, the CERES science team uses measurements from a high spatial resolution visible/infrared imager flying alongside CERES to infer a variety of cloud properties, including cloud amount, altitude, thickness, and the size of cloud particles. Data from CERES FM6 will help scientists further develop a quantitative understanding of the links between the Earth’s energy budget and the properties of atmosphere and surface that define it.
2016 Atmospheric Research Technical Highlights
2017.03.15
A report summarizing Earth atmospheric science highlights and communication/outreach accomplishments.
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Images of AfriSAR
2016.05.16
AfriSAR: NASA Science mission measures changes in the Gabon environment
2015 Atmospheric Research Technical Highlights
2016.05.01
A report summarizing Earth atmospheric science highlights and communication/outreach accomplishments
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GMAO Research Highlights 2013 – 2015
2015.12.30
View titles and descriptions of GMAO Research Highlights entries from 2013 through 2015. These write-ups are summaries of selected GMAO scientific research activities.
SAGE II on the International Space Station
2015.11.02
NASA’s Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment (SAGE) family of remote-sensing-satellite instruments has long measured ozone (O3) concentrations, stratospheric aerosols, water vapor, and other trace gases that influence Earth’s atmosphere. Launched in 2016, SAGE III on the International Space Station continues the legacy of accurate SAGE measurements. This brochure provides details about the instrument, launch and installation, ground system and data, and more!
NASA Science Program Support Office Annual Report 2015
2015.10.21
During FY2015, the Science Program Support Office (SPSO) supported 24 domestic and international science conferences and public events. Each year the SPSO strives to provide an inspiring and interactive venue, using a unique storytelling approach, that allows a variety of audiences worldwide to connect with NASA Science. The 2015 Annual Report provides a broad overview of these activities, along with details about new Hyperwall stories, publications, social media, key partnerships, and more!
Astrophysics Science Division Annual Report (2014)
2015.08.20
A summary of awards, research, projects, missions, and education/public outreach activities of the Astrophysics Science Division at Goddard Space Flight Center.
2014 Atmospheric Research Technical Highlights
2015.03.30
A report summarizing Earth atmospheric science highlights and communication/outreach accomplishments.
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CATS: Measuring Clouds and Aerosols from the ISS
2014.11.15
In 2011 the International Space Station (ISS) NASA Research Office offered scientists at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center a mounting location onboard the space station for a new lidar instrument called the Clouds and Aerosol Transport System (CATS). Described in this brochure, CATS provides vertical profiles of cloud and aerosol properties at three wavelengths (1064, 532, and 355 nanometers). The CATS mission seeks to build on the CALIPSO data record, provide observational lidar data to improve research and operational modeling programs, and demonstrate new lidar retrievals of clouds and aerosols from space. These technologies and the science gained from the CATS mission will be used to design future missions that will study clouds and aerosols and their affects on Earth’s climate and air quality for years to come.
Astrophysics Science Division Annual Report (2013)
2014.06.30
A summary of awards, research, projects, missions, and education/public outreach activities of the Astrophysics Science Division at Goddard Space Flight Center.
SMAP Mission Brochure
2014.06.01
The Soil Moisture Active Passive, or SMAP, mission (described in this brochure) is NASA’s first Earth-observing satellite mission designed to collect continuous global observations of surface soil moisture and freeze/thaw state every 2-3 days at 3 to 40 kilometer (~2 to 25 mile) spatial resolution. As suggested by the name “Active Passive,” SMAP will carry an active microwave radar and a passive microwave radiometer that will measure across a 1000-kilometer (~621-mile) wide swath. The ability to measure global soil moisture and its freeze/thaw state from space with unprecedented accuracy and spatial resolution will allow scientists to better understand the processes that link the Earth’s water, energy, and carbon cycles, as well as enhance the predictive skills of weather and climate models. In addition, scientists can use these data to develop improved flood prediction and drought monitoring capabilities. Societal benefits include improved water-resource management, agricultural productivity, and wildfire and landslide predictions.
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