Dec 28, 2020 · On top of that, most commercial jets cruise at 26,000 feet or higher, where temperatures are cold enough that the large volumes of condensed vapor instantly freeze and form visible contrail …

Dec 17, 2025 · Glaciers are massive and incredibly powerful but they begin with small snowflakes. Each lacy, delicate crystal flake is unlike any other; imagine how many it takes to make a glacier as snow …

Jan 1, 1992 · GNSS is a space geodesy technique that provides autonomous geospatial positioning with global coverage. NASA hosts one of six global GNSS data archive centers.

Dec 17, 2025 · NASA's terrain elevation data measure current height and changes in land altitude and are useful for creating digital elevation models.

Jan 31, 2022 · About 8 million tons of plastic flow from rivers and beaches into the ocean every year. These plastics are carried by ocean currents and broken down by waves and the Sun into small …

STRAT had four main objectives: defining the rate of transport of trace gases from the stratosphere and troposphere (i.e., HSCT exhaust emissions), improving the understanding of dynamical coupling …

Apr 19, 2021 · The researchers hoped to gather valuable hurricane data by venturing into a hurricane at high altitudes, but there was just one problem: a shortage of hurricanes in the Atlantic. Research …

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NASA’s OpenAltimetry is a free and powerful map-based data visualization and discovery tool for exploring surface elevation profiles from the Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) and …

Dec 12, 2025 · Humidity data from NASA gives researchers measurements essential for determining water vapor's role in the function of Earth and its ecosystems.