by Deb Hernandez A handful of college students recently got to fly through the skies over the Mid-Atlantic as part of a NASA airborne science program. Freshman and sophomore students from minority-serving institutions joined NASA researchers on a P-3 aircraft based at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia, as part of the Students Airborne Science …
by Kate Ramsayer / PITUFFIK, GREENLAND/ It was a duck that led me to treasure. And a plane that led me to the duck. I set out that afternoon from Thule Air Base, walking down a gravel road with the Greenland Ice Sheet looming in the distance. I was trying to find an interesting view …
By Kate Ramsayer / PITUFFIK, GREENLAND/ I can't quite find the right words to describe summer sea ice from the air – which is unfortunate, since I'm writing this post about NASA's ICESat-2 summer sea ice airborne campaign. It's like miles and miles of shattered glass, these bits and pieces of ice broken apart and …
NASA's Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) Program Airborne Data Management Group (ADMG) and the Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project are holding a two-day NASA Airborne and Field Data Workshop March 29-30, 2022. This workshop offers an opportunity for stakeholders to provide input on ways to improve the usability of NASA airborne and …
By Gabrielle Antonioli, Montana State University /BOISE, IDAHO/ "Watch me," I say to Megan as I tip my skis over the edge of snow at the top of a steep gully in the southern portion of the Sawtooth Mountains in Idaho. She nods knowingly from the ridge above. Not letting her eyes leave me, she …
by Abby Graf As the snowstorm headed through New York on February 24, one professor at Stony Brook University in Stony Brook, New York spent the hours leading up to it preparing his students to head right into the storm. Brian Colle, atmospheric science professor at Stony Brook University, is part of many operations in …
By Abby Graf Imagine the feeling of flying on an airplane. Smooth sailing, clear skies, not a cloud in sight. It's a relaxing ride that many take for work or recreational travel. Now imagine flying through clouds, with the turbulence of different intensities. While some sink and hold onto their seats, others view it like …
by Sofie Bates Andrew Janiszeski and Troy Zaremba blow up a weather balloon in a dark hotel lobby. The weather was calm last night when they drove into Plymouth, Massachusetts, but this morning a blizzard is raging outside. Snow is piling up in the hotel parking lot, wind gusts are near 70mph, and the power …
By Katrina Wesencraft As project manager for NASA's Scientifically Calibrated In-flight Imagery (SCIFLI) group, Dr. Jennifer Inman is used to managing complicated logistics and solving problems ahead of her team's deployments. Someone needs a new laptop? No problem. A research plane needs new window panels? OK! The SCIFLI team – which specializes in in-flight imaging …
