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Ames Earth Science Publications

NASA’s Ames Research Center Publications Archive (1989–2019) offers a comprehensive record of three decades of scientific and technical contributions. This curated collection of peer-reviewed studies, reports, and technical papers documents Ames scientists’ work in advancing satellite technology, climate modeling, and environmental research. Preserving these publications highlights the center’s long-standing role in supporting NASA’s mission to understand Earth as a complex, interconnected system.

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Publications (1989–2019)

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Agricultural activity, supported by the Toshka Lakes created by the overflow from nearby Lake Nasser in Egypt, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above.Agricultural activity, supported by the Toshka Lakes created by the overflow from nearby Lake Nasser in Egypt, is pictured from the International Space Station as it orbited 259 miles above.

2019 Publications
Smokey brown brushfire burns with white smoke and yellow, red, orange, fires burning trees and shrubs to display a brown burnt land.

2018 Publications
A small glacier in the Arctic region of Norwegian archipelago Svalbard

2017 Publications
Clouds over New Zealand taken from the International Space Station.

2016 Publications
Cleveland, Ohio

2015 Publications
Wadis, dry riverbeds or channels that carry water only during the rainy season, are pictured in the northern Sahara Desert region of Algeria. The International Space Station was orbiting 260 miles above the North African nation when this photograph was taken.

2014 Publications
The small black shape of an uncrewed fixed-wing aircraft is silhouetted against gray clouds with the sun breaking through, flying from right to left.

2013 Publications

2012 Publications
A satellite image in false color shows a mostly green landscape with the outline of a burn in the middle in dark red. To the far right is a puffy cloud of smoke in light blue-gray.

2011 Publications
Soil scientists began evaluating the burned area

2010 Publications
Severe Tropical Storm Nakri, pictured with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour, is pictured in the Pacific Ocean east of Tokyo, Japan, from the International Space Station as it orbited 260 miles above Earth.

2009 Publications
Color aerial photograph of Ames Research Center

2008 Publications
Using NASA data, researchers can track vegetation changes around the planet, not just in forests but also in grasslands and savannas like the Brazilian Cerrado.

2007 Publications
The Andes mountain range running between Chile and Argentina creates distinct differences in climate and geography between the two South American nations. Chile’s Pacific coastline contributes to its moderate temperatures, with the Atacama Desert in the north being one of the driest places on Earth, while its central and southern regions are cooler and wetter. Argentina’s western side is more arid because the Andes block moisture from the Pacific Ocean, while the country’s Atlantic coastline receives more precipitation than its interior and western regions.

2006 Publications
The upper slopes of Mayon volcano appear brown, with several narrow channels radiating from the crater. A red infrared heat signature appears near the summit, with red streaks extending east and southeast. The lower slopes are green and forested. Farmland and towns are visible in the lower part of the image.

2005 Publications
Teal-colored phytoplankton bloom off the Greenland coast in this satellite image

2004 Publications
Spring Bloom in New Zealand Waters

2003 Publications
Coccoliths in the Celtic Sea

2002 Publications
Greenland glacier

2001 Publications

2000 Publications
Fourteen mountain peaks on Earth stand taller than 8,000 meters (26,247 feet). The tallest of these “eight-thousanders” is M

1999 Publications
Prescribed fires in Western Australia

1997 Publications
International Space Station astronauts captured this photo of Earth's atmospheric layers on July 31, 2011, revealing the troposp

1996 Publications
Impact crater near Amazonis Mensa and Medusae Fossae

1995 Publications

1994 Publications
View from the Mast Camera (Mastcam) on NASA's Curiosity Mars rover

1993 Publications
NASA Earth Observatory images by Wanmei Liang, using VIIRS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE, GIBS/Worldview, and the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership, MODIS data from NASA EOSDIS LANCE and GIBS/Worldview, and forest loss data from the University of Maryland. Historical Landsat image of Mexico and Guatemala originally published here in 2004.

1992 Publications

1991 Publications
Valles Marineris canyons

1990 Publications
A photo looking upward at a snowy incline, with a road at the bottom and small dark pine trees at the top. The hill is very steep, nearly vertical, and dark brown rocks protrude from the snow, more near the top. In the right foreground, a tall evergreen tree leans into the frame. The sky is blue with a few light clouds.

1989 Publications