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Ames Earth Science Publications

Each year, publications from NASA’s Ames Research Center reveal new insights into Earth’s dynamic systems. Through peer-reviewed studies and technical papers, Ames scientists advance satellite technology, climate modeling, and environmental research—supporting NASA’s mission to understand our planet as an interconnected whole.

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2025-2020 Publications

Explore the yearly publications of NASA's Ames Research Center's Earth Science Division!

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2025 Publications

iss070e004957 (Oct. 17, 2023) -- A source of irrigation for Northeastern Brazil, the Sao Francisco River is the fourth longest in South America. The body of water flows through five states, passing through regions known to experience low access to water and droughts. The International Space Station orbited 260 miles above the State of Bahia as the photograph was taken.

2024 Publications

Rows of crops are in the foreground running from the front to the back of the picture. There are sprinklers watering the crops. In the background, there is a row of trees and rolling hills behind them. The top of the picture shows the sky, which is a light pink color.

2023 Publications

A group of twelve people stands in front of a large white aircraft, smiling at the camera. Five of the crew are in tan flight suits, and two are in olive green flight suits. The entire group and aircraft are inside of a large hangar, with one wall open and a blue sky visible outside.

2022 Publications

The P-3 aircraft, a white plane with blue strip down the side, sits on an snow-covered landscape.

2021 Publications

2020 Publications

2019-2010 Publications

Artist’s rendering of NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) satellite orbiting Earth to measure atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.

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

2009-2000 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

1999-1990 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

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.

1996 Publications

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

1995 Publications

Impact crater near Amazonis Mensa and Medusae Fossae

1994 Publications

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

1993 Publications

1992 Publications

1991 Publications

Valles Marineris canyons

1990 Publications

1989 Publication

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.

2019 Publications