Feb 27, 2026 · NASA’s atmospheric wind data provide measurements to profile the force of air moving over land, water, and high into the sky.

Feb 27, 2026 · Surface winds refer to the wind speed and direction measured from the surface of Earth’s land or ocean. By studying these winds, scientists can learn more about ocean processes and …

Feb 17, 2026 · NASA data shows wind speed at the ocean and land surface as well as in vertical profiles through the atmosphere.

Feb 19, 2026 · Use NASA's ocean wind measurements to learn how air moves across the sea surface and discover its impact on climate patterns, weather forecasting, and human activities like shipping …

Feb 17, 2026 · The SeaWinds instrument, which flew on NASA's Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT) satellite and NASA/JAXA's ADEOS-II, was a A Ku-band (13.4 GHz) scatterometer featuring a circular …

Dec 28, 2020 · People often picture wind turbines rooted in waving fields of golden grass, but wind turbines can also stand among the waves of coastal waters. Offshore wind offers more than just …

Oct 25, 2023 · IMPACT member Dr. Emily Foshee has just concluded research focused on increasing our understanding and prediction of terrain-driven low-level wind jets (known as mountain gap winds …

Jul 22, 2024 · NASA’s Physical Oceanography Distributed Active Archive Center (PO.DAAC) released the Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) Winds Level 4 Version 3.1 datasets produced by …

Apr 19, 2021 · A unique campaign allows scientists to study the effects of Saharan dust storms on Atlantic hurricane development.

The Cross-Calibrated Multi-Platform (CCMP) is a gridded product that provides a consistent, gap-free time-series of vector winds over the world's oceans from 1993 onward.