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NASA Climate Analytics Support Biological Research
A real-world story of NASA technology finding a life beyond the mission.
About this technology
Overview
NASA_s Modern-Era Retrospective Analysis for Research and Applications, or MERRA, integrates data from a variety of observational instruments to create a synthetic data record of the weather. To make the data more accessible to outside researchers, Goddard computer scientists created Climate Analytics-as-a-Service, or CAaaS. Tucson-based iPlant Collaborative is among the first organizations to adopt the service. Member scientists can use CAaaS to investigate, for example, climate change_s impacts on agriculture and husbandry.