The new issue of "The Giovanni News" newsletter features articles about the GLDAS and MAIRS interfaces, precipitation data, and fires in the Los Angeles basin witnessed firsthand while viewed from space

Hurricane Ida transformed to a tropical storm, then an extratropical low, then a powerful "nor'easter" that assaulted the Mid-Atlantic coast; GES DISC resources provide views and information for this storm, complemented by data from the NASA QuikSCAT satellite

Subset service augments TRMM download conversion capability; netCDF download also added for TRMM 3B42 daily data

Use of the NASA GES DISC Giovanni system increasingly seen in peer-reviewed papers; Giovanni also used for scientific meeting presentations, reports, and diverse applications

Science team plans for the next generation satellite to monitor global precipitation patterns

The new Hydrology DISC (HDISC) portal provides access and support for the Global Land Data Assimilation Systems (GLDAS).

The Modern Era Retrospective-analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) data production is underway. Multi-year segments of the meteorological analyses from each of the 3 production streams are now available online at the GES DISC.

A new Giovanni instance dedicated to air quality related data is now available. The instance includes global aerosol and cloud data from MODIS, global aerosol data from OMI, and the AIRNow Fine Particulate Matter (PM2.5) ground-based monitoring product for the continental United States.