Featured Articles
Cracking the Mysteries of Space Weather
02.09.12 – Our planet is mostly protected from solar flares, coronal mass ejections, and other space weather events by a cocoon of magnetic field called the magnetosphere. Read More
Developing Next-Gen Launch Vehicles
09.28.11 – With the retirement of the Space Shuttle this year, a new space launch system capable of carrying large payloads into orbit will be key to continuing NASA's science and exploration missions. Read More
The "Right Stuff" at the Right Time
07.25.11 – A confluence of skills, resources, and timing put NAS modeling and simulation experts at the forefront of safety analysis for shuttle missions over the last seven years. Read More
Turning Down the Noise
04.21.11 – NASA scientists and engineers are working toward a day when living near an airport will no longer mean being disturbed by the whine of jets overhead. Read More
Getting to the Heart of the Storm
11.15.10 – Researchers running a high-resolution global climate model on NASA's Pleiades and Discover supercomputers have made remarkable progress with some of hurricane prediction's thorniest problems. Read More
Recent User Papers
Coupling Advanced Modeling and Visualization to Improve High-Impact Tropical Weather Prediction
An approach coupling a modeling and visualization system with existing NASA technologies to improve parallel scalability and take advantage of petascale supercomputers. B.-W., W.-K. Tao, B. Green
2011 IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering (PDF 11.9 MB)
2011: The Impact of Stratospheric Ozone Changes on Downward Wave Coupling in the Southern Hemisphere
In this study decadal changes in downward wave coupling are analyzed using the Modern Era Retrospective-Analysis for Research and Applications (MERRA) dataset. Tiffany A. Shaw, Judith Perlwitz, Nili Harnik, Paul A. Newman, Steven Pawson
Journal of Climate MERRA Special Collection
Magnetic Fields: Modeling And ATST Observations
Results of magento-convection simulations showing that while the magnetic field can collect into large-scale concentrations—pores and sunspots—most of the magnetic flux is in small concentrations with steep horizontal gradients in the field and plasma properties. Stein, Robert F.; Georgobiani, D.; Nordlund, A.; Lagerfjard
Bulletin of the American Astronomical Society, Vol. 43, May 2011
