nasa-earthdata

What problem does it solve?

NASA Earthdata provides access to atmospheric properties and aerospace environmental data from NASA for aerospace design, flight planning, and analysis, enabling engineers to obtain standardized and mission-relevant context without manual data hunting.

Core Features & Use Cases

• Datasets: MERRA-2, AIRS, GEOS-FP, CALIPSO, MSISE-00, and US Standard Atmosphere models for atmospheric properties, winds, temperatures, and geopotential heights.
• Access methods: OPeNDAP, NASA CMR search, direct HTTP downloads, and the earthaccess Python library to simplify authenticated retrieval.
• Use cases: high-altitude pump design, flight environment assessment, thermal management planning, and atmospheric profiling for simulations.

Quick Start

Query NASA Earthdata datasets to retrieve atmospheric profiles for a given location and altitude.