Aligning NASA Earth Science Data Stewardship with FAIR Principles: Outcomes, Recommendations, and Future Directions

Ge Peng; Hampapuram K. Ramapriyan; Yaxing Wei; Bhaskar Ramachandran; Gao Chen; Zhong Liu; David F. Moroni; Edward M. Armstrong; Rudiger Gens

doi:10.5334/dsj-2026-010

Authors

Ge Peng

Science Systems and Applications, Inc. (SSAI)/NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project at Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), Lanham, MD; Previously, UAH/NASA MSFC IMPACT, Huntsville, AL

Hampapuram K. Ramapriyan

hampapuram.ramapriya@ssaihq.com

Retired, SSAI/GSFC ESDIS, Lanham, MD

Yaxing Wei

weiy@ornl.gov

ORNL. DAAC, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN

Bhaskar Ramachandran

bhaskar.ramachandran@nasa.gov

LAADS DAAC, GSFC/SSAI, Greenbelt, MD

Gao Chen

gao.chen@nasa.gov

NASA Langley Research Center (LaRC), Hampton, VA

Zhong Liu

zhong.liu-1@nasa.gov

George Mason University and NASA Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (GES DISC), Greenbelt, MD

David F. Moroni

david.f.moroni@gmail.com

Previously NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Edward M. Armstrong

Edward.M.Armstrong@jpl.nasa.gov

NASA JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

Rudiger Gens

rgens@alaska.edu

Alaska Satellite Facility, University of Alaska