One of the challenges of modern science is being able to consume the deluge of different kinds of data coming from a multitude of sources and organize those data for analysis. My research is focused on collecting, managing, and analyzing 'big' data using novel computational, statistical, and visual techniques. I emphasize open science methodology: publication of research data, computer code, and other materials that explicitly enable re-use and repeatability of research methods. By combining data that are produced though remote sensing systems like satellites and aircraft, local monitoring systems such as flux towers and weather stations, field observations collected by people, and other sources, we can develop a more complete understanding of the world around us and the processes that make it work.