Earth System Observatory (ESO)

Earth
Earth System Observatory (ESO)
Earth's Atmosphere
Goddard Space Flight Center
Two NASA pathfinding missions were recently deployed into low-Earth orbit, where they are demonstrating novel technologies for observing atmospheric gases, measuring freshwater, and even detecting signs of potential volcanic eruptions.
Posted May 1, 2024
Climate Change
Earth
Earth System Observatory (ESO)
Natural Disasters
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
NASA has selected six new airborne missions that include domestic and international studies of fire-induced clouds, Arctic coastal change, air quality, landslide hazards, shrinking glaciers, and emissions from agricultural lands.
Posted April 19, 2024
Airborne Science
Ames Research Center
Animal Biology
Earth
Earth System Observatory (ESO)
Ecostress (ECOsystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station)
EMIT (Earth Surface Mineral Dust Source Investigation)
International Space Station (ISS)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Plant Biology
NASA satellite and airborne tools aid an international team studying biodiversity on land and in the water around South Africa. An international team of researchers spent October and November 2023 in the field studying one of the world’s most biologically diverse areas – South Africa’s Greater Cape Floristic Region.
Posted December 8, 2023
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth System Observatory (ESO)
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
During three weeks in a thermal vacuum chamber in Bengaluru, India, the joint NASA-ISRO satellite demonstrated its hardiness in a harsh, space-like environment. NISAR, the trailblazing Earth-observing radar satellite being developed by the United States and Indian space agencies, passed a major milestone on Nov.
Posted November 14, 2023
NISAR (NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar)
Earth
Earth Science
Earth Science Division
Earth System Observatory (ESO)
NISAR will help researchers explore how changes in Earth’s forest and wetland ecosystems are affecting the global carbon cycle and influencing climate change.
Posted October 27, 2023
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