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NASA | Glory: The Cloud Makers
This segment provides an introduction to aerosols- their varied sources, brief lifetimes, and erratic behavior. Glory's APS will help researchers determine the global distribution of aerosol particles. This unique instrument will unravel...
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Mighty Hercules Bears the Marks of Many Campaigns
A NASA airborne science campaign is all about what you can learn about our planet from the air — and that requires a durable and versatile airplane and a great crew to fly it. Meet one of NASA’s C-130 Hercules aircraft, currently flying...
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NASA | Planetary Scientist Profile: Emily Wilson
NASA scientist Emily Wilson discusses her work developing miniaturized instruments that measure greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. Her latest instrument, the mini-LHR, works in tandem with AERONET, and will contribute to the global...
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NASA | Scientists Link Earlier Melting Of Snow To Dark Aerosols
Tiny particles suspended in the air, known as aerosols, can darken snow and ice causing it to absorb more of the sun’s energy. But until recently, scientists rarely considered the effect of all three major types of light-absorbing...
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NASA | Satellite Tracks Saharan Dust to Amazon in 3-D
For the first time, a NASA satellite has quantified in three dimensions how much dust makes the trans-Atlantic journey from the Sahara Desert to the Amazon rainforest. Among this dust is phosphorus, an essential nutrient that acts like a...
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Tracking Virus Spread with a Supercomputer
A Japanese supercomputer is investigating how virus particles spread through train cars and offices. Let's look at the results! Pandemic Innovations part 5/6
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NASA | Aqua MODIS: Science and Beauty
Beautiful images from the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua and Terra satellites are used by people all over the world every day. But MODIS is about more than just pretty pictures -- the instrument's contributions to science include a...
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NASA Tracks Volcanic Ash With Satellites
Volcano eruptions can wreak havoc on airplanes that fly through the clouds of ash and sulfur dioxide. The ash, in particular, can destroy a jet engine and even cause it to fail mid-flight. However, it can be difficult to detect the ash...
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ATom Mission interview clips — Jack Dibbs
Flying into "clean" air during #EarthExpedition ATom mission, Jack Dibbs of the University of New Hampshire explains what he expects to find on his aerosol filters as they travel to the remotest parts of the atmosphere. The ATom mission...
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NASA | How Do Active Volcanoes Change Clouds?
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center scientist Andrew Sayer talks about how emissions from volcanoes can affect clouds. This video provides an overview of research published in the Journal of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Research:...
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NASA | CATS Up and Running on the ISS
On January 22, 2015, the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) was installed on the International Space Station. The team monitored the progress of the installation from NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, where CATS was designed and...
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NASA | Glory: The Particle Puzzle
This episode explores the complexity of atmospheric aerosols- how they impact climate and how researchers study them. Glory's Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor and Cloud Camera will provide an unprecedented data set for helping scientists...
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Interconnected: The Science of NAAMES
Most people wouldn’t expect microscopic life forms in the ocean to have much to do with Earth’s atmosphere. It turns out that their influence is profound, which is why an extraordinary team of scientists has taken to the sea and the air...
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SPEXone: Dutch Instrument Arrives for PACE Mission
Aerosols are small solid or liquid particles suspended in the air that affect climate change directly through interactions with solar radiation. Aerosols affect climate indirectly by changing the micro- and macro-physical properties of...
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NASA's CAMP2Ex Heads to the Philippines for Monsoon Season
NASA, the Naval Research Laboratory and the Manila Observatory are working together in the Philippines to study how tiny particles in the atmosphere affect cloud formation. Music credit: "After the Sun" from Killer Tracks Credit: NASA's...
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A Look Back: How Heat Shaped 2020
By most accounts, 2020 has been a rough year for the planet. It was the warmest year on record, just barely exceeding the record set in 2016 by less than a tenth of a degree according to NASA’s analysis. Massive wildfires scorched...
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NASA | Glory: Glory's Suncatcher
The Sun's energy is one of the biggest forcings on Earth's climate, and for years satellites have measured total solar irradiance. Glory will continue collection of this critical climate data, which will contribute to the long-term...
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NASA Sees Intense Fires around the World
This year’s wildfire season is off to a blazing start. The United States had an early start to the season, with more than 29,000 wildfires burning more than 2.6 million acres of land. The driest season in 14 years has left the southern...
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NASA | Suomi Sees Asian Fires Migrate To North America
Research scientist Colin Seftor talks about images from the OMPS instrument on the Suomi NPP satellite. Suomi (NPP) launched in the fall of 2011. These images show smoke from Asia that migrates to North America. Seftor explains the...
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NASA | Sarychev Volcano Eruption from the International Space Station
On June 12, 2009, a fortuitous orbit of the International Space Station (ISS) made it possible for an astronaut on board to capture Sarychev Volcano in the early stages of eruption. The volcano is located on the northwestern end of Matua...
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NASA | Robots on the Roof
The Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) is one of the first places that scientists turn when volcanoes, wildfires, pollution plumes, dust storms and many other phenomena—both natural and manmade—make an appearance. The network of...
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NASA | Glory: The Rough Road to Space
Space is a harsh environment, and building a space-bound satellite is no small feat. Here's a look at how NASA engineers get the Glory mission off the ground and safely into space.
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WHO is downplaying risks of coronavirus airborne transmission: scientists
Some 239 scientists in 32 countries say the coronavirus is an airborne disease that can linger in tiny droplets to infect people indoors, according to a report in the New York Times.