It is with great sadness the AIRS Project announces the passing of AIRS mission visionary and founder, Team Leader Dr. Moustafa Chahine. Known affectionately as "Mous" to friends and colleagues, Mous leaves behind a distinguished legacy of science, discovery, mentorship, and deep friendship.
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FIRST IMAGES FROM NASA'S "THERMOMETER IN THE SKY" SIZZLE
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Elvia Thompson Lynn Chandler RELEASE: 02-157 INSTRUMENT ABOARD NASA’S AQUA SATELLITE JOINS TWIN TO BEGIN COMPREHENSIVE GLOBAL COVERAGE |
Elvia Thompson Headquarters, Washington (Phone: 202/358-1696) Lynn Chandler Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Md. (Phone: 301/286-2806) Colleen Sharkey Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, Calif. (Phone: 818/354-0372) RELEASE : 02-217 NASA CAPTURES THREE "BEST OF WHAT'S NEW AWARDS" FROM POPULAR SCIENCE MAGAZINE NASA's unprecedented work in Space Science and Earth Science captured three of Popular Science's "Best of What's New Awards" for 2002.
Your weatherperson’s job just got a little easier, thanks to new data available from advanced weather instruments aboard NASA’s Aqua satellite.
The new data are the most accurate, highest-resolution measurements ever taken from space of the infrared brightness (radiance) of Earth’s atmosphere. This information can be used to make more accurate predictions of weather and climate.
The data come from two microwave sounding instruments that are part of the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) experiment: the Atmospheric Infrared Sounder and the Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit.
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Aqua’s first year has revealed impressive views of our planet’s volatile surface, capturing dramatic events such as fires in Australia and the United States, snowstorms in the Arctic, typhoons in the East China Sea, a volcanic eruption on the island of Sicily, and dust storms in the Middle East, all with data from its six unique instruments. |