Two teams led by scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are among four selected by NASA to put forward concept studies for future satellite missions to help better understand how our planet is responding to climate change.
Two teams led by scientists from UC San Diego’s Scripps Institution of Oceanography are among four selected by NASA to put forward concept studies for future satellite missions to help better understand how our planet is responding to climate change.
The proposals are part of NASA’s new Earth System Explorers Program that conducts satellite-based science missions designed to enable Earth system research. The call for proposals for this initiative sought missions that would advance understanding of climate change factors such as greenhouse gases, the ozone layer, ocean surface currents, and changes in ice and glaciers around the world.
“NASA’s selection of not one, but two teams led by UC San Diego is monumental,” said UC San Diego Chancellor Pradeep K. Khosla. “This selection demonstrates our world renowned leadership in earth observation and satellite remote sensing. Through our longstanding institutional commitment to understanding and protecting the planet, UC San Diego is advancing new discoveries, developing policy recommendations and creating solutions for climate change that will benefit all of humanity.”
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EDGE orbit extends to the polar regions allowing for dense mapping around the edges of ice sheets and sea ice pack. (Photo Credit: EDGE)
