News tagged with aerosol robotic network
Hand-held Aerosol Sensors Help Fill Crucial Data Gap Over Oceans
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since NASA researchers began assembling the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET) in the 1990s, the worldwide network of ground-based aerosol sensors has grown to 400 sites across seven continents.
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Jun 29, 2009 |
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Scientists 'read' the ash from the Icelandic volcano two years after its eruption
In May 2010, the ash cloud from the Icelandic volcano Eyjafjallajökull reached the Iberian Peninsula and brought airports to a halt all over Europe. At the time, scientists followed its paths using satellites, laser ...
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May 11, 2012 |
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One of NASA’s most widely used sensor networks resides on firm ground
NASA’s known best for sending humans to the Moon and rovers to Mars, but one of the agency’s most widely used sensor networks resides right here on terra firma. Called the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET), it’s one of the ...
Space & Earth / Space Exploration
Sep 21, 2010 |
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USC lab releases smartphone app that measures particulate air pollution
University of Southern California computer scientists have found a way to combine smartphone resources with a novel application that allows the phones' users to help monitor air quality.
Sep 20, 2010 |
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GKSS scientists make statements on concentration of ash particles after volcanic eruption
Some German airlines levelled their criticism against the forecasts of the Volcanic Ash Advisory Centre (VAAC) in London on the spread of the ash cloud over Europe, as these forecasts did not provide any precise ...
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May 11, 2010 |
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Cosmic meddling with the clouds by seven-day magic
Billions of tonnes of water droplets vanish from the atmosphere, as if by magic, in events that reveal in detail how the Sun and the stars control our everyday clouds. Researchers of the National Space Institute in the Technical ...
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Aug 01, 2009 |
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Widespread 'Twilight Zone' Detected Around Clouds
There seems to be something new under the sun -- in the sky, specifically -- that could complicate scientists' efforts to get a fix on how much the world will warm in the future. Greenhouse gases are not the ...
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May 04, 2007 |
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Hot dust and moisture collide to fuel Asian summer rainy season
Who would think that something like dust in the air could trigger rain? According to a new NASA study, this is just what's happening over South Asia's Tibetan Plateau. Very small dust particles called aerosols ...
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Sep 07, 2006 |
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Scientists prepare for Huygens descent on Titan
University of Arizona scientists, working on one of the most stunning robotic space missions ever attempted, head for Germany next week. Their experiments ride on the Huygens probe to Saturn's giant moon, Tit ...
Jan 04, 2005 |
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Earth's best view of the stars – Antarctica's Dome C
A small unmanned observatory high on the Antarctic plateau provides the best star-viewing site on Earth, according to research published today in Nature. Australian researchers have shown than a ground-based telescope ...
Sep 15, 2004 |
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