In this study, we evaluate the contribution of a hyperspectral global mapping satellite mission to measuring freshwater ecosystems.
Zlatan Tsvetanov, TPF project scientist at NASA Headquarters, says that pursuing both technologies will enable scientists to develop instruments for subsequent missions that are capable of measuring specific spectral lines of gases, such as oxygen and methane, that could denote life.
Ford is not starring as the hero of a summer blockbuster but in fact is tagging along on a NASA mission to measure levels of methane and carbon dioxide, two primary greenhouse gases, in the atmosphere in the premiere of Showtime's new climate-change documentary, "Years of Living Dangerously".
Europe's Smos mission is slowly but surely meeting the challenge of measuring soil moisture and ocean salinity from space.
Strategic plans are extensions of the mission statement, as it is the mission statement that guides the goals and serves as a means of measuring an organization's success.
Overall respondents agree on the importance of measuring and communicating environmental performance related to their main missions and activities.
Among other things, the agency plans to use that money to ready the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 for launch in 2013 and to begin the development of two missions to measure soil moisture and monitor ice sheets and forest cover.
The high correlation of our MS "teaching" questionnaire with DREEM indicates the impact of mission statements on measuring the educational climate as proposed by Genn [ 9].
When the Wave Gliders talk with each other, Mr. Gosling said, they can be used to signal other robots to join them on missions like measuring the size of an oil slick or an algae bloom, or determining patterns of midocean currents, alerting ships to avoid or seek them, saving on fuel costs.
Three tips Have a clear sense of purpose and social mission and measure new proposals against that.
