The Trace Gas Orbiter will monitor the atmosphere for methane, pinpointing the location of any outburst before the gas has time to dissipate into the atmosphere.
Methods to monitor the atmosphere are of two types in situ measurements and remote sensing observations.
Autonomous flier: The airplane's first mission is to monitor the atmosphere above the Pacific Ocean.
The South Korean rocket was carrying a domestically built satellite designed to monitor the atmosphere and the ocean.
The satellite crosses the Earth's poles 14 times a day, monitoring the atmosphere, clouds, ice, vegetation, and oceans.
Nevertheless this paper reminds us we need to be vigilant and continually monitor the atmosphere for even small amounts of these gases creeping up".
Called Global Hawk, NASA acquired the airplane from the U.S Air Force and modified it to carry instruments to monitor the atmosphere more precisely than satellites can.
This is just the résumé for someone whose department is tasked with expanding exports, managing the census, monitoring the atmosphere and protecting America's ocean waters.
We present a strategy for monitoring the atmosphere in the vicinity of a geological storage project that is designed to detect and quantify potential emissions.
It was loaded with tools, science instruments, and systems to investigate the composition of soil and rocks, study tiny wobbles in the rotation of Mars to gain insight about the planet's core, and monitor the atmosphere.
Now that Curiosity has arrived in the region, researchers from the US Geology Survey's (USGS) Astrogeology Science Centre will start conducting tests and experiments on the surface material - using Curiosity's wealth of scientific instruments to study the chemical makeup and grain size of sand on Mars's surface, as well as monitoring the atmosphere using Curiosity's visual cameras.
