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- 2024.06.13 : NASA Langley scientists are studying melting sea ice north of the Arctic Circle
A team from NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton is currently stationed 750 miles north of the Arctic Circle. The group of 15 scientists and crew members are running research flights over sea ice out in Greenland’s Baffin Bay to study how and where it’s melting. WHRO caught up with one of the team’s climate scientists who’s stationed at Pituffik Space Force Base in Greenland.
+ Access the WHRO Feature - 2024.06.05: Announcing POWER DAVe's Official Release from Beta.
The NASA Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Project is pleased to announce the release of the new POWER Data Access Viewer enhanced (DAVe) effective June 5th, 2024. This new application will replace POWER’s previous Data Access Viewer. As a reminder, you can find an interactive tutorial within the DAVe homepage, a quick walkthrough text and video tutorial demonstration on POWER’s website, and a more detailed demonstration on YouTube. - 2024.05.31 : NASA Mission Flies Over Arctic to Study Sea Ice Melt Causes
It’s not just rising air and water temperatures influencing the decades-long decline of Arctic sea ice. Clouds, aerosols, even the bumps and dips on the ice itself can play a role. To explore how these factors interact and impact sea ice melting, NASA is flying two aircraft equipped with scientific instruments over the Arctic Ocean north of Greenland this summer. +Read More - 2024.05.30 : NASA Releases New High-Quality, Near Real-Time Air Quality Data
NASA has made new data available that can provide air pollution observations at unprecedented resolutions – down to the scale of individual neighborhoods. The near real-time data comes from the agency’s TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution) instrument, which launched last year to improve life on Earth by revolutionizing the way scientists observe air quality from space. This new data is available from the Atmospheric Science Data Center at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. +Read More - 2024.05.30 : NASA needs your help identifying clouds
With just a few taps on your phone screen or tablet as you peer up at the sky, you could contribute to a useful scientific database and even help predict weather patterns. And all you need to do is share what sorts of clouds you see above your head. The Global Learning and Observations to Benefit the Environment (GLOBE) citizen science program only requires an app download and a few minutes of your time. +View the full Popular Science feature by Alisha McDarris - 2024.05.17 : Boeing 777 Media Day.
On Thursday May 17, 2024 NASA Langley Research Center hosted a media day featuring the new Boeing 777 Science Lab.
Access the local stories featuring our Science Directorate Scientists Laura Judd and Amin Nehrir meeting with the press and talking about NASA's newest airborne lab.
Next generation of airborne research developed at NASA Langley (wavy.com)
Boeing 777 passenger jet refurbished into NASA's new airborne science lab (13newsnow.com)
NASA Langley Research Center converts Boeing 777 into flying research lab (wtkr.com) Image Credit: 13newsnow.com - 2024.03.29 : Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: The Langley ASIA-AQ Team
In honor of Women’s History Month, we caught up with the ASIA-AQ team on the other side of the Earth and asked the women from Langley about their inspirations and challenges as scientists. The ASIA-AQ (Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality) mission is an international cooperative field study designed to address local air quality challenges. +Read More - 2024.03.29 : Langley Celebrates Women’s History Month: Anum Ashraf
Anum Ashraf is a Climate Scientist at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Originally set on pursuing a medical career, Anum found her calling in engineering and research. Now a “doctor for the planet” with a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering, she uses her skills to study Earth’s radiation budget and develop instrumentation that can inform the future of our planet. +Read More - 2024.02.23: SAGE III/ISS Level 2 Aerosol Auxiliary Product Release Announcement.
Stratospheric aerosol plays an important role in chemistry and climate. Space-based observations of their optical properties have been key elements of the study of the effects of major volcanic and extreme fire events. To aid users of SAGE III/ISS Level 2 aerosol data, the mission is releasing a Level 2 aerosol auxiliary product that identifies cloud-free observations using the method of Kovilakam et al. 2023. + Learn More - 2024.02.16 : Osan hosts ASIA-AQ, educating locals on air quality
Jim Crawford, principal investigator for the Airborne and Satellite Investigation of Asian Air Quality, or ASIA-AQ, mission with NASA Langley Research Center in Hampton, VA, speaks during the ASIA-AQ open house at Osan Air Base, Republic of Korea, Feb. 16, 2024. Osan AB hosted an open house where ASIA-AQ subject matter experts shared recent findings about local air quality challenges and new initiatives to 100 mission partners, 50 local and foreign media members and other event attendees.
(Photo & Caption Credit: U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Aubree Owens) +Read More - 2024.01.30: 2023 Winter POWER DAVe Reminder.
To kick off the new year, the NASA Prediction Of Worldwide Energy Resources (POWER) Project is pleased to announce its user community’s feedback and recommendations have now been implemented into the new Data Access Viewer enhanced (DAVe). The DAVe offers several new and enhanced features to its community while preserving the functionalities users are familiar with in the old DAV version. POWER invites you to review the DAVe’s latest enhancements and bookmark the tool while the team works towards decommissioning the old DAV in the a few months' time. + Access the DAVe
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