BREVARD COUNTY, Fla. — NASA's Plankton, Aerosols, Clouds, and Ocean Ecosystems, or PACE, satellite launched from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in February.
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Dr. Karen St. Germain, Director of NASA's Earth Sciences Division, said today: Both for fisheries and human health. ”
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The PACE satellite will allow NASA and other stakeholders to track ocean health and air quality from public databases.
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Scientists can also use this data to predict the health of fisheries, track harmful algal blooms, and identify changes in the marine environment.
Additionally, NASA has selected six new airborne missions to take shape over the next 10 years.
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These include national and international research on fire clouds, Arctic coastal changes, air quality, landslide risk, glacier shrinkage, and agricultural emissions.
NASA's series of airborne missions complements what scientists can see from orbit, measure from the ground, and simulate in computer models.
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