Open AccessNASA launches carbon dioxide research satellite
Author(s) -
Wendel JoAnna
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
eos, transactions american geophysical union
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1002/2014eo280004
Subject(s) - satellite , observatory , carbon dioxide , environmental science , launched , carbon dioxide in earth's atmosphere , meteorology , astrobiology , aerospace engineering , engineering , astronomy , physics , chemistry , electrical engineering , organic chemistry
Last week NASA launched a new satellite to study atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). Once in orbit, the Orbiting Carbon Observatory‐2 (OCO‐2) satellite, launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, will take more than 100,000 individual measurements of atmospheric CO 2 per day.