
Hacking a Climate Satellite to See Beneath the Ocean's Surface
Author(s) -
Eric Betz
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
eos
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 86
eISSN - 2324-9250
pISSN - 0096-3941
DOI - 10.1029/2015eo030183
Subject(s) - satellite , oceanography , geology , climatology , geography , environmental science , astronomy , physics
When NASA launched its CALIPSO spacecraft, the space agency did not intend to estimate phytoplankton populations.