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Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE)

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Status: Current
Mission Category: Earth Systematic Missions Program
Launch Date: February 8, 2024

The Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission will make global ocean color measurements to provide extended data records on ocean ecology and global biogeochemistry (e.g., carbon cycle) along with polarimetry measurements to provide extended data records on clouds and aerosols. Understanding of impacts and feedbacks of the Earth system to climate are of critical importance.

Key Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem Facts

Mission/Portal Page: https://pace.gsfc.nasa.gov
Origination: NASA
Instruments: Ocean Color Instrument (OCI)
SPEXone multi-angle polarimeter
Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP)
Project Scientist(s): Jeremy Werdell
Deputy Project Scientist(s): Antonio Mannino
Brian Cairns
Other Key Personnel: Gerhard Meister