SESDA II Staff Involved In A Cosmic Mystery
Posted On: January 9, 2009Comments: No Responses
Puzzling results from a 2006 GSFC balloon experiment supported by SESDA II staff members Paul Mirel and Paul Cursey, were announced at a recent meeting of the American Astronomical Society. The balloon-borne instrument named ARCADE, which stands for the Absolute Radiometer for Cosmology, Astrophysics, and Diffuse Emission was launched from a NASA facility in Texas, […]
SESDA II Staff Produce Near-Real-Time Pollution Monitoring Data
Posted On: January 7, 2009Comments: No Responses
The SESDA II team supporting the Ozone Monitoring Instrument provides Near Real Time data within three hours of first measurement. The data is used in monitoring pollution around the world and is also used in climate models to help make predictions about future impacts of pollution. The figure below shows air pollution (NO2) data from […]
SESDA II Staff Help Find Comets Near the Sun
Posted On: January 6, 2009Comments: No Responses
One of SESDA II’s showcase missions is the Solar and Heliospheric Obervatory (SOHO), extensively supported on both the research and operations side by 10 of our staff. Between December 21 and 23 the Large Angle Spectrometric Coronagraph (LASCO) on the SOHO spacecraft captured four comets, bringing the SOHO comet count total to a remarkable 1588. […]
