Earth Spheres
“We will now be able to measure and track Sun-induced space weather as well as global climactic trends in ozone levels, aerosols, vegetation, volcanic ash, and Earth reflectivity, all in high resolution; just the kind of data our civilization needs to make informed cultural, political, and scientific decisions that affect our future.
Occasions such as this offer renewed confidence that we may ultimately become responsible shepherds of our own fate, and the fate of that fragile home we call Earth.”
Neil deGrasse Tyson
American Museum of Natural History, New York City
Biomass, CoReH2O, PREMIER, Florescence Explorer (FLEX) and CarbonSat missions: forest biomass data, ice-sheet thickness and internal structures in cold regions, subsurface geology in arid regions, as well as data on soil moisture, permafrost and sea-surface salinity. P-band synthetic aperture polarimetric radar operating at 435 MHz and a 6 MHz bandwidth.
