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Gibraltarego
"Dragon will carry another NASA instrument to the orbiting lab in September. This one, called the Cloud-Aerosol Transport System, will measure small particles in the atmosphere, which can affect human health and influence global climate, agency officials said."
Monitoring chemtrails? Is this a silent admission that 'reflective particulates' have an impact on the climate like reducing solar radiation and surface temperatures?
I think interest in climate has increased significantly in recent decades.
Whatever th reason, it seems that Space efforts are ramping up. Why do you think this is, ATS
Why? You don't think dust is aerosols? You don't think volcanic activity produces aerosols? You don't think industrial pollution produces aerosols?
Chemtrails came to my mind also when I read that.
Phage
reply to post by lostbook
I think interest in climate has increased significantly in recent decades.
Whatever th reason, it seems that Space efforts are ramping up. Why do you think this is, ATS
I also think that all of these missions have been under development for quite a while.
GPM, from 2010
www.researchgate.net... d_global_rainfall_map
RapidScat is fairly new but is a replacement for much older program, Quikscat. directory.eoportal.org...
CATS, from 2012
www.michaero.com...
As your quote points out, OCO is replacing an earlier experiment (2009).
Development of SMAP, from 2010.
ieeexplore.ieee.org... 60980
Why? You don't think dust is aerosols? You don't think volcanic activity produces aerosols? You don't think industrial pollution produces aerosols?
Chemtrails came to my mind also when I read that.
bobcat.aero.und.edu...
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FirePiston
Forgive me if I am ignorant on the subject but whatever happened to NASA saying they were done with missions and closing shop a couple years or so ago? And leaving it to the private sector.
Firepistonedit on 27-1-2014 by FirePiston because: (no reason given)
Yes. And they have also studied the Sun before and continue to do so. That hardly means they've learned everything (or even most) of what there is to know about it or climate.
Hasn't NASA done this study before along with the others?
Forgive me if I am ignorant on the subject but whatever happened to NASA saying they were done with missions and closing shop a couple years or so ago?
Phage
reply to post by FirePiston
Forgive me if I am ignorant on the subject but whatever happened to NASA saying they were done with missions and closing shop a couple years or so ago?
Maybe more confused than ignorant (or both). Since retiring the shuttles, NASA is leaving ISS supply missions to the private sector (and Russia in the meantime).
NASA is far from closing shop.
www.jpl.nasa.gov...
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Because the effects of aerosols need to be better understood in the context of climate. Because the way pollution spreads through the atmosphere needs to be better understood. I linked a briefing on it earlier.
Back on subject, the aerosol issue must be serious or at least portant. Why?
Phage
reply to post by lostbook
Because the effects of aerosols need to be better understood in the context of climate. Because the way pollution spreads through the atmosphere needs to be better understood. I linked a briefing on it earlier.
Back on subject, the aerosol issue must be serious or at least portant. Why?
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Refracted is not the right word. Use "scattered". And yes they have everything to do with it. Not sure what you mean by "problems" but they do have a very strong effect on temperatures. The aerosols dispersed into the stratosphere by the Pinatubo eruption in 1991 and the resultant scattering effect reduced global temperatures by up to 0.5º (as well as creating some very amazing sunsets).
Do aerosols have anything to do with the way light is refracted in the atmosphere?