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ACE : Aerosol - Cloud - Ecosystems

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Mission objectives:

  • Cloud and aerosol height
  • Organic material in surface ocean layers
  • Aerosol and cloud types and properties
  • Improved climate models
  • Prediction of local climate change
  • Measure ocean productivity and health
  • Air-quality models and forecasts
Orbit: LEO, SSO

Instruments:

Backscatter Lidar
Multi-angle Polarimeter Doppler Radar



Documents

ACE Technology Investment
> Overview (.pdf)

Decadal Survey Symposium
> Go to Workshop


Related Links

> ACE Web Site
> June 2008 ACE Science Working Group

ACE : Aerosol - Cloud - Ecosystems

ACE

ACE will help to answer emerging fundamental science questions associated with aerosols, clouds, air quality and global ocean ecosystems.














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