The Aquarius/SAC-D Mission: Designed to Meet the Salinity Remote-Sensing Challenge

The SPOT Satellite Remote Sensing Mission

The Syst&me Probatoire &Observation de la Terre (SPOT), a general purpose remote sensing satellite system, ,is progressing toward an early 1984 launch within the French National Space Program, in association between France, Sweden, and Belgium. The background, mission objectives, and some technical characteristics of the system are described. Each of two identical telescopes has a capability fo...

Aerosol remote sensing with the NASA Glory mission

One of the principal objectives of the NASA Glory mission is to determine the global distribution of detailed aerosol and cloud properties with unprecedented accuracy, thereby facilitating the quantification of the aerosol direct and indirect radiative forcings. This objective will be met by flying the Aerosol Polarimetry Sensor which will collect accurate multi-angle photopolarimetric measurem...

Preparing the potential and challenge of remote sensing-based Sea Surface Salinity estimation: the CoSMOS airborn campaign

Measurement of ocean surface salinity dynamics from space poses numerous engineering and scientific challenges that push the boundaries of ocean remote sensing capabilities. The principles of measuring sea surface salinity (SSS) from space are well established. They involve precise determination of the dielectric characteristics of seawater through lownoise passive microwave (MW) radiometer mea...

Resilience to Meet the Challenge of Addiction

Acute and chronic stress-related mechanisms play an important role in the development of addiction and its chronic, relapsing nature. Multisystem adaptations in brain, body, behavioral, and social function may contribute to a dysregulated physiological state that is maintained beyond the homeostatic range. In addition, chronic abuse of substances leads to an altered set point across multiple sy...

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