Jun 7, 2021
What will PACE help us see?
For NASA scientists, researching oceans also involves the study of aerosols and clouds.
Believe it or not, interactions between aerosols and clouds are the largest source of climate uncertainty - we don’t fully understand how they affect the climate. Since most of the planet is covered by oceans, that means that there’s uncertainty in how aerosols and clouds affect the ocean, too. For example, marine stratocumulus clouds only exist over the ocean, and they are very sensitive to weather and ambient aerosol conditions.
PACE will also observe clouds and microscopic airborne particles known as aerosols that scatter and absorb sunlight.
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