ESTO News

12 New Projects Awarded Under the 2020 Advanced Component Technology (ACT) Program Solicitation

The 2020 solicitation for the In-space Validation of Earth Science Technologies (InVEST) Program is now open as element A.45 of the ROSES-20 omnibus announcement. Notices of Intent are requested by January 29, 2021, and proposals are due by March 9, 2021.

The 2020 ESTO Annual Report is now available online.

Virtually attending the 2020 AGU Fall Meeting? Here's a schedule of ESTO-affiliated activities.

Congratulations to ESTO PI Andrea Donnellan for being elected a 2020 Fellow for the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

Congratulations to ESTO Principal Investigator Ved Chirayath, recipient of the 2020 Charles S. Falkenberg Award.

The miniaturized SAGE IV Pathfinder instrument may one day enable a constellation of small satellites to continue and enhance atmospheric ozone monitoring. Read more here.

A first-of-its-kind data analysis tool for Earth science allows users to visualize sea level rise around the world.

NASA's Planetary Boundary Layer Study Team is requesting survey responses on emerging measurement approaches and technologies. Find out how you can help here.

A machine learning tool estimates how likely vegetation will burn in order to improve wildland fire predictions.

The City of Los Angeles is highlighting an ESTO project that aims to use NASA's satellite data to help the city understand, predict, and address air quality impacts in Los Angeles.

An ESTO-funded infrared photodetector will be used by Cybercorps LLC to offer real-time agricultural data for farmers, resource managers, first responders, and other interested user groups. Read the story here.

Attending IGARSS 2020? Take along the schedule of ESTO-affiliated activities (PDF)

6 Projects Awarded Under the Sustainable Land Imaging - Technology Program

A prototype of an instrument that could one day extend NASA's data record on the recovery of Earth's ozone layer recently got its first glimpse of the Sun.

An effort to help scientists study the ocean has evolved into an effort to study a global pandemic.

Three tiny satellites that were only meant to operate for a few months are celebrating their two-year anniversaries of successful operation in orbit.

Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment published an article highlighting an ESTO-funded project that uses advanced models to help predict how climate change will influence where species will live. 

ESTF2020 will be on WebEx. Register here.

TAT-C provides a framework to explore new ways to design Earth science missions.

NASA’s Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission, or PACE, has moved into its construction and testing phase. PACE carries a more robust version of the ESTO-funded Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter CubeSat. 

Four NASA projects created new, virtual portals that bring into focus biodiversity information to help inform scientists, land managers and decision makers around the world regarding the status and health of terrestrial ecosystems.

The Hyper-Angular Rainbow Polarimeter (HARP) CubeSat achieved “first light” on April 16. The tiny satellite sent back its very first image over Europe with bright splashes of colors defining clouds and aerosols, which are tiny particles in the atmosphere.

Engineers and scientists partnered to create a small satellite concept that would employ just one lidar, a miniaturized spectrometer, and artificial intelligence to strategically monitor changes on Earth in the Spring 2020 edition of Cutting Edge.

NASA-funded researchers talk about what Earth science will look like in 50 years to mark the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. 

The 2020 solicitation for the Advanced Component Technology (ACT) program is now open as element A.44 of the ROSES-2020 omnibus announcement. NOIs are requested May 22, 2020, and proposals are due July 21, 2020.

Jeanne Holm and others discuss Earth Day at 50. Holm recently won funding from NASA’s Advanced Information Systems Technology program to create a new platform to monitor and improve air quality across the planet.

Researchers and conservationists around the world are using data and images from NASA satellite instruments to manage and track living creatures of all kinds. 

NASA invites video gamers and citizen scientists to embark on virtual ocean research expeditions to help map coral reefs around the world in an effort to better understand these threatened ecosystems.

The CubeSat Imaging Radar for Earth Sciences, or CIRES, aims to revolutionize how we monitor volcanoes and earthquakes from space. 

A new instrument is expected to give researchers unprecedented insights into the ice crystals that form the wispy clouds that float high in the sky and play an important, but little-understood role in Earth’s climate.

Chris Ruf at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor has developed a next-generation GNSS reflectivity receiver with support from NASA’s Earth Science Technology Office. These receivers will be installed in late 2020 on one of Air New Zealand’s Q300 domestic aircraft.

A new instrument combines and miniaturizes two sensors to monitor the health of trees, among other vegetation, to inform forest and water managers.

Mapping biodiversity: A new interactive map helps predict where species will move in a warmer climate

ESTO is pleased to announce the 2020 Earth Science Technology Forum (ESTF2020) June 23-25 in Dulles, VA.

Attending the 2020 AMS conference? Take along the schedule of ESTO-affiliated activities (PDF)

The 2019 solicitation for the Sustainable Land Imaging - Technology (SLI-T) program is now open as element A.52 of the ROSES-2019 omnibus announcement. NOIs are requested February 5, 2020, and proposals are due April 7, 2020.