News Listing
12/19/2013
NASA Developing Natural Hazard Warning Systems
ESTO-investigator Yehuda Bock and his natural hazard sensor web project featured in a JPL news article: "NASA Developing Natural Hazard Warning Systems"
12/17/2013
2013 ACT Solicitation Open
The 2013 Advanced Component Technologies (ACT) solicitation is now open as element A.41 of the NASA ROSES omnibus solicitation. NOIs are requested by 2/7/2014, and proposals are due 4/2/2014.
12/16/2013
Two CubeSat Technology Demonstrations Launch in December
12/13/2013
Land Vegetation and Ice Sensor (LVIS)
12/03/2013
2013 Earth Science Technology Showcase
ESTO and Earthzine are pleased to announce the 2013 Earth Science Technology Showcase (link no longer available), an online presentation of selected technology developments for Earth science. + Check out Earthzine's conversation with George Komar, the ESTO Program Director
12/02/2013
2013 AGU Fall Meeting Schedule
Attending the 2013 AGU Fall Meeting? Get the schedule of ESTO-affiliated presentations (1MB, PDF)
11/26/2013
Two Space Dynamics Lab temperature reference instruments launched
11/25/2013
2013 ESTO Annual Report
The 2013 ESTO Annual Report is now available
+ Get the PDF
11/22/2013
Innovator of the Year
Congratulations to PI Tom Flatley on being named "Innovator of the Year" by NASA Goddard. Read more about his work developing SpaceCube data processors (link no longer available).
11/01/2013
LVIS
10/31/2013
New Climate-studying Imager Makes First Balloon Flight
10/21/2013
‘Big Data’ initiative at JPL
10/18/2013
Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission
09/23/2013
Climate Desk video report about the NASA SEAC4RS airborne campaign
ESTO principal investigator, Simone Tanelli, featured in a Climate Desk video report (link no longer available) about the NASA SEAC4RS airborne campaign.
09/18/2013
NASA’s DISCOVER-AQ airborne campaign
08/08/2013
First flights for AirSWOT
08/02/2013
New Doppler Radar Takes Flight on This Summer’s HS3 Mission
HIWRAP instrument featured for upcoming flights with HS3:
Seeing Which Way the Wind Blows: New Doppler Radar Takes Flight on This Summer's HS3 Mission
07/26/2013
Cloud-Aerosol Transport System (CATS) instrument scheduled to go to the International Space Station
This NASA news story features PI Matthew McGill and his Cloud-Aerosol Transport System(CATS) instrument, scheduled to go to the International Space Station in 2014.
07/19/2013
Geostationary Trace gas and Aerosol Sensor Optimization (GEO-TASO) instrument
The Geostationary Trace gas and Aerosol Sensor Optimization (GEO-TASO) instrument had its first flights this week onboard the NASA Falcon aircraft. +Read More
06/04/2013
May/June 2013 Issue of The Earth Observer
05/30/2013
Second Global Hawk packed with ESTO technologies
The 2013 campaign of the Hurricane and Severe Storm Sentinel (HS3) airborne mission will feature a second Global Hawk packed with ESTO technologies. + ESTO technologies Enabling HS3
05/23/2013
Questions and Answers from the May 15th preproposal bidder’s conference for the 2013 Instrument Incubator Program
Now available: Questions and Answers from the May 15th preproposal bidder’s conference for the 2013 Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) solicitation
05/17/2013
Team Wins Cubesat Berth to Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Measurements
Recent ESTO InVEST award featured in NASA.gov story: Team Wins Cubesat Berth to Gather Earth Energy Imbalance Measurements
05/14/2013
Preposal bidder’s conference for 2013 IIP Solicitation
The preproposal bidder's conference for the 2013 Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) solicitation will be held on 5/15/2013, at 1:00 PM eastern time. + 5/15 UPDATE: Bidders' Conference Presentation (PDF) (link no longer available)
05/03/2013
2012 InVEST Projects Announced
04/25/2013
Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) instrument
PI Robert Green and the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) instrument featured in a NASA story on the HyspIRI airborne campaign
04/23/2013
Extreme Storm and Flooding Forecasts Improved by Sensor Network
04/16/2013
2013 Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) solicitation is now open
The 2013 Instrument Incubator Program (IIP) solicitation is now open as element A.40 of the 2013 NASA Research Announcement Research Opportunities in Space and Earth Sciences (ROSES) omnibus announcement. A pre-proposal bidder’s conference will be held on May 15, 2013, at 1:00 PM eastern time. Visit the IIP 2013 solicitation notice for more. Notices of Intent are requested by May 31, 2013, and proposals are due July 15, 2013.
04/12/2013
PI Stanley Sander and the PanFTS instrument
PI Stanley Sander and the PanFTS instrument featured on The Weather Channel (How Big Cities Warm the Planet, 4/4/13).
04/04/2013
ESTO-sponsored Synthetic Aperture Radar flies on month-long expedition
ESTO-sponsored Synthetic Aperture Radar flies on month-long expedition over the U.S. Gulf Coast, Arizona, and Central and South America.
+ 4/4/13 NASA Image of the day from flight over the Napo River in Ecuador and Peru
03/22/2013
The 2012 American Astronautical Society William Randolph Lovelace II Award
Congratulations to ESTO Principal Investigator Tom Flatley on receiving the 2012 American Astronautical Society William Randolph Lovelace II Award for outstanding contributions to space science and technology.
03/21/2013
In response to the Federal budget cuts of March 1 (Sequestration), ESTO has cancelled the 2013 Earth Science Technology Forum (ESTF2013), with plans to renew the annual event in 2014.
In response to the Federal budget cuts of March 1 (Sequestration), ESTO has cancelled the 2013 Earth Science Technology Forum (ESTF2013), with plans to renew the annual event in 2014.
03/15/2013
Megacities Carbon Project in L.A.
PI Stanley Sander featured in an Atlantic Cities article on the Megacities Carbon Project in L.A., which utilizes his PanFTS instrument at the California Lab for Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
03/13/2013
InSAR Scientific Computing Environment (ISCE)
03/11/2013
AirSWOT (an airborne water surface topography instrument) is in the news for first flights
AirSWOT (an airborne water surface topography instrument) is in the news for first flights that began 3/7:
+ OurAmazingPlanet article
+ Video from 1/25 NASA Dryden social media open house
03/05/2013
Hybrid GPS-Seismic System Aims to Accelerate Earthquake Hazard Response
Yehuda Bock's ESTO project featured in a Scripps Institution for Oceanography news article: Hybrid GPS-Seismic System Aims to Accelerate Earthquake Hazard Response (link no longer available)
02/04/2013
Airborne Multiangle SpectroPolarimetric Imager (AirMSPI)
02/01/2013
GEOSS Future Products Workshop
Join us at the GEOSS Future Products Workshop (March 26-28, Silver Spring, MD) on interoperable data systems and on-demand data products.
01/30/2013
Article by ESTO PI Chris Mattmann featured in Nature
Article by ESTO PI Chris Mattmann – A Vision for Data Science – featured in 1/24/13 issue of Nature (Vol. 493, Issue 7433)
01/23/2013
Registration for the 2013 Earth Science Technology Forum
Registration for the 2013 Earth Science Technology Forum is now open. Visit the forum website.
01/22/2013
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Andrea Donnellan
Congratulations to Principal Investigator Andrea Donnellan on being elected to the AGU Council (President Elect, Nonlinear Geophysics Focus Group)
01/15/2013
2013 Earth Science Technology Forum (ESTF2013) to be held June 18 – 20
ESTO is pleased to announce the 2013 Earth Science Technology Forum (ESTF2013) – to be held June 18 - 20 at the National Conference Center in Leesburg, VA. Visit the forum website for more information.
01/04/2013
2013 AMS Annual Meeting Schedule
Attending the 2013 American Meteorological Society (AMS) Annual Meeting? Be sure to stop by the ESTO table at the NASA exhibit.