Dr. S. Pete Worden
Director, NASA Ames Research Center
San Francisco
February 21, 2008

NASA’s Earth Science
Leads the World

Afternoon Constellation
2002

Afternoon Constellation
2004
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Afternoon Constellation
2006

Afternoon Constellation
late 2008

-0.6 m/yr 0 +0.6 m/yr
Zwally et al., Preliminary Results

GOES-O
NPP GPM
OSTM Constellation
Glory
LDCM
OCO GPM Core
Aquarius
2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014

Understand to Predict:
Precipitation for Drought and Flood

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Helping NAPA Valley Vintners
manage impacts of seasonal weather and provide irrigation forecasts
0 30
1998 is warm and wet, 1999 cool, dry Forecast Irrigation (mm)
July 19-26, 2005

Growing
Season

Current night lights resolution Simulated NightSat resolution
Chicago at Night

Bundle of filamentous cyanobacteria
and its associated microbial community
(viewed via natural fluorescence and labels)
20 microns R. Ley