One of NASA`s most widely used sensor networks resides on firm ground
Tuesday, September 21, 2010 - 12:49
in Astronomy & Space
NASA`s known best for sending humans to the Moon and rovers to Mars, but one of the agency`s most widely used sensor networks resides right here on terra firma. Called the Aerosol Robotic Network (AERONET), it`s one of the first places that scientists turn when volcanoes, wildfires, pollution plumes, dust storms and many other phenomena -both natural and manmade -make an appearance.