World's Largest Aerosol Sensing Network Has Leafy Origins
Sunday, July 5, 2009 - 22:28
in Astronomy & Space
From his office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., Brent Holben helps manage the world's largest network of ground-based sensors for aerosols -- tiny specks of solids and liquids that waft about in the atmosphere. These particles come from both human and natural sources, and can be observed everywhere in the world.