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Celebrating

20 Years of Aura

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Aura Presentation

Sizing Up Humanity's Impacts on Earth's Changing Atmosphere

By Alan Buis | NASA JPL

Part 1:   (TES) Earth's Security Blanket
Part 2:   Getting a Handle on Carbon Dioxide
Part 3:   (MLS and OMI) Tracking the Ongoing Recovery of Earth's Ozone Hole
Part 4:   (OMI) Fresh Insights on Air Quality, Ozone and Climate


Aura's 20th Launch Anniversary Event

All are invited to join us for an informal, hybrid event on September 18th to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Aura's launch, which is on July 15th, 2004. We will have coffee/tea and cake along with an open mic!

Date/Time: September 18, 2024; 12:30-2:30 pm EDT.

In-Person: Barney and Bea Recreational Center (9998 Good Luck Rd., Greenbelt, MD 20771). The Recreational Center will be open to all attendees via the entrance on Good Luck Rd. Non-NASA attendees will have no access to the NASA campus. NASA employees will need their badges to re-enter the NASA campus from the Recreational Center.

If you plan to attend, please RSVP to Bryan Duncan (bryan.n.duncan@nasa.gov), providing the following information:

Will you attend in person or virtually? If in person, how many people will accompany you?

Would you like to speak (< 3 min; either in person or virtually) during the open mic portion of the event?





Aura data is valuable to NASA's research and scientific studies

Air quality, observations from space
Aura is a large contributer to this NASA web site which show how satellite data of air pollution may be used for health, air quality, and agricultural security applications.
Ozone Watch
View the latest status of the ozone layer over the Antarctic, with a focus on the ozone hole.
Global Nitrogen Dioxide Monitoring
NEW! For scientists:Global OMI Nitrogen Dioxide Monitoring from NASA's Atmospheric Chemistry and Dynamics Laboratory



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