NASA's Airborne Mission to Explore the Global Atmosphere

NASA's Airborne Mission to Explore the Global Atmosphere Greenbelt MD (SPX) Jul 11, 2016 - Ice sheets, deserts, rivers, islands, coasts and oceans - the features of Earth's surface are wildly different, spread across a vast geography. The same is true for Earth's thin film of atmosphere and the mix of gases it holds, although the details are invisible to human eyes. Pollutants emitted to the atmosphere - soot, hydrocarbons, nitrogen oxides - are dispersed over the whole globe, b ... more

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