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Aerosol, Cloud, Ecosystems (ACE)

In response to the 2007 NRC Decadal Survey, the ACE mission brings together aerosol, cloud, ocean ecosystem and other earth system scientists in a multiple-sensor, multiple-platform, low earth orbit, sun-synchronous satellite mission that combines active and passive sensors to observe the Earth at microwave, infrared, visible and ultraviolet wavelengths. The ACE Final Study report was published in September 2020.

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In response to the 2007 NRC Decadal Survey, the ACE mission brings together aerosol, cloud, ocean ecosystem and other earth system scientists in a multiple-sensor, multiple-platform, low earth orbit, sun-synchronous satellite mission that combines active and passive sensors to observe the Earth at microwave, infrared, visible and ultraviolet wavelengths. The ACE Final Study report was published in September 2020.

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2022. "Spectrally simplified approach for leveraging legacy geostationary oceanic observations.", Applied Optics, 61 (27): 7966 [10.1364/ao.465491] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "The MALINA oceanographic expedition: how do changes in ice cover, permafrost and UV radiation impact biodiversity and biogeochemical fluxes in the Arctic Ocean?.", Earth System Science Data, 13 (4): 1561-1592 [10.5194/essd-13-1561-2021] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Diatoms contributing to new production in surface waters of the northern Bering and Chukchi Seas during summer with reference to water column stratification.", Progress in Oceanography, 199 102692 [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "Performance of JAXA’s SGLI standard ocean color products for oceanic to coastal waters: chlorophyll a concentration and light absorption coefficients of colored dissolved organic matter.", Journal of Oceanography, [10.1007/s10872-021-00617-2] [Journal Article/Letter]

2021. "One- and Two-Band Sensors and Algorithms to Derive aCDOM(440) from Global Above- and In-Water Optical Observations.", Sensors, 21 (16): 5384 [10.3390/s21165384] [Journal Article/Letter]