Earth ID: 14043

Tour 2022: NASA's Upcoming Earth Missions

Released on December 13, 2021

NASA has a unique view of our planet from space. NASA’s fleet of Earth-observing satellites provide high quality data on different parts of Earth’s interconnected environment from air quality to sea ice.

Take a tour of missions launching in 2022, including SWOT, TROPICS, EMIT, and JPSS-2.

The Surface Water and Ocean Topography mission — SWOT — focuses on the planet’s most precious resource: Water. SWOT will help researchers compile the first global survey of Earth’s surface freshwater and study our changing ocean.

We’re also launching TROPICS — six small satellites designed to help scientists better understand tropical storms and hurricanes. Traveling in pairs in three different orbits, TROPICS will provide near-hourly observations of a storm’s precipitation, temperature, and humidity.

Winds on Earth kick up millions of tons of dust every year. EMIT will use spectroscopy to “fingerprint” different types of dust from its perch on the International Space Station, helping scientists map the areas on Earth that produce different types of dust.

We’ve worked with our partners at NOAA to study Earth for decades. In 2022, the JPSS-2 mission will continue that legacy of monitoring weather, sea surface temperatures, algal blooms, clouds, rainfall, heat, smoke, dust storms, ozone, and air quality.

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Keywords:
DLESE >> Atmospheric science
DLESE >> Human geography
DLESE >> Hydrology
DLESE >> Natural hazards
SVS >> Sea Surface Height
SVS >> Tropical Storm
SVS >> Weather
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Hydrosphere >> Surface Water
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Atmosphere >> Aerosols >> Dust/Ash
GCMD >> Earth Science >> Human Dimensions >> Natural Hazards >> Fires
SVS >> NOAA
NASA Science >> Earth

GCMD keywords can be found on the Internet with the following citation: Olsen, L.M., G. Major, K. Shein, J. Scialdone, S. Ritz, T. Stevens, M. Morahan, A. Aleman, R. Vogel, S. Leicester, H. Weir, M. Meaux, S. Grebas, C.Solomon, M. Holland, T. Northcutt, R. A. Restrepo, R. Bilodeau, 2013. NASA/Global Change Master Directory (GCMD) Earth Science Keywords. Version 8.0.0.0.0