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AIRMOSS


 * Mission
   * What is AirMOSS
   * Why It Matters
   * Meet the Team
 * Science
   * Overview
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 * Data
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AIRMOSS

Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface

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North American ecosystems are critical components of the global carbon cycle. To
grow, an ecosystem's plants use sunlight, atmospheric carbon dioxide and the
moisture available to their roots. They also release some carbon dioxide back
into the atmosphere.

> NASA's AirMOSS radar measures root-zone soil moisture to help determine the
> overall carbon exchange between plants and the atmosphere.

Flying on a Gulfstream-III (G-III) aircraft, AirMOSS will use radar to collect
soil moisture data from nine climatic habitats in North America to estimate how
much carbon the continent is taking in or releasing to the atmosphere. Carbon
dioxide has an important influence on climate, and the AirMOSS results will help
to improve the accuracy of climate projections for the next 50-100 years.
AirMOSS is part of NASA's Earth Ventures 1 program.


AIRMOSS' GOAL WAS TO


1

Observe soil

moisture over

diverse North

American

climatic regions


2

Understand how

different soil

moisture levels

affect the

carbon cycle


3

Reduce

uncertainty of

carbon exchanges

on a continental

scale

MISSION

Learn the basics of AirMOSS: what it is, how it works, where and when the
mission took place, and the team behind it all.

SCIENCE

Understand why root zone soil moisture is important and how it informs our
knowledge about the continental carbon cycle.



DATA

Explore the data products that the AirMOSS mission collected and produced.

EDUCATION

Discover interviews, engaging interactives, fun downloadables and videos
pertaining to AirMOSS.




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