NASA PACE Launch Successful

NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem mission (PACE) will extend and improve NASA's over 20-year record of satellite observations of global ocean biology, aerosols, and clouds.

PACE will make climate-quality global measurements that are essential for understanding ocean biology, biogeochemistry, ecology, aerosols, and cloud properties. Its data will be used to determine the role of the ocean and atmosphere in global biogeochemical cycling, ocean ecology, and how perturbations to Earth's energy balance affect – and are affected by – climate change.

With advanced global remote sensing capabilities PACE is expected to provide high-quality observations that will contribute substantially to basic research and applications and extend the current time series of climate-relevant data to enable detection of long-term trends.

Check out the Applications Capability Matrix to learn about the questions being addressed by PACE Early Adopters.