NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds, Help Observe Our Dynamic Atmosphere

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NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds, Help Observe Our Dynamic Atmosphere

NASA has selected a new mission to help humanity better understand Earth's dynamic atmosphere – specifically, ice clouds that form at high altitudes throughout tropical and sub-tropical regions. The PolSIR instrument – short for Polarized Submillimeter Ice-cloud Radiometer – will study such ice clouds to determine how and why they change throughout

Source: NASA Mission to Study Ice Clouds, Help Observe Our Dynamic Atmosphere