Weekend #Plankton Factoid 🦠🦐
With the safe return of NASA's Artemis II, it is time to talk about plankton space #science 🛰. PACE (Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem) is the latest advanced observing satellite launched Feb 2024 which carries the OCI Ocean Colour Instrument measuring hyperspectral (ultraviolet to infrared) data on algal pigments to distinguish between phytoplankton groups. It images the earth's surface every 2 days at 1 km resolution.
https://pace.oceansciences.org/about.htm