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NASA's scientists are evaluating Maxar's
commercial data to determine if it can augment
or supplement its own data, creating more
complete climate data sets. In the first half of
2019, Maxar delivered a batch of WorldView-4
30 cm, multispectral archive data from around
the world to NASA's Earth Science Division.
Scientists from these four climate change
programs will use the imager y:
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Arctic-Boreal Vulnerability Experiment (ABoVE):
NASA's Terrestrial Ecology Program is conducting
the ABoVE campaign in Alaska and western
Canada to better understand the vulnerability and
resilience of ecosystems and society in this
changing environment.
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High Mountain Asia (HMA) Team:
This collaborative research team studies the
large reservoirs of glaciers and snow in the
HMA region to address changes in the climate,
hydrology and cryosphere that will impact water
security in the region, with the goal of influencing
resource management and policy decisions.
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Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI):
The GEDI program uses a laser altimeter on the
International Space Station to study how much
carbon is absorbed by forests and how habitat
degradation will affect global biodiversity.
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Vegetation Monitoring and Biomass Estimation:
In partnership with the NASA Center for Climate
Simulation (NCCS), scientists are studying
low-land vegetation in sub-Saharan Africa
to estimate the amount of carbon stored in
the vegetation.
WorldView-4 imaged near Prudhoe Bay, Alaska on
September 18, 2018.
This WorldView-4 image shows the Amazon River coursing
through Brazil.
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