ECOTRESS and satalite observation
The primary mission of ECOSTRESS is to measure the temperature of
plants from the vantage point of the International Space
Station. However, it can also detect other heat-related
phenomena like heat waves, volcanoes and fires. Due to the space
station's unique orbit, ECOSTRESS
acquires imagery of the same areas at different times of day as it
passes by overhead - instead of crossing over each area at
the same time of day like satellites in some other orbits do. This is
particularly important when trying to acquire cloud-free imagery over
perennially cloudy areas like the Amazon.
Nasa's satlite reaseach on the Amazon
ECOSTRESS launched to the space station on June 29,
2018.
NASA's
Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California,
built and manages the ECOSTRESS mission for the
Earth Science Division in the Science Mission Directorate at
NASA Headquarters in Washington.
ECOSTRESS is an Earth Venture Instrument mission; the program is managed
by NASA's Earth System Science Pathfinder program at NASA's Langley
Research Center in Hampton, Virginia.