NASA: AWE First 3,000 Orbits Data Release

Summary

NASA's article announces the first public AWE data release and explains what the early observations contain.

Useful Claims

• The release covers AWE's first 3,000 International Space Station orbits.
• It includes more than five million infrared images used to derive atmospheric temperature and gravity-wave measurements.
• AWE studies the upward propagation of gravity waves and their influence on the ionosphere.

Verbatim

"Following the 3,000 th orbit of NASA’s AWE (Atmospheric Waves Experiment) aboard the International Space Station, researchers publicly released the mission’s first trove of scientific data, crucial to investigate how and why subtle changes in Earth’s atmosphere cause disturbances, as well as how these atmospheric disturbances impact technological systems on the ground and in space." — Article opening

"Available online , the data release contains more than five million individual images of nighttime airglow and atmospheric gravity wave observations collected by the instrument’s four cameras, as well as derived temperature and airglow intensity swaths of the ambient air and the waves." — Data-release description

Reliability Notes

NASA is the primary authority for the release scope and mission operations. Statements about eventual scientific impact remain prospective.

Related Pages

• Atmospheric Waves Experiment