The high-tech contraption is in fact an optical system just launched by a team of Australian researchers helping NASA's latest satellite mission.
In fact, the high-tech contraption is an optical system just launched by a team of Australian researchers working in concert withA 15-metre-tall buoy has been launched off the coast of Perth by a team of Australian researchers to aid NASA's latest satellite mission.
It will play a critical role in verifying observations made by the PACE satellite from thousands of kilometres above the ocean's surface, explained Professor David Antoine, head of Curtin University's Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group . "Phytoplankton are tiny plants that, in addition to being a vital food source for all marine life, collectively produce more than half of the world's oxygen and absorb almost as much carbon dioxide as all the trees and land plants on Earth."Professor David Antoine, head of Curtin University's Remote Sensing and Satellite Research Group , who worked with NASA on the project.
This information is then sent to shore via the mobile network, where it helps fine-tune the satellite sensors for more accurate ocean monitoring.
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