Aqua CERES: Tracking Earth’s Heat Balance
July 27, 2012
Is the heat budget of the planet changing? Thermometers on the ground can give us a snapshot of a summer heatwave or winter cold spell, but it takes something like NASA’s CERES instruments to give a long term picture of whether the planet is keeping more of its heat than it loses back into space.
credit: NASA
Topics:
Ceres, Astronomy, Planetary science, Environment, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Aqua, Planet
