Differently colored waters in the Sea of Okhotsk on June 12, 2013 suggest
differences in phytoplankton community structure from one location to the next.
The ocean color community would eventually like to use remotely sensed data,
such as are shown in the above Aqua-MODIS image, to better understand global phytoplankton
diversity. (Click on the above image to see more of the region at higher
resolution.)
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HOUSTON -- The International Space Station is expanding the use of its
Hyperspectral Imager for the Coastal Ocean (HICO) instrument to more Earth
scientists and environmental researchers.
HICO records highly detailed images of various environments on Earth for
research, support and management. Now that the instrument has completed its
primary mission of collecting regional coastal ocean data for civilian and naval
research, NASA will continue to support HICO and encourage new users. HICO is
mounted to the station's Japanese Experiment Module Exposed Facility.
Scientists can use information from HICO to detail the biological and
chemical signatures of aquatic and terrestrial materials. When the instrument
scans an area of Earth, its sensor can reveal things invisible to the human eye
such as chemical compounds in coastal waters or the presence of microscopic sea
life. The Environmental Protection Agency has tapped HICO as a resource to
monitor coastal water quality.
New proposals for scientific or commercial use of HICO's data should be
submitted through the HICO website. Proposals requesting new uses of the
instrument will be evaluated by the International Space Station Program, NASA's
Science Mission Directorate, the HICO project scientist and the Center for the
Advancement of Science in Space. Oregon State University in Corvallis manages
the HICO website, and the Naval Research Laboratory operates the sensor
itself.
Users can access historical and any future collections of HICO data through
the NASA Ocean Color website, managed by NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in
Greenbelt, Md.
To submit a proposal to use HICO, visit:
http:/hico.coas.oregonstate.edu/index.shtml
To view the Ocean Color website, visit:
For more about the International Space Station or information on past,
ongoing, and future station research activities, including research results and
publications, visit:
NASA
Guillermo Gonzalo Sánchez Achutegui
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