Keeping PACE: Introduction to PACE Mission, Products, and Data Discovery

You are invited to the NASA Earthdata webinar, "Keeping PACE: Introduction to PACE Mission, Products, and Data Discovery" to be held on Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at 2 pm EDT (UTC-4).

NASA's Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission aims to extend and improve NASA's more than 20-year record of satellite observations of global ocean biology, aerosols, and clouds. Data from PACE will help us better understand how the ocean and atmosphere exchange carbon dioxide. In addition, these data will reveal how aerosols might fuel phytoplankton growth in the surface ocean.

Novel uses of PACE data will benefit our economy and society. For example, they will help identify the extent and duration of harmful algal blooms. PACE will extend and expand NASA's long-term observations of our living planet, and by doing so, will take Earth's pulse in new ways for decades to come.

This webinar presents an overview of PACE and expected PACE datasets with demonstrations on how to discover, access, and use PACE data. In addition, attendees will become familiar with datasets, services, and tools available through NASA's Ocean Biology Distributed Active Archive Center (OB.DAAC) for working with PACE data.

Speaker: Alicia Scott, Deputy DAAC Manager, OB.DAAC, Ocean Ecology Lab, NASA GSFC

Alicia began her career as Command Controller and Mission Planner for the Terra spacecraft at GSFC. She moved on to become a data processing analyst for the Packet Processor Automation (Pacor-A) System, ensuring proper retrieval, quality and archival of Hubble and TRMM data. With her mission operations experience, she eventually landed at the Ocean Ecology Lab (OEL) at GSFC providing science operations support for the Aquarius/SAC-D mission and participating in Phases C-F of the NASA Project Life Cycle. At the OEL, Alicia has performed additional functions including social media content contributor, website content management, and user support for the OB.DAAC. Today, she continues to provide science operations support for missions and serves as the Deputy DAAC Manager for the OB.DAAC.

For information or to register: https://www.earthdata.nasa.gov/learn/webinars-and-tutorials/pace-mission-products-data-discovery-webinar

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