请输入您要查询的字词:

 

单词 Aqua
释义
Aqua

Space Exploration
  • A major NASA science satellite launched on 4 May 2002 to gather information on the Earth's water cycle. Aqua measures evaporation from the oceans, water vapour in the atmosphere, clouds, precipitation, soil moisture, sea ice, land ice, and snow cover. It is one of spacecraft in NASA's A-Train constellation of satellites. Aqua was originally developed for a six-year design life but has now far exceeded that original goal and continues to transmit high-quality data from its six instruments.


Geology and Earth Sciences
  • A NASA satellite, launched on 4 May 2002, that carries six Earth-observing instruments to measure almost all aspects of the hydrologic cycle, as well as radiative energy fluxes, aerosols, terrestrial vegetation cover, marine phytoplankton and dissolved organic matter, and air, land, and water temperatures. It is one of the four satellites that comprise the A-Train and was still functioning on 31 July 2018.

    http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aqua/ A NASA mission launched in 2002 to study the Earth’s water.


随便看

 

科学参考收录了60776条科技类词条,基本涵盖了常见科技类参考文献及英语词汇的翻译,是科学学习和研究的有利工具。

 

Copyright © 2000-2023 Sciref.net All Rights Reserved
京ICP备2021023879号 更新时间:2024/12/25 2:24:54