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CubeSat Measures World's First Ice Cloud Map to Support Climate ResearchVirginia Diodes, Inc. received NASA SBIR Awards to fund research and development for a lesser developed region of the electromagnetic spectrum—terahertz waves. Their work led to funding from NASA ESTO, and the resulting CubeSat (named IceCube) captured the world’s first ice cloud map, which will contribute to our understanding of Earth’s climate
Document ID
20200000833
Acquisition Source
Ames Research Center
Document Type
Other - Brief Communication/Note
External Source(s)
https://sbir.nasa.gov/success-stories/cubesat-measures-world%E2%80%99s-first-ice-cloud-map-support-climate-research
Authors
Light, Bailey (Rei Systems, Inc. Chantilly, VA, United States)
Famiglietti, Joseph (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Racette, Paul E. (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, MD, United States)
Lewis, Carol R. (Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL), California Institute of Technology (CalTech) Pasadena, CA, United States)
Crowe, Thomas W. (Virginia Diodes, Inc. Charlottesville, VA, United States)
Date Acquired
February 12, 2020
Publication Date
February 11, 2020
Subject Category
Earth Resources And Remote Sensing
Report/Patent Number
ARC-E-DAA-TN78104
Report Number: ARC-E-DAA-TN78104
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NNX16CA01T
CONTRACT_GRANT: SPEC5721
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
Technical Review
NASA Peer Committee

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