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IN 2019, NASA AND PARTNERS EMBARKED ON A 2-MONTH LONG FIELD EXPEDITION TO STUDY HOW AEROSOL PARTICLES IMPACT PRECIPITATION PATTERNS IN THE PHILIPPINES.
DURING THAT TIME, THE TEAM COLLECTED TENS OF THOUSANDS OF RAW DATA FILES FROM AIR, SEA, AND SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS.
BUT ONCE THE FIELD WORK WRAPPED, A NEW CHALLENGE EMERGED.
HOW BEST TO COMPILE AND COMMUNICATE THE DATA COLLECTED?
IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ADVANCED VISUALIZATION LAB AT THE UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN, THE TEAM BUILT A DATA DASHBOARD
THE FIRST DASHBOARD TO INTEGRATE SUCH A DYNAMIC ARRAY OF DATA SOURCES FOR A NASA FIELD EXPEDITION.
THE DASHBOARD VISUALIZES WHERE DATA POINTS APPEARED IN THE RECORD:
WHETHER IT BE THE LOCATIONS OF DATA COLLECTION,
ICE CRYSTAL SIZE AND SHAPE,
CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF THE AIRCRAFT,
OR MEASUREMENTS FROM A MULTITUDE OF INSTRUMENTS.
IN TOTAL, THE TEAM COMPILED 76 DIFFERENT DATA VARIABLES.
AND PIONEERED A NEW WAY TO SHARE NASA SCIENCE WITH RESEARCHERS AROUND THE GLOBE.
THIS PROJECT WAS MADE POSSIBLE BY THE AIST PROGRAM AT NASA'S EARTH SCIENCE TECHNOLOGY OFFICE.
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