Mataimakin Shugaban Amurka Kamala Harris a NASA akan Ayyukan Yanayi na Gaggawa

A yayin ziyarar, shugaban hukumar ta NASA Bill Nelson ya kaddamar da hotuna na farko daga Landsat 9, tawagar hadin guiwa ta NASA da hukumar binciken yanayin kasa ta Amurka (USGS) da aka kaddamar a karshen watan Satumba. Hotunan sun nuna Detroit tare da tafkin St. Clair da ke makwabtaka da su, canjin gabar tekun Florida, da yankunan Navajo Country a Arizona. Za su kara yawan bayanan da ke taimaka mana sa ido kan lafiyar amfanin gona da ruwan da ake amfani da shi don ban ruwa, sarrafa albarkatun kasa masu mahimmanci, da bin diddigin tasirin sauyin yanayi.

Sabbin Hotunan, duk da aka samu a ranar 31 ga Oktoba, sun kuma ba da bayanai game da sauyin yanayin tsaunin Himalayas da Ostiraliya, suna ƙara wa Landsat rikodin bayanan da ba su misaltuwa wanda ya kai kusan shekaru 50 na kallon sararin samaniya.

"Na yi imani da gaske cewa ayyukan sararin samaniya aikin yanayi ne. Ayyukan sararin samaniya ilimi ne. Ayyukan sararin samaniya kuma ci gaban tattalin arziki ne. Shi ne kuma bidi'a da kuma wahayi. Kuma batun tsaro ne da karfinmu,” in ji mataimakin shugaban kasar. “Idan ya zo ga ayyukanmu na sararin samaniya, akwai yuwuwar da ba ta da iyaka. ... Don haka, yayin da muke fitowa daga nan, bari mu ci gaba da yin amfani da damar sararin samaniya."

Harris da Nelson sun kuma tattauna sanarwar NASA na wani sabon Ofishin Jakadancin Duniya na Duniya-3 (EVM-3). Binciken Convective Updrafts (INCUS) zai yi nazarin yadda guguwar yanayi da tsawa ke tasowa da ƙaruwa, wanda zai taimaka inganta yanayin yanayi da yanayin yanayi.

"Masananmu na NASA a yau sun ba mu kyakkyawar kallo akan hanyoyi da yawa da muke buƙatar fahimtar duniyarmu da kyau, daga fari da zafi na birane, zuwa tekuna da kuma wurare masu yawa da muke iya gani suna canzawa daga sama," in ji Nelson. "Gwamnatin Biden-Harris ta himmatu wajen samun ci gaba na gaske kan rikicin yanayi don amfanar tsararraki masu zuwa, kuma NASA ita ce tushen wannan aikin."

NASA, tare da National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) da USGS, na daga cikin hukumomin tarayya da ke gudanar da binciken yanayi da kuma samar da bayanan yanayi mai mahimmanci ga hukumomi da kungiyoyi a duniya. Matsanancin yanayi da al'amuran yanayi - gami da fari, ambaliya, da gobarar daji - suna zama abin aukuwa akai-akai. Hanyoyi daga sararin samaniya suna taimaka mana mu yi nazarin duniyarmu a matsayin tsarin haɗin kai don fahimtar waɗannan abubuwan da ke faruwa da kuma amfanar mutane a inda suke rayuwa.

Mataimakin shugaban kasar ya gana da masana kimiyya da injiniyoyi domin tattaunawa kan yadda babban tarin ayyukan kimiyyar duniya na NASA ke taimakawa wajen magance kalubalen yanayi da ke fuskantar duniyarmu.

Faɗin ayyukan NASA na kimiyyar Duniya sun haɗa da tauraron dan adam da ke aiki tare da haɗin gwiwar wasu hukumomi. Waɗannan sun haɗa da NOAA da USGS, waɗanda kuma suke da wakilai a hannu don saduwa da Harris.

"Yanzu a cikin shekaru goma na shida, haɗin gwiwar NOAA-NASA ya sanya mafi kyawun fasahar duniya a sararin samaniya don inganta ikon al'umma don sa ido da kuma hasashen yanayi da yanayin duniya," in ji shugaban NOAA Rick Spinrad, Ph.D. "Ƙungiyoyin ƙwararrun NOAA da NASA waɗanda ke tare a NASA Goddard suna haɓaka ƙarni na gaba na tauraron dan adam na ƙasa, wanda ake kira GOES-R, wanda ke samar da mahimman bayanai don ingantacciyar tsinkaya da kan lokaci waɗanda ke ceton rayuka kuma suna taimaka wa mutane su dace da canjin yanayi."

Tanya Trujillo, Ma'aikatar ta ce "Hotunan Landsat 9 masu ban sha'awa da bayanan kimiyya za su taimaka wa cikin gida don inganta filaye da albarkatun al'ummarmu, kiyaye al'adunmu, girmama amanarmu tare da 'yan asalin Amurkawa da ƴan asalin ƙasar, da magance rikicin yanayi," in ji Tanya Trujillo, Sashen. na mataimakin sakataren harkokin ruwa da kimiyya na cikin gida. "Kowace rana, kusan shekaru 50 na tarihin bayanan Landsat da USGS ke gudanarwa da rabawa kyauta yana ba da sabbin fahimta da goyon bayan yanke shawara ga jami'an gwamnati, malamai, da 'yan kasuwa don ƙarin fahimta da ci gaba da sarrafa yanayin canjin yanayin mu."

A yayin ziyarar tata, Harris ta yi amfani da hannu na mutum-mutumi da ake gwadawa don aikin mai a sararin samaniyar tauraron dan adam na Landsat 7 na gaba. Wannan tauraron dan adam a halin yanzu yana nazarin Duniya a matsayin wani bangare na jirgin ruwa na Landsat.

Harris ya kuma ziyarci shirin Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, ocean Ecosystem (PACE), wanda ya ƙunshi kayan aikin da ake ginawa a halin yanzu a Goddard don ƙaddamar da 2022. PACE za ta ci gaba da ƙima don lafiyar teku ta hanyar auna rarraba phytoplankton - ƙananan tsire-tsire da algae waɗanda ke ɗaukar gidan yanar gizon abinci na ruwa. An kuma baje kolin shirin GOES-R wanda tauraron dan adam na GOES-T zai harba don NOAA a watan Fabrairun 2022 don inganta hasashen yanayi.