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OCO-3  

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  • Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) will be flying on the International Space Station (ISS) and will continue the important measurement begun by OCO-2 in 2014. Some quick facts about OCO-3 are: - OCO-3 is a critical element in the continuation of global carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements focused on understanding the regional sources and sinks of CO2 from the unique vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS). - OCO-3 can also contribute to focused studies of how space based measurements can constrain rapidly changing anthropogenic (man-made) emissions. Anthropogenic emissions could be the largest source of uncertainty in the global carbon budget as OCO-3 measurements reduce uncertainty of natural fluxes. OCO-3 has the ability to makes measurements at different times of the day. - OCO-3 measurements can be combined with evapotranspiration and biomass measurements, such as those from other ISS instruments ECOSTRESS and GEDI, to study process details of the terrestrial ecosystem. - OCO-2 has demonstrated that atmospheric XCO2 can be measured from space with precision of better than 1 ppm. OCO-3 is expected to have similar performance. More Information: https://ocov3.jpl.nasa.gov/ (en)

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  • 2018-04-24 16:47:39.0 [sritz] Insert Concept add broader relation (OCO-3 [da687fb4-016d-4b4d-92c2-380640ca5640,367551] - Earth Observation Satellites [3466eed1-2fbb-49bf-ab0b-dc08731d502b,344761]);
  • 2018-04-24 16:49:01.0 [sritz] insert Definition (id: null text: Orbiting Carbon Observatory – 3 (OCO-3) is a complete stand-alone payload built using the spare OCO-2 flight instrument, with additional elements added to accommodate installation and operation on the International Space Station (ISS). More Information: https://science.nasa.gov/missions/oco-3 language code: en);
  • 2018-04-24 16:51:33.0 [sritz] insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 3e77610e-bb50-4c45-a62a-c50194ec16c2 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null); insert WeightedRelation (id: null related concept uuid: 6d5f222a-7750-4fd3-aa14-3c0d0059bc85 relationship type: null relationship value: null generated by: null);
  • 2019-05-03 13:56:18.0 [sritz] update Definition (Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) will be flying on the International Space Station (ISS) and will continue the important measurement begun by OCO-2 in 2014. Some quick facts about OCO-3 are: - OCO-3 is a critical element in the continuation of global carbon dioxide (CO2) measurements focused on understanding the regional sources and sinks of CO2 from the unique vantage point of the International Space Station (ISS). - OCO-3 can also contribute to focused studies of how space based measurements can constrain rapidly changing anthropogenic (man-made) emissions. Anthropogenic emissions could be the largest source of uncertainty in the global carbon budget as OCO-3 measurements reduce uncertainty of natural fluxes. OCO-3 has the ability to makes measurements at different times of the day. - OCO-3 measurements can be combined with evapotranspiration and biomass measurements, such as those from other ISS instruments ECOSTRESS and GEDI, to study process details of the terrestrial ecosystem. - OCO-2 has demonstrated that atmospheric XCO2 can be measured from space with precision of better than 1 ppm. OCO-3 is expected to have similar performance. More Information: https://ocov3.jpl.nasa.gov/); update Definition (https://ocov3.jpl.nasa.gov/);
  • 2020-01-03 19:19:19.0 [sritz] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (OCO-3 [da687fb4-016d-4b4d-92c2-380640ca5640,542743] - NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder [de1e0fd4-d865-4726-9bde-96804cf455b7,542765]);
  • 2022-03-11 15:19:02.0 [sritz] Move Concepts delete broader relation (null); add broader relation (OCO-3 [da687fb4-016d-4b4d-92c2-380640ca5640,826806] - Orbiting Carbon Observatory [e57b586f-09ba-45ad-868c-4c232d6034b4,826848]);

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https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/da687fb4-016d-4b4d-92c2-380640ca5640

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