,1,"It's one small 45-minute flight from Kerikeri to Wellington, but potentially a giant leap for Nasa's climate science division," according to the New Zealand Herald https://www.nzherald.co.nz/travel/news/article.cfm?c_id=7&objectid=12311438
University of Michigan-led satellite mission is partnering with NASA and Air New Zealand to install CYGNSS receivers on one of their aircraft. This one-of-a-kind partnership looks to study the ground to improve both forecasting of flash floods and to better understand how climate change is affecting New Zealand.
CYGNSS launched in 2016 as a constellation of eight small satellites to improve hurricane forecasting.
The University of Michigan-led mission is led by Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering Professor Christopher Ruf:
https://clasp.engin.umich.edu/people/chris-ruf/
Read more about the partnership:
https://news.engin.umich.edu/2020/02/university-of-michigan-leads-satellite-mission-to-understand-climate/
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,1,A new laser developed at Michigan Engineering can show what objects are made of. The system, which is made of off-the-shelf telecommunications technology, emits a broadband beam of infrared light. While most lasers emit light of one wavelength, or color, broadband lasers like this one give off a tight beam packed with columns of light covering a range of wavelengths -- a blend of colors. The beam the new laser emits is invisible, but it can illuminate deep information. By shining it on a target and analyzing the reflected light, researchers can tell the chemical composition of the target. The laser could potentially help military aircraft identify hidden dangers such as weapons arsenals far below. It could also have applications in medicine and environmental studies.
ABOUT THE PROFESSOR: Mohammed Islam (http://www.eecs.umich.edu/eecs/etc/fac/facsearchform.cgi?mni+) is a professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (http://www.eecs.umich.edu/) at the University of Michigan. His current research interests include mid-infrared laser sources and their applications in fiber-to-the-home, advanced semiconductor process control, combustion monitoring, infrared counter-measures, chemical sensing and bio-medical selective laser ablation. Another area of this current work relates to ultra-high resolution imaging of automobile parts, such as transmissions. He also has on-going work in modulators and new architectures for fiber to the home systems. He works in the Optics and Photonics Lab (https://www.eecs.umich.edu/optics/).