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SSAI’s Claire Robinson and Team Study Dropsonde Measurements using Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS)
Claire Robinson, a Scientific Programmer/Analyst at SSAI and part of the Sonde Measurement of Atmospheric Layers at Langley (SMALL) Group, presented the latest statistics and relevant work utilizing the newly acquired Advanced Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System (AVAPS) Dropsonde system at the recent AVAPS Dropsondes Users Meeting.
Meet Almut Pingel
For our June SSAI Spotlight, we sat down with Scientific Programmer/Analyst Almut Pingel to learn about her experience moving to the US, joining SSAI during the pandemic, and the path that led her here.
SSAI-led Landsat Communications Team Wins Communicator Award for Camp Landsat
Congratulations to the Landsat Communications Team on their receipt of a Communicator Award of Distinction for their 2021 Camp Landsat website!
The Votes are In! SSAI Makes Top 10 in the DC Area for "2022 Best Places to Work"!
On May 12, 2022, SSAI was recognized by the Washington Business Journal as one of 2022’s “Best Places to Work” in the DC Metro Area, ranking 8th in the region among extra-large employers (250+ employees).
Sharing a love of our planet with support for NASA Earth Observatory
SSAI has a long history of supporting NASA’s Earth Observatory website, and watching it grow from its humble beginnings over 20 years ago to the essential Earth science data resource it is today. We asked one of our Science Writers to share with us what it means to be part of this important project.
Upper-troposphere, lower-stratosphere aerosol package successfully flight-tested for high-altitude airborne science
NASA, SSAI, and the University of Denver have developed and flight-tested the instrument package Particles in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere (PUTLS), which characterizes the microphysical properties atmospheric aerosol from the NASA high-altitude aircraft.