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A big idea is coming to life.

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It’s the PACE Ocean Color instrument...OCI...

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…designed to measure intensity of light

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…across many bands of the

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electromagnetic spectrum.

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OCI is a one-of-a-kind instrument

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and NASA engineers are building it now.

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The most advanced ocean color instrument ever,

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OCI will collect data to to address essential scientific

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questions about our oceans and atmosphere.

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This is the engineering model to test the system

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that will ultimately be built to fly on PACE.

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Engineers will test the model

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and those tests will inform the construction

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of flight hardware.

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Science needs new tools

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to answer big questions.

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When it launches

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The PACE mission will be an Earth science leader

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and OCI will provide first-of-its-kind

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ocean observations as well as

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capabilities to monitor atmospheric aerosols

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and clouds, continuing essential data records

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and extending our capabilities for a new generation.