Chasing the wind
Description
Dr Maggie Aderin leads a team launching an instrument into space to read wind patterns in order to help assess the impact of climate change.She leads the project after working on a variety of other scientific ventures, including radar-based landmine detectors, airborne missile warning systems and building instruments for a powerful telescope.Measuring the Earth's wind patterns with this project will help to form a more complete picture about climate change; but Maggie is convinced that we all need to do our bit to reduce our impact on the planet.
Runtime
17 min
Series
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
2007
Database
Alexander Street
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