I-US Space Agency i-NASA inike ikhontrakthi kwiDyunivesithi yaseMichigan yenkqubo yeNkanyamba yokuSebenzisa iSatellite (CYGNSS) yokusebenza kwemishini kunye nokuvala.
Ngombane wee-microsatellites ezisibhozo, le nkqubo iyakwazi ukujonga izaqhwithi rhoqo kwaye ngendlela yesiphuphutheki sendabuko azinakho, ukwandisa amandla ososayensi wokuqonda nokuqikelela iinkanyamba.
Ixabiso elipheleleyo lekhontrakthi li malunga ne-39 yezigidi zeedola. IZiko leMisebenzi yezeNzululwazi leCYGNSS likwiDyunivesithi yaseMichigan.

Kumashumi eminyaka, i-NASA idlale indima ekhokelayo ekusebenziseni isetellites zokujonga umhlaba ukuqokelela idatha efunekayo ukondla iimodeli zamanani okuxelwa kwemozulu. I-CYGNSS iyaqhubeka naloo msebenzi, isebenzisa ubuchwephesha bokubona kude obubizwa ngokuba yi "GPS ukusasaza umqondiso" ukubona kwimvula enkulu ukuqikelela ukomelela komoya ongaphezulu kumngxunya wangaphakathi wezaqhwithi.

"I-CYGNSS ibe ngumsebenzi wobuvulindlela osinike ukuqonda okutsha ngamandla okomeleza iinkanyamba zasehlotyeni," utshilo uKaren St. Germain, umlawuli weCandelo leNzululwazi yezeMhlaba kwiNASA. "I-CYGNSS ikwasisixhobo esinamandla sokubona izikhukula emhlabeni kunye nolwandle imicroplastic debris detection - olo luhlobo lwexabiso elongeziweyo esithanda ukulibona, kwaye kuvula indlela yenzululwazi ethe kratya eya kuba nezibonelelo zoluntu."

Imilinganiselo evela kwi-CYGNSS iluncedo kuphando kuphuhliso lwealgorithm, uhlalutyo ukunceda kwimizamo yokumodareyitha, kunye nenkqubo yenkqubo yoMhlaba yezifundo.

Ukuqhubeka kokusebenza kuya kwenza uphando olutsha lujonge ukwahluka kwemozulu yexesha elide kunye nokwandisa ubungakanani besampula yeziganeko ezigabadeleyo ezinokunceda kwimodeli kunye nokuqikelela. I-CYGNSS satellites ziyaqhubeka nokuthatha imilinganiselo engama-24/7 yemimoya yasemanzini yolwandle, kwihlabathi liphela nakwizitshingitshane ezitshisayo, ezinokusetyenziselwa ukufundisisa iinkqubo zemozulu kunye nokuphucula uqikelelo lwemozulu ngamanani. Emhlabeni, iisathelayithi zithatha imilinganiselo eqhubekayo yokugcwala kwezikhukula kunye nokufuma komhlaba okusetyenziswa kuphando lwenkqubo ye-hydrological kunye nokubeka iliso kwintlekele.

INTO ONOKUYITHATHA KWELI NQAKU:

“I-CYGNSS ikwasisixhobo esinamandla sokubhaqa inkunkuma yomhlaba kunye nolwandle oluncinci lweplastiki – olo luhlobo lwexabiso elongezelelweyo esithanda ukulibona, kwaye ivula indlela yenzululwazi eninzi eya kuba neenzuzo ezibalulekileyo kuluntu.
Ngeqela leenkwenkwezi ezisibhozo zesathelayithi, inkqubo inokubona izaqhwithi rhoqo kwaye ngendlela iisathelayithi zemveli azikwaziyo, ukwandisa izazinzulu '.
Iisathelayithi zeCYGNSS ziyaqhubeka nokuthatha imilinganiselo engama-24/7 yomoya ophezu kolwandle, kwihlabathi jikelele nakwizitshingitshane ezitshisayo, ezinokusetyenziselwa ukufunda iinkqubo zemozulu kunye nokuphucula uqikelelo lwemozulu lwamanani.