"Nisar's Expertise Enhances Understanding of Forests and Wetlands: JPL"

The Nasa-Isro Synthetic Aperture Radar (Nisar) satellite, scheduled to launch in 2024, will provide researchers with unprecedented insights into Earth's forests and wetlands. By scanning the planet's land and ice surfaces every 12 days, Nisar will track changes in forests and wetlands, which play crucial roles in the global carbon cycle and climate change. The satellite's radar technology will help understand the impact of deforestation on the carbon cycle, improve knowledge of forest growth and degradation, and aid in studying geological events and environmental changes such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and glacier melting.