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Earth & Space Research (ESR) is a Seattle-based, nonprofit institute specializing in oceanographic research. Our mission is to increase societal understanding of the Earth system through scientific research and public education.

Research at ESR covers a wide range of topics from polar oceanography to equatorial studies. To find out more about what we do, check out some of our current research. Also take a look at our publications and presentations lists to see some of our past and present work.

ESR's main office is in Seattle, WA with branch offices in Oregon and New York. You can find out more about us, including contact information, through our About ESR page. Our staff pages also contain information about who we are and what we are interested in.
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  Aquarius Mission Update The Aquarius / SAC-D Mission is successfully streaming real-time salinity data and providing scientists with NASA's first global map of salinity. The first image and accompanying data and mission history are available on JPL's Photojournal, the NASA Aquarius page and the official NASA press release; Aquarius Yields NASA's First Global Map of Ocean. Aquarius is the lead story on This Week@NASA. For more information, please see Aquarius Image Gallery and Animation. (Updated January 17, 2012)

  Aquarius Mission Outreach The Aquarius / SAC-D Webinars from May, 2011 and January, 2012 are available here. The January 2012 sessions feature Principal Investigator Gary Lagerloef, Deputy Principal Investigator David Le Vine, and Project Scientist Yi Chao in a 2-part webinar series on the Aquarius/SAC-D Satellite and its scientific findings. The May, 2011 session, featuring Gary Lagerloef and Yi Chao, posted 2 weeks before the Aquarius SAC/D Launch, details the technological development of the mission and key scientific connections between salinity, the water cycle, ocean circulation and climate.

  Public outreach ESR is pleased to announce that our Research Scientist, ChuanLi Jiang, has been accepted into the Pacific Science Center's Science Communication Fellowship and Short Course in Seattle, WA. ChuanLi will represent ESR at Polar Science Weekend 2012; March 1 - 4 at the Pacific Science Center in addition to other public outreach events there, in 2012. (posted November 23, 2011)

  Open Position ESR has an open position for Finance Administrator. To learn more about the position and how to apply, visit About ESR and select Position Announcements.