BROOMFIELD — Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., a division of Broomfield-based Ball Corp. (NYSE: BALL), will conduct two 20-month studies for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

One study will measure atmospheric composition and one will measure ocean color.

Overall, three 20-month studies have been awarded to Ball for NOAA’s next-generation constellation of geostationary weather satellites to address operational environmental prediction requirements, according to a press statement from Ball.

“These studies are just the first steps in NOAA’s efforts to improve the nation’s ability to monitor, forecast and understand the conditions impacting weather, climate and health — from air and water quality to coastline health,” Makenzie Lystrup, vice president and general manager of the  Civil Space division of Ball Aerospace, said in a written statement. “As weather events become increasingly unpredictable and extreme, we need to keep building better monitoring and forecasting tools. The instruments we are helping to define and design will be critical in NOAA’s commitment to building a weather-ready nation.”

The three studies will use the Ball Operational Weather Instrument Evolution, a series of environmental sensing systems. The systems are hyperspectral passive imaging instruments, the company said in the press statement.