Satellite observations to benefit science and society : recommended missions for the next decade /

Satellite Observations to Benefit Science and Society: Recommended Missions for the Next Decade brings the next ten years into focus for the Earth and environmental science community with a prioritized agenda of space programs, missions, and supporting activities that will best serve scientists in t...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Corporate Author: National Research Council (U.S.)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, 2008
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Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • Contents
  • An Integrated Strategy: Satellite Observations to Benefit Science and Society
  • Selecting and Prioritizing the Missions
  • Recommended Missions
  • ACE, Aerosol-Cloud-Ecosystems
  • ASCENDS, Active Sensing of CO2 Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons
  • CLARREO, Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory
  • DESDynI, Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice
  • GACM, Global Atmospheric Composition Mission
  • GEO-CAPE, Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events
  • GPSRO, Operational GPSRadio Occultation
  • GRACE-II, Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment IIHyspIRI, Hyperspectral Infrared Imager
  • ICESat-II, Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite II
  • LIST, Lidar Surface Topography
  • PATH, Precipitation and All-Weather Temperature and Humidity
  • SCLP, Snow and Cold Land Processes
  • SMAP, Soil Moisture Active-Passive
  • SWOT, Surface Water and Ocean Topography
  • 3D-Winds, Three-Dimensional Tropospheric Winds
  • XOVWM, Extended Ocean Vector Winds Mission
  • From Satellite Observations to Earth Information