Contents
The contents of the full report, from which this Executive Summary is extracted, are listed below.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY |
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INTRODUCTION |
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Definitions |
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Earth Observations Programs |
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Oversight of Earth Observations |
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International Connections |
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Changes in Earth Observations Programs |
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Outline of This Report |
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Aids to the Reader |
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EARTH SCIENCE FROM SPACE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE MISSION TO PLANET EARTH |
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Global Habitability and the Goody Report |
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The Friedman Report and the IGBP |
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The ESSC and the Bretherton Report |
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The NASA Response |
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Bringing in the International Community |
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Continuing Oversight by the SSB |
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The NRC Review of the USGCRP |
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A Decade of Accumulated Scientific Advice |
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The Frieman Report and Restructuring |
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Rescoping |
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Rebaselining |
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Reshaping |
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Reviews Requested by the House Committee on Science |
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Conclusions |
MISSION TO PLANET EARTH AND THE U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM |
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The Early Work of the CGC |
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The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
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CEES, CENR, and the Planning of the USGCRP |
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The NRC Review of the USGCRP |
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Problems with CEES and the USGCRP as a True Program |
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Mapping the MTPE Against the USGCRP |
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Are There Gaps in Current Plans? |
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Conclusions |
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The Problem with Space Applications |
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The NOAA Program |
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Landsat and Commercialization |
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Satellites and Applied Oceanography |
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Mapping and GIS |
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Complications |
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Conclusions |
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Earth Probes |
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Small or Smaller? |
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Technology Is Not the Issue |
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The Role of Smaller Satellites |
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Trade-offs for Electrooptic Sensors |
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Contrasts with Large Missions |
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Launch Vehicle Quantization |
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Supplant or Supplement? |
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Conclusions |
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Modeling Global Change |
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Using Models for Climate Forecasting |
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Overview of EOSDIS |
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Advisory Reviews of Information Systems |
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Conclusions |
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Geodetic Satellites and Systems |
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In Situ Measurements: The Relationships Among Space, Airborne, and Surface Measurements |
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Process and Interdisciplinary Studies |
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Research & Analysis and Mission Operations & Data Analysis Programs |
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Conclusions |
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A Variety of Earth Observation Systems |
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Economies of Scale |
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The Potential for Improved Support |
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The Merger of NOAA's Tiros and DMSP |
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NOAA/DMSP and NASA |
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Landsat |
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Managing the U.S. Program: CENR and S-GCOS |
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International Cooperation: CEOS, EO-ICWG, and NOAA-EUMETSAT |
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Possible Future Arrangements |
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Conclusions |
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CONCLUDING THOUGHTS |
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BIBLIOGRAPHY |
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APPENDIXES |
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ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS |
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B |
COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES |
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CLOUD FEEDBACK IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM |
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ROLE OF THE THE OCEAN IN CLIMATE |
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GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES: THE ROLE OF THE OCEANS AS A SINK FOR ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE |
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SUSTAINABLE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS |
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SOLAR VARIABILITY AND ITS EFFECTS |
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USE OF SURFACE- AND SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS IN NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION |