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Suggested Citation:"Contents." National Research Council. 1995. Earth Observations From Space: History, Promise, and Reality (Executive Summary). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9160.
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Contents

The contents of the full report, from which this Executive Summary is extracted, are listed below.

 

 

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

 

 1

 

INTRODUCTION

 

 

 

Definitions

 

 

 

Earth Observations Programs

 

 

 

Oversight of Earth Observations

 

 

 

International Connections

 

 

 

Changes in Earth Observations Programs

 

 

 

Outline of This Report

 

 

 

Aids to the Reader

 

 2

 

EARTH SCIENCE FROM SPACE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE MISSION TO PLANET EARTH

 

 

 

Global Habitability and the Goody Report

 

 

 

The Friedman Report and the IGBP

 

 

 

The ESSC and the Bretherton Report

 

 

 

The NASA Response

 

 

 

Bringing in the International Community

 

 

 

Continuing Oversight by the SSB

 

 

 

The NRC Review of the USGCRP

 

 

 

A Decade of Accumulated Scientific Advice

 

 

 

The Frieman Report and Restructuring

 

 

 

Rescoping

 

 

 

Rebaselining

 

 

 

Reshaping

 

 

 

Reviews Requested by the House Committee on Science

 

 

 

Conclusions

 
Suggested Citation:"Contents." National Research Council. 1995. Earth Observations From Space: History, Promise, and Reality (Executive Summary). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9160.
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 3

 

MISSION TO PLANET EARTH AND THE U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM

 

 

 

The Early Work of the CGC

 

 

 

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

 

 

 

CEES, CENR, and the Planning of the USGCRP

 

 

 

The NRC Review of the USGCRP

 

 

 

Problems with CEES and the USGCRP as a True Program

 

 

 

Mapping the MTPE Against the USGCRP

 

 

 

Are There Gaps in Current Plans?

 

 

 

Conclusions

 

 4

 

APPLICATIONS PROGRAMS

 

 

 

The Problem with Space Applications

 

 

 

The NOAA Program

 

 

 

Landsat and Commercialization

 

 

 

Satellites and Applied Oceanography

 

 

 

Mapping and GIS

 

 

 

Complications

 

 

 

Conclusions

 

 5

 

SMALLER SATELLITES AND EARTH PROBES

 

 

 

Earth Probes

 

 

 

Small or Smaller?

 

 

 

Technology Is Not the Issue

 

 

 

The Role of Smaller Satellites

 

 

 

Trade-offs for Electrooptic Sensors

 

 

 

Contrasts with Large Missions

 

 

 

Launch Vehicle Quantization

 

 

 

Supplant or Supplement?

 

 

 

Conclusions

 

 6

 

EARTH SYSTEM MODELING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS

 

 

 

Modeling Global Change

 

 

 

Using Models for Climate Forecasting

 

 

 

Overview of EOSDIS

 

 

 

Advisory Reviews of Information Systems

 

 

 

Conclusions

 

 7

 

ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES

 

 

 

Geodetic Satellites and Systems

 

 

 

In Situ Measurements: The Relationships Among Space, Airborne, and Surface Measurements

 

 

 

Process and Interdisciplinary Studies

 

 

 

Research & Analysis and Mission Operations & Data Analysis Programs

 

 

 

Conclusions

 

 8

 

THE ORGANIZATION OF U.S. CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS PROGRAMS

 

 

 

A Variety of Earth Observation Systems

 

 

 

Economies of Scale

 

 

 

The Potential for Improved Support

 

 

 

The Merger of NOAA's Tiros and DMSP

 

 

 

NOAA/DMSP and NASA

 

 

 

Landsat

 
Suggested Citation:"Contents." National Research Council. 1995. Earth Observations From Space: History, Promise, and Reality (Executive Summary). Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/9160.
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Managing the U.S. Program: CENR and S-GCOS

 

 

 

International Cooperation: CEOS, EO-ICWG, and NOAA-EUMETSAT

 

 

 

Possible Future Arrangements

 

 

 

Conclusions

 

 

 

CONCLUDING THOUGHTS

 

 

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

 

 

 

APPENDIXES

 

 A

 

ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS

 

 B

 

COMMITTEE MEMBER BIOGRAPHIES

 

 

 

CLOUD FEEDBACK IN THE CLIMATE SYSTEM
Conway Leovy

 

 D

 

ROLE OF THE THE OCEAN IN CLIMATE
Dudley Chelton

 

 E

 

GLOBAL BIOGEOCHEMICAL CYCLES: THE ROLE OF THE OCEANS AS A SINK FOR ATMOSPHERIC CARBON DIOXIDE
Janet W. Campbell

 

 F

 

SUSTAINABLE ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS
Edward Kanemasu

 

 G

 

SOLAR VARIABILITY AND ITS EFFECTS
John Evans

 

 H

 

USE OF SURFACE- AND SPACE-BASED OBSERVATIONS IN NUMERICAL WEATHER PREDICTION
William Bonner

 
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