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Appendix A
Appendix A
Pages 209-228
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Selected Remote Sensing Data Catalogs and Search Tools III.A Multiple Data Center Catalogs and Search Tools III.B Selected Data Center Catalogs and Search Tools 209
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Other Noteworthy Resources Related to Earth Remote Sensing Applications and Education VI. Selected E-Mail/WWW Gateways Within each subcategory, items are listed alphabetically.
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civil earth observation programs. Published in 1995, the report provides useful programmatic background for understanding the current and planned suite of earth remote sensing satellites and associated instruments.
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This on-line guide, developed by the Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) , provides an overview of satellite remote sensing in relationship to research on human interactions with global environmental change.
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Acronyms/Abbreviations. A comprehensive list of acronyms and abbreviations is provided by the EOS Project Science Office at NASA'S Goddard Space Flight Center.
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II. SELECTED LISTINGS OF EARTH REMOTE SENSING DATA AND INFORMATION RESOURCES II.A Comprehensive Lists II.A-1 Commercial Remote Sensing Program (CRSP)
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Maintained by the American University School of Communication, this Web site provides extensive, annotated lists of remote sensing data and information resources. It includes a list of earth imagery resources and contact information for more than 50 countries and a large set of links to U.S.
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It is updated approximately monthly by members of the Image Processing and Remote Sensing Listserver (IMAGRS-L)
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III. SELECTED REMOTE SENSING DATA CATALOGS AND SEARCH TOOLS III.A Multiple Data Center Catalogs and Search Tools *
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. The GCMD provides access to an extensive set of metadata records describing remote sensing, in situ, and other earth science data.
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The European Space Agency (ESA) maintains access to its satellite data resources via the earthnet online service, including data from both European Remote Sensing Satellites (ERS)
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, the GHRC continues to archive and disseminate hydrological data, including a range of cloud, water, and lightning data. The site provides access to an on-line search tool, Hydro, and to selected data sets via File Transfer Protocol (FTP)
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. Facilitates access to and integrates socioeconomic and earth science data, including administrative boundary data, census and household survey data, agricultural and land-use/ land-cover data, international environmental treaties and associated status information, human health data, and associated metadata.
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. The EORC is a research center of the Japanese NASDA that provides access to data and information regarding various existing and planned Japanese satellites, including the Marine Observation Satellite (MOS)
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data from the Russian Space Agency; Systeme pour ['Observation de la Terre (SPOT) 1, 2, and 3 data from SPOT IMAGE Corporation; polar orbiting data from the Australian Centre for Remote Sensing (ACRES)
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. It provides access to current data from a range of platforms, including Landsat, European Remote Sensing Satellites ERS-1 and -2, Television InfraRed Observation Satellite (TIROS)
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Monterey Satellite Products. The Naval Research Laboratory in Monterey, California, provides near-real-time access to a range of meteorological satellite data products, including data from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES)
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The site includes access to real-time imagery from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) -8, an image gallery including selected animations, and a guide to satellite coverage and orbits (both geostationary and polar orbiting)
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This on-line service provides access to historical and near-real-time estimates of surface doses of ultraviolet radiation based on satellite measurements from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer and other instruments. The site includes an online bibliography on stratospheric ozone depletion, ultraviolet radiation, and human health and provides links to other related data and Internet resources.
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The Consortium for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN) Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center (SEDAC)
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