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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454700203321

Titolo

Satellite observations to benefit science and society [[electronic resource] ] : recommended missions for the next decade / / National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2008

ISBN

0-309-10904-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (41 p.)

Disciplina

621.3678

Soggetti

Artificial satellites, American

Biotic communities - Remote sensing

Climatology - Remote sensing

Medicine - Research

Oceanography - Remote sensing

Remote sensing

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

""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 II""""HyspIRI, 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""