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The Earth Observer: Jan - Feb, 2016
In This Issue
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- Editor’s CornerFront Cover
- Feature Articles
- EO-1: 15 Years After the Start of Its “One-Year Mission”4
- DEVELOP Project Uses NASA Data to Assess Landslide Characteristics in Rwanda and Uganda15
- Delivering NASA Science Face-To-Face to the World20
- Meeting/Workshop Summaries
- 2015 HyspIRI Science and Applications Workshop Summary23
- Summary of the 2015 NASA Sounder Science Team Meeting27
- Summary of the 2015 Sun-Climate Symposium29
- In The News
- Study Shows Climate Change Rapidly Warming World’s Lakes35
- NASA Finds New Way to Track Ocean Currents from Space37
- New NASA Satellite Maps Show Human Fingerprint on Global Air Quality38
- Kudos
- Congratulations to AAAS Fellows!36
- Regular Features
- NASA Earth Science in the News40
- NASA Science Mission Directorate – Science Education and Public Outreach Update42
- Science Calendars43
Editor's Corner
Steve Platnick
EOS Senior Project Scientist
I am happy to report that the Jason-3 satellite successfully launched on January 17, 2016 at 10:42 AM Pacific Standard Time from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California onboard a Space-X Falcon 9 rocket. Minutes after Jason-3 separated from the rocket’s second stage, the spacecraft unfolded its twin sets of solar arrays and ground controllers successfully acquired the spacecraft’s signal. All indications are that...
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