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The Earth Observer: Jan - Feb, 2020

In This Issue

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  • Editor’s Corner Front Cover
  • Feature Articles
  • LANCE: A Decade of Achievement Providing Near Real-Time NASA Earth Observing Data4
  • Earth to Sky Partnership Helps Connect the Wonders of NASA Science with the Power of Place12
  • NASA Lights the Way at the 2019 AGU Fall Meeting18
  • Meeting/Workshop Summaries
  • Summary of the 2019 Precipitation Measurement Mission Science Team Meeting23
  • Summary of the Fifth DSCOVR Science Team Meeting29
  • In The News
  • NASA’s Operation IceBridge Completes Eleven Years of Polar Surveys35
  • Greenland’s Rapid Melt Will Mean More Flooding38
  • NASA, French Space Laser Measures Massive Migration of Ocean Animals39
  • Regular Features
  • NASA Earth Science in the News 40
  • Science Calendars 43

Editor's Corner
Steve Platnick

On January 21, 2020, a Symposium on Earth Science and Applications from Space took place at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington, DC to pay tribute to the career of Michael Freilich. As director of the Earth Science Division at NASA Headquarters from 2006–2019—and throughout nearly 40 years of ocean research—Freilich helped train and inspire the next generation of scientists and scientific leaders. Freilich, his wife, and other family members were in attendance.

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