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The Earth Observer: Mar - Apr, 1995
In This Issue
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Science Team Meetings
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III (SAGE III) ... 3
Geoscience Laser Altimeter System (GLAS) ... 5
Science Working Group for the AM Platform (SWAMP) ... 8
Articles
Ocean Color Multisensor Calibration Meeting ... 15
Airborne Science Flight Opportunities ... 19
Ad Hoc Working Group on Production: Just In Time .... 23
Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment III Systems Requirements Review .... 24
JPL Physical Oceanography DAAC Distributes TOGA Data Set Collection .... 26
Summary of Workshop on Results from the GEOS-1 Five-Year Assimilation ... 29
National Institute of Standards & Technology Workshop on IR Metrology and National Needs ... 34
The GLOBE Program Building a Partner for Mission to Planet Earth .... 37
Announcements
EOSDIS Product use survey ...... 4
Landsat 4 and 5 Digital Data Available From USGS ... 7
EOSDIS Core System Announcement of WWW Server ..... 25
EOS IWG Meeting Registration ..... 36
Introducing CIESIN's Gateway .... 38
Science Calendar .... 38
Global Change Calendar .... 39
The Earth Observer Information /Inquiries ... Backcover
Editor's Corner
Michael King, EOS Senior Project Scientist
Much of the activity in the last few months has centered around study teams formed by Dr. Charles Kennel, Associate Administrator of Office of Mission to Planet Earth, to look at innovative ways to implement the EOS Program in the post-2000 era. The motivation for this activity arises from the following significant events: (i) the Department of Commerce gave its tentative approval, pending identification of construction-of-facility funding, for construction of a NOAA building on the Goddard Space Flight Center "East Campus," adjacent to the new EOSDIS Building (to be opened this summer) and the approved-for-construction Earth System Science Building that will house the majority of Earth Scientists at Goddard; (ii) the realization that NASA in general, and EOS in particular, are likely to be directed to live under a funding cap in the post-2000 era; (iii) the necessity to articulate a mechanism for infusion of new technology into the post-2000 era; (iv) the need to identify an implementation of Landsat capability for a launch readiness date of 2004; and (v) the approval of Administrator Dan Goldin to proceed with the Common Spacecraft procurement with a firm contract for two spacecraft (PM-1, Chemistry-1) and option for two more.
The first element mentioned above arises from both the recent motivation to foster closer collaboration between N ASN s research and development missions and NOANs operational missions, and the converged National Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS-1) to be ready for launch in...
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