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The Earth Observer: Nov - Dec, 2010
In This Issue
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- Editor’s Corner Front Cover
- Feature Articles
- NASA Satellites Help Monitor the Pakistan Flooding: An Application of Near-Real-Time Satellite Observations 4
- The NASA-NSERC Student Airborne Research Program: Preparing Tomorrow's Earth System Scientists and Engineers 7
- NASA Global Fire Information System adopted by UN Food and Agriculture Organization 12
- NASA DEVELOP Students Rev Up Response to Gulf Oil Spill 14
- Getting a GRIP on the Great Wind 20
- Earth Observing One (EO-1) Celebrates 10 Years 25
- Meeting/Workshop Summaries
- Landsat Science Team Meeting 27
- 2010 CLARREO Science Team Meeting 30
- NASA LCLUC/GOFC-GOLD/NEESPI International Regional Meeting on Boreal and Temperate Europe 34
- HDF/HDF-EOS Workshop Summary 39
- CERES Science Team Meeting Summary 40
- In The News
- Fire-Breathing Storm Systems 43
- NASA Partnership Sends Earth Science Data to Africa 44
- Arctic Sea Ice Extent Falls to Third-Lowest Extent; Downward Trend Persists 46
- Regular Features
- NASA Earth Science in the News 48
- NASA Science Mission Directorate – Science Education and Public Outreach Update 50
- Science Calendars 51
Editor's Corner
Steve Platnick, EOS Senior Project Scientist
The A-Train Symposium was held October 25-28 in New Orleans, LA. The symposium, a follow-on to one held in Lille, France in October 2007, provided an opportunity for both novice and experienced users to learn more about A-Train measurements and science. The meeting began with a well-attended one-day instrument user workshop. In addition...
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