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The Earth Observer: Nov - Dec, 2010

Volume 22, Issue 6

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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