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The Earth Observer: Nov - Dec, 2017
In This Issue
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- Editor’s CornerFront Cover
- Feature Articles
- GOES-16: The First in a New Generation of Geostationary Satellites4
- GLOBE Observer: Citizen Science in Support of Earth System Science15
- Meeting Summaries
- First TROPICS Applications Workshop Meeting Summary22
- Summary of the Twentieth OMI Science Team Meeting26
- CERES Science Team Meeting Summary29
- Summary of the LANCE User Working Group Meeting34
- Summary of the 2017 LCLUC-SARI International Science Meeting40
- In The News
- New Insights From OCO-2 Showcased in Science48
- China’s Sulfur Dioxide Emissions Drop, India’s Grow Over Last Decade50
- NASA’s Living Planet Campaign52
- Announcements
- SAGE III-ISS Makes First Public Data Release21
- Darrel Williams Receives 2017 Pecora Individual Award28
- OCO-2 Level-2, Build 8 Data Now Publicly Available49
- Regular Features
- NASA Earth Science in the News53
- Science Calendars55
Editor’s Corner
Steve Platnick
EOS Senior Project Scientist
The year 2017 is ending with a flourish of activity for NASA Earth Science. I am very pleased to report the successful launch of the first Joint Polar Satellite System mission (JPSS-1) that lifted off from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 1:47 AM Pacific Standard Time on November 18, 2017, onboard a Delta-II rocket. JPSS-1, the first of four planned spacecraft in the program, continues almost all of the observations that...
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