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The Earth Observer: Sep - Oct, 2003
In This Issue
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- Editor's CornerFront Cover
- Meeting/Workshop Summaries
- July 2003 User Working Group Meeting: Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center3
- ESIP Federation Holds Its 12th Meeting6
- International Conference on "Studying Land Use Effects in Coastal Zones with Remote Sensing and GIS"9
- Other Items of Interest
- LP DAAC Update8
- SAGE II Version 6.2 Data Set Now Publicly Available13
- Recent Warming of Arctic May Affect Worldwide Climate15
- Regular Features
- Earth Science Education Program Update17
- Scientists in the News19
- Science Calendars21
- The Earth Observer Information/InquiriesBack cover
Editor's Corner
Michael King, EOS Senior Project Scientist
I’m pleased to report that ICESat’s GLAS Laser 2 was turned on at 1:15 PM EDT September 25 and successfully pointed off nadir 3° to the Goddard Space Flight Center’s Building 22 at 9:21 PM EDT September 26. Approximately 20 members of the mission team saw the green pulse in a relatively clear sky. Laser 2 is emitting 3.5 million shots per day. There is astonishing detail to the cloud/aerosol data. Due to the problems experienced with Laser 1, plans are to turn Laser 2 on periodically through the seasonal cycle.
Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE) has released a preliminary Gravity Anomaly Map. This map is derived from...
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