HR: 12:05h
AN: U32A-08    [Abstracts]
TI: Earth Observations from Space: The First 50 Years of Scientific Achievements
AU: * Minster, B
EM: jbminster@ucsd.edu
AF: Scripps Institution of Ocenaography, UCSD, 9500 Gilman Dr., La Jolla, CA 92093,
AU: Campbell, J W
EM: janet.campbell@unh.edu
AF: University of New Hampshire, 39 College Rd, Durham, NH 03824,
AU: Dozier, J
EM: dozier@bren.ucsb.edu
AF: University of California, Santa Barbara, Bren Hall 4512, Santa Barbara, CA 93106,
AU: Fleming, J R
EM: jfleming@colby.edu
AF: Colby College, 5881 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901,
AU: Gille, J C
EM: gille@ucar.edu
AF: National Center for Atmospheric Research, PO Box 3000, Boulder, CO 80307,
AU: Hartmann, D L
EM: dennis@atmos.washington.edu
AF: University of Washington, Atmospheric Sciences Bldg, Seattle, WA 98195,
AU: Jezek, K
EM: jezek@frosty.mps.ohio-state.edu
AF: Ohio State University, 1090 Carmack Rd, Columbus, OH 43210,
AU: Kidder, S
EM: kidder@cira.colostate.ed
AF: Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO 80523,
AU: Ramankutty, N
EM: navin.ramankutty@mcgill.ca
AF: McGill University, Burnside Hall, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
AU: Thompson, A
EM: anne@met.psu.edu
AF: Pennsylvania State University, 503 Walker Bldg, University Park, PA 16802,
AU: Ustin, S L
EM: slustin@ucdavis.edu
AF: University of California, Davis, Dept of Land, Air, and Water Resources, Davis, CA 95616,
AU: Yoder, J
EM: jyoder@whoi.edu
AF: Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Clark Laboratory 223, Woods Hole, MA 02543,
AU: Probst, L
EM: lprobst@nas.edu
AF: National Research Council, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001,
AU: Mengelt, C
EM: cmengelt@nas.edu
AF: National Research Council, 500 Fifth Street NW, Washington, DC 20001,
AB: Observing the Earth from space over the last five decades has fundamentally transformed the way people view our home planet. The image of the "blue marble" is taken for granted now, but it was revolutionary when it was first taken in 1972 by the crew on Apollo 17. Since then, the capability to look at Earth from space has grown increasingly sophisticated and evolved from simple photographs to quantitative measurements of Earth properties such as temperature, atmospheric gases, and exact elevation of land and ocean. Consequently, every new method of imaging the Earth from space has resulted in scientific accomplishments that have enabled new discoveries, transformed the field, refined scientific understanding, opened new avenues of research, or provided important societal benefits by improving the predictability of Earth system processes. This National Research Council (NRC) study highlights selected scientific achievements made possible by the first 50 years of Earth satellite observations by space-faring nations. It follows on a recent report from the NRC entitled "Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond" (NRC 2007), also referred to as the "decadal study."
DE: 1600 GLOBAL CHANGE
DE: 1700 HISTORY OF GEOPHYSICS
SC: Union [U]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting