Tabla de Contenidos:
  • ""The U.S. Global Change Research Program: An Assessment of FY 1991 Plans""; ""Copyright""; ""Contents""; ""PREFACE""; ""SUMMARY""; ""ASSESSMENT OF THE FY 1991 USGCRP""; ""THE EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM IN THE CONTEXT OF THE USGCRP""; ""PART I: THE U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM REPORT OF THE PANEL TO REVIEW THE FY 1991 U.S. GLOB ... ""; ""Introduction""; ""1 Reducing Uncertainties ""; ""PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""2 Appropriate Balance ""; ""BALANCE BETWEEN LONG-TERM AND SHORT-TERM INVESTMENTS""; ""BALANCE BETWEEN EXTRAMURAL AND AGENCY-BASED RESEARCH""
  • ""BALANCE BETWEEN ""BIG"" AND ""LITTLE"" SCIENCE""""BALANCE AMONG OBSERVATIONS, PROCESS STUDIES, AND MODELING""; ""BALANCE BETWEEN ESTABLISHED AND EMERGING PROGRAMS""; ""BALANCE AMONG SCIENCE PRIORITIES""; ""PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""3 Processes for Coordination and Review ""; ""CONTINUED INVOLVEMENT OF THE SCIENTIFIC COMMUNITY IN PROGRAM PLANNING AND REVIEW""; ""MECHANISMS FOR SCIENTIFIC ASSESSMENT AND THE DELIVERY OF POLICY ADVICE""; ""INTERACTION AMONG PARTICIPATING AGENCIES""; ""PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""4 Other Issues ""
  • ""INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION IN GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH""""AVAILABILITY OF HUMAN RESOURCES""; ""DEFINITION OF ''CONTRIBUTING"" PROGRAMS""; ""PRINCIPAL RECOMMENDATIONS""; ""PART II: THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF EOS REPORT OF THE PANEL TO REVIEW NASA'S EARTH OBSERVING SYSTEM IN TH ... ""; ""Introduction""; ""5 Environmental Parameters ""; ""THE MEASUREMENT SYSTEM FOR GLOBAL CHANGE""; ""EOS IN THE CONTEXT OF OTHER SPACE MISSIONS""; ""EOS AND THE USGCRP""; ""Summary Recommendations""; ""CONTRIBUTIONS TO SPECIFIC USGCRP SCIENCE PRIORITIES""; ""Climate and Hydrologic Systems""; ""Near-Term Plans""
  • ""EOS Plans""""Finding""; ""Near-Term Plans""; ""EOS Plans""; ""Near-Term Plans""; ""EOS Plans""; ""Biogeochemical Dynamics""; ""Near-Term Plans""; ""EOS Plans""; ""Findings""; ""Near-Term Plans""; ""EOS Plans""; ""Ecological Systems and Dynamics""; ""Near-Term Plans""; ""EOS Plans""; ""Earth System History""; ""Human Interactions""; ""Solid Earth Processes""; ""Near-Term Plans""; ""EOS Plans""; ""Solar Influences""; ""Near-Term Plans""; ""EOS Plans""; ""6 Simultaneity of Data Collection ""; ""DEFINITIONS OF SIMULTANEITY""; ""GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS""; ""To Enhance Process Studies""
  • ""To Interpret Physical Measurements""""To Facilitate Data Management""; ""To Incorporate Engineering Considerations""; ""SPECIFIC ANALYSES FOR PARTICULAR SCIENTIFIC OBJECTIVES""; ""Climate and Hydrological Systems: the Role of Clouds""; ""Biogeochemical Dynamics: Fluxes of Trace Species""; ""DOCUMENTATION""; ""7 EOS Platforms ""; ""ENGINEERING CONSIDERATIONS""; ""Launch Vehicles""; ""The Platform Systems""; ""CONTINUITY AND RELIABILITY""; ""COSTS""; ""PRECURSORS, SMALL MISSIONS, EARTH PROBES, AND OPERATIONAL SYSTEMS""; ""8 The EOS Data and Information System ""