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Civil earth observations : national strategy and plan /

The U.S. Government is the largest provider of environmental and Earth-system data in the world. Voluminous amounts of data and information come from a complex array of satellites, ocean buoys, stream gauges, human surveys, and other platforms for collecting what the scientific community calls Earth...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Walters, Brendon (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Nova Publishers, [2014]
Colección:Space science, exploration and policies series.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS: NATIONAL STRATEGY AND PLAN; CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS: NATIONAL STRATEGY AND PLAN; Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data; CONTENTS; PREFACE; Chapter 1: NATIONAL STRATEGY FOR CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. OVERVIEW AND POLICY FRAMEWORK; 2. ASSESSMENT METHOD AND PLAN DEVELOPMENT; 3. DATA MANAGEMENT AND DELIVERY; APPENDIX A. AUTHORITIES; APPENDIX B. REPRESENTATIVE QUESTIONS BY SOCIETAL BENEFIT AREA; APPENDIX C. INTERDEPENDENCIES AND PARTNERSHIPS; APPENDIX D. DATA PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS.
  • ANNEX A. NATIONAL EARTH OBSERVATIONS TASK FORCE FORMATIONANNEX B. HISTORY OF UNITED STATES GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM DATA PRINCIPLES; ABBREVIATIONS USED; Chapter 2: NATIONAL PLAN FOR CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS; EXECUTIVE SUMMARY; 1. INTRODUCTION; 2. DEFINITIONS AND CONTEXT; 3. CATEGORIES FOR CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS; 4. PRIORITIES AND SUPPORTING ACTIONS FOR CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS; 5. CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS FROM AIRBORNE, TERRESTRIAL, AND MARINE PLATFORMS; 6. AGENCY ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE.
  • 7. summary guidelines in implementation and coordination of the national planannex i. 2012 eoa results; annex ii. caveats for understanding and interpreting the 2012 earth observation assessment; annex iii. abbreviations; index.