Civil earth observations : national strategy and plan /

Civil earth observations : national strategy and plan / Brendon Walters, editor. - 1 online resource. - Space science, exploration and policies . - Space science, exploration and policies series. .

Title from PDF title page (viewed on Sept. 26, 2014). Includes index.

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.

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 observations. These data are used every day to protect life and property and answer key questions about our planet. This book establishes a framework for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Nation's Earth-observation enterprise. The National Plan for Civil Earth Observations aims to.

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Earth sciences--Remote sensing.
Remote sensing.
Sciences de la terre--Télédétection.
Télédétection.
SCIENCE--Earth Sciences--General.
SCIENCE--Physics--Geophysics.
Earth sciences--Remote sensing.
Remote sensing.


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