Mission to planet earth
Journal Article
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· Aerosp. Am.; (United States)
OSTI ID:6840255
Plans for environmental monitoring using remote-sensing satellites in the era of the International Space Station are reviewed. The role of international cooperation is stressed, considering the present Landsat, SPOT, and Marine Observation Satellite programs; ERS-1 and Topex/Poseidon; and plans for the Italian Lageos-2, the Indian Remote Sensing Satellite, and the Japanese Advanced Earth Observation Satellite. The NASA Mission to Planet Earth proposal calls for four polar-orbit and five GEO platforms (five NASA, two ESA, and two NASDA), to be in place by the year 2000, as well as dedicated spacecraft of the Earth System Explorer series in the 1990s. Payloads will monitor the geomagnetic field, atmospheric temperature and water vapor, O3 and aerosols, outgoing radiation, precipitation, sea-surface temperature, sea ice, ocean chlorophyll, surface winds, wave height, ocean circulation, snow cover, land use, vegetation, crops, volcanic activity, and the hydrologic cycle.
- Research Organization:
- Joint Oceanographic Institution, Inc., Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6840255
- Journal Information:
- Aerosp. Am.; (United States), Journal Name: Aerosp. Am.; (United States) Vol. 26; ISSN AEAME
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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