Sensing Our Planet; NASA Earth Science Research Features 2013
Washington DC: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) Distributed Active Archive Centers, 2013. Presumed first edition/first printing. Wraps. iv, 52 pages. Illustrations (many in color). Each year Sensing Our Planet features intriguing research that highlights how scientists are using Earth science data to learn about our planet. This publication was produced at the Snow and Ice Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC), at the National Snow and Ice Data Center, under a NASA contract. Sensing Our Planet: NASA Earth Science Research Features, formerly the DAAC Alliance Annual, is a multidisciplinary publication highlighting research using data from NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) satellites. The publication is researched, written, and produced annually at the NSIDC DAAC on behalf of the NASA Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS) data centers.
Sensing Our Planet features intriguing research using data from NASA's EOS satellites and related data from the EOSDIS data centers. The articles span the Earth science disciplines represented by the EOSDIS data centers, and are written with scientists, educators, and the interested public in mind.
Sensing Our Planet 2013, a collection of in-depth science stories that reveal the surprising ways that scientists use satellite data to study our planet. This year's collection includes stories about a mysterious drop in global sea levels in 2010 and 2011, strange atmospheric explosions and mercury rain over the Arctic, and "crazy bad" air pollution in Beijing. Condition: Very good.
Keywords: Yellowstone, Tsunami, GPS, Atchafalaya, Contrails, Hieroglyphs, Volcano, El Nino, La Nina, Eddy Avenue, Fisheries, Arctic Sea Ice, Earth Science, NASA, Mississippi River, Forecasts, Pollution, Mercury Rain, Atmospheric Explosions
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