Each year, Federal agencies invest billions of dollars in civil Earth observations. Through these investments, the U.S. government ensures that the Nation’s decision makers have the information they need about climate and weather, disaster events, land-use change, ecosystem health, natural

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, and customization of responses. This system has been used to implement a global surveillance program of science phenomena including: volcanoes, flooding, cryosphere events, and atmospheric phenomena. In this paper we describe the importance of the earth observing sensorweb application as well as overall

The objective of the EPIDEMIO project is to provide earth-observation-derived information on the environment to epidemiologists working to study, monitor and predict threats to human health. End-user organizations directly involved in the project include the World Health Organization, European

The Earth Observation Technology Cluster is a knowledge exchange initiative, promoting development, understanding and communication about innovative technology used in remote sensing of the terrestrial or land surface. This initiative provides an opportunity for presentation of novel developments

summarizing implementation plans of the Group on Earth Observations Biodiversity Observation Network (GEO BON). The purpose of this note is to enable an informed discussion on the role of GEO BON in contributing to biodiversity monitoring post-2010. 2. This report has been prepared by the Chair

This booklet is realised in the framework of the Scientific Support Plan for a Sustainable Development Policy (SPSD I). Available publications are: � “Antarctica” � “Levers for a sustainable development policy” � “Earth observation by satellite ” TELSAT 4 � “Prenormative research in the food sector

a co-evolution The iconic images of Earth beamed back by the earliest spacecraft helped to galvanise interest in our planet’s environment. The subsequent evolution and development of satellites for Earth observation has been intricately linked with that of IGBP and other global-change research

Human alteration of Earth is substantial and growing. Between one-third and one-half interact with the atmosphere, with aquatic of the land surface has been transformed by human action; the carbon dioxide con- systems, and with surrounding land. Morecentration in the atmosphere has increased