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NASA Earth Science Decadal Survey Studies [Planning Stage]

Entry ID: NASA_Decadal_Survey_Place_Holder

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Summary

Abstract: [These missions are in the planning stage. Please monitor the project web sites for mission updates]

[Source: NASA's Science Mission Directorate, Earth Sciences, http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/decadal-surveys/ ]

NASA relies on the science ... community to identify and prioritize leading-edge scientific questions and the observations required to answer them. One principal means by which NASA’s Science Mission Directorate engages the science community in this task is through the National Research Council (NRC). The NRC conducts studies that provide a science community consensus on key questions posed by NASA and other U.S. Government agencies. The broadest of these studies in NASA’s areas of research are decadal surveys. As the name implies, NASA and its partners ask the NRC once each decade to look out ten or more years into the future and prioritize research areas, observations, and notional missions to make those observations.

The NRC completed its first decadal survey for Earth science, Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond (NRC, 2007) in January 2007 at the request of NASA, NOAA, and USGS. [At this URL, click on “Sign In” to download a free pdf of the report.] At the highest level, the report recommends that: “The U.S. government, working in concert with the private sector, academe, the public, and its international partners, should renew its investment in Earth-observing systems and restore its leadership in Earth science and applications.”

Detailed recommendations in the decadal survey are provided in three categories:

* Setting the Foundation: Observations in the Current Decade
* New Observations for the Next Decade
* Turning Satellite Observations into Knowledge and Information

For the next decade, the decadal survey identified 15 new space missions for NASA (including 1 joint mission with NOAA) and 3 missions for NOAA (including the 1 joint mission). The 15 missions for NASA are presented in three time-phased blocks. Importantly, the 17 missions are presented as the result of a “prioritization methodology designed to achieve a robust, integrated program”(pg. 7) and the “missions listed…form a minimal, yet robust, observational component of an Earth information system that is capable of addressing a broad range of societal needs.”

Information regarding all missions is available at the following home page:
http://decadal.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Related URL

Link: VIEW PROJECT HOME PAGE

Description: NASA Science Mission Directorate Decadal Survey home page

Geographic Coverage

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Spatial coordinates

N: 90.0

S: -90.0

E: 180.0

W: -180.0

Data Set Citation

Dataset Originator/Creator: NASA Science Mission Directorate, Earth Sciences

Dataset Title: NASA Earth Science Decadal Survey Studies

Online Resource: http://decadal.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Location Keywords

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CENTRAL AMERICA

CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA

GEOGRAPHIC REGION > GLOBAL

CONTINENT > SOUTH AMERICA

Science Keywords

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > CROP/PLANT YIELDS

AGRICULTURE > AGRICULTURAL PLANT SCIENCE > CROPPING SYSTEMS

ISO Topic Category

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

AURA > Aura

Instrument

HIRDLS > High-Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder

Project

AURA > Earth Observing System (EOS), AURA

EOS > Earth Observing System

Quality Please review the HIRDLS Data Description and Quality Version 7 Document for details on the quality of the data.

http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/data-holdings/HIRDLS/documents/H...

Use Constraints Please review the HIRDLS Data Description and Quality Version 7 Document for recommendations on the use of the data.

http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/Aura/data-holdings/HIRDLS/documents/H...

Ancillary Keywords

CFC-12

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center (formerly Goddard DAAC), Global Change Data Center, Earth Sciences Division, Science and Exploration Directorate, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA

Data Center URL: http://disc.gsfc.nasa.gov/

Data Center Personnel
Name: GES DISC HELP DESK SUPPORT GROUP Phone: 301-614-5224 Fax: 301-614-5268 Email: gsfc-help-disc at lists.nasa.gov Contact Address: Goddard Earth Sciences Data and Information Services Center Code 610.2 NASA Goddard Space Flight Center City: Greenbelt Province or State: MD Postal Code: 20771 Country: USA

Distribution

Distribution Media: FTP/HTTP

Distribution Size: 2 GB

Distribution Format: HDF-EOS5

Fees: None

Personnel

JOHN C. GILLE

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: 303-497-8062

Email: gille at ucar.edu

Contact Address:

National Center for Atmospheric Research

PO Box 3000

City: Boulder

Province or State: Colorado

Postal Code: 80307

Country: USA

LESLEY J GRAY

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Phone: +44/0 1865 272926

Fax: +44/0 1865 272923

Email: gray at atm.ox.ac.uk

Contact Address:

University of Oxford Department of Physics

Clarendon Laboratory

Parks Road

City: Oxford

Postal Code: OX1 3PU

Country: UNITED KINGDOM

JAMES EDWARD JOHNSON

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: 301-614-5121

Email: James.Johnson at nasa.gov

Contact Address:

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Code 610.2

City: Greenbelt

Province or State: MD

Postal Code: 20771

Country: USA

Publications/References

List of HIRDLS publications can be found at http://www.eos.ucar.edu/hirdls/docs/

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Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2013-04-30

Last DIF Revision Date: 2013-05-01

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