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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

BIOTA

CLIMATOLOGY/METEOROLOGY/ATMOSPHERE

Platform

FIELD SURVEYS

Quality Dates provided in temporal coverage are approximate only.

This record has been completed by staff at the Australian Antarctic Data Centre, and the quality of it's contents and related data cannot be guaranteed.

Access Constraints A pdf copy of the referenced paper is available for download from the provided URL.

Use Constraints This data set conforms to the PICCCBY Attribution License
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/).

Please follow instructions listed in the citation reference at the provided URL when using these data.

Ancillary Keywords

pollen trap

rotor circulation

Data Set Progress

COMPLETE

Data Center

Australian Antarctic Data Centre, Australia

Data Center URL: http://data.aad.gov.au

Data Center Personnel
Name: DATA OFFICER AADC Phone: +61 3 6232 3244 Fax: +61 3 6232 3351 Email: metadata at aad.gov.au Contact Address: Australian Antarctic Division 203 Channel Highway City: Kingston Province or State: Tasmania Postal Code: 7050 Country: Australia

Distribution

Distribution Media: HTTP

Distribution Size: 1,473 kb

Distribution Format: pdf

Fees: free

Personnel

JAMES PETERSON

Role: INVESTIGATOR

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Role: DIF AUTHOR

Phone: +61 3 9905 2929

Fax: +61 3 9905 2948

Email: jim.peterson at arts.monash.edu.au

Contact Address:

DEPT OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

MONASH UNIVERSITY

WELLINGTON ROAD

City: CLAYTON

Province or State: Victoria

Postal Code: 3168

Country: Australia

JENNIFER SCOTT

Role: TECHNICAL CONTACT

Phone: +61 3 6226 2205

Fax: +61 3 6226 2989

Email: jenny.scott at utas.edu.au

Contact Address:

SCHOOL OF GEOGRAPHY AND ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES

University of Tasmania

PRIVATE BAG 78

City: HOBART

Province or State: Tasmania

Postal Code: 7001

Country: Australia

Publications/References

Peterson J.A., Scott J.J. (1988) Interrelationships between wind exposure, vegetation distribution and pollen fallout between Bauer Bay and Sandy Bay, Macquarie Island. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 122(1). 247-253

Creation and Review Dates

DIF Creation Date: 2000-07-20

Last DIF Revision Date: 2010-07-20

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