Utilization of operational environmental satellite data : ensuring readiness for 2010 and beyond / Committee on Environmental Satellite Data Utilization.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

National Research Council (U.S.). Naval Studies Board. Committee on Environmental Satellite Data Utilization.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Remote sensing.

Artificial satellites in remote sensing.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (186 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, c2004.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The system of satellites in place to provide environmental data-data to monitor events such as forest fires and floods; to make weather predictions; and to assess crops, transportation impacts, fisheries, land-use patterns, sea temperature, and soil moisture, among other things- serves a wide and growing array of users. In the coming years as the next generation of operational environmental satellites in put in orbit, the will be a large expansion in data availability. To ensure that these data serve effectively this broad user community, a new vision for the future of operational environmental satellite data utilization is needed. To help develop approaches for handling this potential data overload, NASA, with technical support from NOAA, asked the NRC to conduct an end-to-end review of issues about the utilization of operational environmental satellite data for 2010 and beyond. This report presents the result of that review. It focuses on ensuring the value of environmental satellite data for addressing specific user needs, distribution of such data, and data access and utilization.

Contents:

""Front Matter""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Executive Summary""; ""1 Elements in a Dynamic System for Data Utilization""; ""2 Multiplicity of Environmental Satellite Data Uses""; ""3 Ensuring Data Access and Utilization""; ""4 Assessing the Implications of Multi-directional Interfaces""; ""5 Critical Factors Driving the Evolution of Operational Satellite Data Management Responsibilities""; ""6 Findings and Recommendations""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Letter to NOAA/NESDIS""; ""B Statement of Task""

""C Previous NRC Statements, Findings, and Recommendations""""D Case Studies""; ""E Biographical Information for Committee Members and Staff""; ""F Committee Meeting Summaries""; ""G Acronyms""; ""PLATES""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

ISBN:

9786612084089

9780309165389

0309165385

9781282084087

1282084089

9780309532693

0309532698

OCLC:

923274827