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The Earth Observer: Jul - Aug, 2014
In This Issue
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- Editor’s Corner Front Cover
- Feature Articles
- Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2: Observing CO2 from Space4
- Integrating Carbon from the Ground Up: TCCON Turns Ten13
- In Memoriam
- Lola Olsen's Legacy12
- Meeting/Workshop Summaries
- ASTER Science Team Meeting18
- AIRS Science Team Meeting22
- CERES Science Team Meeting26
- NASA LCLUC Spring 2014 Science Team Meeting30
- 2014 CLARREO Science Definition Team Meeting Summary36
- In The News
- NASA Launches Earth Science Challenges with OpenNEX Cloud Data39
- New NASA Images Highlight U.S. Air Quality Improvement40
- QuikSCAT's Eye on Ocean Winds Lives on with ISS-Rapidscat42
- Regular Features
- NASA Earth Science in the News 44
- NASA Science Mission Directorate – Science Education and Public Outreach Update 46
- Science Calendars 47
Editor’s Corner
Steve Platnick, EOS Senior Project Scientist
On July 2, 2014 at 2:56 AM Pacific Time a Delta-II rocket lit up the night sky at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, propelling the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) into orbit—the second of five planned Earth Science launches during 2014. Approximately 56 minutes after the launch, the observatory separated from the rocket’s second stage into an initial 429-mi (690-km) orbit.
Once in orbit, the solar arrays successfully deployed, two-way communication with the satellite was established, and initial telemetry reports indicated that the spacecraft and its instrument were in excellent condition. Since then...
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