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The Earth Observer: Nov - Dec, 2012
In This Issue
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- Editor’s Corner Front Cover
- Feature Articles
- Aqua 10 Years After Launch4
- Tracking Superstorm Sandy from Space 18
- The NASA-GPM Cold Season Precipitation Experiment (GCPEx)26
- Eyes on the Bay: Using Near-real-time Satellite Data to Monitor the Chesapeake Bay34
- Meeting/Workshop Summaries
- Summary of the 2012 Quadrennial Ozone Symposium 36
- Aura Science Team Meeting 41
- SORCE Science Team Meeting 43
- In The News
- NASA C-20A Completes Radar Study of Pacific Rim Volcanoes 48
- 2012 Antarctic Ozone Hole the Second Smallest in 20 Years 50
- Regular Features
- NASA Earth Science in the News 52
- NASA Science Mission Directorate – Science Education and Public Outreach Update 54
- Science Calendars 55
Editor's Corner
Steve Platnick, EOS Senior Project Scientist
In a previous Editorial, we highlighted the tenth anniversary of the launch of Aqua and described a number of activities that took place at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) on May 4 to commemorate the mission’s decade in space1. On page 4 of this issue we are pleased to feature an article written by Claire Parkinson [GSFC—Aqua Project Scientist] that elaborates on the science achievements of the first ten years of Aqua. As Parkinson mentions in her article, there are now...
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