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The Earth Observer: Sep - Oct, 2018
In This Issue
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- Editor’s CornerFront Cover
- Feature Article
- ICESat-2: Measuring the Height of Ice from Space4
- NASA’s DEVELOP Program Recognizes 20 Years of Science Serving Society11
- Meeting Summaries
- An Overview of USGS-NASA Landsat Science Team Activities During 201819
- 2018 CLARREO Science Definition Team Meeting Summary27
- Summary of the Third Surface Water and Ocean Topography Science Team Meeting31
- Summary of the 2018 NASA LCLUC–SARI International Regional Science Meeting35
- Summary of 2018 ASTER Science Team Meeting42
- In The News
- NASA Assists in Efforts to Contain California Wildfires47
- Expedition Probes Ocean’s Smallest Organisms for Climate Answers49
- NASA Investment in Cholera Forecasts Helps Save Lives in Yemen51
- Announcement
- Congratulations to AGU and AMS Award Winners!18
- Fall AGU Comes to DC—Come EXPLORE NASA Science!52
- Regular Features
- NASA Earth Science in the News53
- Science Calendars55
Editor’s Corner
Steve Platnick
EOS Senior Project Scientist
Continuing a busy year of launches for NASA’s Earth Science Division,1 the Ice, Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) successfully launched from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:02 AM PDT (9:02 AM EDT) on September 15, aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II rocket—the final launch of the Delta II. About 75 minutes after launch, ground stations in Svalbard, Norway acquired signals from the spacecraft.
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