Chapter 12 References – For More Information About:
The EOS Missions and Their Data and Applications:
• NASA Earth Observations. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://neo.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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NASA Earth Observatory. 2013. Accessed August 15. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2013. “Earth.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/earth/index.cfm
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NASA’s Earth Observing System. 2012. “All Missions.” Updated November 26.
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/content/all-missions.
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NASA’s Earth Observing System. 2013. “NASA’s Earth Observing System Project Science
Office.” Updated July 1. http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2003. “Formation Flying: The Afternoon ‘ATrain’ Constellation.” Goddard Space Flight Center, FS-2003-1-053-GSFC, March.
http://aqua.nasa.gov/doc/pubs/A-Train_Fact_sheet.pdf.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2011. “NASA World Wind.” Updated July
18. http://worldwind.arc.nasa.gov.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2013. “Global Climate Change: Vital Signs
of the Planet.” Accessed August 15. http://climate.nasa.gov.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2013. “Visible Earth.” Updated August 16.
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov.
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OceanColor Web. 2013. Updated July 11. http://oceancolor.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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Parkinson, C.L., A. Ward, M.D. King, eds. 2006. Earth Science Reference Handbook: A
Guide to NASA’s Earth Science Program and Earth Observing Satellite Missions. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration: Washington, DC.
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2006ReferenceHandbook.pdf.
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Science on a Sphere. 2013. “What Is Science on a Sphere?” Accessed August 15.
http://sos.noaa.gov/What_is_SOS/index.html.
Terra and Its Instruments and Applications:
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Chuanmin, H., F.E. Muller-Karger, C. Taylor, K. Carder, C. Kelble, E. Johns, and C.A. Heil.
2005. “Red tide detection and tracing using MODIS fluorescence data: A regional example in
SW Florida coastal waters.” Remote Sensing of Environment 97: 311-321.
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Jensen, J. 2006. Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective. 2nd ed.
Upper Saddle River: Prentice Hall, Chapter 7.
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Lillesand, T., R. Kiefer, and J. Chipman. 2008. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation.
Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 6.
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NASA Earth Data. 2012. “Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT) NASA
Langley ASDC Data Collection Guide.” Atmospheric Science Data Center. Updated June 20.
http://eosweb.larc.nasa.gov/GUIDE/campaign_documents/mopitt_project.html.
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NASA Earth Observatory. 2000. “MOPITT Views North America.” April 25.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=559.
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NASA Earth Observatory. 2001. “Lava Flow on Bezymianny Volcano.” May 30.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=1467.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2004. “ASTER: Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission
and Reflection Radiometer.” Updated September 7. http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2013. “Gallery.” MISR: Multi-Angle Imaging
SpectroRadiometer. Accessed August 15. http://wwwmisr.jpl.nasa.gov/multimedia/collectionImagery/?ImageID=310&Filter=On&ThemeSort=&T
ypeSort=.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2013. “MISR: Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer.”
Accessed August 15. http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov.
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NASA’s Earth Observing System. 2013. “CERES: Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy
System.” Accessed August 15. http://aqua.nasa.gov/doc/pubs/ceres_brochure.pdf.
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NASA Visible Earth. 2000. “CERES Emitted Longwave Flux from February 26, 2000.”
February 26. http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=53855.
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NASA Visible Earth. 2000. “Cloud Effects on Earth’s Radiation.” April 18.
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=54219.
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NASA Visible Earth. 2000. “Mauna Loa Thermal Infrared.” April 18.
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=54190.
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NASA Visible Earth. 2000. “MODIS Chlorophyll from Indian Sub-Continent.” April 18.
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=54095.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2010. “Remote Sensing.” April 5.
http://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/oceanography/living-ocean/remote-sensing.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2013. “Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant
Energy System (CERES).” Updated March 13. http://ceres.larc.nasa.gov.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2013. “Direct Readout Laboratory.”
Updated August 16. http://directreadout.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2013. “MODIS Web.” Accessed August 15.
http://modis.gsfc.nasa.gov/index.php.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2013. “NASA’s Earth Observing System:
Terra Spacecraft.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.nasa.gov/pdf/156292main_Terra_brochure.pdf.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2013. “Near Real-Time Data.” Accessed
August 15. http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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NCAR. 2013. “MOPITT.” Accessed August 15. http://mopitt.eos.ucar.edu.
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Parkinson, C.L., A. Ward, M.D. King, eds. 2006. Earth Science Reference Handbook: A
Guide to NASA’s Earth Science Program and Earth Observing Satellite Missions. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration: Washington, DC.
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2006ReferenceHandbook.pdf.
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Sullivant, R. 2007. “Satellites Track Human Exposure to Fine Particle Pollution.” NASA Jet
Propulsion Laboratory, May 31. http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/features.cfm?feature=1367.
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Tera. 2012. “Clouds and the Earth’s Radiant Energy System (CERES).” Updated January 18.
http://terra.nasa.gov/CERES.
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Terra. 2012. “Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere (MOPITT).” March 2.
http://terra.nasa.gov/MOPITT.
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Terra. 2012. “Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR).” January 18.
http://terra.nasa.gov/MISR.
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Terra. 2013. Updated May 6. http://terra.nasa.gov.
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Terra. 2013. “ASTER: Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection
Radiometer.” Updated May 6. http://terra.nasa.gov/index.php?section=50.
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USDA Forest Service. 2013. “Active Fire Mapping Program.” Accessed August 15.
http://activefiremaps.fs.fed.us.
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USDA Forest Service. 2013. “Remote Sensing Applications Center.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac/index.html.
Aqua and Its Instruments and Applications:
• Gutro, R. K. Ramanujan, and J. Closs. 2002. “Science Writer’s Guide to Aqua.” NASA
Goddard Space Flight Center.
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2002Aqua_Sci_Writer%27s_Guid
e.pdf.
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Internet Archive. 2013. “Hurricane Regions Indicated by Sea Surface Temperature from June
2002 to September 2003 (WMS).” Accessed August 15. http://archive.org/details/SVS-2907.
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Lillesand, T., R. Kiefer, and J. Chipman. 2008. Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation.
Hoboken: John Wiley and Sons, Chapter 6.
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NASA Earth Observatory. 2002. “AMSR-E Measures Sea Ice Extents.” September 3.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2752.
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NASA Earth Observatory. 2002. “Sizzling First Images from NASA’s ‘Thermometer in the
Sky.’” August 7. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/IOTD/view.php?id=2677.
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NASA GES DISC. 2011. “Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-A (AMSU-A) Instrument
Guide.” Updated March 18.
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/amsu_instrument_guide.shtml.
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NASA GES DISC. 2011. “Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Instrument Guide.”
Updated March 18.
http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/airs_instrument_guide.shtml.
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NASA GES DISC. 2011. “Humidity Sounder for Brazil (HSB) Instrument Guide.” Updated
March 18. http://disc.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/AIRS/documentation/hsb_instrument_guide.shtml.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2013. “AIRS: Atmospheric Infrared Sounder.” Accessed
August 15. http://airs.jpl.nasa.gov.
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NASA Marshall Space Flight Center. 2013. “AMSR-E.” Accessed August 15.
http://wwwghcc.msfc.nasa.gov/AMSR.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2003. “Formation Flying: The Afternoon ‘ATrain’ Constellation.” Goddard Space Flight Center, FS-2003-1-053-GSFC, March.
http://aqua.nasa.gov/doc/pubs/A-Train_Fact_sheet.pdf.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2009. “NASA’s A-Train of Satellites ‘On
Track’ with Hurricane Research.” August 19.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/hurricanes/features/atrain.html.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2013. “Aqua: Project Science.” Updated July
29. http://aqua.nasa.gov.
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National Snow and Ice Data Center. 2013. “MODIS Data: Choosing Terra or Aqua MODIS
Data.” Accessed August 15. http://nsidc.org/data/modis/terra_aqua_differences/index.html.
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Parkinson, C.L. 2002. “Aqua.”
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/mission_handbooks/Aqua.pdf.
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Parkinson, C.L., A. Ward, M.D. King, eds. 2006. Earth Science Reference Handbook: A
Guide to NASA’s Earth Science Program and Earth Observing Satellite Missions. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration: Washington, DC.
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2006ReferenceHandbook.pdf.
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Short, N.M., Sr. 2005. “ Atmospheric Sounders.” Remote Sensing Tutorial.
http://www.fas.org/irp/imint/docs/rst/Sect14/Sect14_3.html.
Aura and Its Instruments and Applications:
• Hilsenrath, E., M.R. Schoeberi, and A. Douglass.
“Aura.”.http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/mission_handbooks/Aura.pdf.
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NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory. 2013. “Microwave Limb Sounder.” Accessed August 15.
http://mls.jpl.nasa.gov.
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NASA Visible Earth. 2011. “Ozone Hole Through the Years.” January 31.
http://visibleearth.nasa.gov/view.php?id=49040.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2003. “Formation Flying: The Afternoon ‘ATrain’ Constellation.” Goddard Space Flight Center, FS-2003-1-053-GSFC, March.
http://aqua.nasa.gov/doc/pubs/A-Train_Fact_sheet.pdf.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2007. “High Resolution Dynamics Limb
Sounder (HIRDLS).” Updated November 22.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aura/spacecraft/hirdls.html.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2007. “Ozone Monitoring Instrument
(OMI).” Updated November 22.
http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aura/spacecraft/omi.html.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2012. “The Afternoon Constellation.”
Updated June 5. http://atrain.nasa.gov.
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National Aeronautic and Space Administration. 2013. “Aura: Atmospheric Chemistry.”
Updated August 16. http://aura.gsfc.nasa.gov.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 2013. “TES.” http://tes.jpl.nasa.gov.
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Ozone Monitoring Instrument. 2011. Updated March 29. http://www.knmi.nl/omi.
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Parkinson, C.L., A. Ward, M.D. King, eds. 2006. Earth Science Reference Handbook: A
Guide to NASA’s Earth Science Program and Earth Observing Satellite Missions. National
Aeronautics and Space Administration: Washington, DC.
http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/publications/2006ReferenceHandbook.pdf.
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Schoeberl, M.R., A.R. Douglass, J. Joiner, B.N. Duncan. 2010. “Discoveries from EOS
Aura.” National Aeronautic and Space Administration.
http://atrain.nasa.gov/publications/2010AuraBrochure.pdf.
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UCAR. 2013. “ High Resolution Dynamics Limb Sounder.” Accessed August 15.
http://www.eos.ucar.edu/hirdls.
Suomi-NPP and its Instruments
 Carlowicz, M. 2012. “Out of the Blue and Into the Black.” NASA Earth Observatory.
Accessed August 28, 2015. http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/Features/IntotheBlack/
 Joint Polar Satellites System (JPSS). 2015. “Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite
(VIIRS).” Accessed August 28. http://www.jpss.noaa.gov/viirs.html
 NASA. 2015. “Polar orbiting missions.” Accessed August 28. http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/
 NASA. 2015. “Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS).” Accessed August 28.
http://npp.gsfc.nasa.gov/viirs.html
 NASA Earth Observatory. 2012. “Korea and the Yellow Sea.” Accessed August 28.
http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/view.php?id=79796
 NOAA. 2015. “Suomi NPP: Improving U.S. weather forecast accuracy from space.”
Accessed August 28. http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/npp_launch.html
NOAA Information:
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Association. “NOAA’s Eyes in the Sky Keep Tabs on
the Earth’s Environment.” NOAA Magazine. Accessed August 15.
http://www.magazine.noaa.gov/stories/mag169.htm.
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NOAA Geophysical Data Center. 2013. “NOAA/POES Space Environment Monitor.”
Accessed August 15. http://www.ngdc.noaa.gov/stp/satellite/poes/index.html.
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NOAA Geostationary Satellite Server. 2013. Updated May 24. http://www.goes.noaa.gov.
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NOAA Satellite Information System. 2013. “Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer AVHRR.” Updated March 28. http://noaasis.noaa.gov/NOAASIS/ml/avhrr.html.