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| Domain | Definition |
Science | International research program to understand our planet's environment as a system. A major challenge of ESE is to observe, understand, model, assess, and eventually predict global change. Meeting this challenge will help to evaluate the impact that human activity (e.g., clearing forests and burning fossil fuels) has on our environment, and to distinguish human-induced changes from the effects of natural events (e.g. volcanic eruptions, erosion). NASA's ESE uses space-, aircraft-, and ground-based measurements to provide the scientific basis for understanding global change. The program will produce long-term global maps of clouds, land and ocean vegetation, atmospheric ozone, sea-surface temperature, and other global processes necessary to understand the state of the Earth and to detect any patterns of change. This information will be available to scientists and policy makers through the Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). The centerpiece of NASA's ESE will be the Earth Observing System (EOS), a series of satellites planned for launch beginning in 1999. Measurements from EOS will be complemented by the Earth Probes, a series of discipline-specific satellites and instruments designed to observe Earth processes where smaller platforms and/or different orbits from EOS are required. Planned Earth Probes will measure tropical rainfall, ocean productivity, ozone, and ocean surface winds. In addition, ESE includes current NASA Earth science missions collecting important data on the global environment, such as the Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) and the Ocean Topography Experiment (TOPEX/POSEIDON), Space Shuttle experiments such as ATLAS, and aircraft campaigns. (ESE). (references) |
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Crosswords: EARTH SCIENCE ENTERPRISE |
| Specialty definitions using "EARTH SCIENCE ENTERPRISE": Earth Observing System, Earth Science Data and Information System ♦ Global Change Research Program. (references) |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 41 52 54 48 53 43 49 45 4E 43 45 45 4E 54 45 52 50 52 49 53 45 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01000001 01010010 01010100 01001000 00100000 01010011 01000011 01001001 01000101 01001110 01000011 01000101 00100000 01000101 01001110 01010100 01000101 01010010 01010000 01010010 01001001 01010011 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E A R T H   S C I E N C E   E N T E R P R I S E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0041 0052 0054 0048 0053 0043 0049 0045 004E 0043 0045 0045 004E 0054 0045 0052 0050 0052 0049 0053 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3935525442253374339483739239485439525052435339 |
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