August 2010: New
NASA video (based on Zhao, M. and S. W. Running, 2010, Drought-induced reduction in
global terrestrial net primary production from 2000 through 2009. Science, 329:
940-943).
Feb 4, 2010: Two articles in the CSAM Spring 2010
Newsletter (pdf) See the photo on page 2, Northern Exposure on page 6, and Sagarika Roy's NASA
SARP report on page 9.
Feb 3, 2010: Announcing CANAPI (CANopy Analysis from Panchromatic
Imagery) code that provides forest canopy crown extents, radii, and heights maps using high
resolution panchromatic imagery. Demonstration code is available here; see the prototype in action
May 2009: Mars.... or Earth?. "Mr. Obama's budget sets a more Earthward focus for
NASA, with large increases for aeronautics and earth sciences like climate change." --
"New Panel Will Review NASA's Shift in Spaceflight", New York Times, May 7, 2009.
January 2009: Change we'd love? "Mr Obama's administration is wondering about spending more money on
lots of new satellites designed to look down at the Earth, rather than outward into space." -- "Mars
rising?" The Economist, Jan 22, 2009 (here (sub
required).
January 2009: Boost for Earth Science @ NASA? "They [the Obama transition team] have also asked for an
estimate of the cost of carrying out all 15 missions that were recommended in a recent review of the
agency's Earth-science programme, which looks at things like the planet's climate. At the moment, there
is no money in the kitty for these missions, nor is much progress expected before 2020. The unstated
implication of these questions is that someone is considering moving these missions up NASA's priority
list." -- "Blessed are the geeks, for they shall inherit the Earth", The Economist, Jan 8, 2009.
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