Strategy for Earth Science from Space in the 1980's and 1990's. Part 2: Atmosphere and Interactions with the Solid Earth, Oceans, and Biota

摘要

Part II of the report of the Committee on Earth Sciences presents a strategy for the future study of the atmosphere and its interactions with the land, oceans, and biota using satellite observatories. Part I (A Strategy for Earth Science from Space in the 1980's, Part I: Solid Earth and Oceans, National Academy Press, 1982) earlier presented a parallel strategy for the future study of ocean dynamics, solid earth dynamics, and continental geology. Together, Parts I and II provide an overall strategy for the study of the Earth from space over the next 10 to 15 years. The committee identifies scientific problems whose solution involves global measurements achievable most inexpensively by space missions alone or by a combination of space missions and other types of observational systems.