From chofmann at stone-env.com Wed Mar 6 09:31:56 2013 From: chofmann at stone-env.com (Charlie Hofmann) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2013 12:31:56 -0500 Subject: [gis_info] Staff GIS Specialist Message-ID: Stone Environmental is seeking a Staff GIS Specialist with a passion to excel in a team environment to work on a wide variety of projects. The focus of many of these projects is helping to develop and present high quality visualizations of data collected from field investigations of contaminated sites. Attention to detail and quality is key element of this position. This position also includes developing project databases. Occasional field work is possible. Charlie Hofmann Staff GIS Scientist E-Mail / chofmann at stone-env.com Stone Environmental, Inc. 535 Stone Cutters Way, Montpelier, Vermont 05602 Tel / 802.552.1070 Fax / 802.229.5417 Web Site / www.stone-env.com<../../../../jperry/Application%20Data/Microsoft/Signatures/www.stone-env.com> This communication, including any attachments, is solely for the confidential use of the person(s) named above. If you have received this communication in error, please notify the sender immediately and delete/destroy the original. Any reader other than the intended recipient is hereby notified that any review, dissemination, distribution or copying of this message is strictly prohibited. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Other essential functions include verifying assets in the field, importing data from AutoCAD or other data formats, creating maps, managing data in spreadsheets and databases, and periodically preparing reports. Please post this link to the recruitment posting: http://agency.governmentjobs.com/multnomah/default.cfm. *See recruitment #6231-04. Deadline to apply is Friday, March 22, 2013.* If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me. (See contact information below.) Thank you, Monique ** ** *Monique Coleman Riley, SPHR Senior Human Resources Analyst Multnomah County Department of Community Services 1600 SE 190th Avenue, Portland, OR 97233* *p 503.988.6928 f 503.988.3048 * * * -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.bragg at state.or.us Thu Mar 14 09:42:52 2013 From: john.bragg at state.or.us (BRAGG John) Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2013 16:42:52 +0000 Subject: [gis_info] FW: Guide to Coastal Climate Planning Tools now available at www.natureserve.org/climatetoolsguide! In-Reply-To: References: Message-ID: <941909B540EA25489886C6F8EF4EE9690F36BF@Postmaster.dsl.state.or.us> All, FYI, the following from NatureServe. The link is to a guide for selecting coastal climate planning tools from the Ecosystem-based Management Tool Network. John John Bragg, Coastal Training Program Coordinator South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve PO BOX 5417 61907 SEVEN DEVILS RD COOS BAY OR 97420 John.bragg at state.or.us www.southshloughestuary.org 541-888-5558 ext. 29 Improving the stewardship of Pacific Northwest estuaries and coastal watersheds EBM TOOLs Network Releases Free guide to coastal climate planning tools Arlington, Virginia (March 14, 2013)?The potential impacts of climate change are already influencing the choices that coastal communities, resource managers, and conservation practitioners are making for ecosystems and infrastructure. To help planners and managers prepare for the far-reaching effects of these changes, the EBM Tools Network today released a free publication, Tools for Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning: A guide for selecting tools to assist with ecosystem-based climate planning. The guide is designed to assist practitioners responsible for understanding and preparing for climate-related effects. By focusing on software and web-based applications that leverage geospatial information, Tools for Coastal Adaptation Planning will help these professionals account for the health and well-being of ecosystems and human communities in projects and plans. The guide targets practitioners and decision makers involved in conservation, local planning, and the management of coastal zones, natural resources, protected areas, habitat, and watersheds in the coastal United States including the Great Lakes. In addition to detailed information about a key collection of visualization, modeling, and decision support tools, Tools for Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning offers instructive case studies about how other professionals have successfully applied the tools in a several coastal communities in the United States. Professionals from inland and international regions will also benefit from the guide?s tool information and lessons. Funded with the support of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation and the Keith Campbell Foundation for the Environment, Tools for Coastal Climate Adaptation Planning can be downloaded for free at www.natureserve.org/climatetoolsguide. # # # # # For more information Sarah Carr, Ph.D. Coordinator, EBM Tools Network NatureServe 4600 N. Fairfax Dr., 7th Floor, Arlington, VA 22203 703.908.1892 www.ebmtools.org # # # # # The Coastal-Marine Ecosystem-Based Management Tools Network (www.ebmtools.org) is a respected global network of conservation and resource management practitioners coordinated by NatureServe. The network promotes methods and tools for improving conservation and management in coastal and marine environments and their watersheds. NatureServe (www.natureserve.org) is an international conservation nonprofit dedicated to providing the scientific basis for effective conservation action. Its network of more than 80 member organizations collects and maintains a unique body of knowledge about the species and ecosystems of the Western Hemisphere. Its scientists, technologists, and other professionals build on this scientific information to provide information products, data management tools, and biodiversity expertise that helps meet local, national, and global conservation needs throughout the Americas and around the world. To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to sympa at list.openconcept.ca with unsubscribe ebmtools_updates ? in the subject line and no text in the body of the e-mail. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Please see the "GIS Intern" job announcement as well as instructions for filing an application at: http://www.ci.wilsonville.or.us/Index.aspx?page=438 Please direct all questions to HR Manager Andrea Villagrana: villagrana at ci.wilsonville.or.us Best, Dan Daniel J Stark | GIS Manager | City of Wilsonville DISCLOSURE: Messages to and from this E-mail address may be subject to the Oregon Public Records law -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From john.bragg at state.or.us Tue Mar 19 09:23:59 2013 From: john.bragg at state.or.us (BRAGG John) Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2013 16:23:59 +0000 Subject: [gis_info] GIS training opportunity Message-ID: <941909B540EA25489886C6F8EF4EE9690F4DC2@Postmaster.dsl.state.or.us> All, FYI. Please forward to your colleagues who are interested in a GIS training opportunity. For instructions on how to apply to the GIS program at Fresno State University, visit our website: www.fresnostate.edu/giscert. John John Bragg, Coastal Training Program Coordinator South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve PO BOX 5417 61907 SEVEN DEVILS RD COOS BAY OR 97420 John.bragg at state.or.us www.southsloughestuary.org 541-888-5558 ext. 29 Improving the stewardship of Pacific Northwest estuaries and coastal watersheds _____________________________ If learning GIS is one of your career goals, don't delay! The deadline to apply for admission to Fresno State's online GIS Certificate of Advanced Study program is April 1, and enrollment is limited to just 30 students. The program is completely online so you can study and learn GIS from wherever you live, during times that are convenient for you. Classes begin in August, 2013, and you can complete the graduate-level certificate in just two consecutive semesters. The GIS program also provides one of the prerequisite courses for those interested in eventually applying to Fresno State's Online Professional Science Master's (PSM) in Water Resource Management* currently under development. For instructions on how to apply to the GIS program, visit our website: www.fresnostate.edu/giscert. We encourage you to apply today and prepare for your future using GIS technology. *The Professional Science Master's in Water Resource Management is currently under development and is not available until the program receives final approval from Fresno State, The California State University, and WASC accreditation. [Image removed by sender.] [Image removed by sender.] 5005 N. Maple Avenue, M/S ED76 ? Fresno, CA 93740-8025 559.278.0333 ? FAX 559.278.0395 www.fresnostate.edu/cge [Image removed by sender.] To opt-out from future e-mail communications, please Unsubscribe. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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Dr. Reed also participates in and collaborates with other standards organizations, including OASIS, NENA, W3C, ISO, and the IETF. As a result, Reed has contributed to numerous internet and web standards. During his tenure at the OGC, Reed has written numerous book chapters and articles and presented dozens of keynotes at geospatial/GIS conferences. Prior to the OGC, Reed was the vice president of geospatial marketing at Intergraph and pervious to that President of Genasys Americas. Dr. Reed received his PhD in Geography, specializing in systems architectures for GIS technology, from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1980. In 1995 and in 2009, Reed was voted one of the 10 most influential people in the GIS industry. For his contributions to the geospatial industry, in 2009 Reed was inducted into the URISA GIS Hall of Fame. 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Behind all these emerging applications, computer vision, image processing, machine learning together with geospatial, location intelligence are the driving forces. The focus of this program are technology fusion of these two domains. It could be ideas of how to build 3D maps using stereo images; how to develop visual analysis and geo-location recognition capabilities that make use of vast amount of contextual information available on internet; how GPU can be used for geospatial image and video processing; how geospatial data processing can provide timely information for disaster management; Or it could be how to detect specific targets from satellite images. Papers describing original research, practical systems and stimulating ideas are solicited in the areas related to computer vision, image processing, machine learning and geospatial techniques. Topics of interest include but not limited to: Building 3D map from stereo vision 3D Construction from video sequences Geo-localization by Image Geo-localization by UVA videos GPS-denied navigation Geospatial image tagging Geospatial visual analytics Visual analysis in remote sensing images Geospatial image and video sensing Geospatial feature detection and matching Feature extraction from remote sensing images GPU/GPGPU computing for geospatial technologies Image and video based rendering Video-based virtual environments Geospatial augmented reality Large scale geospatial image and video computing Situation awareness by mobile phone Geospatial image processing for disaster management Paper should describe original and unpublished work about the above or closely related topics. 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Subscribe Get social with us! facebook.jpg linkedin.jpg twitter.jpg gradient_bottom.jpg _____ Click to view this email in a browser If you no longer wish to receive these emails, please reply to this message with "Unsubscribe" in the subject line or simply click on the following link: Unsubscribe Click here to forward this email to a friend -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cy.smith at state.or.us Thu Mar 28 14:32:02 2013 From: cy.smith at state.or.us (SMITH Cy * CIO) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:32:02 +0000 Subject: [gis_info] FW: NASA Panel - Needs URISA member input Message-ID: <1153D380A8408D40A473EDB6B63869D3365A4E9F@WPDASEXCL02.ad.state.or.us> Please see the message below, seeking input on a NASA study related to remotely sensed imagery data. I should have sent this out earlier, my apologies. Input is needed in the next few days, if you use any of the NASA imagery data in the list at the bottom of the message. cy Cy Smith, GISP, Oregon State GIO DAS/CIO Geospatial Enterprise Office Past President, Urban & Regional Info Sys Assoc (URISA) Past President, Natl States Geographic Info Council (NSGIC) 503-378-6066 http://gis.oregon.gov From: info at urisa.org [mailto:info at urisa.org] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:21 AM To: cy.smith at state.or.us Subject: NASA Panel - Needs URISA member input URISA has the honor of being included in an interesting and important project being conducted by NASA. This is the ?National Interests Review? for a number of satellite science missions. These are specialized satellite missions, all of which will soon be or are already passed their planned operating dates and are being supported in extended mode. The purpose of this review is to gather information from a wide array of individuals and organizations that have used or which have in interest in the data from these missions. The specific missions include: ACRIMSAT, CALIPSO, GRACE, QuikSCAT, TRMM, Aqua, CloudSat, Jason-1, SORCE, Aura, EO-1, Jason-2/OSTM, Terra. A brief description is provided below and hyperlinks are provided if you would like to get more information about them. You will see that these satellite missions, for the most part, do not include the types of most interest to the majority of URISA members (moderate and high-resolution land imaging systems). Rather they focus on the gathering of information on atmospheric and ocean conditions and sun radiation measurements useful for examining climate change, land cover trends, and related global variables. I?d like to get input from you?even if you have not used data from these missions. I will be attending a 3-day session with NASA on April 9-11 with other panel participants (representing various Federal agencies and professional associations) so I need your input as a basis for preparing recommendations for the future continuance of these missions. This information will become input for NASA?s budget requests for its Earth Science program. I?d like to get a response to the questions below by April 2. That?s a tight deadline but I hope you can make this a priority. I may follow-up with some of you to ask additional questions. QUESTIONS: 1. Are you familiar with any of the listed satellite missions (even if you have not used data from them)? If so, which ones? 2. Have you used or plan to use data from any of the satellites? If so, provide a brief summary of the data use (when, for what purpose, results) 3. Even if you have not used data from these missions, please provide comments about your opinion value of continuing these missions. This may relate to the potential use or indirect value for your organization or just general value for the nation or world. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to your response. --Pete Peter Croswell, PMP, GISP President, Croswell-Schulte IT Consultants 406 Winners Circle, Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 848-8827 (502) 320-9055 (cell) pcroswell at croswell-schulte.com NASA SATELLITE MISSIONS National Interests Review Panel For more information, contact Pete Croswell: pcroswell at croswell-schulte.com, (502) 320-9055 ACRIMSAT (http://acrim.jpl.nasa.gov/) (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/details.php?id=5855) Latest in series of satellites for solar monitoring using the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (ACRIM) I instrument. Aqua (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aqua/index.html) Aqua is a major international Earth Science satellite mission centered at NASA. Launched on May 4, 2002, the satellite has six different Earth-observing instruments on board and is named for the large amount of information being obtained about water in the Earth system from its stream of approximately 89 Gigabytes of data a day. The water variables being measured include almost all elements of the water cycle and involve water in its liquid, solid, and vapor forms. Additional variables being measured include radiative energy fluxes, aerosols, vegetation cover on the land, phytoplankton and dissolved organic matter in the oceans, and air, land, and water temperatures. Aura Mission (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aura/main/index.html) A mission dedicated to the health of Earth's atmosphere. Launched on May 4, 2002, the satellite has six different Earth-observing instruments on board and is named for the large amount of information being obtained about water in the Earth system from its stream of approximately 89 Gigabytes of data a day. The water variables being measured include almost all elements of the water cycle and involve water in its liquid, solid, and vapor forms. CALIPSO (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/calipso/main/index.html) CALIPSO provides the next generation of climate observations, drastically improving our ability to predict climate change and to study the air we breathe. the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) spacecraft studies the role that clouds and aerosols play in regulating Earth's weather, climate and air quality. Launched in 2006 with CloudSat CloudSat (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cloudsat/main/index.html) CloudSat's cloud-profiling radar is 1,000 times more sensitive than typical weather radar and can detect clouds and distinguish between cloud particles and precipitation. Launched in 2006 with the CALIPSO satellite. Earth Observing-1 (http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/) As the first New Millennium Program Earth Observing Mission, EO-1 has validated advanced land imaging and unique spacecraft technologies. EO-1 has validated a multispectral instrument that is a significant improvement over the Landsat 7 ETM+ instrument; has validated a hyperspectral land imaging instrument and the unique science that can be performed with hyperspectral data. GRACE (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Grace/index.html) Second mission under the NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program in May 1997. Launched in March of 2002, the GRACE mission is accurately mapping variations in Earth's gravity field. Designed for a nominal mission lifetime of five years, GRACE is currently operating in an extended mission phase, which is expected to continue through at least 2015. Jason 1 (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/jpl/missions/jason.html) Jason-1 is the first follow-on to the highly successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission that measured ocean surface topography. It is an oceanography mission to monitor global ocean circulation, study the ties between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate forecasts and predictions, and monitor events such as El Ni?o conditions and ocean eddies. Jason 2 (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ostm/overview/index.html) The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 is an international satellite mission that will extend into the next decade the continuous climate record of sea surface height measurements begun in 1992 by the joint NASA/Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Topex/Poseidon mission and continued in 2001 by the NASA/CNES Jason-1 mission. QuickSCAT (http://science.nasa.gov/missions/quikscat/) QuikSCAT mission is intended to record sea-surface wind speed and direction data under all weather and cloud conditions over Earth's oceans. QuikSCAT was initiated as a "quick recovery" mission to help reduce the ocean-wind vector data gap created by the loss of the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) on the Japanese Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) (http://lasp.colorado.edu/sorce/index.htm) - The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) is a NASA-sponsored satellite mission that is providing state-of-the-art measurements of incoming x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, and total solar radiation. The measurements provided by SORCE specifically address long-term climate change, natural variability and enhanced climate prediction, and atmospheric ozone and UV-B radiation. These measurements are critical to studies of the Sun; its effect on our Earth system; and its influence on humankind. The SORCE spacecraft was launched on January 25, 2003. Terra (http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jmaurer/terra/) -Terra is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary partnership between the U.S., Canada and Japan that is an important part of helping us better understand and protect our home planet. Terra collects data about the Earth?s bio-geochemical and energy systems using five sensors that observe the atmosphere, land surface, oceans, snow and ice, and energy budget. Each sensor has unique features that enable scientists to meet a wide range of science objectives. The five Terra onboard sensors are: a) ASTER, or Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, b) CERES, or Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System, c) MISR, or Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer, d) MODIS, or Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, d) MOPITT, or Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere. Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) (http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/) - TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall. TRMM is a research satellite designed to help our understanding of the water cycle in the current climate system. By covering the tropical and semi-tropical regions of the Earth, TRMM provides much needed data on rainfall and the heat release associated with rainfall. It will not single-handedly provide the solution to the climate change debate - it will, however, contribute to our understanding of how clouds affect climate and how much energy is transported in the global water cycle. In coordination with other satellites in NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, TRMM will begin the process of understanding the interactions between water vapor, clouds and precipitation that is central to regulating the climate system. This e-mail was sent from URISA (info at urisa.org) to cy.smith at state.or.us. 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URL: From cy.smith at state.or.us Thu Mar 28 14:35:28 2013 From: cy.smith at state.or.us (SMITH Cy * CIO) Date: Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:35:28 +0000 Subject: [gis_info] NASA Panel - Needs URISA member input In-Reply-To: <1153D380A8408D40A473EDB6B63869D3365A4E9F@WPDASEXCL02.ad.state.or.us> References: <1153D380A8408D40A473EDB6B63869D3365A4E9F@WPDASEXCL02.ad.state.or.us> Message-ID: <1153D380A8408D40A473EDB6B63869D3365A4F50@WPDASEXCL02.ad.state.or.us> If you?d rather, you can complete the attached survey instead of answering the questions in the email below. If you want to just reply to this message, I will get your response to the appropriate location. cy Cy Smith, GISP, Oregon State GIO DAS/CIO Geospatial Enterprise Office Past President, Urban & Regional Info Sys Assoc (URISA) Past President, Natl States Geographic Info Council (NSGIC) 503-378-6066 http://gis.oregon.gov From: SMITH Cy * CIO Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 2:32 PM To: gis_info at listsmart.osl.state.or.us; 'gpl_list at listsmart.osl.state.or.us'; 'FIT (fit at listsmart.osl.state.or.us)'; 'OUS-GIS (ous-gis at listsmart.osl.state.or.us)' Subject: FW: NASA Panel - Needs URISA member input Please see the message below, seeking input on a NASA study related to remotely sensed imagery data. I should have sent this out earlier, my apologies. Input is needed in the next few days, if you use any of the NASA imagery data in the list at the bottom of the message. cy Cy Smith, GISP, Oregon State GIO DAS/CIO Geospatial Enterprise Office Past President, Urban & Regional Info Sys Assoc (URISA) Past President, Natl States Geographic Info Council (NSGIC) 503-378-6066 http://gis.oregon.gov From: info at urisa.org [mailto:info at urisa.org] Sent: Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:21 AM To: cy.smith at state.or.us Subject: NASA Panel - Needs URISA member input URISA has the honor of being included in an interesting and important project being conducted by NASA. This is the ?National Interests Review? for a number of satellite science missions. These are specialized satellite missions, all of which will soon be or are already passed their planned operating dates and are being supported in extended mode. The purpose of this review is to gather information from a wide array of individuals and organizations that have used or which have in interest in the data from these missions. The specific missions include: ACRIMSAT, CALIPSO, GRACE, QuikSCAT, TRMM, Aqua, CloudSat, Jason-1, SORCE, Aura, EO-1, Jason-2/OSTM, Terra. A brief description is provided below and hyperlinks are provided if you would like to get more information about them. You will see that these satellite missions, for the most part, do not include the types of most interest to the majority of URISA members (moderate and high-resolution land imaging systems). Rather they focus on the gathering of information on atmospheric and ocean conditions and sun radiation measurements useful for examining climate change, land cover trends, and related global variables. I?d like to get input from you?even if you have not used data from these missions. I will be attending a 3-day session with NASA on April 9-11 with other panel participants (representing various Federal agencies and professional associations) so I need your input as a basis for preparing recommendations for the future continuance of these missions. This information will become input for NASA?s budget requests for its Earth Science program. I?d like to get a response to the questions below by April 2. That?s a tight deadline but I hope you can make this a priority. I may follow-up with some of you to ask additional questions. QUESTIONS: 1. Are you familiar with any of the listed satellite missions (even if you have not used data from them)? If so, which ones? 2. Have you used or plan to use data from any of the satellites? If so, provide a brief summary of the data use (when, for what purpose, results) 3. Even if you have not used data from these missions, please provide comments about your opinion value of continuing these missions. This may relate to the potential use or indirect value for your organization or just general value for the nation or world. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. I look forward to your response. --Pete Peter Croswell, PMP, GISP President, Croswell-Schulte IT Consultants 406 Winners Circle, Frankfort, KY 40601 (502) 848-8827 (502) 320-9055 (cell) pcroswell at croswell-schulte.com NASA SATELLITE MISSIONS National Interests Review Panel For more information, contact Pete Croswell: pcroswell at croswell-schulte.com, (502) 320-9055 ACRIMSAT (http://acrim.jpl.nasa.gov/) (http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/details.php?id=5855) Latest in series of satellites for solar monitoring using the Active Cavity Radiometer Irradiance Monitor (ACRIM) I instrument. Aqua (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aqua/index.html) Aqua is a major international Earth Science satellite mission centered at NASA. Launched on May 4, 2002, the satellite has six different Earth-observing instruments on board and is named for the large amount of information being obtained about water in the Earth system from its stream of approximately 89 Gigabytes of data a day. The water variables being measured include almost all elements of the water cycle and involve water in its liquid, solid, and vapor forms. Additional variables being measured include radiative energy fluxes, aerosols, vegetation cover on the land, phytoplankton and dissolved organic matter in the oceans, and air, land, and water temperatures. Aura Mission (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/aura/main/index.html) A mission dedicated to the health of Earth's atmosphere. Launched on May 4, 2002, the satellite has six different Earth-observing instruments on board and is named for the large amount of information being obtained about water in the Earth system from its stream of approximately 89 Gigabytes of data a day. The water variables being measured include almost all elements of the water cycle and involve water in its liquid, solid, and vapor forms. CALIPSO (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/calipso/main/index.html) CALIPSO provides the next generation of climate observations, drastically improving our ability to predict climate change and to study the air we breathe. the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) spacecraft studies the role that clouds and aerosols play in regulating Earth's weather, climate and air quality. Launched in 2006 with CloudSat CloudSat (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/cloudsat/main/index.html) CloudSat's cloud-profiling radar is 1,000 times more sensitive than typical weather radar and can detect clouds and distinguish between cloud particles and precipitation. Launched in 2006 with the CALIPSO satellite. Earth Observing-1 (http://eo1.gsfc.nasa.gov/) As the first New Millennium Program Earth Observing Mission, EO-1 has validated advanced land imaging and unique spacecraft technologies. EO-1 has validated a multispectral instrument that is a significant improvement over the Landsat 7 ETM+ instrument; has validated a hyperspectral land imaging instrument and the unique science that can be performed with hyperspectral data. GRACE (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/Grace/index.html) Second mission under the NASA Earth System Science Pathfinder (ESSP) Program in May 1997. Launched in March of 2002, the GRACE mission is accurately mapping variations in Earth's gravity field. Designed for a nominal mission lifetime of five years, GRACE is currently operating in an extended mission phase, which is expected to continue through at least 2015. Jason 1 (http://www.nasa.gov/centers/jpl/missions/jason.html) Jason-1 is the first follow-on to the highly successful TOPEX/Poseidon mission that measured ocean surface topography. It is an oceanography mission to monitor global ocean circulation, study the ties between the oceans and atmosphere, improve global climate forecasts and predictions, and monitor events such as El Ni?o conditions and ocean eddies. Jason 2 (http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/ostm/overview/index.html) The Ocean Surface Topography Mission (OSTM)/Jason-2 is an international satellite mission that will extend into the next decade the continuous climate record of sea surface height measurements begun in 1992 by the joint NASA/Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES) Topex/Poseidon mission and continued in 2001 by the NASA/CNES Jason-1 mission. QuickSCAT (http://science.nasa.gov/missions/quikscat/) QuikSCAT mission is intended to record sea-surface wind speed and direction data under all weather and cloud conditions over Earth's oceans. QuikSCAT was initiated as a "quick recovery" mission to help reduce the ocean-wind vector data gap created by the loss of the NASA Scatterometer (NSCAT) on the Japanese Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS) Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) (http://lasp.colorado.edu/sorce/index.htm) - The Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment (SORCE) is a NASA-sponsored satellite mission that is providing state-of-the-art measurements of incoming x-ray, ultraviolet, visible, near-infrared, and total solar radiation. The measurements provided by SORCE specifically address long-term climate change, natural variability and enhanced climate prediction, and atmospheric ozone and UV-B radiation. These measurements are critical to studies of the Sun; its effect on our Earth system; and its influence on humankind. The SORCE spacecraft was launched on January 25, 2003. Terra (http://www2.hawaii.edu/~jmaurer/terra/) -Terra is a multi-national, multi-disciplinary partnership between the U.S., Canada and Japan that is an important part of helping us better understand and protect our home planet. Terra collects data about the Earth?s bio-geochemical and energy systems using five sensors that observe the atmosphere, land surface, oceans, snow and ice, and energy budget. Each sensor has unique features that enable scientists to meet a wide range of science objectives. The five Terra onboard sensors are: a) ASTER, or Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer, b) CERES, or Clouds and Earth's Radiant Energy System, c) MISR, or Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer, d) MODIS, or Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer, d) MOPITT, or Measurements of Pollution in the Troposphere. Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) (http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/) - TRMM is a joint mission between NASA and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency designed to monitor and study tropical rainfall. TRMM is a research satellite designed to help our understanding of the water cycle in the current climate system. By covering the tropical and semi-tropical regions of the Earth, TRMM provides much needed data on rainfall and the heat release associated with rainfall. It will not single-handedly provide the solution to the climate change debate - it will, however, contribute to our understanding of how clouds affect climate and how much energy is transported in the global water cycle. In coordination with other satellites in NASA's Mission to Planet Earth, TRMM will begin the process of understanding the interactions between water vapor, clouds and precipitation that is central to regulating the climate system. This e-mail was sent from URISA (info at urisa.org) to cy.smith at state.or.us. 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