International Geosphere/biosphere Program, 1984: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Space Science and Applications of the Committee on Science and Technology, U.S. House of Representatives, Ninety-eighth Congress, Second Session, September 12, 13, 1984, Том 4U.S. Government Printing Office, 1984 - 84 страници |
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Страница 36 - Division Office of Space Science and Applications National Aeronautics and Space Administration Mr. Chairman and Members of the Subcommittee: I...
Страница 37 - Act, the directive states that the civil space program shall be conducted: — to expand knowledge of the Earth, its environment, the solar system, and the universe...
Страница 4 - The real connections that link the geosphere and biosphere to each other are subtle, complex, and often synergistic; their study transcends the bounds of specialized, scientific disciplines and the scope of limited, national scientific endeavors. For these reasons progress in fundamental areas of ocean-atmosphere interactions...
Страница 42 - Collection of new data sets should be initiated. (2) A data system that provides easy, integrated, and complete access to past, present, and future data must be developed as soon as possible. (3) A long-term research effort must be sustained to study and understand these time series of Earth observations. (4) The...
Страница 67 - CSAGI had the responsibility of developing and coordinating international programs in the following subjects: World Days and communication, meteorology, geomagnetism, aurora and airglow, ionosphere, solar activity, cosmic rays, longitude and latitude, glaciology, oceanography, rockets and satellites, seismology, gravity measurements, and nuclear radiation. A total of 67 nations around the world eventually joined the program and formed their own committees. To facilitate the exchange of information...
Страница 7 - The human race lives on a planet characterized by change — This is a unique time, when one species, humanity, has developed his ability to alter its environment on the largest (global) scale and to do so within the lifetime of a single species member.
Страница 42 - Earth observations. 4. The Earth Observing System should be established as an information system to carry out those aspects of the above recommendations which go beyond existing and currently planned activities.
Страница 42 - Science in the 1990s 1. A program must be initiated to ensure that present time series of Earth science data are maintained and continued. Collection of new data sets should be initiated.
Страница 7 - ... bounds of specialized, scientific disciplines and the scope of limited, national scientific endeavors. For these reasons progress in fundamental areas of ocean-atmosphere interactions, biogeochemical cycles, and solar-terrestrial relationships has come far more slowly than in specialized fields, in spite of the obvious practical importance of such studies. If, however, we could launch a cooperative interdisciplinary program in the earth sciences, on an international scale, we might hope to take...
Страница 58 - Resources, called for a bold, holistic venture in global research — a study of whole systems of interdisciplinary science in an effort to understand global changes in the terrestrial environment and its living systems.