News Release

1999 Global Change media directory now available

Book Announcement

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

The NASA Earth Observing System Global Change Media Directory 1999 provides journalists with a ready source of international expertise on global climate change science and policy. The 237 scientists included in this directory represent over 30 scientific disciplines at the center of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) program, from ozone chemistry and natural hazards to global warming and ecosystems.

The scientists listed in this directory have expressed an interest in working with the media, and many have agreed to answer reporters' queries within 24 hours.

The directory contains detailed listings of scientists based on their area of expertise, location, and affiliation for your convenience. A list of experts in climate change, natural hazards, ozone, water resources and global warming is available in the directory.

This fall, NASA will launch and deploy the Terra spacecraft, part of a precedent setting EOS series of satellites designed to provide daily information on the health of the planet. The Terra spacecraft, formerly known as "EOS AM-1," is scheduled for launch this fall.

Terra begins a new generation of Earth science - one that studies the Earth's land, oceans, air, ice and life as a total global system. Terra will carry a complement of five synergistic state-of-the-art instruments. The first EOS series of ten spacecraft are scheduled for launch into the next decade.

The EOS series spacecraft are the cornerstone of NASA's Earth Science Enterprise, a long-term coordinated research effort to study the Earth as a global system and the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment. Terra will use this unique perspective from space to observe the Earth's continents, oceans, and atmosphere with measurement capability and accuracy never before flown. This unique approach enables scientists to study the interactions among these three components of the Earth system, which determine the cycling of water and nutrients on Earth.

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If you would like a copy of this media resource, call Emilie Lorditch at 301-441-4031 or E-mail her at elorditc@pop900.gsfc.nasa.gov.


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