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This chapter reviews the main missions of NASA and, secondarily, other US agencies, providing global observation of the Earth’s environment, with special emphasis on Landsat and the Earth Observing System (EOS) missions. An analysis of the main policies towards long-term data archival and accessibility, and an assessment of the immediate future is also addressed.
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Chuvieco, E., Justice, C. (2008). NASA Earth Observation Satellite Missions for Global Change Research. In: Chuvieco, E. (eds) Earth Observation of Global Change. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6358-9_2
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