[SIO GP Seminars] Earth Section Weekly seminar- Feb 11 talk just added

[Donna Blackman]

Bernard has kindly offered to give a seminar that will be of interest  
many GeoSection members,
filling in the gap left by originally scheduled talk which had to be  
postponed until May.

Please join us for:

Earth Observations from Space: The first 50 Years of Scientific  
Achievements
Bernard Minster, Scripps Institution of Oceanography

Monday, February 11
Hubbs Hall 4500
3:15, refreshments at 3:00



Earth Observations from Space: The first 50 Years of Scientific  
Achievements
Observing the Earth from space over the last five decades has  
fundamentally transformed the way people view our home planet. The  
image of the “blue marble” is taken for granted now, but it was  
revolutionary when it was taken first taken in 1972.  Since then, the  
capability to look at Earth from space has grown increasingly  
sophisticated over the past 50 years, evolving from taking simple  
photographs to measuring quantitatively Earth properties such as  
temperature, atmospheric gases, and exact elevations of land and  
ocean.  Consequently, every new method of imaging the Earth from  
space has resulted in scientific accomplishments that have enabled  
new discoveries, transformed all the disciplines in the field,  
refined scientific understanding, opened new avenues of research, or  
provided important societal benefits by improving the predictability  
of the Earth system.  I will present a recent NRC report that  
highlights selected scientific achievements made possible by the  
first 50 years of Earth satellite observations by space-faring  
nations.  It is a companion to the recent report from the National  
Research Council entitled Earth Science and Applications from Space:  
National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond (NRC 2007), also  
referred to as the “decadal study.”


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