Terra Events

• Past Terra-Related Events
• Terra Wins Award From Popular Science
• Terra Open for Business
• Terra Launches!
• Terra Prelaunch Photos
• The Contest to Rename EOS AM-1

Past Terra-related Events

• March 29-31, 2004
  CERES 30th Science Team Meeting (Joint with GERB)
  Discussion topics for this next CERES meeting include the next generation of global radiation budget data for Terra. This meeting will be held at NCAR in Boulder, CO. For more details and logistics, please see http://www.cgd.ucar.edu/cms/ceres/.



• May 16-21, 2004
  Special Session on Multi-angle Remote Sensing in the Terrestrial Environment During the 2004 Joint Assembly of Geoscience Societies
  This is a free workshop on exploring and using MISR data, sponsored by the NASA LaRC Atmospheric Science Data Center. The event will be held during the Spring AGU in Montreal, Canada.



• June 19-25, 2004
  Earthworks Workshop 2004
  Earthworks is an innovative teachers’ program that includes field work and observations, problem-based learning, and practice with a variety of teaching and learning techniques. Earthworks is a one-week workshop that provides an opportunity for teachers to investigate Earth Systems Science at the local level through the interconnections between the geosphere, atmosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere.



• August 17-19, 2004
  MODIS Vegetation Workshop II
  The MODIS Land team announces the second workshop on MODIS Vegetation variables, to be held at the University of Montana, in Missoula. The workshop will highlight the 4+ years of Terra MODIS data, and the Aqua MODIS data and other EOS vegetation data now available. The workshop will again focus on the vegetation variables; Vegetation Indices, LAI/FPAR, GPP/NPP but with relevant coverage of albedo, landcover and continuous fields, land surface temperature, evaporative index and fire anomalies. The latest information on reprocessings, data distribution and international validation activities will be presented. The workshop will also invite posters and presentations on new research findings with MODIS vegetation data, upcoming science applications and future continuity of these data in the NPOESS era. Registration, logistical details and a call for papers and posters will be forthcoming when the workshop Website is complete. The first MODIS Vegetation Workshop summary can be viewed at http://www.ntsg.umt.edu/MODISCon/index.html.

	Terra Wins Award from Popular Science Popular Science magazine chose NASA’s Terra spacecraft to receive a year 2000 “Best of What’s New” Award in its Aviation and Space Category. read more...
	Terra Open for Business First Images Press Conference: The text and images from the press conference on April 19, 2000.
	Terra Mission Status Terra was launched at 1:57 p.m. EST on December 18, 1999 from Vandenberg Air Force Base, California. See Terra Status Reports for more details of the launch and subsequent activation. There are also photos of the launch.
	Terra Photos Photos of Terra Spacecraft Prelaunch Preparations as it is transported from Dover AFB to Vandenberg AFB to undergo prelaunch testing and preparations.
	Renaming EOS AM-1 Sasha Jones was the winner of the contest to name EOS AM-1. Her winning essay and the other top ten finalists are included.

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