Responding to the Challenge of Climate and Environmental Change: NASA's Plan for a Climate-Centric Architecture for Earth Observations and Applications from Space (2010)
Earth Science Research Plan Draft 2005
Earth System Science Data Resources: Tapping into a wealth of data, information, services (2009)
Earth Science Reference Book: A Guide to NASA’s Earth Science Program and Earth Observing Satellite Missions (2006)
NRC Decadal Survey Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond (2007). Available from National Acadamies Press (link), (20M pdf)
Chapter 4 Mission Summaries
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DESDynI
GEO-CAPE
HyspIRI
ICESAT-II
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Chapter 7 Land Use Change, Ecosystem Dynamics, and Biodiversity
NASA ESD Decadal Survey Workshop Reports
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CLARREO
DESDynI
ICESat II
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National Research Council Publications
An Enabling Foundation for NASA's Space and Earth Science Missions (2010) (link)
NRC Decadal Survey Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond (2007). Available from National Acadamies Press (link),
Options to Ensure the Climate Record from the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft:
A Workshop Report. Available from National Acadamies Press
(link)
Satellite Observations to Benefit Science and Society: Recommended Missions for the Next Decade (link)