CIESIN Reproduced, with permission, from: National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 1993. Earth Observing System (EOS) Reference Handbook, ed. G. Asrar and D. J. Dokken. Washington, D. C.: National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Earth Science Support Office, Document Resource Facility.
TABLE OF CONTENTS




Introduction								2

EOS Program Chronology							9

EOS Science Objectives							15

International Cooperation						21

Interagency Coordination						24

EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS)				27

Pathfinder Data Sets							34

Data and Information Policy						36

Global Change Fellowship Program					38

Mission Elements							45

EOS Instruments								58

EOS Interdisciplinary Science Investigations				103

Points of Contact							134

Acronyms								142