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PAPERBACK list:$21.00 Web:$18.90 add to cart Rights & Permissions Free PDF Access Free Resources Sign in to download PDF book and chapters PDF EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Display this book on your site! Related Titles Space Studies Board Annual Report 2003 Principal-Investigator-Led Missions in the Space Sciences Other Related Titles Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions (2004) Space Studies Board (SSB) Web Search Builder Use this book's key terms to search within this book, across our collection, or across the Web. Skim This Chapter Skim this chapter and use this chapter's key terms to search within this book. Reference Finder Paste in your own text to find books that relate to your topic. Page 78   E-mail  Facebook  Digg  Stumble  Twitter More The following HTML text is provided to enhance online readability. Many aspects of typography translate only awkwardly to HTML. Please use the page image as the authoritative form to ensure accuracy. F Acronyms AA associate administrator ACT Advanced Component Technologies AIST Advanced Information Systems Technology AO Announcement of Opportunity CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations CATSAT Cooperative Astrophysics and Technology Satellite CCOSM Chemistry and Circulation Occultation Spectroscopy Mission CDR critical design review CETDP Cross-Enterprise Technology Development Program Co-I co-investigator COTS commercial off-the-shelf CT Computational Technologies EC&TP Enabling Concepts and Technologies Program EOS Earth Observing System ESE Earth Science Enterprise ESSP Earth System Science Pathfinder ESTO Earth Science Technology Office ESTP Earth Science Technology Program EUV extreme ultraviolet FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAME Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer FFRDC federally funded research and development center GRACE Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GSFC Goddard Spaceflight Center Page 78 Front Matter (R1-R14) Executive Summary (1-7) 1 Introduction (8-10) 2 Background: PI-Led Missions in the Earth Science Enterprise (11-17) 3 Program Conceptualization: Matching Objectives to Constraints (18-23) 4 Institutional Investments: Establishing the Foundations (24-29) 5 Project Implementation: Improving Life-Cycles Processes (30-48) 6 Conclusions (49-50) Appendix A: Statement of Task (51-54) Appendix B: Committee Meeting Agendas (55-58) Appendix C: PI-Led Missions and Their Characteristics (59-69) Appendix D: NASA Technology Development Programs Relevant to PI-Led Earth Explorer Missions (70-72) Appendix E: Biographies of Committee Members (73-77) Appendix E: Acronyms (78-80)

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Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions F Acronyms AA associate administrator ACT Advanced Component Technologies AIST Advanced Information Systems Technology AO Announcement of Opportunity CALIPSO Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite Observations CATSAT Cooperative Astrophysics and Technology Satellite CCOSM Chemistry and Circulation Occultation Spectroscopy Mission CDR critical design review CETDP Cross-Enterprise Technology Development Program Co-I co-investigator COTS commercial off-the-shelf CT Computational Technologies EC&TP Enabling Concepts and Technologies Program EOS Earth Observing System ESE Earth Science Enterprise ESSP Earth System Science Pathfinder ESTO Earth Science Technology Office ESTP Earth Science Technology Program EUV extreme ultraviolet FAA Federal Aviation Administration FAME Full-sky Astrometric Mapping Explorer FFRDC federally funded research and development center GRACE Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment GSFC Goddard Spaceflight Center

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Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions HYDROS Hydrosphere State Mission IIP Instrument Incubator Program JPL Jet Propulsion Laboratory LANL Los Alamos National Laboratory LASP Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics MAP Microwave Anisotropy Probe mission MCR mission confirmation review MDR mission design review MIDEX Medium-Class Explorers MM mission manager MSMT Mission and Science Measurement Technology NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NCAR National Center for Atmospheric Research NEAR Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous mission NMP New Millennium Program NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPG NASA Procedures and Guidelines NRA NASA Research Announcement NRL Naval Research Laboratory NSF National Science Foundation OCO Orbiting Carbon Observatory PDR preliminary design review PI principal investigator PM project manager QuikSCAT Quick Scatterometer mission SAGE Stratospheric Aerosol and Gas Experiment SBIR Small Business Innovation Research SDAP Science Data Analysis Program SeaWiFS Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor SMEX Small Explorers SORCE Solar Radiation and Climate Experiment SRR system requirements review SSE Space Science Enterprise STEDI Student Explorer Demonstration Initiative STTR Small Business Technology Transfer TMCO technical, management, cost, and other TOMS Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer TOPEX/Poseidon Ocean Topography Experiment TRL technology readiness level TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission

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Steps to Facilitate Principal-Investigator-Led Earth Science Missions UARS Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite UnESS University Earth System Science UNEX University Explorers UNOLS University-National Oceanographic Laboratory System USGS U.S. Geological Survey USRA Universities Space Research Association VCL Vegetation Canopy Lidar VOLCAM Volcanic Ash Mapper WBS work breakdown structure

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