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PAPERBACK list:$29.75 Web:$26.78 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 Tools and Methods for Estimating Populations at Risk from Natural Disasters and Complex Humanitarian Crises Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond Other Related Titles Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions About Food Security and Human Health: Workshop Report (2007) Board on Earth Sciences and Resources (BESR) 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 47   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. APPENDIX A Acronyms and Abbreviations AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AgRISTARS Agriculture and Resources Inventory Surveys Through Aerospace Remote Sensing AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CBWP Corn Blight Watch Program EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EROS Earth Resources Operations and Science EUMETSAT European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites EWS early warning system FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FEWS Famine Early Warning System FEWS NET Famine Early Warning System Network GIS geographic information system GPM Global Precipitation Measurement mission GPS Global Positioning System HPS hantavirus pulmonary syndrome IKONOS Commercial earth observation satellite collecting high-resolution multispectral and panchromatic imagery LACIE Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment MERIS Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MOPITT Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere; instrument on Terra spacecraft measuring CO and CH4 in the troposphere Page 47 Front Matter (R1-R14) Summary (1-4) 1 Introduction (5-10) 2 The Current State: Opportunities for Applying Land Remote Sensing to Human Welfare (11-28) 3 Challenges and Potential for Applying Land Remote Sensing to Human Welfare (29-40) 4 Key Points of Workshop Discussion (41-42) References (43-46) Appendix A Acronyms and Abbreviations (47-48) Appendix B Bibliography of Resources Integration of Disparate Data (49-52) Appendix C Examples of FEWS NET Products (53-58) Appendix D Workshop Agenda (59-62) Appendix E Speaker Biographies and List of Workshop Participants (63-68) Appendix F White Papers (69-94) Appendix G Committee Biographies (95-98)

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Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions about Food Security and Human Health: Workshop Report APPENDIX A Acronyms and Abbreviations AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome AgRISTARS Agriculture and Resources Inventory Surveys Through Aerospace Remote Sensing AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer CBWP Corn Blight Watch Program EPA U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EROS Earth Resources Operations and Science EUMETSAT European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites EWS early warning system FAO Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations FEWS Famine Early Warning System FEWS NET Famine Early Warning System Network GIS geographic information system GPM Global Precipitation Measurement mission GPS Global Positioning System HPS hantavirus pulmonary syndrome IKONOS Commercial earth observation satellite collecting high-resolution multispectral and panchromatic imagery LACIE Large Area Crop Inventory Experiment MERIS Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer MODIS Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer MOPITT Measurement of Pollution in the Troposphere; instrument on Terra spacecraft measuring CO and CH4 in the troposphere

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Contributions of Land Remote Sensing for Decisions about Food Security and Human Health: Workshop Report NASA National Aeronautics and Space Administration NDVI Normalized Difference Vegetation Index NGA National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency NGO non-governmental organization NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NPOESS National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite NRC National Research Council RFE rainfall estimates SARS severe acute respiratory syndrome SCLB southern corn leaf blight SNV Sin Nombre virus (hantavirus strain) SPOT Systeme Pour l’Observation de la Terre SST sea surface temperature TRMM Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission USAID U.S. Agency for International Development USDA U.S. Department of Agriculture USGS U.S. Geological Survey USGS/EDC U.S. Geological Survey Earth Resources Operations and Science Data Center UN United Nations VIIRS Visible Infrared Imager Raidometer Suite VRT variable rate technology WatER Water Elevation Recovery mission WRSI Water Requirement Satisfaction Index

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