26. THE NASA EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PROGRAM IN 21ST
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knowledge to improve assessments of the vulnerability to natural hazards,
and to predict and mitigate the consequences of natural disasters.
3.
OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENT
STRATEGIES
For the purposes of this article, ESE missions are described below in
phases. It is beyond the scope of this article to describe and discuss each
ESE mission, however, most are listed and described on the ESE World
Wide Web home page at http://www.earth.nasa.gov/.
CENTURY
261
knowledge to improve assessments of the vulnerability to natural hazards,
and to predict and mitigate the consequences of natural disasters.
3.
OBSERVATIONS AND MEASUREMENT
STRATEGIES
For the purposes of this article, ESE missions are described below in
phases. It is beyond the scope of this article to describe and discuss each
ESE mission, however, most are listed and described on the ESE World
Wide Web home page at http://www.earth.nasa.gov/.