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Atmospheric science at NASA : a history / Erik M. Conway.

By: Series: New series in NASA history ; Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, 2008Description: xvii, 386 p., 8 p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780801889844 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 0801889847 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • QC855 .C66 2008
Contents:
Establishing the meteorology program -- Developing satellite meteorology -- Constructing a global meteorology -- Planetary atmospheres -- NASA atmospheric research in transition -- Atmospheric chemistry -- The quest for a climate observing system -- Missions to planet Earth : architectural warfare -- Atmospheric science in the mission to planet Earth.
Awards:
  • ASLI Choice Award
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
BOOK BOOK NCAR Library Foothills Lab QC855 .C66 2008 1 Available 50583010329492
Total holds: 0

Includes bibliographical references (p. [325]-374) and index.

Establishing the meteorology program -- Developing satellite meteorology -- Constructing a global meteorology -- Planetary atmospheres -- NASA atmospheric research in transition -- Atmospheric chemistry -- The quest for a climate observing system -- Missions to planet Earth : architectural warfare -- Atmospheric science in the mission to planet Earth.

ASLI Choice Award

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