View the report Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey

Statement of Task

The National Research Council shall convene an ad-hoc committee to review the alignment of NASA's Earth Science Division's program with previous NRC advice, primarily the 2007 NRC decadal survey report, Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond. The committee's review will describe:

• How well NASA?s current program addresses the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in the 2007 decadal survey and other relevant NRC reports?;
• Progress toward realizing these strategies, goals and priorities; and
• In the context of current and forecast resources, any actions that could be taken to optimize the science value of the program.

The review should not revisit or alter the scientific priorities or mission recommendations provided in the decadal survey and related NRC reports, but may provide guidance about implementing the recommended mission portfolio in preparation for the next decadal survey.

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Past Meetings

The committee is currently working on this report, but will not have any more in-person meetings.

September 21-23, 2011 Assessment of NASA's Earth Science Program Irvine, CA	April 27-29, 2011 Assessment of NASA's Earth Science Program Washington, DC
August 8, 2011 Teleconference meeting	July 25, 2011 Teleconference meeting
July 6-8, 2011 Assessment of NASA's Earth Science Program Seattle, WA	May 16, 2011 Teleconference meeting

Committee Membership

Committee's Biographic Information

Dr. Dennis L. Hartmann - (Chair) University of Washington	Dr. Anthony C. Janetos University of Maryland, College Park
Dr. Mark R. Abbott Oregon State University	Dr. Dennis P. Lettenmaier University of Washington
Dr. Richard A. Anthes University Corporation for Atmospheric Research	Dr. Jennifer A. Logan Harvard University
Dr. Philip E. Ardanuy Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems	Dr. Molly K. Macauley Resources for the Future
Dr. Stacey Boland Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Dr. Anne W. Nolin Oregon State University
Dr. Antonio J. Busalacchi, Jr. University of Maryland, College Park	Dr. Joyce E. Penner University of Michigan
Dr. Anny Cazenave Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES)	Dr. Michael J. Prather University of California, Irvine
Dr. Ruth S. DeFries Columbia University	Dr. David S. Schimel National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc.
Dr. Lee-Lueng Fu Jet Propulsion Laboratory	Mr. William F. Townsend Independent Consultant
Dr. Bradford H. Hager Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Dr. Thomas H. Vonder Haar Colorado State University
Dr. Hung-Lung (Allen) Huang University of Wisconsin-Madison