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Summary of Mission Focus
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Variables
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Type of Sensor
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Coverage
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Spatial Resolution
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Frequency
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Synergies with Other Panels
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Related Planned or Integrated Missions
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Ecosystem function: climate and land-use impacts on terrestrial and coastal ecosystems
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Terrestrial: Distribution and changes in key species and functional groups of organisms, disturbance patterns, vegetation stress,vegetation nutrient status, primary productivity, vegetation cover Coastal: coral-reef health and extent
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Hyperspectral
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Global, pointable
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50–75 m
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30 day, pointable to daily
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Climate Health Solid Earth
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HyspIRI
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Ecosystem structure and biomass
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Standing biomass, vegetation height and canopy structure, habitat structure
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Lidar and InSAR
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Global
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50–150m
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Monthly
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Climate Health Solid Earth
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DESDynl ICESat-II
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Carbon budget
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CO2 mixing ratio, CO concentrations
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Active lidar
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Global
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100m strips
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Diurnal—assimilated every 24 hours
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Climate Weather
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ASCENDS
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Coastal ecosystems dynamics
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Photosynthesis, sediment fluxes, phytoplankton community structure, algal blooms
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Hyperspectral
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Western Hemisphere
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250 m
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Several times/day
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Health Solid Earth Weather
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GEO-CAPE GACM
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Global ocean productivity
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Photosynthesis, colored dissolved organic matter, chlorophyll
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Hyperspectral
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Global
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1 km
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2-day global coverage
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Climate (with additional UV/visible bands on polarimeter)
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ACE
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