• Front Matter R1-R16

• 1. Design and Implications of a Research Mission to Planet Earth 1-15

• 2. Earth Sciences--Status of Understanding 16-51

• 3. The Earth as a System--A Global Perspective for Future Planning 52-72

• 4. Current and Planned Earth Observing Satellite Missions: 1986 to 1995 73-86

• 5. Elements of the Mission to Planet Earth 87-105

• 6. Science Policy Considerations and Recommendations 106-112

• Appendix A: EOS Instrument Descriptions 113-122

" 6. Science Policy Considerations and Recommendations ." Mission to Planet Earth: Space Science in the Twenty-First Century -- Imperatives for the Decades 1995 to 2015 . Washington, DC: The National Academies Press, 1988 .

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