Report of the panel on the land surface: Process of change, section 5
Abstract
The panel defined three main areas of study that are central to the Solid Earth Science (SES) program: climate interactions with the Earth's surface, tectonism as it affects the Earth's surface and climate, and human activities that modify the Earth's surface. Four foci of research are envisioned: process studies with an emphasis on modern processes in transitional areas; integrated studies with an emphasis on long term continental climate change; climate-tectonic interactions; and studies of human activities that modify the Earth's surface, with an emphasis on soil degradation. The panel concluded that there is a clear requirement for global coverage by high resolution stereoscopic images and a pressing need for global topographic data in support of studies of the land surface.
- Publication:
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In National Aeronautics and Space Administration
- Pub Date:
- February 1991
- Bibcode:
- 1991nasa....2Q....A
- Keywords:
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- Climate;
- Climate Change;
- Degradation;
- Earth Surface;
- Soils;
- Tectonics;
- Topography;
- High Resolution;
- Research;
- Geophysics