INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION:
NEW OPPORTUNITIES FOR EARTH SCIENCE
RESEARCH AND EDUCATION

Topical Session T-12, sponsored by the
Earth Sciences and Image Analysis at NASA Johnson Space Center and the
Planetary Geology, International, and Geoscience Education Divisions of GSA

Geological Society of America Annual Meeting
Denver, Colorado — October 25 - 28, 1999

TITLES AND AUTHORS OF PRESENTATIONS

In alphabetical order by name of first author.
Highlighted titles are linked to full abstracts.

Evidence of Climate Change as Seen from Low Earth Orbit - Joe Caruana, Julie Robinson, Justin Wilkinson, and Kimberly Willis

Modeling Coastal Wetland Ecosystem Health Using Remote Sensing in South Carolina - Cassandra Coombs, Scott R. Bruemmer, Jaime R. Chose, Dwayne E. Porter, John J. Jensen, and Prentiss Lund

Plate Boundaries and Tectonic Provinces: Stereophoto Analyses of Astronaut Photographs - Patricia Wood Dickerson and William R. Muehlberger

Global Application of NASA EarthKAM Images to Investigate the Earth's Structure and Its Inhabitants - Holly Dodson and Christina Massell

Capabilities for Pressurized Earth Observations Research Onboard the International Space Station - Dean Eppler

Accretion and Erosion of the Yellow River Delta, 1989 to 1999 - Cynthia A. Evans, Michael Lee, Julie A. Robinson, and Kamlesh P. Lulla

Mission Earth - An Astronaut's Preview of Multispectral Observations from ISS - Thomas D. Jones

Global Assessment of Health of Coral Reefs: A Concept for an International Space Station U.S. Lab Window Project - Paul G. Lucey, Marlin Atkinson, Eric Hochberg, Chip Fletcher, C. Barry Raleigh, Stephen Dollar, Jonathon Gradie, and Rick Holaseck

Dynamic Earth Environments: 35 Years of Earth Science from Low Earth Orbit - Kamlesh P. Lulla and Cynthia A. Evans

NASA EarthKam: Investigation by Middle School Students Using Images of Earth Taken from Space - Christina Massell and Holly Dodson

Intelligent Remote Sensing: Tectonic Observations from Orbit - William R. Muehlberger

Structural Details of Arabian Plate Tectonic Boundaries Defined from Orbit - William R. Muehlberger

Application of Space Shuttle Photographs in ReefBase: A Global Database On Coral Reefs - Marco Noordeloos and Julie A. Robinson

Superposed Deformational Episodes in Northern New Mexico: A Space Shuttle Photograph Tutorial and Field Observations - Joseph F. Reese and Patricia Wood Dickerson

Satellite and Airborne Sensors for Coastal Science in the USGS - L. Robbins, J. Brock, R. Halley, J. Kindinger, A. Sallenger, and Y. Tao

Astronaut Hand-Held Photography as a Data Source for Digital Remote Sensing - Julie A. Robinson, Donn A. Liddle, Joe C. Caruana, Cynthia A. Evans, and David L. Amsbury

Environmental Research and Speculations from Space: The Dust Problem - E. Shinn, V. Garrison, G. Smith and J. Weir

Advantages of the International Space Station for Geological Studies: Lessons from Mir and MOMS-2P - Robert J. Stern, Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, Michael Beyth, and Johann Bodechtel

Remote Sensing of Structures Controlling the Nile in the Batn el Hajar "Belly of Stones" Region, Northern Sudan: Opportunities for Geologic Study from the International Space Station - Allison K. Thurmond, Mohamed G. Abdelsalam, and Robert J. Stern

Fluvial Dynamics in the Andean Foreland: Megafans and Mechanisms for Biodiversity in Aquatic Biota - M. Justin Wilkinson and Kamlesh P. Lulla

Earth - Moon - Mars Planetary Analogues: Educational Applications - Kimberly J. Willis and Cynthia A. Evans

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