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An inventory of NASA’s airborne and field campaigns for Earth Science

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NASA's DC-8 flying laboratory passes Antarctica's tallest peak, Mount Vinson, on Oct. 22, 2012, during a flight over the continent to measure changes in the massive ice sheet and sea ice. Credit: NASA/Michael Studinger (Photography courtesy NASA Images)

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Variegated green crop circles cover what was once shortgrass prairie in southwestern Kansas. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
agricultural
Variegated green crop circles cover what was once shortgrass prairie in southwestern Kansas. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Pristine sand dunes near the launch pads at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Photography courtesy NASA Images)
coastal
Pristine sand dunes near the launch pads at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. (Photography courtesy NASA Images)
A network of farms and ranches surrounds the cities and small towns near the Nebraska–Iowa border. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
continental
A network of farms and ranches surrounds the cities and small towns near the Nebraska–Iowa border. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Great Barrier Reef near Whitsunday Islands. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
coral
Great Barrier Reef near Whitsunday Islands. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
The lidar on its tripod. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
desert
The lidar on its tripod. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
Equatorial Wave Line, Pacific Ocean. (Photography courtesy NASA Images)
equatorial
Equatorial Wave Line, Pacific Ocean. (Photography courtesy NASA Images)
Tropical forests, such as those in Gabon, Africa, are an important reservoir of carbon. (Photography courtesy Sassan Saatchi, NASA/JPL-Caltech.)
forest
Tropical forests, such as those in Gabon, Africa, are an important reservoir of carbon. (Photography courtesy Sassan Saatchi, NASA/JPL-Caltech.)
The Republic of Maldives with its twenty-six atolls, and 1192 coral islands, with an average ground elevation of 1.5 meters (about 5 feet). (Photography courtesy NASA/Climate)
island
The Republic of Maldives with its twenty-six atolls, and 1192 coral islands, with an average ground elevation of 1.5 meters (about 5 feet). (Photography courtesy NASA/Climate)
Phytoplankton blooms across the northern basins of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. (Photography courtesy NASA/Climate)
maritime
Phytoplankton blooms across the northern basins of the North Atlantic and Arctic Oceans. (Photography courtesy NASA/Climate)
Yosemite Valley (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
mid-latitude
Yosemite Valley (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
The Cuernos del Paine mountains in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, during NASA's AirSAR 2004 campaign. (Photography courtesy NASA Images)
mountains
The Cuernos del Paine mountains in Torres del Paine National Park, Chile, during NASA's AirSAR 2004 campaign. (Photography courtesy NASA Images)
A NASA scientific balloon awaits launch in McMurdo, Antarctica. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
polar
A NASA scientific balloon awaits launch in McMurdo, Antarctica. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
A stream in the La Selva region of the Costa Rican rain forest, taken during NASA's AirSAR 2004 campaign. (Photography courtesy NASA Images)
rainforest
A stream in the La Selva region of the Costa Rican rain forest, taken during NASA's AirSAR 2004 campaign. (Photography courtesy NASA Images)
Sea ice hugging the coast of East Greenland. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
sea ice
Sea ice hugging the coast of East Greenland. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
An archipelago in the Andaman Sea surrounded by extensive coral reefs (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
tropical
An archipelago in the Andaman Sea surrounded by extensive coral reefs (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
The narrow island of Manhattan, located between the Hudson River and the East River. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
urban
The narrow island of Manhattan, located between the Hudson River and the East River. (Photography courtesy NASA/GSFC)
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