In July 2003, representatives from 34 nations and 22 multilateral agencies participated in the first Earth Observation Summit that resulted in a declaration that emphasized the need to significantly advance the collective ability for Earth Observation. The President of the United States challeng06-Apr-2006role in the development of an international Earth Observation System. In response to this challenge, NOAA, NASA and DOE have partnered to initiate a broad-based Collaborative to address the challenges of sub-orbital observations, and to address the potential role that Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV)-based observing systems could have as an integrated piece of the global observing network. |
