EARTH OBSERVATIONS FROM SPACE -- Copyright -- Preface -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- EARTH SCIENCE FROM SPACE AND THE EVOLUTION OF THE MISSION TO PLANET EARTH -- MISSION TO PLANET EARTH AND THE U.S. GLOBAL CHANGE RESEARCH PROGRAM -- APPLICATIONS PROGRAMS -- SMALLER SATELLITES AND EARTH PROBES -- EARTH SYSTEM MODELING AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS -- ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES -- THE ORGANIZATION OF CIVIL EARTH OBSERVATIONS PROGRAMS -- REFERENCES.