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News: 1998-1999

1998-1999 CloudSat News

May 1999

  • JPL News Release: "CloudSat to revolutionize study of clouds and climate", 3 May 1999. [HTML]
  • GEWEX News: "NASA approves CloudSat", vol. 9, May 1999, p.3. [HTML]

April 1999

  • BATC News Release:"BATC Wins Contract for CloudSat Spacecraft", 30 April 1999. [HTML]

January 1999

  • CNN.com: "Satellites to capture 3-D images of clouds", Environmental News Network staff, 11 January 1999. [HTML]
  • CNN.com: "NASA missions to study Earth's clouds, volcanic plumes", 4 January 1999. [HTML ]

December 1998

  • Denver Post: "CSU, NASA to study clouds", Dave Curtin, Denver Post Higher Education Writer, 30 December 1998, p. B-1.
  • Fort Collins Coloradoan: "$145M project lets CSU take peek at what's in a cloud", Sonja Brisbee Wulff, 30 December 1998.
  • Rocky Mountain News: "CSU will lead NASA cloud study", Bill Scanlon, 30 December 1998
  • CSU Press Release: "Colorado State University leads $145 million project to develop spacecraft what will provide 3-D images to study clouds, aerosols and improve weather, climate forecasting", 29 December 1998. [HTML]
  • NASA Press Release: "Future Missions to Study Clouds, Aerosols, Volcanic Plumes", 22 December 1998. [HTML]