Measuring Earth Observation Contribution to the U.S. Economy

  • By Vincent G. Sabathier, John Hillery
    Contributor: Joshua Krieger, Jitka Sladka and Niccolo Pantucci
    Sep 4, 2007

    Determining the economic value of better Earth observations is a difficult proposition while being of prime significance to policy makers attempting to obtain a better understanding of this global public good.  As part of the CSIS project on "Earth Observation and Global Change", this report examines the value of better weather forecasting accuracy in a number of sectors using two different methodologies.  The approach is extremely conservative, but provides a very solid baseline for further discussion.

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