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CIRA scientist among authors of book celebrating 50 years of Earth observations from space

Stan Kidder, a researcher at the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere at Colorado State University, will talk about contributions satellites make to weather forecasting on Feb. 17 at the American Association for the Advancement of Science annual meeting in Boston.

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