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Envisat Symposium 2007 kicks off in Switzerland
04-23-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)More than 900 scientists from around the world have gathered in Montreux, Switzerland, for a five-day symposium to discuss, present and review their findings on the state of our world's land, oceans, ice and atmosphere using data from ESA Earth observation satellites, in particular Envisat – the largest environmental satellite ever built.
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