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NASA DEVELOP addresses environmental and public policy issues through research projects that apply the lens of NASA Earth observations to community concerns. These projects provide students and recent graduates the opportunity to both engage in research and improve in the communication of their research. NIDIS has been involved with the NASA DEVELOP program hosted at NOAA's National

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