This book was conceived in late 1985 and approved by the Chief of Naval Research as a project for the newly established Space Oceanography Division within the Ocean Science and Technology Directorate. The idea for the book came from the highly successful series of books on cloud imagery observed from unmanned space systems written by Robert Fett of the Naval Environmental Research and Prediction Facility.

Project Management, Executive Editor:
Captain David C. Honhart, USN
Director, Space Oceanography
Office of the Chief of Naval Research

Text and Selection of Photographs:
Robert E. Stevenson. Ph.D.
Deputy Director, Space Oceanography
Office of the Chief of Naval Research

Editor:
Lucy Warner
National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

Layout and Design:
Michael Shibao
NCAR Graphic Services

Production:
Lee Fortier, Robert Bumpas, and Ginger Hein
NCAR Graphic Services and NCAR Photographics

Photography:
NASA Astronauts (see Appendix 2)
NASA Johnson Space Center
Space and Life Sciences Directorate
Earth Observations Program

Science Editor:
Christopher N. K. Mooers, Ph.D.
Institute for Naval Oceanography

Second Readers:
Wentworth V. Harned
Lieutenant Commander Dale E. Bretschneider, NOAA Corps
Office of the Chief of Naval Research

Web Design:
Robert Simmon
Research & Professional Services
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Distributed Active Archive Center

Web Editor:
Becky Farr
George Mason University
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Distributed Active Archive Center