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NASA Develops Central American Monitoring System A state-of-the-art environmental monitoring facility in Panama is the first to employ NASA Earth science research and space-based observations to provide Central American decision makers with early warning about a variety of ecological and climatic changes. Developed by NASA scientists, the innovative regional monitoring system is called SERVIR, a Spanish term meaning to serve. It is also the Spanish acronym for the Regional Visualization and Monitoring System for Mesoamerica. Panamanian President Martin Torrijos, NASA, other U.S. and Central American officials were on hand for the inauguration of the Panamanian SERVIR Center yesterday.
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