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Session Proposal: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Missions and Their Contribution to Earth Science Applications (AGU25)

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Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Missions and Their Contribution to Earth Science Applications

Session ID#: 250277

Session Description:
NOAA and NASA jointly developed the current Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) which is the US backbone of operational global observations for meteorology and other related applications.  The synergy between NOAA, NASA and their partner Low Earth Orbiting satellite missions offers significant benefits to users such as improved global refresh of observations and complementarity of measurements in multiple regions of the electromagnetic spectrum to enable detailed monitoring of the Earth.  This session invites presentations from LEO missions that make routine observations to monitor the Earth and its environment for applications that support decision makers. Subjects covered in this session will include applications and accomplishments from current operational missions as well as plans for new missions from space agencies. Presentations that demonstrate the societal and economic value of LEO observations to applications that are integral to decision making are also of high interest to this session.
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • C - Cryosphere
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Primary Convener:  Gary McWilliams, Science and Technology Corporation, Boulder, CO, United States
Conveners:  Satya N Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, United States, Lihang Zhou, NOAA College Park, College Park, United States and James F Gleason, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, United States
 
A Scalable and Interpretable Data-Driven Framework for Simulating Hurricane-Induced Compound Flooding in Western Coastal Louisiana (1879884)
Amirhossein Rostami1, Hyongki Lee2, Hung-Hsien Wan2 and Tien Le Thuy Du2, (1)University of Houston, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, TX, United States, (2)University of Houston, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Houston, United States
 
Recent advances in monitoring the fuel moisture content over the U.S. (1882292)
Pedro Angel Jimenez1, John Schreck2, Thomas Brummet3, Masih Eghdami1, Jason C. Knievel4 and Eric James5, (1)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research, Computational & Information Systems Lab, Boulder, United States, (3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Research Applications Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)NCAR, Boulder, United States, (5)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
 
Overview and Early Results of the Global Observing SATellite for Greenhouse gases and Water cycle (GOSAT-GW) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 3 (AMSR3) (1890475)
Misako Kachi1, Rigen Shimada1, Eri Yoshizawa1, Keiichi Ohara1, Kentaro AIDA1, Kazuki Nakata1, Takumi Suzuki1, Kazuya Inaoka2, Takeshi Miura2, Yasushi Kojima3 and Naoto Ebuchi4, (1)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Earth Observation Research Center, Tsukuba, Japan, (2)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, GOSAT-GW Project Team, Tsukuba, Japan, (3)Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, Tsukuba, Japan, (4)Hokkaido University, Institute of Low Temperature Science, Sapporo, Japan
 
New Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Products to Support Weather Forecast Applications (1896293)
Gary McWilliams, NESDIS Office of LEO Observations/Science & Technology Corporation, Lanham, United States, Lihang Zhou, NOAA NESDIS, Lanham, United States and Satya N Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, United States
 
Validation of JPSS CrIS and OMPS tropospheric ozone products against high frequency in-situ observations (1901586)
Kai-Lan Chang1, Owen Cooper2 and Brian C McDonald2, (1)CIRES, U. of Colorado, Boulder, United States, (2)NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory, Boulder, United States
 
The Impact of Non-Conservative Forces and Satellite Models on CubeSats POD (1941865)
Jean Bemtgen, Parisa Shafiei and Sajad Tabibi, University of Luxembourg, Department of Engineering, Esch-sur-Alzette, Luxembourg
 
The Use of Limb Adjusted ATMS and ERA5 Reanalysis to Assess Performance and Stability of Microwave Sounder Small Satellites (1956615)
Mitchell Goldberg, Satellite Remote Sensing and Applications Lab, City College of New York, New York, United States, Said Mejia-Manrique, Department of Civil Engineering, CUNY-CREST Institute, and United Nations University (UNU) Hub on Remote-Sensing and Sustainable Innovations for Resilient Urban Systems (R-SIRUS) -UNU Institute for Water, Environment and Health (UNU-INWEH), The City College of New York, The City University of New York, New York, United States, Dingdong Li, Optical Remote Sensing Lab, The City College of NY, New York, United States, Lihang Zhou, NOAA College Park, College Park, United States, Satya N Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, United States and Dingdong Li
 
Leveraging satellite observations in NOAA's wildfire smoke models (1961362)
Ravan Ahmadov, NOAA Boulder, Boulder, United States, Haiqin Li, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, Johana Romero-Alvarez, CIRES/NOAA GSL, Boulder, United States, Jordan Schnell, CIRES/CU, Boulder, United States, Eric James, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES), University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States, Sudheer Bhimireddy, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, ISWS/Prairie Research Institute, Climate and Atmospheric Science Section, Champaign, United States, Minsu Choi, CIRES/NOAA GSL, Superior, CO, UNITED STATES, Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, United States, Fangjun Li, South Dakota State University, Geospatial Sciences Center of Excellence (GSCE), Department of Geography & Geospatial Sciences, Brookings, United States, Chuanyu Xu, Science Technology Corp at NOAA, College Park, United States, Huiying Luo, Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Boulder, United States, Blake Allen, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States and Ming Hu, NOAA/GSL, Boulder, United States
 
Advancing Satellite-Based 3D Cloud Products for Aviation Safety and Situational Awareness in Data-Sparse Regions (1971472)
Yoo-Jeong NOH, Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO, United States, John M Haynes, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, United States and Charles White, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States
 
Lighting New Pathways in the Night with the VIIRS Day/Night Band (1973611)
Steven D Miller1, Justin Hudson2, Yoo-Jeong NOH3, Curtis Seaman3, William C. Straka4, John M Haynes2, Jesse Turner2 and Jared McGlothlin5, (1)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States, (2)Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States, (3)Colorado State University, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO, United States, (4)University of Wisconsin Madison, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, United States, (5)Colorado State University, Atmospheric Science, Fort Collins, United States
 
North to Alaska with NOAA’s Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Technologies and Partnerships (1982832)
Jennifer S Delamere1, Jay Cable1, Carl Dierking1, Jeremiah Dabney2, Owen Larson3, Hannah Chapman-Dutton3, Abigail Haas3, Grace Veenstra3 and Christina Buffington4, (1)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geographic Information Network of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK, United States, (2)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, United States, (3)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geographic Information Network of Alaska, Fairbanks, United States, (4)University of Alaska Fairbanks, Geographic Information Network of Alaska, Geophysical Institute, Fairbanks, AK, United States
 
Advanced Deep Learning Models for Generating Super-resolution AMSR2 Imagery in Support of Sea Ice Forecasting and Analysis (1983076)
Thomas J Greenwald, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, Volodymyr Didur, Bard College, Annandale-On-Hudson, United States and Yinghui Liu, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, United States
 
Continuing Tropospheric NO₂ Monitoring: Enhanced Capabilities of NOAA-21 OMPS and Cross-Platform Consistency Across the JPSS Satellite Series (1984932)
Kai Yang, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States, Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, United States, Lawrence E Flynn, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, United States and Zigang Wei, IMSG, College Park, United States
 
NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for Earth observation – supporting time sensitive decision making today and evolving to meet the needs of tomorrow. (1986853)
Jenny Hewson1, Diane Davies2,3, Karen Michael3 and Dawn R Lowe1, (1)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (2)Seattle, WA, United States, (3)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
 
Advancing Microwave-Based Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Structure Analysis and Forecast Algorithms with AI and SmallSats (1987548)
Galina Chirokova, Mark DeMaria, Zhixing Ruan, Katherine Schwartz and James L. Franklin, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States
 
Validation of Satellite Precipitation Products from Instantaneous to Seasonal Timescales (1988758)
Malarvizhi Arulraj, University of Maryland College Park, Cooperative Insititute for Satellite Earth System Studies, College Park, MD, United States, Dr. Veljko Petković, University of Maryland, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center (ESSIC), College Park, United States, Huan Meng, Natl Oceanic & Atmospheric Adm, College Park, United States and Ralph Ferraro, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, United States
 
Leveraging HotSat High-Resolution Thermal Satellite Data for Environmental Insights: From Soil Moisture to Broader Applications (1994754)
Natalia Kuniewicz1, James O'Connor2, Manuel Sanabria1, Sanath Sathyachandran Kumar, PhD3 and Srini Dharmapuri4, (1)SatVu, London, United Kingdom, (2)James.Oconnor@Satellitevu.Com, London, UK, United Kingdom, (3)South Dakota State University, Brookings, United States, (4)Sanborn Map Company, Hampton Township, United States
 
Cloud-Enabled Environmental Intelligence: The Impact of NOAA Open Data Dissemination via Use Cases, Metrics and AI Acceleration (1997776)
Jenny Dissen, North Carolina State University, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Asheville, United States, Adrienne Simonson, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Asheville, NC, United States, Katelyn Szura, NOAA Washington DC, Washington, DC, United States, Jonathan Brannock, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Asheville, United States, Otis B Brown Jr, CICS-NC, Asheville, NC, United States, William C. Straka, University of Wisconsin Madison, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, United States and szura
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