Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Missions and Their Contribution to Earth Science Applications
Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Missions and Their Contribution to Earth Science Applications
Session ID#: 281593
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, NESDIS Office of LEO Observations/Science & Technology Corporation, Lanham, United States
Conveners: Satya N Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, United States, Lihang Zhou, NOAA NESDIS, Lanham, United States and Antonia Gambacorta, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
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