A11F:
Early On-Orbit Results of the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) Posters

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Session ID#: 25259

Session Description:
The CYGNSS constellation of eight satellites was successfully launched on 15 December 2016 into a low inclination (tropical) Earth orbit. Each satellite carries a four-channel bi-static radar receiver that measures GPS signals scattered by the ocean, from which ocean surface roughness, near surface wind speed, and air-sea latent heat flux are estimated. The measurements are unique in several respects, most notably in their ability to penetrate through all levels of precipitation, made possible by the low frequency at which GPS operates, and in the frequent sampling of tropical cyclone intensification and of the diurnal cycle of winds, made possible by the large number of satellites. Engineering commissioning of the constellation was successfully completed in March 2017 and the mission is currently in the early phases of science operations. Early on-orbit scientific results by the mission science team and others will presented.
Primary Convener:  Christopher S Ruf, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Conveners:  Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States and Scott Gleason, Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Chairs:  Christopher S Ruf, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Cynthia Gerlein-Safdi, Princeton University, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Princeton, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Christopher S Ruf, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
Index Terms:

3372 Tropical cyclones [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3374 Tropical meteorology [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4594 Instruments and techniques [OCEANOGRAPHY: PHYSICAL]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

An Initial Assessment of the Impact of CYGNSS Ocean Surface Wind Assimilation on Navy Global and Mesoscale Numerical Weather Prediction (212010)
Nancy L Baker, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division, Monterey, CA, United States, Justin Tsu, Naval Research Lab Monterey, Marine Meteorology, UCAR Visiting Scientist, Monterey, CA, United States and Steven D Swadley, Naval Res Lab, Monterey, CA, United States
CYGNSS Surface Wind Observations and Surface Flux Estimates within Low-Latitude Extratropical Cyclones (215894)
Juan Crespo, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States and Derek J Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States
Early Calibration Results of CYGNSS Mission (216990)
Rajeswari Balasubramaniam1, Christopher S Ruf2, Darren S McKague3, Maria Paola Clarizia2 and Scott Gleason4, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)Univ of Michigan-AOSS, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (4)Southwest Research Institute Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
NASA CYGNSS Mission Overview (233462)
Christopher S Ruf, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Rajeswari Balasubramaniam, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, Scott Gleason, Concordia University, Boulder, CO, United States, Darren S McKague, Univ of Michigan-AOSS, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Andrew O'Brien, Ohio State University Main Campus, Electrical & Computer Engineering, Columbus, OH, United States
Coincident Retrieval of Ocean Surface Roughness and Salinity Using Airborne and Satellite Microwave Radiometry and Reflectometry Measurements during the Carolina Offshore (Caro) Experiment. (259849)
Derek M Burrage1, Joel C Wesson1, David W Wang1, James L Garrison2 and Han Zhang2, (1)Naval Research Laboratory, Oceanography Division, Stennis Space Center, MS, United States, (2)Purdue University, School of Aeronautics and Astronautics, West Lafayette, IN, United States
Estimating the mass density in the thermosphere with the CYGNSS mission. (279171)
Charles Bussy-Virat, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Aaron J Ridley, Univ Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States
Validation of High Wind Retrievals from the Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) Mission (281126)
Darren S McKague1, Christopher S Ruf2, Rajeswari Balasubramaniam3 and Maria Paola Clarizia2, (1)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Climate and Space, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (2)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, (3)University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States
“Rapid Revisit” Measurements of Sea Surface Winds Using CYGNSS (282440)
Jeonghwan Park, Ohio State University, Electroscience Lab, Columbus, United States and Joel T Johnson, The Ohio State University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Columbus, United States
CYGNSS Surface Wind Validation and Characteristics in the Maritime Continent (291191)
Shakeel Asharaf, JIFRESSE– Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA, United States, Duane Edward Waliser, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Chidong Zhang, University of Miami, Miami, FL, United States and Agie Wandala, Indonesia Weather Service, Jakarta, Indonesia

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