A115
Remote Sensing of Land, Ocean and Atmosphere from the New Generation of Geostationary Satellites
Remote Sensing of Land, Ocean and Atmosphere from the New Generation of Geostationary Satellites
Session ID#: 75903
Session Description:
Geostationary satellites, whose role has been limited to weather forecasting in the past, are poised to make significant contributions to land, ocean and atmosphere monitoring. The latest generation of geostationary satellites (Himawari, GOES-16/17, Fengyun-4, GeoKompsat) carry sensors that closely mimic the spatial and spectral characteristics of current workhorses such as MODIS and VIIRS. More importantly, they provide observations at 5-15 minute intervals. Such high frequency observations, particularly when combined with data from polar orbiters, offer exciting possibilities for producing robust biogeophysical variables by overcoming cloud cover, enable studies of diurnally varying biosphere-atmosphere interactions, and help in operational decision-making in agriculture, hydrology and disaster management. This session will highlight new data sets, algorithms and computational platforms that utilize data from the new generation of geostationary satellites.
Index Terms:
0480 Remote sensing [BIOGEOSCIENCES]
1855 Remote sensing [HYDROLOGY]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
4275 Remote sensing and electromagnetic processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
Primary Convener: Weile Wang, CSUMB & NASA/AMES, Seaside, CA, United States
Conveners: Ramakrishna R Nemani, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States, Satya Kalluri, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States and Tsengdar J Lee, NASA, Burke, VA, United States
Primary Liaison: Weile Wang, CSUMB & NASA/AMES, Seaside, CA, United States
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