Science and Technology Advancements towards Achieving Surface Topography and Vegetation Structure Measurements

Session ID#: 123718

Session Description:
In 2017 the Earth Science Decadal Survey recommended that NASA conduct activities to advance readiness for the Surface Topography and Vegetation (STV) Targeted Incubation Observable. In 2019, in response, NASA formed a Surface Topography and Vegetation Incubation Study Team, which identified science, applications and technology needs and gaps as well as maturation activities to achieve STV observations. The study concluded that a common set of 3-dimensional observations could meet many of the community needs serving a wide array of disciplines spanning the solid Earth, vegetation structure, cryosphere, hydrology, and coastal processes. The study further concluded that STV objectives would be best met by new observing strategies that employ flexible multi-source and sensor measurements from a variety of orbital and sub-orbital assets. Maturation activities to inform the design of a future STV observational system include modeling, simulation, and sensitivity studies, employing existing and newly acquired 3D data, along with focused advancements of lidar, radar, stereo photogrammetry, and information systems technologies. This session will focus on the maturation activities for STV. The complete STV white paper can be found at https://science.nasa.gov/earth-science/decadal-stv/

Proposed Presenters:

  • Paul Lundgren, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Solid Earth and STV
  • Konrad Wessels, George Mason University, Vegetation Structure and STV
  • Alex Gardner, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Cryosphere and STV
  • Marc Simard, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Hydrology and STV
  • Christopher Parrish, University of Oregon, Coastal Processes and STV
  • Cathleen Jones, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Applications and STV
  • Jason Stoker, United States Geologic Survey, STV measurements with Lidar
  • Yunling Lou, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, STV measurements with Radar
  • Jon Ranson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, STV measurements with stereophotogrammetry
Co-Sponsor(s):
  • ASPRS: American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing -
  • EGU: European Geosciences Union -
  • GSA: Geological Society of America -
  • UGM: Union Geofisica Mexicana -

Primary Convener:  Andrea Donnellan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Convener:  David J Harding, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Primary Liaison:  Andrea Donnellan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs:  David J Harding, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Andrea Donnellan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
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