Earth and Space Science Informatics

Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Advanced Concepts and Disruptive Technologies to Enhance Satellite Data Exploitation I Posters
Karen Moe, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Emeritus), Greenbelt, MD, United States, Charles D Norton, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Jeff Walter, NASA LaRC, ASDC, Hampton, VA, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Assessment of Satellite-Derived Essential Climate Variables in the Terrestrial Domain I Posters
Miguel O O Román, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, University of Zurich, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Zurich, Switzerland and Crystal Schaaf, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Earth and Space Science Data Facilities in a Big Data World I Posters
Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Veronica Guidetti, European Space Agency, Ground Segment and Mission Operations, Frascatia, Italy and Danie Kinkade, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Space-Based, Operational Global Earth Observations from S-NPP and JPSS I
John Furgerson1, Gary McWilliams1,2 and Mitch Goldberg1, (1)Joint Polar Satellite System, Lanham, MD, United States(2)Joint Polar Satellite System, Potomac, MD, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Space-Based, Operational Global Earth Observations from S-NPP and JPSS II
John Furgerson1, Gary McWilliams1,2 and Mitch Goldberg1, (1)Joint Polar Satellite System, Lanham, MD, United States(2)Joint Polar Satellite System, Potomac, MD, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Earth and Space Science Informatics General Contributions Posters
Kerstin Lehnert, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States and Michael Piasecki, City College New York, New York City, NY, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Promoting the Science Value of Airborne Observational Data through Increasing Awareness of Airborne Data Management Challenges, Capabilities, and Gaps, and through Sharing Experiences and Lessons Learned Posters
Gao Chen, NASA Langley Research Ctr, Hampton, United States, Emily Law, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Helen Conover, Univ of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States and Steven F Williams, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Earth Observing Laboratory, Boulder, CO, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Space-Based, Operational Global Earth Observations from S-NPP and JPSS III Posters
John Furgerson1, Gary McWilliams1,2 and Mitch Goldberg1, (1)Joint Polar Satellite System, Lanham, MD, United States(2)Joint Polar Satellite System, Potomac, MD, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Advanced Concepts and Disruptive Technologies to Enhance Satellite Data Exploitation II
Karen Moe, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (Emeritus), Greenbelt, MD, United States, Charles D Norton, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Jeff Walter, NASA LaRC, ASDC, Hampton, VA, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Assessment of Satellite-Derived Essential Climate Variables in the Terrestrial Domain II
Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, University of Zurich, Department of Evolutionary Biology and Environmental Studies, Zurich, Switzerland, Miguel O O Román, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States and Crystal Schaaf, University of Massachusetts Boston, School for the Environment, Boston, United States
Monday, 15 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Earth and Space Science Data Facilities in a Big Data World II
Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States, Veronica Guidetti, European Space Agency, Ground Segment and Mission Operations, Frascatia, Italy and Danie Kinkade, Woods Hole Oceanographic Inst, Woods Hole, United States
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Big Data in the Geosciences: New Analytics Methods and Parallel Algorithm Posters
Jitendra Kumar, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, United States, Robert L Jacob, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL, United States, Dr. Forrest M Hoffman, PhD, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Computational Sciences & Engineering Division, Oak Ridge, United States and Miguel Mahecha, Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry, Department of Biogeochemical Integration, Jena, Germany
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Leveraging Enabling Technologies and Architectures to Enable Data Intensive Science I Posters
Thomas Huang, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Rahul Ramachandran, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, Daniel J Crichton, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Morris Riedel, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Julich, Germany
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Scalable and Adaptable Architecture for Earth Science Infrastructure I Posters
Chaowei Phil Yang, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, United States, Emily Law, CalTech JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, Ilya Zaslavsky, San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, CA, United States and M Lee Allison, Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ, United States
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Using Open Source Software to Enable Scientific Analysis and Reuse of Data I
Jens F Klump, CSIRO, Mineral Resources, Perth, Australia, Robert R Downs, Columbia University of New York, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Palisades, United States, Chris A Mattmann, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Edzer J Pebesma, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Using Open Source Software to Enable Scientific Analysis and Reuse of Data II
Chris A Mattmann, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Robert R Downs, Columbia University of New York, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Palisades, United States, Jens F Klump, CSIRO, Mineral Resources, Perth, Australia and Edzer J Pebesma, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Linking Physical Objects to Cyberinfrastructure Posters
Kerstin Lehnert1, Sarah Ramdeen1 and David K Arctur2, (1)Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States(2)University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Promoting Sustainable Science Software, Widening the Dialog: Perspectives from and Interactions Between End Users, Organizations, and Institutions Posters
W. Christopher Lenhardt1, Matthew B. Jones2, Mark Schildhauer3, Ray Idaszak1 and W. Christopher Lenhardt1, (1)Renaissance Computing Institute, Chapel Hill, NC, United States(2)University of California Santa Barbara, National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, United States(3)National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis, Santa Barbara, CA, United States
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Technology Trends for Big Science Data Management Posters
Bernd Ritschel, GFZ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Yolanda Gil, Univ. of Southern California, Marina Del Rey, CA, United States, John S Hughes, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States and Daniel J Crichton, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Using Open Source Software to Enable Scientific Analysis and Reuse of Data III Posters
Jens F Klump, CSIRO, Mineral Resources, Perth, Australia, Robert R Downs, Columbia University of New York, Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), Palisades, United States, Chris A Mattmann, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Edzer J Pebesma, University of Münster, Münster, Germany
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Leveraging Enabling Technologies and Architectures to Enable Data Intensive Science II
Thomas Huang, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Rahul Ramachandran, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL, United States, Daniel J Crichton, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States and Morris Riedel, Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Julich, Germany
Tuesday, 16 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Scalable and Adaptable Architecture for Earth Science Infrastructure II
Emily Law1, Ilya Zaslavsky1,2, M Lee Allison3, Chaowei Phil Yang4 and Ilya Zaslavsky5, (1)CalTech JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States(2)San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, CA, United States(3)Arizona Geological Survey, Tucson, AZ, United States(4)George Mason Univ., Fairfax, United States(5)San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Challenges in Production and Management of Earth System Data Records I Posters
Lucia Tsaoussi, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Hampapuram Ramapriyan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Cloud Computing for Geosciences Posters
Wenming Ye1, Daniel Fay1, Chaowei Phil Yang2, Thomas Huang3, Alex Sun4 and Alexander Y Sun4, (1)Microsoft Corporation, Redmond, WA, United States(2)George Mason Univ., Fairfax, United States(3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States(4)Univ. of Texas, Austin, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Semantic Web and Provenance: Distributed Earth Science Resources in the Data Life Cycle I Posters
Justin Goldstein, US Global Change Research Program, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Matthew S. Mayernik, National Center for Atmospheric Research / University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Curt Tilmes, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Deborah L McGuinness, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
The Brokering Approach, Information Models, and Interchange Formats for Geoscience Data Posters
Stefano Nativi, CNR - IIA, Sesto Fiorentino-Firenze, Italy, Hans Christoph Waldmann, MARUM - University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany, Ilya Zaslavsky, San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, United States, David K Arctur, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, United States and Ilya Zaslavsky, San Diego Supercomputer Center, La Jolla, CA, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Improving Data Interoperability and Usability I
Stephen W Berrick1,2, Curt Tilmes1, Jeff de La Beaujardière3 and Sky Bristol4, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, ESDIS Project Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States(3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States(4)USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Improving Data Interoperability and Usability II
Stephen W Berrick1,2, Curt Tilmes1, Jeff de La Beaujardière3 and Sky Bristol4, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, ESDIS Project Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States(3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States(4)USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Computational Intelligence in Earth and Space Science Posters
Xiaogang Ma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States, Qiuming Cheng, York University, Earth and Space Science and Engineering, Toronto, ON, Canada, Shaowen Wang, University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, CyberGIS Center for Advanced Digital and Spatial Studies, Department of Geography and Geographic Information Science, Urbana, United States and Han Wang, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Improving Data Interoperability and Usability III Posters
Stephen W Berrick1,2, Curt Tilmes1, Jeff de La Beaujardière3 and Sky Bristol4, (1)NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States(2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, ESDIS Project Office, Greenbelt, MD, United States(3)National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States(4)USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Mash-up of Heterogeneous Data Systems for Better Data Integration: Furthering Interoperability through Collaborative Communities Posters
Bernd Ritschel, GFZ Potsdam, Potsdam, Germany, Peter Arthur Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States, Christine E White, ESRI, ESRI, Redlands, CA, United States, Toshihiko Iyemori, Kyoto Univ, Kyoto, Japan and Christine E White, ESRI, Redlands, CA, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 1:40 PM-2:40 PM
Leptoukh Lecture
Kerstin Lehnert, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States and Michael Piasecki, City College New York, New York City, NY, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Challenges in Production and Management of Earth System Data Records II
Hampapuram Ramapriyan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cent, Greenbelt, United States and Lucia Tsaoussi, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States
Wednesday, 17 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Semantic Web and Provenance: Distributed Earth Science Resources in the Data Life Cycle II
Justin Goldstein, US Global Change Research Program, Washington D.C., DC, United States, Matthew S. Mayernik, National Center for Atmospheric Research / University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Curt Tilmes, NASA Headquarters, Washington, DC, United States and Deborah L McGuinness, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Cyberinfrastructure for Field Work: Data Standards, Computer Applications, Instrumentation, and Best Practices I Posters
Xiaogang Ma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States, Matty Mookerjee, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, United States, Charuleka Varadharajan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States and Deb Agarwal, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Dark Data: Rescuing Data from the Edge of Oblivion I Posters
David W Gallaher, University of Colorado Boulder, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, Kerstin Lehnert, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, George garrett Campbell, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and G. Garrett Campbell, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Polar Cyberinfrastructure Posters
Lynn Yarmey, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, Paul J Morin, Polar Geospatial Center, St Paul, MN, United States, Chaowei Phil Yang, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, United States and Wenwen Li, Arizona State Univ, School of Geographical Science and Urban Planning, Tempe, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Near-Real-Time Data for Earth Science and Space Weather Applications I
Gerald W Bawden, US Geological Survey, Sacramento, United States, Michael H Goodman, NASA Marshall Space Flght Ctr, Huntsville, AL, United States and Kevin J Murphy, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Near-Real-Time Data for Earth Science and Space Weather Applications II
Gerald W Bawden, US Geological Survey, Sacramento, United States, Michael H Goodman, NASA Marshall Space Flight Center, Code ST10, Huntsville, AL, United States and Kevin J Murphy, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Collaborative Community Platforms for the Earth Sciences Posters
Mark A Parsons, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tetherless World Constellation, Troy, United States and Erin Robinson, Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners, Boulder, CO, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Frontiers in Uncertainty Quantification for Geophysical Modeling Posters
Ming Ye, Florida State University, Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Science, Tallahassee, United States, Jasper A Vrugt, UC-Irvine, Irvine, United States and Bryan Tolson, University of Waterloo, Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Waterloo, ON, Canada
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Near-Real-Time Data for Earth Science and Space Weather Applications III Posters
Gerald W Bawden, US Geological Survey, Sacramento, United States, Michael H Goodman, NASA Marshall Space Flght Ctr, Huntsville, AL, United States and Kevin J Murphy, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Science Data System Architectures for New Earth Science Missions and Applications Posters
John Firor Moses, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Ron Weaver, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States and David J Meyer, USGS, Baltimore, MD, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Dark Data: Rescuing Data from the Edge of Oblivion II
David W Gallaher, University of Colorado Boulder, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, Kerstin Lehnert, Columbia University, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Palisades, United States, George garrett Campbell, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and G. Garrett Campbell, University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States
Thursday, 18 December 2014: 4:00 PM-6:00 PM
Cyberinfrastructure for Field Work: Data Standards, Computer Applications, Instrumentation, and Best Practices II
Xiaogang Ma, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, United States, Matty Mookerjee, Sonoma State University, Rohnert Park, United States, Charuleka Varadharajan, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Earth and Environmental Sciences Area, Berkeley, CA, United States, Deb Agarwal, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, CA, United States and Matty Mookerjee, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Advanced Information Systems to Support Climate Projection Data Analysis I Posters
Gerald L Potter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Tsengdar J Lee, NASA, Washington, United States, Cecelia DeLuca, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States; NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States and Chris A Mattmann, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-12:20 PM
Identifying and Better Understanding Data Science Activities, Experiences, Challenges, and Gaps Posters
Emily Law, CalTech JPL, Pasadena, CA, United States, John S Hughes, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States and Steven J Kempler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Friday, 19 December 2014: 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Improving Discoverability of Geophysical Data I
Jeff de La Beaujardière, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Peter Arthur Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tetherless World Constellation, Troy, NY, United States, Sky Bristol, USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States, Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Erin Robinson, Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners, Boulder, CO, United States
Friday, 19 December 2014: 10:20 AM-12:20 PM
Visualization Technologies Enhancing Earth and Space Science Data Usability I
Charles K Thompson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Daniel Steinwand, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, Walter E Baskin, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Wenwen Li, Arizona State Univ, School of Geographical Science and Urban Planning, Tempe, United States and Linyun Fu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Advancing Analytics Using Big Data Climate Information System Posters
Kwo-Sen Kuo, University of Maryland, College Park, United States; Bayesics, LLC, Bowie, MD, United States, Tsengdar J Lee, NASA, Washington, United States, Michael S Seablom, NASA, Washington, DC, United States, Ramakrishna R Nemani, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, United States and Kwo-Sen Kuo, NASA Goddard SFC, Greenbelt, MD, United States; Bayesics, LLC, Bowie, United States
Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Improving Discoverability of Geophysical Data II Posters
Peter Arthur Fox, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Tetherless World Constellation, Troy, NY, United States, Sky Bristol, USGS Headquarters, Reston, VA, United States, Jeff de La Beaujardière, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States, Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States and Erin Robinson, Foundation for Earth Science Information Partners, Boulder, CO, United States
Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Life Cycle Planning for Science Data Preservation Posters
Steven J Kempler, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, GES DISC, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Hampapuram Ramapriyan, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cent, Greenbelt, United States, Mirko Albani, European Space Agency/ESRIN, Frascati, Italy and Kenneth S Casey, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-6:00 PM
Visualization Technologies Enhancing Earth and Space Science Data Usability II Posters
Charles K Thompson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Daniel Steinwand, USGS Earth Resources Observation and Science Center, Sioux Falls, SD, United States, Walter E Baskin, Organization Not Listed, Washington, DC, United States, Wenwen Li, Arizona State Univ, School of Geographical Science and Urban Planning, Tempe, United States and Linyun Fu, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY, United States
Friday, 19 December 2014: 1:40 PM-3:40 PM
Advanced Information Systems to Support Climate Projection Data Analysis II
Tsengdar J Lee, NASA Headquarters, Washington, United States, Cecelia DeLuca, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States; NOAA Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, Gerald L Potter, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States; University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Chris A Mattmann, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States