GC22D:
Research Results from the Multiseason, Multiyear Western U.S. NASA Remote Measurement Science Campaign I


Session ID#: 10363

Session Description:
In order to quantify ecosystem characteristics, composition and dynamics with measurements from the visible through thermal infrared, NASA conducted a multi-season, multi-year science campaign over 6 large regions of the western U.S. in preparation for the future HyspIRI Mission.  Full visible through short wavelength infrared imaging spectroscopy as well as thermal infrared multispectral images were acquired.  These data captured a diverse surface types with results spanning terrestrial and aquatic ecosystem composition, function, biochemistry, seasonality, and modeling; urban land cover, temperature, evapotranspiration; surface energy balance; atmospheric characterization and local methane sources; surface geology, resources, soils, and hazards. The campaign also captured the onset of the most severe draught in California’s history and includes the Rim and King fire impact zones.  This session provides an opportunity for investigators to summarize their latest results.
Primary Convener:  David R Thompson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Simon J Hook1, Robert O Green1 and Morgan L Cable2, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States(2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Chairs:  Morgan L Cable, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and David R Thompson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Morgan L Cable, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • B - Biogeosciences
  • H - Hydrology
  • NH - Natural Hazards
  • OS - Ocean Sciences
Index Terms:

1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
9805 Instruments useful in three or more fields [GENERAL OR MISCELLANEOUS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Coral Reef Color: Remote and In-Situ Imaging Spectroscopy of Reef Structure and Function (Invited) (62726)
Eric J Hochberg, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St.George's, GE, Bermuda
Multiyear Multiseasonal Changes in Leaf and Canopy Traits Measured by AVIRIS over Ecosystems with Different Functional Type Characteristics Through the Progressive California Drought 2013-2015 (Invited) (71522)
Susan Ustin1, Keely L Roth2, Margarita Huesca2, Angeles Casas2, Karine Adeline2, Darren Drewry3, Alexander Koltunov4 and Carlos Ramirez5, (1)University of California Davis, Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS), Davis, United States, (2)University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, (3)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (4)University of California, Davis, Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS), Davis, United States, (5)USDA Forest Service, Pacific Southwest Region Remote Sensing Lab, McClellan, CA, United States
Assessment of Forest Vulnerability to Climate Change from Imaging Spectroscopy (Invited) (82977)
Gregory Paul Asner, Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, CA, United States and Carnegie Airborne Observatory Team
Overview of the technical and scientific status of the EnMAP imaging spectroscopy mission (Invited) (58267)
Luis Guanter1, Karl Segl1, Saskia Foerster1, André Hollstein1, Hermann Josef Kaufmann1, Godela Rossner2, Christian Chlebek2, Andreas Mueller3, Tobias Storch3 and Bernhard Sang4, (1)Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences, Potsdam, Germany, (2)German Aerospace Center DLR Bonn, Bonn, Germany, (3)German Aerospace Center DLR Oberpfaffenhofen, Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany, (4)OHB System AG, Munich, Germany
Monitoring the Impacts of Severe Drought on Plant Species in Southern California Chaparral (61887)
Philip E Dennison, University of Utah, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Austin Coates, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States, Dar A Roberts, University of California Santa Barbara, Department of Geography, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Keely L Roth, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States
HyspIRI Measurements of Agricultural Systems in California: 2013-2015 (67641)
Philip A Townsend1, Eric L Kruger2, Aditya Singh3, Andrew Jablonski4, Steve Kochaver2 and Dr. Shawn Serbin, BA, MS, PhD5, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, United States, (4)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, United States, (5)Brookhaven National Laboratory, Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Upton, United States
Advances in Mineral Dust Source Composition Measurement with Imaging Spectroscopy at the Salton Sea, CA (68525)
Robert O Green, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Vincent J Realmuto, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, David R Thompson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Natalie M Mahowald, Cornell University, Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, Ithaca, NY, United States, Carlos Pérez García-Pando, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States, Ron L Miller, NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies, New York, NY, United States, Roger Nelson Clark, Planetary Science Institute, Tucson, United States, Gregg A Swayze, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, United States and Greg S Okin, University of California Los Angeles, Department of Geography, Los Angeles, CA, United States
Mapping land surface energy budget from the AVIRIS and MASTER data (69337)
Dongdong Wang and Shunlin Liang, University of Maryland College Park, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, United States

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