A33P:
The Rise of Small Satellite Constellations for Earth Observation I

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Session ID#: 16330

Session Description:
Earth and geospace observation from space-based constellations holds the promise of simultaneous global coverage at high temporal resolution.  The maturation of small satellite and constellation technologies is providing new opportunities for making the next great leap in science and applications, using multi-point observatories.   This session explores Earth and space science problems that are or could be addressed using small satellite constellations or swarms and the underlying observation approaches that make new solutions possible.  We invite contributions presenting current or planned missions, mission concepts, studies that define measurement requirements, and new and developing technologies that specifically enable constellations.
Primary Convener:  William H Swartz, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States
Conveners:  Charles D Norton, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Pamela Millar, University of Colorado at Boulder, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, United States and David M Klumpar, Montana State University - Bozeman, Space Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Physics, Bozeman, United States
Chairs:  William H Swartz, Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, Laurel, MD, United States and David M Klumpar, Montana State University - Bozeman, Space Science and Engineering Laboratory, Department of Physics, Bozeman, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Charles D Norton, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Co-Organized with:
SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics, SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics, SPA-Aeronomy, and Earth and Space Science Informatics

Cross-Listed:
  • GC - Global Environmental Change
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics

Proposed Co-Organized Session with:
  • IN - Earth and Space Science Informatics
  • SA - SPA-Aeronomy
  • SH - SPA-Solar and Heliospheric Physics
Index Terms:

0394 Instruments and techniques [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
0399 General or miscellaneous [ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AND STRUCTURE]
3360 Remote sensing [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]
3399 General or miscellaneous [ATMOSPHERIC PROCESSES]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Achieving Science with CubeSats: Thinking Inside the Box (157881)
Thomas Zurbuchen, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, MI, United States and Bhavya Lal, Science and Technology Policy Institute, Washington, DC, United States
The TROPICS smallsat tropical cyclone mission: High temporal resolution microwave imagery as part of NASA's third Earth Venture-Instrument (EVI-3) program (Invited) (124131)
William J Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA, United States, Scott A Braun, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Ralf Bennartz, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, United States, Chris Velden, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Madison, WI, United States, Robert M Atlas, NOAA Miami, Miami, FL, United States, Jason Dunion, University of Miami/CIMAS - NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL, United States, Frank Marks, NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division, Key Biscayne, FL, United States, Robert F Rogers, NOAA/AOML/Hurricane Research Division, Miami, FL, United States and Mark Demaria, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, United States
NOAA Interest in Small Satellite Solutions for Mitigation of Data Gaps (187307)
Margaret Caulfield1, Kevin Tewey1 and Pereira John2, (1)NOAA National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, Silver Spring, MD, United States, (2)OPPA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD, United States
Small Satellite Constellations for Geospace Sciences (Invited) (194708)
Harlan E Spence, University of New Hampshire Main Campus, Space Science Center, Durham, NH, United States
CYGNSS Observations of Surface Wind Speeds in Oceanic Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones (170687)
Derek J Posselt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, Juan Crespo, University of Michigan Ann Arbor, Ann Arbor, United States and Catherine M Naud, Columbia University of New York, Palisades, NY, United States
Sub-Ionospheric Measurements of the Ocean, Atmosphere, and Ionosphere from the CARINA Satellites (195666)
Paul A Bernhardt, US Naval Research Laboratory, Plasma Physics Division, Washington, DC, United States, John A Montgomery Jr., US Naval Research Laboratory, Code 8222 Naval Center for Space Technology, Washington, DC, United States, Carl L Siefring, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, United States and George Gatling, US Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, United States
A Constellation of CubeSat InSAR Sensors for Rapid-Revisit Surface Deformation Studies (190071)
Lauren Wye1, Simon Lee1, Sang-Ho Yun2, Howard A Zebker3, Jonathan D Stock4, Charles Wesley Wicks Jr5 and Rick Doe1, (1)SRI International Menlo Park, Menlo Park, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (3)Stanford University, Geophysics, Stanford, CA, United States, (4)USGS, Geology, Minerals, Energy, and Geophysics Science Center, Moffett Field, United States, (5)U.S. Geological Survey, Earthquake Science Center, Menlo Park, CA, United States
Towards Daily 5 m Resolution Mosaics of the Earth (192805)
Kelsey A Jordahl1, Robert B Simmon1, Amit Kapadia1, Joe D Kington IV1, Kevin Wurster2 and Maurice Schönert3, (1)Planet Labs, San Francisco, CA, United States, (2)Planet Labs, San Francisco, United States, (3)Planet Labs Germany GmbH, Berlin, Germany

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