C51C:
Using the Satellite Microwave Radiometer Record for Climate Analyses: Past, Present, and the Future Looming Observation Gap II Posters

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Session ID#: 32644

Session Description:
Since 1978, the scientific community has derived enormous benefit from satellite-borne passive microwave observations; derived records include the dramatic recent declining Arctic sea ice extent. Newly-processed NASA MEaSUREs Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Brightness Temperature (CETB) ESDR data provide gridded enhanced-resolution (up to 3.125 km) passive microwave data, in addition to conventional 25-km grids, and include all data from each instrument, providing extensive periods of overlap. The CETB data will enable improved insights into the historical records of derived geophysical variables. This climate record is threatened – current satellites carrying microwave radiometers have no planned successors, and all are beyond their design life. New U.S., European and Japanese radiometers will not launch before 2022, and data from existing Chinese and Russian satellites have not been evaluated. This session will explore potential applications of CETB data, as well as options for addressing the threat to the continuity of passive microwave observations.
Primary Convener:  Molly Hardman, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, United States
Conveners:  David W Gallaher, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, Stan Wilson, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Boulder, CO, United States and Barton A Forman, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD, United States
Chairs:  David W Gallaher, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, Molly Hardman, National Snow and Ice Data Center, CIRES, Boulder, CO, United States and Joan M Ramage, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Mary J. Brodzik, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States

Cross-Listed:
  • A - Atmospheric Sciences
  • H - Hydrology
Index Terms:

0738 Ice [CRYOSPHERE]
0750 Sea ice [CRYOSPHERE]
0758 Remote sensing [CRYOSPHERE]
0794 Instruments and techniques [CRYOSPHERE]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

Calibrated, Enhanced-Resolution Brightness Temperature Earth System Data Record: A New Era for Gridded Passive Microwave Data (291081)
Molly Hardman, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, United States, Mary J. Brodzik, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States and David G Long, Brigham Young University, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Provo, United States
Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Colorado Watersheds Using Calibrated, Enhanced-Resolution Brightness Temperatures (CETB) from AMSR-E and SSM/I for Estimation of Snowmelt Timing (246549)
Mitchell Johnson1, Joan M Ramage2, Tara J. Troy1 and Mary J. Brodzik3, (1)Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United States, (2)Lehigh University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, United States, (3)University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States
Arctic Sea Ice Melt Onset Estimates from Enhanced Resolution Passive Microwave Data (251344)
Angela C Bliss, University of Maryland College Park, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, United States; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Cryospheric Sciences Laboratory, Greenbelt, MD, United States
Testing Snow Melt Algorithms in High Relief Topography Using Calibrated Enhanced-Resolution Brightness Temperatures, Hunza River Basin, Pakistan (275777)
Joan M Ramage, Lehigh University, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Bethlehem, United States, Mary J. Brodzik, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO, United States, Molly Hardman, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, United States and Tara J. Troy, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United States
Glacial Boundary Features Delineated Using Enhanced-resolution Passive-microwave Data to Determine Melt Season Variation of the Vatnajokull Ice Cap, Iceland (299482)
Danika Maria Marzillier, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA, United States and Joan M Ramage, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, United States
Variations in West Antarctic Ice Front and Passive Microwave Brightness Temperature for 8 Years Duration in 2000s (299612)
Jieun Kim, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, Korea, Republic of (South), Jaehyung Yu, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, South Korea, Lei Wang, Louisiana State University, Department of Geography and Anthropology, Baton Rouge, LA, United States and Hongxing Liu, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States
Ramifications of a potential gap in passive microwave data for the long-term sea ice climate record (298525)
J Scott Stewart, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, United States and Walter Meier, National Snow and Ice Data Center, CIRES, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, United States
Current Operational Use of and Future Needs for Microwave Imagery at NOAA (291531)
Gary McWilliams, JPSS Program Office/STC, Lanham, MD, United States, Mitch Goldberg, NOAA NESDIS Senior Scientist, Silver Spring, United States and Paul Chang, NOAA College Park, College Park, MD, United States
The COWVR Mission: Demonstrating Small Satellite Capability to Fill the Looming Gap in Microwave Radiometer Coverage (290879)
Shannon Thomas Brown1, Paolo Focardi2, Amarit Kitiyakara3, Frank Maiwald4, Lance Milligan5, Oliver Montes6, Sharmila Padmanabhan7, Richard Redick4 and Damon Russell8, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (3)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (4)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)JPL, Pasadena, United States, (6)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, United States, (7)Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, United States, (8)Jet Propulsion Lab, Pasadena, CA, United States

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