GC11A:
Advancing Global Surface Biology and Geology Science with Visible to Short-Wavelength Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy and Thermal Infrared Measurements I
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Session ID#: 58909
Session Description:
We review the science and applications of recent airborne imaging spectrometer and thermal infrared imager campaigns in the United States, India, and elsewhere. These will underpin continuing development of a future NASA global mission for full spectrum reflectance and thermal infrared imagery. In the next decade, with this new capability, we foresee collection of vital information on the state of Earth’s geosphere, biosphere, and hydrosphere. This session will also highlight methodologies and scaling issues relevant to global Surface Biology and Geology measurement prioritized by the 2017 Earth Science and Applications Decadal Survey.
Our themes include: coral reef surveys; volcano investigations; surface ecology and biodiversity studies; aquatic ecosystem and water quality monitoring; hydrology studies, including ice and snow characterization; land use studies; and more. Today’s research in these areas provides a strong foundation to utilize global spectroscopic and thermal infrared measurements in the future, and advances urgent new Earth science objectives.
Primary Convener: Robert O Green, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Conveners: Robert O Green1, Simon J Hook1 and Ian Mccubbin2, (1)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States(2)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States
Primary Liaison: David R Thompson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Chairs: David R Thompson, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Elizabeth Middleton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cen., Greenbelt, MD, United States and Robert O Green, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
OSPA Liaison: Ian Mccubbin, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States
Abstracts Submitted to this Session:
David R Thompson1, Kerry Cawse-Nicholson2, Michael L Eastwood2, Zachary K Erickson3, Cedric G Fichot4, Christian Frankenberg5, Bo-Cai Gao6, Michelle M Gierach1, Robert O Green2, Mark C Helmlinger1, Terry Hazel Mullen7, Vijay Natraj2, Winston Olson-Duvall1, Shanti Rao2 and Andrew F Thompson8, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (2)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (3)NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Physical Oceanography, Seattle, WA, United States, (4)Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, (5)California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (6)Naval Research Lab DC, Washington, DC, United States, (7)University of Massachusetts Amherst, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Amherst, MA, United States, (8)CALTECH California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Erin Lee Hestir, University of California Merced, Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering, Merced, CA, United States and Christiana Ade, University of California Merced, Civil & Environmental Engineering, Merced, CA, United States
Philip A Townsend1, Adam Chlus2, Zhihui Wang2, Ting Zheng3, David R Thompson4, Fabian D Schneider5, Ryan Pavlick6, E. Natasha Stavros7, Gregory Paul Asner8 and David Schimel9, (1)University of Wisconsin Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, WI, United States, (2)University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, United States, (3)University of Wisconsin - Madison, Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, United States, (4)NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, (5)JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States, (6)NASA Headquarters, Washington, D.C., United States, (7)Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, United States, (8)Carnegie Institution for Science, Department of Global Ecology, Stanford, CA, United States, (9)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Kaitlin Gold, Cornell University, Cornell Agritech, Plant Pathology Section, Geneva, NY, United States, Ittai Herrmann, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Sede-Boker, Israel, Philip A Townsend, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Forest and Wildlife Ecology, Madison, United States and Amanda J Gevens, University of Wisconsin Madison, Department of Plant Pathology, Madison, United States
Karl F Huemmrich1, Petya K. E. Campbell2, Sergio A Vargas Zesati3, Craig E. Tweedie3 and Elizabeth Middleton4, (1)University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States, (2)UMBC, Greenbelt, United States, (3)University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States, (4)NASA Goddard Space Flight Cen., Greenbelt, MD, United States
Elizabeth Middleton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, Qingyuan Zhang, Universities Space Research Association Greenbelt, Ellicott City, United States, Petya K. E. Campbell, UMBC, Greenbelt, United States, David Landis, Global Science and Technology Inc Greenbelt, Greenbelt, United States and K. Fred Huemmrich, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States
Eric J Hochberg, PhD, Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, St.George's, Bermuda, Michelle M Gierach, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and CORAL Science Team
Jianwei Wei, University of Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States, Zhongping Lee, Unv. Massachusetts Boston, Boston, MA, United States, Rodrigo Alejandro Garcia, university of Massachusetts Boston, School For the Environment, Boston, United States and Kelly Luis, University of Massachusetts Boston, Dorchester, United States
