GC12A:
Advancing Global Surface Biology and Geology Science with Visible to Short-Wavelength Infrared Imaging Spectroscopy and Thermal Infrared Measurements II


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Session ID#: 58915

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:  David R Thompson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States
Conveners:  Robert O Green, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States and Elizabeth Middleton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cen., Greenbelt, MD, 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, Simon J Hook, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States and Elizabeth Middleton, NASA Goddard Space Flight Cen., Greenbelt, MD, United States
OSPA Liaison:  Ian Mccubbin, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, United States
Index Terms:

0232 Impacts of climate change: ecosystem health [GEOHEALTH]
1640 Remote sensing [GLOBAL CHANGE]
4217 Coastal processes [OCEANOGRAPHY: GENERAL]
4337 Remote sensing and disasters [NATURAL HAZARDS]

Abstracts Submitted to this Session:

ECOSTRESS, HyTES and HyspIRI/SBG – Imaging in the Thermal Infrared (467497)
Simon J Hook, Kerry Cawse-Nicholson and Glynn C Hulley, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States
Insights from the Decadal Survey process: Advancing global thermal infrared imaging for improved surface biology and geology science (Invited) (368996)
Prof. Michael S Ramsey, PhD, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Geology and Environmental Science, Pittsburgh, United States
Thermal footprints preceding volcanic eruptions (393836)
Társilo Girona1, Vincent J Realmuto2 and Paul Lundgren1, (1)Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, (2)JPL, Pasadena, United States
Mapping REE-mineralogy using AVIRIS-NG hyperspectral data at the Mountain Pass Mine, California USA (400279)
Gregg A Swayze, Todd Michael Hoefen, Heather A. Lowers, Dave T Adams and Keith E. Livo, U.S. Geological Survey, Denver, CO, United States
Examining Spectral Indicators of Trace Metal Contamination Near the Ambaji and Zawar Mines in Gujarat and Rajasthan, India using Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer-Next Generation (AVIRIS-NG) Data (456813)
William H Farrand, Space Science Institute, Boulder, CO, United States, Satadru Bhattacharya, Space Applications center, Ahemadabad, India and Ashwin Gujrati, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organization, Ahmedabad, India
Inversion Strategies to Retrieve Snow Albedo and Temperature from Spectrometers and Multispectral Sensors (382667)
Jeff Dozier, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Edward Bair, University of California, Earth Research Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, United States and Thomas H Painter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States
Constraining physically-based climate modeling with snow spectroscopic measurements from the Surface Biology and Geology concept (370208)
Thomas H Painter, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, United States, Kathryn J Bormann, JPL/NASA/Caltech, Pasadena, CA, United States, Elizabeth Carey, Airborne Snow Observatories Inc., Mammoth Lakes, CA, United States, Jeff Dozier, University of California Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, Mark Flanner, University of Michigan, Department of Climate and Space Sciences and Engineering, Ann Arbor, United States, Robert O Green, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, United States, Yun Qian, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA, United States and McKenzie Skiles, University of Utah, School of Environment, Society & Sustainability, Salt Lake City, UT, United States

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