J1A Advances in Cubesats and Smallsats for Observations and Measurements of Earth’s Atmosphere Thermodynamic Structure and Processes, Winds, and Water Cycle Processes, and to Improve Climate Monitoring, Weather Forecasting, or Space Weather Prediction

Monday, 29 January 2024: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
320 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 26th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography, and Climatology )
Cochairs:
Martin Yapur, 1970, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD and Amber Elizabeth Emory, NASA, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC

Papers:
Welcoming Remarks

8:30 AM
J1A.1
Assessing TROPICS Pathfinder's Precipitation Retrieval Performance Through the NOAA Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MiRS)
John Xun Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and Y. K. Lee, S. Liu, C. Grassotti, Q. Liu, K. Garrett, W. J. Blackwell, R. V. Leslie, T. J. Greenwald, and S. A. Braun

8:45 AM
J1A.2
Enabling Enhanced Temporal Resolution of Observations and Retrievals of Water Vapor, Clouds and Precipitation: Recent Scientific Results from the Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) Missions
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow, V. Chandrasekar, C. Radhakrishnan, C. P. Kuo, S. T. Brown, and R. Schulte

9:00 AM
J1A.3
Results of the Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer Demonstration Mission: A Small-Sat Conical Microwave Imager
Shannon Brown, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Kitiyakara, M. G. Morris, S. Swadley, S. Farrar, and E. Simon

9:15 AM
J1A.4
Small Satellite DCS Use as an Operational Concept
Beau Backus, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

9:30 AM
J1A.5
SToRM SAR, a Multi-static Precipitation Radar Hosted by Micro-satellites: an Update on Ground-based Risk-Reduction Field-test Results and Airborne Demonstration Plans
Kevin R. Maschhoff, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH; BAE Systems, Nashua, NH; and M. F. Ryba, C. P. Agostino, V. Chandrasekar, M. Lovato, and P. Kennedy

9:45 AM
J1A.6
Reprocessed Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder Data Records for Studying Atmospheric Water Vapor Trend
Quanhua (Mark) Liu, Quanhua Liu, College Park, MD; and C. Grassotti, N. Sun, H. Yang, S. Iacovazzi, X. Liang, Y. Zhou, Y. K. Lee, S. Liu, and J. Yang

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