Session 9A Leveraging International Collaboration to Advance the Environmental Satellite Missions

Wednesday, 31 January 2024: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
309 (The Baltimore Convention Center)
Host: 20th Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs:
Natalia Donoho, Col USAF Ret and AMS Fellow, GOES-R Program Office, Silver Spring, MD and Mary Ann Kutny, Narayan Strategy, Washington, DC

For a complex, global challenge such as the global earth system, collaboration across political boundaries enables faster mission advances and more efficient use of limited resources.  Such collaboration can be leveraged throughout the value chain from data collection technologies through creation and delivery of products.  This session aims to bring attention to demonstrated successes of near-term opportunities for international collaboration for the weather and climate mission.

Papers:
8:30 AM
9A.1
On the Need for Satellite Observations over the Arctic
Kenneth Holmlund, Private, Rossdorf, Germany

9:00 AM
9A.2
Arctic Observing Mission (AOM): Update on Pre-Formulation Study Progress and Partnerships
Ray Nassar, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Casey, G. Gariepy, K. Yilmaz, M. Arkett, C. Sioris, C. McLinden, J. Mendonca, J. Aparicio, S. E. Qian, M. Haroun, I. Jean, K. McClelland, and A. Trishchenko

Handout (1.9 MB)

9:15 AM
9A.3
Can a LEO Architecture Fully Replace GEO Measurements for Low-Light Imagery and Hyperspectral IR Sounding?
Scott Schnee, The Aerospace Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and F. W. Gallagher III, M. Bonadonna, N. George, M. Maier, K. Hanifen, S. Morgan, D. Christensen, M. Moore, and E. C. Grigsby

9:30 AM
9A.4
Nowcasting in Asia-Pacific: A United States Perspective
Jordan J. Gerth, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Handout (4.1 MB)

9:45 AM
9A.5
Overview of Himawari-10 Imager and Sounder
John Peter Van Naarden, L3Harris Technologies, Fort Wayne, IN; and D. Gall, R. Lancaster, and J. Holder

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