Topic: 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 (105th AMS Annual Meeting)

Monday, 13 January 2025: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM

343 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); and the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )

Chair:

Martin Yapur, 1970, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

CoChair:

Amber Elizabeth Emory, NASA, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC

Conveners:
Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS, Amber Emory, NASA/ESTO, and Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/SAE Affiliate and ISS, Inc.

Papers:

8:30 AM

J1A.1

Recent Advances in Electronically-Scanning Microwave Sounding and Imaging from Small Satellite Platforms: Design, Development, Testing, and Analysis

William J. Blackwell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, C. Kataria, A. Milstein, M. Pieper, W. Moulder, S. C. Reising, and R. Thomas

8:45 AM

J1A.2

Enhanced Temporal Resolution of Observations of Thermodynamic Variables, 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, S. T. Brown, C. Radhakrishnan, C. P. Kuo, and R. Schulte

9:00 AM

J1A.3

The Tomorrow.io Microwave Sounder Constellation: Pre-launch Performance Assessment and Early On-Orbit Results

S. Joseph J. Munchak, Tomorrow.io, Boston, MA; and E. Nelson

9:15 AM

J1A.4

Towards Better Estimates of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Structure Parameters from Microwave Soundings

Galina Chirokova, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria, Z. Ruan, R. T. DeMaria, C. McClelland, D. Molenar, and J. Knaff

9:30 AM

J1A.5

SToRM SAR, A Multi-Static Precipitation Radar Hosted by Micro-Satellites: Airborne Observation Method Demonstration Results

Kevin R. Maschhoff, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH; and M. F. Ryba, J. S. Wood, P. C. Nuccio, V. Chandrasekar, M. Lovato, and P. Kennedy