Session 2A Advances in Satellite Observations, Earth Science, and Observing Technologies that can complement the Heritage Observation Systems and potentially lead to Advances in Next Generation Observation Systems

Monday, 13 January 2025: 10:45 AM-12:00 PM
343 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O)
Chair:
Amber Elizabeth Emory, NASA, Earth Science Division, Washington, DC
CoChair:
Martin Yapur, 1970, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

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

Papers:
10:45 AM
2A.1
Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer Performance After Three-years On-orbit: From Tech Demo to Operations
Shannon Brown, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and A. Kitiyakara, M. G. Morris, F. Polverari, S. Swadley, and E. Simon

11:00 AM
2A.2
The Advanced Ultra-high Resolution Optical RAdiometer (AURORA) Pathfinder
Antonia Gambacorta, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and O. Pradhan, M. Stephen, F. Gambini, S. Misra, M. Ogut, J. Murakowski, M. Vega, P. Mohammed, N. Shahroudi, J. Lucey, P. Kangaslahti, S. Brown, and J. Piepmeier

11:15 AM
2A.3
Instrument Architecture of the Advanced Ultra-high Resolution Optical Radiometer (AURORA) Pathfinder
Omkar Pradhan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and A. Gambacorta, F. Gambini, M. Stephen, S. Misra, M. Ogut, M. Vega, P. Mohammed, P. Kangaslahti, J. Piepmeier, and N. Shahroudi

11:30 AM
2A.4
The Development and Maintenance of a Longterm Observational Solar Spectral Irradiance Data Record
Erik C. Richard, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO; and D. Harber, A. Hoskins, M. White, and O. M. Coddington

11:45 AM
2A.5
Bridging the Gaps: A CubeSat Implementation to Enhance Earth’s Radiation Budget Observations from Space
McKenzie Hawkins, Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics, Boulder, CO; and M. Watwood, M. S. van den Heever, E. C. Richard, P. Pilewskie, and D. Harber

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