Description:

NASA’s Earth System Observatory (ESO) will provide a holistic, 3-D view of the planet focusing on multiple core study areas including aerosols; clouds, convection, and precipitation; mass change; biology and geology; and surface deformation and change.  As scientists look forward to ESO, many are formulating ways to use suborbital (ie: non-satellite, airborne and field) Earth-based measurements to inform the development and maximize the value of both current and future Earth observing missions.  We look to ESO as a new era of use and reuse of airborne and field-based data, with a keen awareness that many satellite-borne instruments begin development as ground- and/or aircraft-based analogs, as well as practical considerations that essential satellite calibration/validation work relies on observations collected by sensors on non-satellite platforms.

This session encourages contributions on the use, combination, and stewardship of data from previous airborne and field campaigns as well as concepts currently in development for ESO-relevant future efforts.  Particular attention will be granted to presentations that demonstrate alignment with and support for the NASA Earth Science to Action Strategy vision and mission to collaboratively explore and understand Earth systems and enable solutions that benefit humanity.  Example presentation topics include but are not limited to:  multi-scale and multi-platform science applications aligned with NASA ESO priorities; suborbital data stewardship methodologies and workflows (including cloud architectures); coactive and distinct metadata standards across multiple science domains; challenges and solutions for the integration of airborne and field data for AI-based science applications; and discovery, access, and reuse of airborne/field data for new science inquiries.