Joint Session 11 Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science and Weather Forecasting

Wednesday, 25 January 2017: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
3AB (Washington State Convention Center )
Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs:
George Komar, NASA/GSFC/ESTO, Earth Science Technology Office, Greenbelt, MD and Margaret Caulfield, Silver Spring, MD

Papers:
8:30 AM
J11.1
Technology Development in Support of a Future Earth Observation Nanosatellite-Infrared (EON-IR) Atmospheric Sounder
Thomas Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
J11.2
New Small Satellite Capabilities for Microwave Atmospheric Remote Sensing
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
J11.3
MISTiC Winds, a Micro-Satellite Constellation Approach to High Resolution Observations of the Atmosphere using Infrared Sounding and 3D Winds Measurements
K. R. Maschhoff, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
J11.4
Enabling Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Processes using 6U-Class Small Satellite Constellations: Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Technology Demonstration (TEMPEST-D)
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. C. Gaier, C. D. Kummerow, V. Chandrasekar, S. Padmanabhan, B. H. Lim, C. Heneghan, W. Berg, J. P. Olson, S. T. Brown, J. Carvo, and M. Pallas

9:30 AM
J11.5
Challenges of Using Small Satellite Data in Numerical Weather Prediction Models
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
J11.6
There's Nothing "Small" About Small Satellite Constellation Spectrum Use — Need for Good Planning in Crowded Skys
David G. Lubar, Aerospace Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO; and B. Backus
Recorded Presentation

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