2_2011 igarss smap applications program presentation.pdf
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Vanessa M. Escobar, Sigma Space, NASA, GSFC
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SMAP will provide high-‐resolu5on, frequent-‐revisit global mapping of soil moisture and freeze/thaw state to enable science and applica5ons users to: Understand processes that link the terrestrial
water, energy and carbon cycles
Es5mate global water and energy fluxes at the land surface
Quan5fy net carbon flux in boreal landscapes Enhance weather and climate forecast skill
Develop improved flood predic5on and drought monitoring capability
Freeze/thaw state
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Vanessa M. Escobar, Sigma Space, NASA, GSFC
Objec&ve: To increase and sustain the interac&on between applica&ons, users and scien&st involved in mission development
• The Program funds projects that will enable innova5ve uses of NASA Earth science data in organiza5ons' policy, business, and management decisions.
• Project results can enhance decision-‐making, improve the quality of life and strengthen the economy.
• The Program’s porQolio of projects deliver results 7 areas of na5onal priority, including: Air Quality Climate Disasters Ecological Forecas5ng Public Health Weather
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Vanessa M. Escobar, Sigma Space, NASA, GSFC
• Publicizes the mission’s goals and objec5ves • Defines its data products for a broad audience • Iden&fies communi5es of poten5al users in the scien5fic, opera5onal and policy domains
• Engages user communi5es to solicit informa5on on poten5al uses of mission data
• Facilitate and sponsor research programs between the SDT and the user community to ensure rapid and effec5ve uptake of mission data upon launch
• Builds bridges between the users and the scien5st so the informa5on exchange can be an on going process
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Vanessa M. Escobar, Sigma Space, NASA, GSFC
The SMAP mission has two different community of scien5sts, policy makers and analysts who may be interested in using SMAP data products.
• Community of Prac&ce –users who will partner to op5mize their use of pilot products as part of their current scien5fic, decision making or policy development ac5vi5es; and
• Community of Poten&al -‐ users that are unfamiliar with the capabili5es of SMAP data but have the poten5al to benefit from the products in their applica5on or science
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A SMAP Applica5ons Working Group (AppWG) has been developed to iden5fy poten5al models, programs and processes that will benefit from SMAP data across agencies and develops partnerships to op5mize and improve these processes in prepara5on for the eventual availability of the data
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Stephane Belair (Environment Canada):Impact Evalua5on of Observa5ons from SMAP Mission in Environment Canada’s Predic5ve Systems (CaLDAS)
Dr. Lars Isaksen and Dr. Patricia de Rosnay (ECMWF): Implementa5on of SMAP brightness temperature and soil moisture at ECMWF
Dr. Xiwu Zhan (NOAA): Transi5on of NASA SMAP research to NOAA Opera5onal Numerical Weather and Seasonal Climate Predic5ons and Research Hydrological Forecast
Dr. Hosni Ghedira (Masdar Ins&tute, UAE): Es5ma5ng and Mapping the Extent of Saharan Dust Emissions Using SMAP –derived soil moisture data
Dr. Zhengwei Yang/Mr. Rick Mueller (USDA NASS) : U.S. Na5onal Cropland Soil Moisture Monitoring Using SMAP
Dr. Catherine Champagne (Agriculture and Agri-‐food Canada): Soil Moisture Monitoring in Canada
Dr. Amor Ines and Dr. Stephen Zebiak (IRI): SMAP for Crop Cas5ng and Food security Early Warning Applica5on
Vanessa M. Escobar, Sigma Space, NASA, GSFC
SDT is the key underlining support for the SMAP Applica5ons Program
SDT provides coordina5on, leadership and guidance for the program
SMAP Applica5ons works within SDT to coordinated and define user communi5es, applied science projects, data distribu5on, and other ac5vi5es of the program
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The interplay and communica5on between groups will have an overall benefit to product use and applica5on
SMAP SDT
SMAP Community of Poten5al
SMAP Community of
Prac5ce
SMAP Mission Science
SMAP APPLICATIONS PROGRAM
Well Informed Usable Products
Vanessa M. Escobar, Sigma Space, NASA, GSFC
• Integrate user community into the SMAP mission science defini5on team (SDT) Applica5ons Working Group
• Iden5fy Early Adopters of SMAP mission data to foster the use and development of ancillary data with SDT
• Conduct workshops at each phase of the mission to communicate successes and problems, and answer ques5ons: – What needs to be done to incorporate SMAP into a process or decision making system?
– How can SMAP test data be more easily available? – Will these products answer important science ques5ons?
• Use focus group mee5ngs to iden5fy of the needs of thema5c users (hydrology, agriculture, climate science, etc)
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Annual workshops Small thema5cally driven focus groups
Direct email communica5on with members Ar5cles and announcements of mission news and
applica5ons program in journals, magazines and newslehers
Website General informa5on and AppWG sign-‐up Descrip5ons of how Mission Data can be used Thema5c and Organiza5onal informa5on for high-‐profile
work to incorporate mission data (ie NOAA CLM, ECMWF) Announcements and links to publica5ons
smap.jpl.nasa.gov/applica5ons
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Increase and sustain the interac5on between the community of users and the scien5sts involved in mission development
Understand how SMAP products can be integrated into the user community decision-‐making processes to improve policy, science and management ac5vi5es
Improve the development and understanding of SMAP products for post launch ac5vi5es
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