alaska: an exciting natural laboratory
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Naturally Inspiring. 2 per year. 25,000. Glaciers. Spa ce Physics. Study where science happens. Earthquakes. Proposed: ACUASI-RDE. Remote Sensing. Atmospheric Science. Alaska: An Exciting Natural Laboratory. Permafrost. Ice & Snow. Volcanoes. 100,000. Tectonics & - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Alaska: An Exciting Natural Laboratory
Study where science happens
Naturally InspiringTsunamis
Atmospheric Science
Space Physics
Remote Sensing
Ice&
SnowPermafrost
Tectonics & Sedimentation
Proposed:
ACUASI-RDE
Volcanoes
2 per year
Earthquakes
25,000
Glaciers
100,000
Cleveland
Iliamna
2011 - 2012 Impacts
Nome Fuel Crisis:GI Sea Ice Researchers Support USCG with Sea Ice Samples & UAV Remote Sensing
GI Glacier Researchers Provide Actionable Information to Alaska Command on Speed of Glacier to Initiate Recovery of C-124
Andy MahoneyGreg Walker
Dave PodraskyMartin Truffer
Alaska Space Grant Program
Additional Sponsors: Alaska Aerospace Corporation, NOAA Fox Facility & Arctic Armature Radio Club
4” x 4” x 4”
The Alaska Research Cubesat (ARC) satellite:
1. Imager (Changing snow/ice coverage in arctic)2. Communications (High bandwidth image transfer)3. Attitude Control & Determination Sys. (ACDS) (thermal/vibration from ignition to orbit)4. Electronic Power System (EPS)5. Command and Data Handling (CDH)6. Launch Environment Data Logger (LEDL)
Dr. Denise Thorsen
Alaska Satellite Facility – Strategic Location for Polar Orbit Satellite Contact
Viewing Horizon Polar Orbits
11/14 Orbits/day
Alaska Satellite Facility
Dr. Nettie Labelle-Hamer, Scott Arko; Dr. Don Atwood
• ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite)• AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere)• COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,
Ionosphere & Climate)• ERS-1 & ERS-2 [decommissioned] (European Remote-Sensing
Satellite-1/Satellite-2)• FAST• JERS-1 (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1)• NPP (NPOESS Preparatory Project)• QuikSCAT• RADARSAT-1• SAC-D• SAMPEX (Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer)• SCISAT-1
ASF Receiving Ground Station
10-meter antennaoperating since 1991X- band and S-bandReceive only
11-meter antennaoperating since 1995X- band and S-bandReceive and command
11m Antenna
10m Antenna
Operated by the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks since 1991
ASF Imagery
Seeing through cloudsSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Cleveland Volcano
Akutan
Ash Composites for Kasatochi Volcano
Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSar)
ASF Imagery – AS_ts1862
SAR Glacier Studies
InSAR used to delineate glaciers
CSTARS
ASF
Steve Estes 5/16/2012
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