TU2.R8: New Space Missions NISAR
Tue, 9 Jul, 11:40 - 13:20
Location: MC 2 Hall
Session Type: Oral
Session Co-Chairs: Bruce Chapman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology and Paul Rosen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
Track: Mission, Sensors and Calibration
Tue, 9 Jul, 11:40 - 11:54

TU2.R8.1: THE NASA ISRO SAR (NISAR) MISSION - VALIDATION OF SCIENCE MEASUREMENT REQUIREMENTS

Bruce Chapman, Giovanni Anconitano, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Adrian Borsa, UC San Diego, United States; Alexandra Christensen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Katherine Cushman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States; Anup Das, Indian Space Research Organization, India; Andrea Donnellan, Brandi Downs, Eric Fielding, Ben Holt, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Ian Joughin, University of Washington, United States; Josef Kellndorfer, Earth Big Data,LLC, United States; Seungbum Kim, Kyle McDonald, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Franz Meyer, University of Alaska, United States; Talib Oliver-Cabrera, Adriana Parra, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; C. Patnaik, Indian Space Research Organization, India; Anne Marie Peacock, Naiara Pinto, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Deepak Putrevu, Indian Space Research Organization, India; Paul Rosen, Sassan Saatchi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Mark Simons, California Institute of Technology, United States; Paul Siqueira, University of Massachusetts, United States; Catalina Taglialatela, Ekaterina Tymofyeyeva, Adam Vaccaro, Robert Zinke, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Simon Zwieback, University of Alaska, United States
Tue, 9 Jul, 11:54 - 12:08

TU2.R8.2: THE NASA-ISRO SAR MISSION: SCIENCE PREPARATIONS FOR OPERATIONS AND EARLY RESULTS

Paul Rosen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Rashmi Sharma, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Adrian Borsa, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, United States; Alex Gardner, Andrea Donnellan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Anup Das, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Ben Holt, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Bernd Scheuchl, University of California, Irvine, United States; Bruce Chapman, Cathleen Jones, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; C. Patnaik, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; David Bekaert, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Deepak Putrevu, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Durga Rao KHV, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Eric Fielding, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Eric Rignot, University of California, Irvine, United States; Erika Podest, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Franz Meyer, University of Alaska, Fairbanks, United States; Gerald Bawden, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States; Heresh Fattahi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Howard Zebker, Stanford University, United States; Ian Joughin, University of Washington, United States; Ian Roundhill, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Jayaprasad P, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; John Mathew, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Josef Kellndorfer, Earth Big Data, LLC, United States; Katia Tymofyeyeva, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; K.M. Sreejith, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Kyle McDonald, City College of New York, United States; Mark Simons, California Institute of Technology, United States; Narendra Das, Michigan State University, United States; Neeraj Agrawal, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Paul Siqueira, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, United States; Praveen Kumar Gupta, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; P. Venkat Raju, National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Rajat Bindlish, Goddard Space Flight Center, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, United States; Raj Kumar, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Rick Forster, University of Utah, United States; Robert Zinke, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Rowena Lohman, Cornell University, United States; Sandip Oza, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Sassan Saatchi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Sean Helfrich, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, United States; Seungbum Kim, Shadi Oveisgharan, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Shweta Sharma, V. Manavala Ramanujam, Space Applications Center, Indian Space Research Organisation, India; Zhong Lu, Southern Methodist University, United States
Tue, 9 Jul, 12:08 - 12:22

TU2.R8.3: ECOSYSTEM SCIENCE WITH NISAR: FINAL PREPARATIONS IN THE PRE-LAUNCH PERIOD

Paul Siqueira, University of Massachusetts, United States; John Armston, University of Maryland, United States; Bruce Chapman, Alexandra Christensen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States; KC Cushman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States; Anup Das, Space Applications Centre, India; Ralph Dubayah, University of Maryland, United States; Josef Kellndorfer, Earth Big Data, United States; Kyle McDonald, City College of New York, United States; Chakrapani Patnaik, Space Applications Centre, India; Sassan Saatchi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States
Tue, 9 Jul, 12:22 - 12:36

TU2.R8.4: GETTING READY FOR NISAR CRYOSPHERE SCIENCE VALIDATION USING THE NISAR ON-DEMAND CLOUD SYSTEM

Catalina Taglialatela, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Ian Joughin, University of Washington, United States; Paul Rosen, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Rick Forster, University of Utah, United States; Alex Gardner, Ben Holt, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Eric Rignot, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology; University of California - Irvine, United States; Bernd Scheuchl, University of California - Irvine, United States; Virginia Brancato, Max Zhan, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States
Tue, 9 Jul, 12:36 - 12:50

TU2.R8.5: TOOLS AND SERVICES TO DISCOVER AND WORK WITH NISAR DATA

Franz J. Meyer, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States; Paul A. Rosen, Heresh Fattahi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, United States; Kirk Hogenson, R. Wade Albright, Cassandra Wagner, Gregory Short, Kathleen Kristenson, Joseph H Kennedy, Heidi Kristenson, University of Alaska Fairbanks, United States
Tue, 9 Jul, 12:50 - 13:04

TU2.R8.6: PREPARING AN ON-DEMAND CLOUD PROCESSING WORKFLOW FOR NISAR ECOSYSTEMS SCIENCE PRODUCTS

Alexandra Christensen, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Paul Siqueria, University of Massachusetts Amherst, Massachusetts, United States; Bruce Chapman, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Josef Kellndorfer, Earth Big Data, LLC, United States; Kyle McDonald, City College of New York, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; Sassan Saachi, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States; KC Cushman, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, United States; Brandi Downs, Adriana Parra, Naveen Ramachandran, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States
Tue, 9 Jul, 13:04 - 13:18

TU2.R8.7: NISAR QUALITY ASSURANCE FOR L-BAND LEVEL-1 AND LEVEL-2 SCIENCE PRODUCTS

Samantha Niemoeller, Geoffrey Gunter, Heresh Fattahi, Brian Hawkins, Gustavo X. H. Shiroma, Virginia Brancato, Tyler Hudson, Ryan Burns, Liang Yu, Xiaodong Huang, Hirad Ghaemi, Joanne Shimada, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States