NASA IPY Coordination on Satellite Observations

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NASA IPY Coordination on Satellite Observations

• Craig Dobson NASA/HQ
• Seelye Martin NASA/HQ
• GIIPSY is providing a valuable service to IPY and
  the polar science community in general
• NASA encourages all with an interest in IPY to
  contribute to GIIPSY guidance, review, comment.
• NASA plans to attend the WMO/ICSU meeting on
  observation coordination in Geneva

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NASA Activities

• Coordination of SAR observations is the most
  challenging issue
• RADARSAT
• CSA has announced access to the RADARSAT-1
  archive
• CSA is supporting continuation of RADARSAT-1 as a
  science mission during IPY. US support for ASF
  and McMurdo will be offered under an extension of
  the current NASA/NOAA/CSA MOU. Potential for IPY
  mini-MAMMS arctic observations of ice-sheets,
  glaciers and sea-ice. May be possible to obtain
  RDARSAT-2 observations of Antarctic interior
  (TBD).

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NASA Activities

• ALOS PALSAR
• US Govt research consortium has been formed to
  provide access to ALOS PALSAR data (NASA, NSF,
  USGS and perhaps NOAA).
• NASA and NSF have reached agreement on processing
  support for IPY data (through consortium).
  NASA/NSF are coordinating this with ESA and
  European ALOS Data Node (Dobson at ESA/ESRIN on
  Thursday ).
• NASA and JAXA are investigating potential use of
  TDRSS to augment DRTS and X-band direct
  downlinks. Could increase quantity and
  timeliness of data stream for IPY.

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NASA Activities

• X-band SAR Systems
• TerraSAR-X - DLR has an AO with polar scientists
  selected. There is some, but limited capacity
  for a more robust polar observation plan. DLR is
  planning a second AO. NASA is considering
  mechanisms to augment DLR downlink and processing
  of science data.
• COSMO-Skymed - ASI is considering an AO process
  for scientific access to data. IPY is a
  discussion topic. (Dobson at ASI today)