[CODATA-international] AGU Session C039. The Looming Gap in Microwave Radiometer Coverage

David Gallaher david.gallaher at nsidc.org
Fri Jul 14 17:20:21 EDT 2017


Dear Colleagues,

As usual, I apologize for any cross-postings!

We would like to invite you to submit an abstract to:

Session ID: 26586
Session Title: C039. The Looming Gap in Microwave Radiometer Coverage
and its Potential Impact on Climate Records

Session Viewer Link:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm17/preliminaryview.cgi/Session26586

DMSP/SSMI and JAXA/AMSR family of sensors have been, and continue to be,
of enormous benefit to the civilian scientific community.  Beginning in
1978 with Nimbus-7, we have an almost 40-year-long climate record, most
notably coverage of sea ice in the Arctic and snow on land.   The
radiometers operating on F-16 F-17, F-18 and AMSR-2 are well beyond
their 5-year design life.  F-19 failed on orbit and F-20 was scrapped.
Of concern will be the loss of frequencies below 23Ghz . The sea ice
researchers will not be the only ones impacted, the all-weather SST
capability of microwave radiometry is critical for observations at high
latitudes.  There are no NOAA, NASA, JAXA, or ESA plans for lower
frequency PM satellite launches before 2022. This session will focus on:
How did we get here? What is the potential impact? What can we do about
it? What about Roscosmos, ISRO and the CMA?
Primary Convener:

David W Gallaher, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United
States
Convener:  Stan Wilson, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research,
Boulder, CO, United States


I am sending this request on behalf of the conveners of the following
session. Apologies for any cross posting. Please forward this notice to
all interested colleagues.



The AGU 2017 Fall Meeting will be held on 11-15, Dec. 2017 in New
Orleans, Louisiana.




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