SS 9: How NASA's Surface Biology and Geology Mission Will Support the Next Generation of Global Ecosystem and Biodiversity Science

Tuesday, August 3, 2021

9:30 AM – 10:30 AM Pacific

Session Organizer(s)

Shawn Serbin

Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
Upton, NY, USA

Volunteer(s)

Yanjun Yang

University of Kentucky
Lexington, Kentucky, United States

Session Co-organizers: Kyla Dahlin, Geography, Environment, & Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, Benjamin Poulter, Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, Alexey Shiklomanov, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, Michelle Gierach, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Kevin Turpie, Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology, University of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD, Liane Guild, NASA Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, CA, Kerry Cawse-Nicholson, Climate Sciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, David R. Thompson, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, Ryan P. Pavlick, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

This session will present the latest developments and current plans for the NASA Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) Designated Observable, a combined imaging spectroscopy (IS) and thermal infrared (TIR) mission for ecosystem and biodiversity science. Key SBG personnel and scientists will provide a general overview of the mission, as well as detailed discussions of mission design, core research foci, pathfinder activities, and other ongoing pre-deployment research that is helping to guide mission requirements. Select, 5-minute “lightning” presentations will also highlight key areas in which SBG is expected to contribute to the improved measurement and modeling of global ecosystems as well as biodiversity monitoring. There will also be time for open Question and Answer (Q&A) period with the community. This session will be of interest to researchers from around the world in the Earth science, aquatic, and terrestrial ecological communities who are interested in linking their research to remotely sensed information. Attendees can also expect to learn more about the proposed mission concept, the next major mission review steps and current mission schedule.

Presentations:

ON DEMAND

A community approach for quantifying and partitioning uncertainties in the retrieval of surface properties with imaging spectroscopy
Presenting Author: Alexey Shiklomanov – NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
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Applications of thermal infrared imagery in the study of Earth’s ecosystems and the role of SBG
Presenting Author: Kerry Cawse-Nicholson – Climate Sciences, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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Coastal and inland water calibration/validation/and research of water quality and ecosystems in support of imaging spectroscopy
Presenting Author: Liane Guild – NASA Ames Research Center
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How SBG will transform global biodiversity science
Presenting Author: Kyla Dahlin – Geography, Environment, & Spatial Sciences, Michigan State University
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Overview of the surface biology and geology designated observable
Presenting Author: David S. Schimel – Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
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Retrieval of surface properties with imaging spectroscopy and the future applications of SBG
Presenting Author: Shawn P. Serbin – Environmental and Climate Sciences Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory
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The current collection of imaging spectroscopy platforms and their role in the study of solid earth and ecosystems
Presenting Author: Benjamin Poulter – Biospheric Sciences Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center