1201585 - Enabling and Understanding Air Quality and Climate Change Co-Benefits via the NASA PACE Applications Program

Thursday, June 30, 2022

2:50pm – 3:10pm PT

Location: Seacliff B

Primary Author(s)

Natasha Sadoff, MA

NASA PACE Project Deputy Applications Coordinator
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center / SSAI
Silver Spring, MD

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Co-Author(s)

Erin Urquhart, MHS, MA, PhD

NASA PACE Applications Coordinator
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, MD

The NASA Plankton, Aerosol, Cloud, and Ocean Ecosystem (PACE) mission, scheduled to launch in early 2024, will carry the hyperspectral Ocean Color Instrument (OCI), as well as two polarimeters (SPEXone and HARP-2). PACE will extend heritage MODIS and VIIRS visible, near-infrared, and shortwave-infrared ocean color and atmospheric measurements at 1 km spatial resolution, as well as produce new hyperspectral and polarimetric advanced data products (including observation of clouds and aerosols), not possible with MODIS and VIIRS due to their design and technological limits. PACE will provide an unprecedented view of the entire earth every two days, informing user-driven applications through research and applied science to address societal challenges. Hyperspectral and polarimetric PACE data will leverage emerging remote sensing technologies to advance aquatic and atmospheric remote sensing in ways that fulfill real-world needs. This presentation will highlight PACE’s novel hyperspectral and polarimetric capabilities, introduce PACE’s standard and exploratory data products related to air quality and climate change, outline the PACE Applications Program, and share real-world applications of PACE data in both air quality management and climate change research, including enabling and understanding related co-benefits.