TH1.L4: Applications of SMAP Data for Science and Society: A Showcase of SMAP Early Adopter Research I

Session Type: Oral
Time: Thursday, July 14, 08:20 - 10:00
Location: Room 309B
Session Chairs: Simon Yueh, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory and Peggy O'Neill, NASA
 
08:20 - 09:00
TH1.L4.1: OVERVIEW OF THE SMAP APPLICATIONS AND THE SMAP EARLY ADOPTERS PROGRAM – NASA’S FIRST MISSION-DIRECTED OUTREACH EFFORT
         Vanessa M. Escobar; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
         Sabrina Delgado Arias; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
         Susan Moran; U.S. Department of Agriculture
         Grey Nearing; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
         Dara Entekhabi; Massachusetts Institute of Technology
         Eni G. Njoku; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
         Simon Yueh; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
         Brad Doorn; NASA HQ
         Rolf Reichle; NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
 
09:00 - 09:20
TH1.L4.3: A PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF SMAP SOIL MOISTURE ON NUMERICAL WEATHER FORECASTS FROM GFS AND NUWRF MODELS
         Xiwu Zhan; NOAA/NESDIS
         Weizhong Zheng; NOAA NWS
         Li Fang; NOAA/NESDIS
         Jicheng Liu; NOAA/NESDIS
         Chris Hain; NOAA/NESDIS
         Jifu Yin; NOAA/NESDIS
         Michael Ek; NOAA NWS
 
09:20 - 09:40
TH1.L4.4: IMPACTS OF SMAP DATA IN ENVIRONMENT CANADA'S REGIONAL DETERMINISTIC PREDICTION SYSTEM
         Bernard Bilodeau; Environment Canada
         Marco Carrera; Environment Canada
         Albert Russell; Environment Canada
         Xihong Wang; Environment Canada
         Stephane Belair; Environment Canada
 
09:40 - 10:00
TH1.L4.5: SOIL MOISTURE DATA PRODUCT GENERATED FROM NASA SMAP OBSERVATIONS WITH NOAA ANCILLARY DATA
         Xiwu Zhan; NOAA/NESDIS
         Jicheng Liu; NOAA/NESDIS
         Jun Wen; Chinese Academy of Sciences
         Limin Zhao; NOAA/NESDIS
         Marco Vargas; NOAA/NESDIS
         Fuzhong Weng; NOAA/NESDIS