NESDIS is exploring moving towards a disaggregated and distributed low-Earth-orbiting (LEO) architecture with the goal of launching sensors and missions in a more agile way in the near future. A critical part of the distributed LEO architecture could be free-flying microwave sounders on smallsats.
As we formulate a microwave sounder satellite mission, we invite you to participate in a one-day virtual workshop on July 28, 2021 to provide feedback that will help us better understand which microwave frequencies are critical to numerical weather prediction and other applications.
| Time | Speaker |
|---|---|
| 8:25 – 8:30 AM | Satya Kalluri, JPSS Chief Scientist: WELCOME & OPENING REMARKS |
| 8:30 – 8:55 AM | Greg Mandt, JPSS Director: LEO Program |
| 8:55 – 9:20 AM | Satya Kalluri, JPSS Chief Scientist: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Microwave Atmospheric Sounding Activities at NOAA |
| 9:20 – 9:45 AM | Masahiro Kazumori, Japan Meteorological Agency: Use of satellite microwave observation in JMA NWP systems and expectation for future NOAA microwave sounding mission |
| 9:45 – 10:10 AM | Niels Bormann, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts: Use and impact of MW sounders at ECMWF and perspectives for future systems |
| 10:10 – 10:35 AM | John Eyre, Met Office (UK): Microwave soundings in NWP at the Met Office: experience and suggestions for future systems |
| 10:35 – 11:00 AM | Philippe Chambon, Meteo France, International Precipitation Working Group: Utilization of microwave frequencies for precipitation remote sensing |
| 11:00 – 11:25 AM | Ken Holmlund, World Meteorological Organization: Considerations for future space-based microwave observations |
| 11:25 – 11:45 AM | Will McCarty, NASA Global Modeling and Assimilation Office: Microwave Sounder Radiance Assimilation at the Global Modeling and Assimilation Office |
| 11:45 – 12:10 PM | Emily Liu, National Centers for Environmental Prediction/Environmental Modeling Center: The Use of Microwave Sounder Data in NCEP Global Forecast System - Current Status and Outlook |
| 12:10 – 1:00 PM | BREAK |
| 1:00 – 1:25 PM | Mark Liu, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research: Microwave Remote Sensing and Applications |
| 1:25 – 1:50 PM | Kevin Garrett, NOAA Center for Satellite Applications and Research: Toward assimilating passive microwave smallsat data in NOAA NWP |
| 1:50 – 2:15 PM | James Darlow, Joint Typhoon Warning Center: JTWC Technical Services |
| 2:15 PM | Greg Mandt, JPSS Director: CLOSING REMARKS |