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NOAA's Satellite Applications Symposium Series: Land and Agriculture

Improving Terrestrial Land Monitoring Capabilities Through New Satellite Technology

Four square images of land seen from space.

Get updates about new data available, satellite instrument development progress, and provide feedback on your changing needs and challenges.

Pre-registration requested for virtual; Required for in-person attendance. In-Person U.S. Citizens Only

Learn about NOAA’s next generation satellite capabilities to monitor our nation’s abundant natural ecosystems.  Topics will include land cover/land use change, agricultural and forestry monitoring, fire detection, spread, and emissions, flooding, inundation and drought, crop condition, phenology and yield, as well as lightning, atmospheric sounding and composition, for agriculture, forestry and other terrestrial ecosystems. 

This event will focus on:

  • Several  use cases
  • Identifying user needs and requirements for this upcoming mission
  • Advancing engagement and readiness for the newest and next generation satellites

Context: In 2020 thematic workshops were held to determine user needs and develop requirements for new instruments planned for deployment on the next generation of NOAA geostationary satellites, GeoXO. Since then, many new technologies, products, and services have become available. The technology and information landscape is expected to evolve rapidly, underscoring the importance of continued stakeholder engagement to ensure that current and future NOAA products and services are interoperable and impactful.

We look forward to your participation and feedback as we continue to guide the production of new data products and future instrument requirements. 

Agenda

TimeTitleSpeaker
9:00-9:10 AMWelcome Andy Latto, GeoXO User Engagement Lead, NOAA/NESDIS
9:10-9:35 AMCurrent state of NOAA Satellite Land and Agriculture Applications and Decision MakingRick Mueller, Section Head, Research and Development Division, Spatial Analysis Research Section, USDA
9:35-9:55 AMGEO Update Andy Heidinger, GEO Senior Scientist, NOAA/NESDIS
9:55-10:15 AMLEO UpdateDr. Satya Kalluri, Senior Scientist, NOAA/LEO
10:15-10:25 AMQ & A 
10:25-10:35 AMBreak 
10:35-10:50 AMUsing GLM observations to improve the safety and effectiveness of wildfire responseDr. Scott Rudlosky, Physical Scientist, NOAA/GeoXO
10:50-11:05 AMQuantifying Soybean Yield Loss from Satellite-Constrained Ozone Exposure AssessmentDaniel Tong, Director, Center for Satellite and Earth System Research, George Mason University
11:05-11:20 AMNovel, hyperspectral-enabled terrestrial land monitoring capabilities from NASA’s PACE missionDr. Morgaine McKibben, Senior Research Scientist, NASA Goddard
11:20-11:35 AMData Formats and Access Lee Byerle, Total Operational Weather Readiness with Satellites (TOWR-S)
11:35-11:45 AMQ & A 
11:45 AM -12:40 PMBreak 
12:40-14:00 PMPractitioner Use Cases10-15-min each, including Q and A
 Trending agricultural research using satellite and other remote sensing dataMike Cosh Ph.D., USDA/Agricultural Research Service/Research Hydrologist
 The future of crop yield monitoring without MODISDavid Johnson, USDA/National Agricultural Statistics Service/Geographer
 USGS Land and Agricultural User Needs Supported by the GeoXO MissionEllen Wengert, KBR support to the USGS National Land Imaging Program
 Operational soil moisture monitoring for crop progress reporting via CropCASMA SMAPZhengwei Yang Ph.D., USDA Senior Geographer
 Satellite Data Needs for Agriculture Dr. Chris Justice UMD, NASA Harvest & GEOGLAM Co-Chair
 Estimating terrestrial carbon dioxide and water fluxes in near-real time using GOES-R: progress to date and looking forward to GeoXODr. Paul Stoy, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
14:00-14:30 PMPractitioner Panel Discussion 
14:30-14:40 PMBreak 
14:40-15:30 PMStakeholder RoundtableAndy Latto, Andy Heidinger, Rick Meuller, and Lee Byerle 
15:30-15:40 PMClosing Remarks