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ESSP missions, secondary uses of NASA satellite data (OCO, ICESat, etc.), and non-NASA missions (sessions 1 & 2)
Chairs: Marc Simard, Hank Margolis
Discussion Questions:
  • What funded, non-systematic NASA missions, current (e.g., EO-1, ICESat) and now in development (e.g., OCO, Aquarius), are of greatest importance for Terrestrial Ecology, Biodiversity, and Applied Sciences? What questions will they help us to resolve?
  • Does NASA need to do more to help/prepare the community to use the observations from these missions? If so, what?
  • Are some of these missions so important for Terrestrial Ecology, Biodiversity, and Applied Sciences that we should not be viewing them as secondary or supporting?
  • What non-NASA missions (other U.S. and foreign) in development are of greatest importance for Terrestrial Ecology, Biodiversity, and Applied Sciences? What questions will they help us to resolve? How should we indicate our scientific support for these missions? How do these missions/priorities fit into GEOSS and NASA's role in GEOSS?
Comments:
--- Please forward any additional comments to the relevant Program Manager at NASA Headquarters. ---
Regarding the report-back and the comment that Cal/val has not received funding - credit should be given to the Terrestrial Ecology and the Land Cover Land Use Change program which has been supportive of the MODIS land team’s activities in coordinating international cal/val activities through the CEOS Land Product Validation subgroup. Furthermore, the EOS program had an explicit solicitation related to cal/val. Admittedly, there is not a centralized “charge number” for cal/val and more could be done. However there are some examples of NASA programs providing support for this critical activity which are worth considering for future efforts. From the previous and existing support we can figure out what worked, what was worthwhile, and what makes sense for the future.
– submitted by Jeffrey (Jeff) Morisette at 2006-08-24 09:25:47
A generic problem identified for ESSP and other non-systematic missions is data accessibility by the terrestial ecology community. The design of PI missions with limited budgets and team size necessarily limits data access. Perhaps for future and even existing non-systematic missions, some limited amount of funds ought to be dedicated to a community outreach efforts (short courses?) and funding to support personnel to serve researchers not on the science team?
– submitted by Michael Keller at 2006-08-21 17:16:21

 


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