Understanding and Protecting Our Home Planet

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Overview of NASA Biogeochemistry/Carbon Research
and Charge to Afternoon Breakouts
Paula Bontempi, NASA Headquarters CCE Joint
Science Workshop 28 April 2008
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Programmatic Foci
Terrestrial Carbon Cycle and Biogeochemistry
Research - Interagency North American Carbon
Program (NACP) - Continental-scale satellite
data products - Regional studies of fire,
disturbance, freeze-thaw, etc. - Development of
models and data assimilation approaches -
Interim synthesis studies and support
(mid-continent synthesis, thematic data center,
up-scaling, uncertainty analysis) - Large Scale
Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia
(LBA) - Tropical forest conversion and regrowth
effects on carbon storage and flux - Tropical
forest conversion and regrowth effects on
nutrient dynamics and trace gas fluxes -
Regional-scale satellite data products and
modeling - Global-scale observations and
modeling studies (e.g., fire emissions,
terrestrial NPP)
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Programmatic Foci
Land Cover/Land Use Change Carbon Cycle and
Biogeochemistry Research - The Northern
Eurasia Earth Science Partnership Initiative
(NEESPI) - Interactions of forest
cover dynamics with carbon cycle in temperate and
boreal zones - Interactions of
biogeochemical and water cycles -
Remote sensing and modeling of changes in land
use (e.g. urban, agriculture) affecting
biogeochemical cycles
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Programmatic Foci
Aquatic Carbon Cycle and Biogeochemistry
Research - Ocean Carbon and Biogeochemistry
Program (OCB) - Interagency North American
Carbon Program (NACP) / Ocean Carbon and Climate
Change Program (OCCC) - Continental-scale
satellite data products - Regional studies of
N. Pacific/N.Atlantic air/sea CO2 flux,
land/ocean exchanges and transformations of
biogeochemical species etc. - Development of
models and data assimilation approaches -
Technical development, synthesis studies, and
modeling using existing time series or coastal
locations - Southern Ocean Gas Exchange
Experiment (SO GasEx) - Particle, bubble
optics, pCO2 - Regional Process Studies -
Land/sea interactions, exchanges,
transformations, fluxes (water quality), air/sea
gas exchange, CLIVAR - Ocean Acidification
process studies - Global-scale observations and
modeling studies (e.g., air/sea CO2 flux, NPP,
ocean acidification, carbon-climate)
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Session Charge(Meeting web site Detailed
Agenda Purpose and Core Questions Mission
Description)
Breakout Session I Science Enabled by New
Measurements 1. Science Enabled by New
Measurements of CO2 (OCO, ASCENDS, etc.) - Part 1
discussion forum (2 files 0 comments)
Chairs Berrien Moore, David Crisp Room 2100 /
2102 / 2104 2. Science Enabled by New
Measurements of Ocean Properties from Polar Orbit
(ACE, etc.) 3. Science Enabled by New
Measurements of Ocean Properties from
Geostationary Orbit (GEO-CAPE, etc.) 4. Science
Enabled by New Hyperspectral Observations Related
to Physiology and Functional Types (HyspIRI) 5.
Science Enabled by New Measurements of Vegetation
Structure (ICESat-II, DESDynI, etc.) 6. Science
Enabled by New Measurements of Soil Moisture
(SMAP) 7. Opportunities for Science of
Importance to CCE Enabled by New Measurements
from Other (non-NASA, non-U.S.) Satellite
Missions
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Session Charge(Meeting web site Detailed
Agenda Purpose and Core Questions Mission
Description)
Breakout Session IScience Enabled by New
Measurements Purpose Consider scientific
questions and issues that will be addressed by
planned space-based observations. An opportunity
to learn about what the Orbiting Carbon
Observatory (OCO) and the missions recommended in
the NRC's Decadal Survey will enable through
their measurements. Sessions will provide
background on mission specifications and
planning, but focus on science enabled by the
measurements. Sessions will provide an
opportunity to identify opportunities and
recommend new studies plus raise issues or
concerns to be addressed by the Focus Area.
Most sessions will start with brief, invited
presentations Anticipated scientific uses and
payoffs of the planned new measurement/mission
(10-15 min.) New mission (or missions), what was
learned in any relevant NASA mission concept
studies (10-15 min.) Science Enabled by New
Measurements of CO2- double session spanning
Breakout Sessions I and II (230-600 pm)
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Breakout Session I Discussion(230-400 PM,
except CO2 session)
Questions What are the priority science uses
of the new measurement(s)? (Participants may
choose to confirm/validate existing science
questions/applications and/or may identify new
uses) What do we need to do scientifically to
use these new measurements and/or to get ready
for the mission? Are there any major issues to
be resolved before this science is enabled, and
if so, what are they and what needs to be done?
Note Co-chairs of each session should
identify a Rapporteur One co-chair will be
responsible for reporting out (5 minutes) from
the Breakout the next day Please adhere to
schedule as presented, only one Breakout session
spans the afternoon Full breakout reports are
to be posted on the breakout session's discussion
forum when complete, ideally prior to the
plenary presentation of the breakout summary
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Session Charge(Meeting web site Detailed
Agenda Purpose and Core Questions)
Breakout Session II Data Records and Related
Observations 1. Science Enabled by New
Measurements of CO2 (OCO, ASCENDS, etc.) - Part 2
2. Ocean Time Series Data Products from
Systematic Satellite Missions Moderate
Resolution - AVHRR/SeaWiFS/MODIS/VIIRS 3. Land
Time Series Data Products from Systematic
Satellite Missions Moderate Resolution -
AVHRR/SeaWiFS/MODIS/VIIRS 4. Time Series Data
Products from Systematic Satellite Missions High
Resolution - Landsat, LDCM, hyperspatial, etc.
5. Terrestrial Calibration Validation
Activities and Future Needs 6. Aquatic
Calibration Validation Activities and Future
Needs 7. Field Programs, Campaigns, Airborne
Science
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Session Charge(430 600 PM)
Breakout Session II Data Records and Related
Observations Purpose Consider scientific
questions and issues being addressed by existing
space-based observations (mainly systematic
observations) and other existing or new
suborbital observations. Discuss current time
series data products and their scientific
applications, and consider their future as
Climate Data Records (CDRs) and/or Earth System
Data Records (ESDRs). Discuss calibration/validati
on, airborne science, in situ observational needs
for the Focus Area and/or its program elements.
Identify opportunities and recommend priorities,
raise issues or concerns to be addressed by the
Focus Area. Most sessions will start with
brief, invited presentations on Data
products/records to be discussed and
questions/issues to be addressed NOTE A
breakout session on CDRs/ESDRs that was
originally scheduled for Breakout Session II has
been moved to Breakout Session IV (Wednesday,
1100 am) so that scientists interested in the
time series data products that constitute the
Focus Area's CDRs/ESDRs can attend both sessions.
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Breakout Session II Discussion(430 600 PM)
Questions What does the carbon cycle and
ecosystems community expect of this effort?
What are our biggest challenges in this area,
and how do we address them? Is our list of
identified data records complete, or is something
missing? Does the carbon cycle and ecosystems
community need to establish priorities for these
and other activities, and, if so, how should they
be established? Note Co-chairs of each
session should identify a Rapporteur One
co-chair will be responsible for reporting out (5
minutes) from the Breakout the next day Please
adhere to schedule as presented Full breakout
reports are to be posted on the breakout
session's discussion forum when complete,
ideally prior to the plenary presentation of the
breakout summary The FORUM and how to use it