Workshop on Hyperspectral Sensor Greenhouse Gas (GHG) and

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Workshop on Hyperspectral Sensor Greenhouse Gas
(GHG) and Atmospheric Soundings from
Environmental Satellites
Co-organizers NOAA and NASA civilian space
agencies of the U.S. Government and the
European Organization for the Exploitation of
Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) - serving
26 member states
(Dedicated to Moustafa Chahine, JPL Chief
Scientist, AIRS science team lead, who passed
away 3/24/2011)
March 29-31, 2011
Key Biscayne, Miami FL
University of Miami Rosentiel School of
Marine Atmospheric Science campus,
adjacent to NOAA AOML
research Lab
Roger Heymann,PE Engineering staff NOAA NESDIS USA
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• Welcome to this satellite hosted hyperspectral
  sensor workshop, meeting, technical exchange
  among nations governments with its environmental
  applications directed to GHGs, atmospheric
  chemistry, weather forecasts .
• Atmospheric chemistry, weather forecasting, Green
  house gases, that is the evolution of this
  sensors development, applications and world
  government space missions, for civilian
  environmental operations
• We are here to discuss these government satellite
  missions research and operations through your
  invited papers
• Welcome to the U.S., its City of Miami FL
• My name is Roger Heymann and I am on the NOAA
  NESDIS engineering staff for advanced satellite
  system planning. I am a co-creator and
  co-organizer of this workshop with others.
• The other workshop partner co-creators,
  co-organizers are
• Mitch Goldberg - NOAA- NESDIS
• Bob Atlas NOAA-OAR- AOML research lab of Key
  Biscayne, Miami FL
• Ken Jucks NASA Headquarters
• Rosemary Munro EUMETSAT and its 26 member
  states
• Chris Barnet NOAA- NESDIS

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• Our NOAA host for this workshop is the NOAA OAR
  Atlantic Oceanographic and Meteorology Laboratory
  (AOML), a research Lab, and its Director Dr
  Robert Atlas. AOMLs building is immediately
  across Rickenbacker Causeway from our meeting
• We are using the campus facilities of the
  University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine
  Atmospheric Science for our meeting. We are all
  guests of the universitys facilities and we
  thank the university for allowing us to be here.
  It is a private university. We are here in Key
  Biscayne to highlight our NESDIS collaboration
  with AOML
• I am a guest to the city of Miami as many of you
  are, my NOAA office and home is in MD near
  Washington DC.
• Workshop started as NOAA cross Line Office
  coordination between NESDIS and OAR AOML research
  Lab. Expanded to NASA Headquarters and EUMETSAT
  as co-organizers.
• Workshop by its invited attendees has evolved to
  a meeting of world nation Governments- almost all
  speakers represent their Governments
• This meeting is viewed NOT as a science meeting,
  but a meeting one of governments to assist in
  their future hyperspectral satellite mission
  planning and operations, and of coordination
  among world Governments

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• Following Governments speakers participating
  beyond EUMETSAT Member States and U.S. are
• Belgium
• Brazil
• Canada
• France
• Germany
• Japan
• United Kingdom
• How we will function
• We have 30 minute breaks, a cafeteria just
  outside our door
• 1 ½ hours for lunch, maybe take a walk, spend
  some time in Miamis sun, talk, wireless access
  at university
• Tonight-Tues arranged at Courtyard Marriott for
  bartender open bar for 1 hour for us to
  gather, buy drinks, talk, meet
• Tomorrow- Wednesday night arranged group dinner
  at Rusty Pelican, 38 each person

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MULTI-NATION HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR SATELLITE
MISSIONS HISTORY This History is foundation for
this workshop and structure a primary driver
now for meeting is hyperspectral evolution to
GOSAT and OCO GHG satellite missions
1 AIRS NASA/JPL USA Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Grating NASA Eos Aqua Sat ellite Weather forecasting Climate research- trace greenhouse gases 2002 launch
2 3 4 TES Mini TES Thermal Emissions Spectrometer Mars robotic rover SPIRIT NASA/JPL USA Tropospheric Emissions Spectrometer Thermal Emissions Spectrometer FTS FTS FTS NASA EOS AURA satellite Atmospheric chemistry mission O3, CH4, CO Earth observing Planetary observing Atmospheric chemistry Planetary observing Atmospheric chemistry 2004 launch 1996-2006 2004-2010
5 ACE CSA Canada Atmospheric Chemistry Experiment, Science Satellite (SCISAT-1) FTS Atmospheric chemistry focus ozone depletion recovery 2003 launch
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6 MIPAS ESA Michelson Interferometer for Passive Atmospheric Sounding (MIPAS) FTS Atmospheric chemistry 2002 launch
7 IASI EUMETSAT CNES Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) FTS METOP-A (POLAR ORBIT) Weather forecasting and atmospheric chemistry-monitoring trace gases ozone, CH4, CO global scale, CO2 2006 launch
8 TANSO- GOSAT Japan JAXA and NIES Thermal And Near infrared Sensor for carbon Observation (TANSO)- Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) FTS GHGs- carbon dioxide -CO2 and methane - CH4 2009 launch
9 OCO-2 NASA JPL USA Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) grating CO2 Future launch
10 CrIS NOAA NASA USA Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) FTS Weather forecasting and climate monitoring 2011 on NPP satellite
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• With launch of Japans GOSAT TANSO FTS and
  upcoming JPL NASA OCO grating launch to measure
  GHGs, above tables hyperspectral sensor missions
  of atmospheric chemistry with TES FTS of
  JP//NASA/USA, SCICAT-ACE FTS of Canada, MIPAS FTS
  of ESA/Europe, weather forecasting with AIRS
  grating of JPL/NASA/USA, and IASI FTS of
  CNES/France/EUMETSAT -----
• A workshop by nation Governments on world
  nation Government launched satellite activities
  with hyperspectral sensors seemed needed by NOAA.
  And so NASA headquarters and EUMETSAT asked if
  such a meeting was to be developed could they
  co-organize such a meeting with NOAA
• Thank you invited speakers and Governments for
  helping make this Meeting happen
• And thank you to our International Affairs
  Offices of NESDIS and EUMETSAT who helped through
  their coordination, to make this happen
• And we dedicate this meeting to Moustafa Chahine