| Session Details | |
| Section | BG - Biogeosciences SE - Solid Earth Sciences |
| Session Title | New Results from Advanced Spectroscopic and Thermal Infrared Measurements in North America, Hawaii, and South Asia |
| Main Convener | Dr. Florian M. Schwandner (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States) |
| Co-convener(s) | Dr. Eric Hochberg (Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences, Bermuda) Dr. Vincent Realmuto (Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, United States) |
| Session Description | Space-based observations of the Earth’s biosphere and geosphere represent a 21st century frontier opportunity. This perspective offers global reach and, through contiguous hyperspectral measurements in the short-wave and thermal infrared, comprehensive assessments of the state, health, and processes of ecological and geological systems and their reservoirs, fluxes, and interactions. NASA has for some time been supporting mission preparation activities for a proposed mission concept called HyspIRI (Hyperspectral Infrared Imager) to observe and monitor land and shallow water surface composition for ecosystem health and mineral characterization. To advance mission readiness, NASA has flown airborne preparatory activities carrying the Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS), MODIS/ASTER (MASTER) airborne simulator, and Hyperspectral Thermal Emission Spectrometer (HyTES) instruments in North America, Hawaii, and South Asia. The NASA airborne CORAL mission brought the Portable Remote Imaging Spectrometer (PRISM) to reefs of Australia, Hawaii, the Mariana Islands, Palau, and Florida. We invite contributions that address the whole range of studies related to the above or similar research and campaigns, including instrument and concept development, platforms, spectroscopy and calibration, retrievals, observational analyses, modeling studies, applied sciences, as well as field studies and calibration/validation activities. |