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NASA
California Climate Observations:CalSat
Randy Friedl, Jet Propulsion LabSteve Hipskind, Ames Research Center
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Outline
• California Climate Assessments / Issues
• Observation needs
• Observation capabilities
• Observation strategy
- Aircraft, including UAS - (e.g., Global Hawk)
- LEO (e.g., QuikSCAT)
- LEO constellation (NASA EOS, GPS, DMC, RapidEye)
- GEO (NOAA GOES)
- L1 (DSCOVR)
• ROM Costs
• Recommendations
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Our Changing Climate (Assessment Priorities)
Public Health Air Quality HeatAgriculture Temperature increases Pests / pathogens StressesRising Sea Level Coastal Flooding / Levees Shrinking beachesWater Resources Sierra Snowpack Water supply Hydropower Winter RecreationForests & Landscapes Wildfires Invasive species Shifting vegetation Declining forest productivityCarbon Sources and Sinks
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Science Challenges Require High Spatial and Temporal Measurements and Models
GCM grid ~ 150-250 km
RCM grid ~ 10-50 km
Aircraft & Satellite resolution
~ 0.1 – 100 km
Source: R. Rood, U. Mich.
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NASA’s Earth Science Satellites• NASA and NOAA have 29 spacecraft and over 120 instruments currently observing the Earth system
• NRC notes that this capability will decrease dramatically over next ten years, even if U.S. implements NRC Decadal Survey recommendations
The U.S. has a highly capable observing system for global scale climate change
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Observation Capabilities
PASSIVE
• Land / Ocean Surface Imaging• Multi-spectral (LANDSAT)• Hyperspectral
• Atmospheric Sounding• UV/Visible Spectrometry• Near IR Spectrometry
ACTIVE
• Radar
• Lidar
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Passive ActiveMulti/hyper spectral surface imaging
Hyperspectral sounding Radar Lidar
Public Health X X
Water Resources X
Agriculture X X X
Forests and Landscapes X X X
Rising Sea Level X X X
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Observation Strategy
AirborneConventional AircraftUnmanned Aerial Systems (UAS)AirshipsBalloons
Space based• Low Earth Orbit (LEO)
* Single spacecraft* LEO Constellation
• Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)• Geostationary Orbit (GEO)• Langrange Point (L1)
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California: ER-2 Coverage from Two Missions
Red: Flight 03-951 8 August 2003
Blue: Flight 03-952 11 August 2003
(7 Flight hours each)Flight Line Spacing:
12nm / 23km
5 flights needed to fully cover state
Total Flight Time: 35 hours
MASTERRC-10
Aircraft Enable Flexible Observation Strategy
• Significant trade-offs between spatial and temporal coverage for given number of flight hours
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Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Trades Temporal for Spatial Coverage
At least once-daily coverage of all of California (twice daily for some parts of northern California)Daily coverage of US pacific cost, and California BajaDaily coverage of nearly the entire US east costSparse global coverage including:
• UK, France, Spain, Japan, China, RussiaComplete Daily coverage of polar regions between 70° and 84° LatitudeNon-sun synchronous orbits open up more coverage possibilities
600km Swath1km Resolution561km Altitude, Sunsynchronous
600km Swath1km Resolution561km Altitude, Sunsynchronous
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The green lines represent OCO flight paths over California and neighboring land and ocean regions
These flight paths are repeated every 16 days • ~2 weeks between exact revisits• 5 days between nearest neighbor paths
OCO makes more than 20,000 measurements over California every month• Clouds and aerosols will prevent many
measurements from sampling all the way to the surface
Measurements from flight paths over the land and ocean regions surrounding California can establish the net flow of CO2 emissions in and out of the state
In its standard survey mode, OCO will be able to detect XCO2 variations as small a 1 ppm out of 380 ppm (0.3%) in a single sounding over bright surfaces
• This corresponds to CO2 sources produced by burning as little as 7500 gallons of gasoline or diesel (<2 tanker trucks)
• OCO should easily detect heavy traffic patterns over major urban areas
The NASA LEO Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) Mission will travel over California 6 times every 16 days
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• MEO altitudes are between ~1500 – 35000 km
•Combining MEO orbit with wide swath (~1000 km) instrument can provide up to 6 passes over California per day
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) provides Spatial – Temporal Compromise
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Molniya Orbit Provides Longer Regional View
A highly elliptic orbit with 63.4° inclination and ~12 hour orbital period. Satellite spends ~ half day over a designated area of the earth. Orbital altitude is near 40,000 km.
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Geosynchronous Orbit (GEO) Provides Constant View of Full Disk
• GEO altitude is ~35,000 km
• Full Disk GOES Image (+/- 65°)
• Provides ability to stare at given region; provides high temporal resolution
• Ideal for tracking fast moving events such as forest fires
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California: ER-2 Coverage from Two MissionsLangrange point (L1) provides full, daytime view of Earth
• L1 Orbit is ~1.5 million km from Earth; undergoes 4-15 degree Lissajous orbit
• DSCOVR was planned to provide first Earth observations from L1 (e.g. O3, aerosols, water)
• Federal/Industrial partnership being studied for DSCOVR
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Comparison of Earth Views from GEO and L1
•Optics at GEO. The blue circle represents a 1 degree half angle that covers California and the green circle represents a 4 degree half angle to cover the continental US.
• Optics at L1. The red circle represents a 0.1 degree half angle to cover California.
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Rough Order of Magnitude (ROM) Costs*
AirborneConventional Aircraft ($10M/Year) $50M 1
Space based• Low Earth Orbit (LEO)• Single spacecraft $50-150M 0.08• Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) $150M 0.08• Geostationary Orbit (GEO) or Molniya $300M 24
(Potential for co-launch on commercial spacecraft) $50M
• Langrange Point (L1) $300M 12(DISCOVR refurbishment and commercial partnership) $30M
5 Year Mission
*Assumes creative, cost-effective implementation strategies
California Coverage (~4x105Km2-hr/day)
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Maximizing Observational Assets for Regional Change Requires Clear Science Goals and Detailed
System Engineering
Gas and Particle Concentrations
Air Quality Predictions Pollutant Data
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Recommendation
• A robust regional climate observing system does not currently exist and will require integration of spaceborne, aircraft and groundbased measurement approaches.
• Development of a regional observing system must be done in concert with development of regional modeling capabilities that are firmly tied to global climate model input.
• An in-depth analysis of regional observing requirements should be pursued, along with a more detailed analysis of observing options that would be cost effective for state.
• Regional observation strategies should leverage the substantial Federal investment in global scale observations. State options could include state satellite launch, joining or initiating a consortium or buying data commercially.
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BACKUP
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California Economy Ranking
The World Fact Book (CIA)The rankings are:[12]
1. the combined United States 2. China 3. Japan 4. India 5. Germany 6. United Kingdom 7. France 8. Italy 9. Russia 10. California 11. Brazil 12. Canada 13. Mexico 14. Spain 15. South Korea(2005 estimates)
California Legislative Analyst's Office
The rankings are:[13]
1. the combined United States 2. Japan 3. Germany 4. United Kingdom 5. France 6. California 7. Italy 8. China 9. Canada 10. Spain(2004 data)
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Countries w/ Earth Observing Satellites
US (Government & Commercial)RussiaEuropean Space AgencyUKFranceGermanyIsraelThailandSingaporeTaiwan
ChinaBrazilKoreaJapanIndiaAlgeriaNigeriaTurkey
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Low Cost Earth Observing OptionsDisaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC)
• Multi country consortium• Moderate resolution LANDSAT type observations• Low cost satellites (<$20M)• Each country pays for their satellite, shares data with consortium• Members: UK, China, Algeria, Nigeria, Turkey• Surrey Satellite Technology, LTD build and launch satellites
RapidEye• Commercial venture• High resolution (6m), multi-spectral observations• Targeted for agricultural applications• Low cost for imagery compared to current providers ($1/km2)• Cost to cover California ~$400K (~400K km2)
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Earth Observing Satellites(Commercial)
* Disaster Monitoring Constellation * IKONOS * QuickBird * SPOT * EROS * RapidEye * FORMOSAT-2
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Earth Observing Satellites(NASA EOS)
FLAGSHIP MISSIONS * Terra (EOS AM-1) * Aqua (EOS PM-1) * Aura
* TRMM * Jason 1 EARTH SYSTEM SCIENCE PATHFINDER (ESSP - PI led missions)
* GRACE* IceSAT* Cloudsat/CALIPSO* OCO* Aquarius