Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Thompson, David R.
• Basilio, Ralph
• Brosnan, Ian
• Cawse-Nicholson, Kerry
• Chadwick, K. Dana
• Guild, Liane
• Gierach, Michelle
• Green, Robert O.
• Hook, Simon
• Horner, Scott D.
• Hulley, Glynn
• Kokaly, Raymond
• Miller, Charles E.
• Miner, Kimberley R.
• Lee, Christine
• Limonadi, Daniel
• Luvall, Jeffrey
• Pavlick, Ryan
• Phillips, Benjamin
• Poulter, Benjamin
• Raiho, Ann
• Reath, Kevin
• Uz, Stephanie Schollaert
• Sen, Amit
• Serbin, Shawn
• Schimel, David
• Townsend, Philip
• Turner, Woody
• Turpie, Kevin

Titel

Ongoing Progress Toward NASA's Surface Biology and Geology Mission

Ist Teil von

• IGARSS 2022 - 2022 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 2022, p.5007-5010

Ort / Verlag

Goddard Space Flight Center: IEEE

Erscheinungsjahr

2022

Quelle

IEEE Electronic Library Online

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Pursuant to recommendations by the National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine's Earth Science Decadal Survey [1], the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has announced the development of an Earth System Observatory (ESO), a series of missions designed to observe processes across the Earth's interior, surface and atmosphere. A key component of this system is the Surface Biology and Geology (SBG) investigation. SBG will measure the composition and properties of Earth's land, inland waters, and coastal oceans. The notional architecture consists of multiple spacecraft slated for launch in the 2027-2028 timeframe (Figure 1). Target science questions and geophysical variables span diverse disciplines including terrestrial and aquatic ecology, geology, vulcanology, hydrology and cryospheric sciences (Figure 2). Beyond simply measuring geophysical variables for each discipline, SBG will provide information about the links between the different domains, enabling a more comprehensive understanding of the Earth as a connected system. SBG measurements will also benefit a wide range of societal applications including agriculture, terrestrial and aquatic biodiversity, natural hazards, public health, and management of water and other natural resources [2]. SBG will also coordinate measurements, data products, and analyses with other ESO elements to deliver an integrated Earth System perspective of Earth and its changing climate.