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AIR QUALITY/ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION AIR QUALITY/ATMOSPHERIC COMPOSITION IN THE NRC DECADAL SURVEY,IN THE NRC DECADAL SURVEY,
Earth Science and Applications from Space: Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and BeyondNational Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond
Daniel J. JacobHarvard University
NRC Decadal Surveys are produced in many areas of scienceNRC Decadal Surveys are produced in many areas of science
• Community-based documents identifying priority directions in a scientific field to retain US leadership
• Respond to demands and charges from specific sponsors (agencies, OMB, OSTP, Congress)
• Provide strategic advice, not tactical
• Have been used in the past by NASA for Space Science, not Earth Science
The Earth Science and Applications from Space (ESAS) Decadal Survey (released Feb 07) was requested by NASA/NOAA to set up a prioritized queue of satellite missions across all fields of Earth science for 2010-2019. Goal was to achieve:
• coherent strategic vision• community buy-in and imprimatur• budget justification
DS Executive Committee & 7 Thematic PanelsDS Executive Committee & 7 Thematic PanelsMember Institution Expertise
Rick Anthes Univ. Corp. Atmospheric Research (UCAR), co-chair Atmospheric science
Berrien Moore U. New Hampshire, co-chair Biogeochemical cycling
Jim Anderson Harvard University Atmospheric science, chemistry
Bruce Marcus Former TRW (ret) Remote sensing
Bill Gail Microsoft Virtual Earth Civil space & Information Technology
Susan Cutter U. South Carolina Hazards & risk
Tony Hollingsworth European Centre Medium-range Weather Forecasts Weather forecasting
Kathie Kelly U. Washington Physical oceanography, satellite observation
Neal Lane Rice University Policy
Warren Washington National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Climate
Mary Lou Zoback Risk Management Solutions Solid earth
Tony Janetos Pac. NW Natl Lab/UMd, Applications Panel Chair Ecology & land remote sensing
Brad Hager MIT, Solid Earth Panel Chair Solid earth & Natural hazards
Ruth DeFries U. Maryland, Ecosystems Panel Chair Land cover change & remote sensing
Susan Avery U. Colorado, Weather Panel Chair Weather
Eric Barron U. Texas, Climate Panel Chair Climate
Dennis Lettenmaier U. Washington, Water Resources Panel Chair Water resources
Mark Wilson U. Michigan, Human Health Panel Chair Human health
Vision: “A healthy, secure, prosperous & sustainable society for all people on Earth”
Top Ten Scientific Questions identified by Decadal SurveyTop Ten Scientific Questions identified by Decadal Survey
10. Are major fault systems nearing release of stress via strong earthquakes?
9. Will tropical cyclones & heat waves become more frequent & intense?
8. What are health impacts of expanded “Ozone Hole” that could result from stratosphere cooling associated with climate change?
7. Will rare diseases become common, how will mosquito-borne viruses spread with changes in rainfall & drought, & can we better predict avian flu?
6. How will boreal forests shift as temperature & precipitation change at high latitudes, & what effects on animal migrations & invasive species will occur?
5. How will coastal & ocean ecosystems respond to changes in physical forcing, particularly those subject to intense human harvesting?
4. How will economic development affect air pollution & transport across oceans & continents, & how are pollutants transformed during transport?
3. How will reduced snowfall affect water storage requirements?
2. Will droughts become more widespread in U.S., Australia, & sub-Saharan Africa, & how will that affect wildfires?
1. Will major ice sheets (including Greenland & West Antarctica) collapse, & if so, how rapidly & what sea-level rise will result?
Atmospheric composition is identified with ozone layer and air quality; relevance to climate change, ecosystems not recognized directly
Decadal Survey Process for Mission SelectionDecadal Survey Process for Mission Selection
• Panels reviewed >100 candidate missions submitted in response to public Request for Information (RFI)
• 35 of these missions were recommended to Executive Committee
• ExCom made final recommendation of 17 missions in three cohorts (2010-2013, 2014-2016, 2017-2019). Presented this ensemble as “minimal yet robust”, warned against cherry-picking.
• Beyond this strategic plan, Decadal Survey recommended regular schedule of Venture-Class missions with $200M budget cap for grass-roots infusion of new ideas and technology
17 Recommended New Missions:17 Recommended New Missions:“Minimal Yet Robust”“Minimal Yet Robust”
• NOAA: Transition 3 LEO “research” to “operational”– Extended Ocean Vector Winds Mission (XOVRM)– GPS radio-occultation (GPSRO) temperature, water vapor, & electron
density sounding– Total solar irradiance via Climate Absolute Radiance & Refractivity
Observatory (CLARREO) & NPOESS
• NASA: Implement solar spectral portion of CLARREO & 14 other missions, 2 GEO (Geo-CAPE & PATH) & 12 LEO
3D-WindsACE
ASCENDS
CLARREO
DESDynI GACM
Geo-CAPE
GPSRO
GRACE-IIHyspIRIICESat-IIPATH
& LIST
SCLPSMAPSWOTXOVRM
11stst cohort (“2010-2013”) NASA Missions cohort (“2010-2013”) NASA Missions
Mission (#) Measurement Types (Panel Themes) Orbit Instruments Estimate
Climate Absolute Radiance & Refractivity Observatory (CLARREO-NASA portion)
(1) Forcing & response of climate (climate) Precessing LEO
Absolute, spectrally resolved solar interferometer
$200M
Soil Moisture Active-Passive (SMAP)
(5) Soil moisture & freeze/thaw, Heat Stress & Drought, Algal Blooms & Water-Borne Infectious Disease, Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Disease, Surface Water & Ocean Topography (Health and water)
LEO, SSO L-band radar & radiometer
$300M
Ice, Cloud, & Land Elevation Satellite –II (ICESat-II)
(5) Clouds, Aerosols, Ice & Carbon, Ecosystem Structure & Biomass, Sea Ice Thickness, Glacier Surface Elevation, Glacier Velocity (Climate, ecosystem, water)
LEO, Non- SSO
Laser altimeter $300M
Deformation, Ecosystem Structure & Dynamics of Ice (DESDynI)
(8) Ice Dynamics, Ecosystem Structure & Biomass, Heat Stress & Drought,Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Disease, Surface Deformation, Sea Ice Thickness, Glacier Surface Elevation, Glacier Velocity (Climate, ecosystem, health, solid earth, water)
LEO, SSO L-band (1.2GHz) InSAR
Laser altimeter
$700M
• Now in pipeline in the order SMAP, ICESat-II, (DESDynI, CLARREO)• First launch (SMAP) unlikely to be before 2014 – at least four years delay relative to Decadal Survey schedule
22ndnd cohort NASA Missions cohort NASA MissionsMission (#) Measurement Types (Panel Themes) Orbit Instruments Estimate
Hyperspectral/IR Imagery (HyspIRI)
(4) Land surface composition for agriculture & mineral characterization, vegetation types for ecosystem health (Ecosystem, health, solid earth)
LEO, SSO
Hyperspectral spectrometer
$300M
Active Sensing of CO2
Emissions over Nights, Days, and Seasons (ASCENDS)
(2) Day/night, all-latitude, all-season CO2 column for climate, ozone processes for health (Climate, ecosystem, health)
LEO, SSO
Multifrequency laser
$400M
Surface Water/Ocean Topography (SWOT)
(4) Ocean Circulation, Heat Storage, & Climate Forcing, Algal Blooms & Water-Borne Infectious Disease, Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Disease, Surface Water & Ocean Topography (Climate, health, water)
LEO, SSO
Ku-band radar
Ku-band altimeter
Microwave radiometer
$450M
Geostationary Coastal & Air Pollution Events (Geo-CAPE)
(9) Air Pollution, Acute Toxic Pollution Releases, Algal Blooms & Water-Borne Infectious Disease, Global Ecosystem Dynamics, Heat Stress & Drought, Inland & Coastal Water Quality, Ozone Processes. Aerosol Characterization & Ozone (Ecosystem, health, water, weather)
GEO High spatial resolution hyperspectral spectrometer
Low spatial resolution imaging spectrometer
IR correlation radiometer
$550M
Aerosol/Cloud/Ecosystems (ACE)
(10) Aerosol-Cloud, Acute Toxic Pollution Releases, Air Pollution, Algal Blooms & Water-Borne Infectious Disease, Clouds, Aerosols, Ice, & Carbon. Ice Dynamics, Global Ocean Productivity, Ozone Processes, Aerosol Characterization & Ozone (Climate, ecosystem, health, weather)
LEO, SSO
Backscatter lidar
Multiangle polarimeter
Doppler radar
$800M
In definition phase; these missions will likely not be launched before 2020. Likely to be revisited in next Decadal Survey
33rdrd cohort NASA Missions cohort NASA MissionsMission (#) Measurement Types (Panel Themes) Orbit Instruments Estimate
Lidar Surface Topography (LIST)
(3) Landslide hazards & water runoff, Heat Stress & Drought, Vector-Borne & Zoonotic Disease (Health, solid earth)
LEO, SSO
Modified Laser altimeter
$300M
Precision & All-weather Temperature & Humidity (PATH)
(5) All-weather temperature & humidity soundings for weather forecasting & SST, Heat Stress & Drought, Algal Blooms & Water-Borne Infectious DiseaseVector-Borne & Zoonotic Disease, Cold Seasons (Health, water, weather)
GEO Microwave array spectrometer
$450M
Gravity Recovery & Climate Experiment-II (GRACE-II)
(2) High temporal resolution gravity fields to track large-scale water movement (Climate and water)
LEO, SSO
Microwave or laser ranging system
$450M
Snow & Cold Land Processes (SCLP)
(1) Snow accumulation for fresh water availability (Water)
LEO, SSO
Ku & X-band radars
K & Ka-band radiometers
$500M
Global Atmospheric Composition Mission (GACM)
(7) Acute Toxic Pollution Releases, Air Pollution Cold Seasons, Global Ecosystem Dynamics, Ozone Processes, Tropospheric Aerosol Characterization & Ozone (Ecosystem, health, water, weather)
LEO, SSO
UV spectrometer
IR spectrometer
Microwave limb sounder
$600M
3-Dimensional Tropospheric Winds from Space-based Lidar (3D-Winds: Demo)
(3) Weather forecasting, pollution & water vapor transport (Health, water, weather)
LEO, SSO
Doppler lidar $650M
Useful to think about them, but will be revisited in next Decadal Survey…
Current NASA ESD budgets do not allow credible implementation of Decadal Survey
Fiscal Year
FY
06 $
Mil
lio
n
FY08Request
Prior Commitments
Decadal Survey Wedge
FY09Request
12
An Earth Science Initiative is needed… much more than anemic FY09 bump!
Atmospheric composition and the Decadal SurveyAtmospheric composition and the Decadal Survey
• Atmospheric composition was treated fairly by DS in framework of 2010-2019 schedule; but delay means large gap between Aura and the next atm comp mission
• Current ESD budgets do not allow credible implementation of the DS, even allowing for delays. Implementation of DS would require return of ESD budgets to 2000 levels (+33%). Making this happen will require political intervention
• GEO-Cape and ACE are budget-busters (>$1B each) – need cost reductions or they will never take off
• Important to work on mission definition for GEO-Cape, ACE, GACM because they are good ideas and we need to maintain vitality of atm composition research at NASA, but…
• Don’t view this DS as final word – we need to position ourselves for:
– opportunities with Venture-Class missions
– collaborations with international space partners (CEOS)
– the next Decadal Survey
FUTURE SATELLITE MISSIONSFUTURE SATELLITE MISSIONS
Continuity of UV/Vis (GOME-X series, VIIRS) Nadir+limb, UV-IR-wave
for vertical resolution(GACM)
Aerosol physics and clouds(Glory, ACE)
Global CO2
(OCO, ASCENDS) Geostationary(GEO-CAPE, GEO-SCIA)
Room for new ideas!• MEO, L1, L2 orbits• Lunar platform• Microsatellites• …
EARTH OBSERVATION FROM THE MOONEARTH OBSERVATION FROM THE MOON
6/24/2006
North Pole
12/20/2006
South Pole
as enabled by the NASA Lunar Exploration Program (South Pole base in 2020)
PROS: • continuous full-disk view of the Earth• global coverage, high observation density• large telescope, antennas, power supplies• stability of platform• ease of maintenance
• complicated viewing schedule, radiative transfer• dust, moonquakes• day/night heating differential
CONS:
Could be avoided with platformat Earth-Moon L1 point
Images fromJay Herman