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AirMOSS – Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface – Earth Ventures-1

09/03/2015

The P-band radar completed the Alaska permafrost observation last weekend. In addition, the radar made two observations over the Sitka landslide area in the southeastern tip of Alaska on August 28 and 31 respectively. The crossing flight lines are shown in the graphics below and we will attempt to reconstruct the 3-dimensional deformation signals from interferometric data sets acquired 3 days apart. Repeat-pass interferometry with the P-band radar has recently been demonstrated with data acquired in Harvard Forest. In addition, polarimetric data products can be used to detect geophysical changes in the forest landscape such as landslides and rotation of forest stands.

OMG - Ocean Melting Greenland. Earth Ventures-2

09/03/2015

OMG's Survey ship, Cape Race has been re-positioned to South Melville Greenland, The TerraSond's survey crew departed for Greenland on Sunday. The plan is to resume OMG's North West Bathymetry survey of Greenland on September 4.

Last week, OMG was in the news:

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?feature=4698

http://www.nasa.gov/jpl/nasas-omg-mission-maps-greenlands-coastline

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/energy-environment/wp/2015/08/28/why-nasas-so-worried-that-greenlands-melting-could-speed-up/

http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/nasa-launches-climate-operation-omg

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2015/aug/09/omg-nasa-project-oceans-melting-greenland

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2015/08/28/nasa-has-a-mission-called-omg-heres-how-it-got-its-name/

http://fusion.net/story/189759/nasa-mission-omg/

http://www.popsci.com/omg-thirteen-other-missions-nasa-should-do-asap

Also, OMG's web site:

https://omg.jpl.nasa.gov/p ortal

Has some amazing 2015 Greenland survey pictures at:

https://omg.jpl.nasa.gov/portal/gallery-2015-survey

AirMOSS – Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface – Earth Ventures-1

08/24/2015

We have successfully completed our very last campaign over the Marena, Oklahoma In-Situ Sensor Testbed (MOISST) grasslands site. In all, we conducted three flights over MOISST on August 7, 11, and 15 respectively. The first flight was coincident with COSMOS rover soil measurements performed by Oklahoma State University. The AirMOSS observations over Walnut Gulch in conjunction with the SMAP cal/val campaign is nearly completed as well, having flown 5 flights on August 8, 10, 13, 16, and 18 respectively. Four of the five flights (except for August 13) were SMAP satellite under flights where AirMOSS data were acquired nearly the same time as SMAP’s radiometer. Our last acquisition over Walnut Gulch will be conducted on September 1 in conjunction with the SMAP space borne observation.

CARVE - Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment Earth Ventures-1

08/24/2015

This week, CARVE continued the August campaign. CARVE flew 5 science flight days for a total of 33 flight hours. Science locations included Nome, Bethel, Innoko, Nikolai, and Fort Yukon.

On August 15, CARVE flew in the Fort Yukon area and acquired elevated CH4 and CO2.

With the completion of the Fort Yukon flight on August 15, CARVE concluded the successful August campaign

OMG - Ocean Melting Greenland. Earth Ventures-2

08/24/2015

OMG's underwater Bathymetry survey continued last week. The ship surveyed 852 nautical miles, and completed 73 Conductivity / Temperature profiles.

Below is the quick look survey plot.

Also last week, OMG's web site went live. The website is https://omg.jpl.nasa.gov/portal/

Airborne Visible / Infrared Imaging Spectrometer – Next Generation (AVIRIS-NG)

08/15/2015

AVIRIS-Next Generation continues to fly on the Dynamic Aviation King Air in Greenland as part of an IceSAT-2 campaign. The Greenland flights will continue through August 19. There have been 4 successful flights in conjunction with the Langley King Air with a Goddard Lidar (SIMPL) on board.

AirMOSS – Airborne Microwave Observatory of Subcanopy and Subsurface – Earth Ventures-1

08/15/2015

The AirMOSS pod was re-integrated to the JSC Gulfstream-III on July 30. Since then, AirMOSS has successfully completed four science data collections. Two of the collections imaged the Walnut Gulch site in Arizona and are part of the SMAP calibration/validation field campaign called SMAPVEX15. These collections were coincident with the overflight of the SMAP satellite. The other two collections imaged the Marena, Oklahoma In Situ Sensor Testbed (MOISST) grasslands site. The flight at the MOISST site on Friday, August 7, was coincident with COSMOS rover soil measurements performed by a team from Oklahoma State University.

CARVE - Carbon in Arctic Reservoirs Vulnerability Experiment Earth Ventures-1

08/15/2015

This week, CARVE continued the August campaign. CARVE flew 5 science flight days for a total of 33 flight hours. Science locations included Nome, Bethel, Innoko, Nikolai, and Fort Yukon.