Tuesday, August 4, 2020: 1:00 PM-1:30 PM
Organizer:
Alison G. Boyer
Co-organizers:
Shawn P. Serbin
,
Joshua B. Fisher
and
Monica Papes
Moderator:
Michele Thornton
Ecologists have an unprecedented opportunity to take advantage of data collected by new ecologically-focused instruments that are co-located on the International Space Station. NASA’s Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI), Ecosystem Spaceborne Thermal Radiometer Experiment on Space Station (ECOSTRESS), and Orbiting Carbon Observatory-3 (OCO-3) instruments, as well as the German Space Agency (DLR) Earth Sensing Imaging Spectrometer (DESIS), are collecting a variety of parameters at high spatial resolutions and coordinated temporal acquisition at a near-global scale. Measurements include the three-dimensional structure (GEDI), productivity (solar-induced fluorescence from OCO-3), and water-use efficiency (ECOSTRESS) of vegetation. Coordinated data from these instruments offers an opportunity to address ecosystem dynamics questions that cannot be answered with data from any one instrument and that have the potential to substantially enhance our understanding of ecosystem responses to global change. This session will include speakers who are using data collected from the International Space Station to address ecological questions of importance to society and policymakers.
1:00 PM
The International Space Station as a key platform to synergize observations of fundamental ecosystem properties
Joshua B. Fisher, California Institute of Technology;
E. Natasha Stavros, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;
Ryan P. Pavlick, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;
Simon J. Hook, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology;
Annmarie Eldering, Jet Propulsion Laboratory;
Ralph Dubayah, University of Maryland;
Tsundeo Matsunaga, Japanese National Institute for Environmental Studies;
David S. Schimel, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology
