HR: 11:50h
AN: U32A-07    [Abstracts]
TI: Documenting Long-term Earth System Evolution With Satellite Observations
AU: * Kaye, J A
EM: Jack.A.Kaye@nasa.gov
AF: Earth Sciences Division NASA Headquarters, Mail Suite 3F71 Washington, DC 20546, Washington, DC 20546, United States
AU: Koblinsky, C J
EM: chester.j.koblinsky@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA's Climate Program Office, 1315 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MC 20910, United States
AU: Cramer, B
EM: bryant.cramer@nasa.gov
AF: Earth Sciences Division NASA Headquarters, Mail Suite 3F71 Washington, DC 20546, Washington, DC 20546, United States
AU: Karl, T
EM: thomas.r.karl@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC 28801, United States
AU: Privette, J L
EM: jeff.privette@noaa.gov
AF: NOAA's National Climatic Data Center, 151 Patton Ave., Asheville, NC 28801, United States
AB: Satellite observations play a critical role in documenting earth system evolution, both in terms of characterizing prior and current evolution of the Earth and providing a baseline against which future measurements can be compared. Given that the construction of the necessary long-term data sets requires the use of multiple instruments on multiple platforms, each of which may have their own characteristics, drifts, and degradation, this represents a significant challenge to the scientific community. Over the last 30-or so years, going back to the launch of the Nimbus 7 in 1978, earth scientists learned significant lessons about how to create accurate and stable long-term data records. Sponsoring agencies have tried to capture the lessons and use them as a basis for planning for future systems. This presentation will examine and present future approaches to maximize the quality of the long-term data records produced from earth satellites.
DE: 3305 Climate change and variability (1616, 1635, 3309, 4215, 4513)
DE: 3309 Climatology (1616, 1620, 3305, 4215, 8408)
DE: 3311 Clouds and aerosols
DE: 3337 Global climate models (1626, 4928)
DE: 3360 Remote sensing
SC: Union [U]
MN: 2007 Fall Meeting