UV-VIS-NIR Workshop

May 10, 2022

The NOAA Office of Atmospheric and Oceanic Research’s Climate Program Office (CPO) is organizing a workshop to gather Atmospheric Composition input for future operational NOAA Low-Earth-orbiting (LEO) missions. NOAA’s National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service (NESDIS) is exploring moving towards a disaggregated and distributed LEO architecture with the goal of launching sensors and missions in a more agile way in the future. A critical part of the distributed LEO formulation is to determine how the data from current sensors are used, their impacts, and opportunities for improvements in the next generation sensors for architecture studies and planning.

As NOAA formulates future operational UV-Vis-NIR satellite missions in LEO, it will consider input from the Atmospheric Composition community through a virtual workshop from 12:00 pm-3:30 pm ET on June 14-15, 2022. Atmospheric composition applications such as air quality monitoring and forecasting, ozone monitoring, health impacts, greenhouse gas monitoring, and others will be discussed.

Update: Registration is now closed. Most slides from the event are now available via the agenda below.

Meeting Report

Meeting Report: Global Atmospheric Composition Needs from Future Ultraviolet–Visible–Near-Infrared (UV–Vis–NIR) NOAA Satellite Instruments

Agenda

Tuesday, June 14

12-12:15 Welcome and Workshop Overview

Satya Kalluri, JPSS Program Scientist

12:15-12:30 Transitioning NASA LEO UV-Vis-NIR-SWIR Capabilities to NOAA for Next-Generation Global Air-Quality and Climate Observations

Joanna Joiner, Atmospheric Physicist, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center [SLIDES]

12:30-12:45 [Keynote] Air Quality Forecasting

Ivanka Stajner, Deputy Director of the Environmental Modeling Center at NOAA/National Weather Service [SLIDES]

12:45-1:00 [Keynote] Greenhouse Gases

James Whetstone, Director for Greenhouse Gas Measurements Program, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) [SLIDES]

1:00-1:15 [Keynote] Science for Justice: Opportunities to Assess and Address Health Disparities from Air Pollution Through Next-Generation Atmospheric Composition Satellite Instruments

Gretchen Goldman, Assistant Director for Environmental Science, Engineering, Policy, and Justice at White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) [Slides not available]

1:15-1:30 [Keynote] From space to the street: Tracking health impacts and disparities of traffic-related air pollution with satellite NO2

Susan Anenberg, Associate Professor and Director of the Global Environmental Health, George Washington University SLIDES

1:30-1:45 Discussion

Moderated discussion with audience participation

1:45-2:00 BREAK

2:00-2:10 AQ Research Products

Vincent-Henri Peuch, Head of the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS) and Deputy Director of the Copernicus Department at ECMWF [SLIDES]

2:10-2:20 Perspective on EPA use of Backscatter UV-VIS-NIR Grating Science Data Products at Present and in the Decades to Come

Luke Valin, Research Scientist, US EPA Office of Research and Development’s Center for Environmental Measurements and Modeling [SLIDES]

2:20-2:30 Rapid Response Case Study: COVID-19 on Air Quality

Brian McDonald, Environmental Engineer, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory [SLIDES]

2:30-2:40 Daily Satellite Observations of Urban NO2 Inequality: Evaluation and Application

Sally Pusede, Assistant Professor, Department of Environmental Sciences, University of Virginia [SLIDES]

2:40-2:50 Long-term Monitoring of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer: The Need for Both Column and Vertically-Resolved Measurements

Sean Davis, Research Physicist, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory [SLIDES]

2:50-3:00 Tropospheric Ozone Distribution and Trends in the Tropics

Audrey Gaudel, Research Scientist, NOAA Chemical Sciences Laboratory [SLIDES]

3:00-3:30 Discussion

Moderated discussion with audience participation

Tuesday, June 15

12:00-12:10 First Day Summary

Monika Kopacz, Atmospheric Chemistry, Carbon Cycle, and Climate (AC4) Program Manager, NOAA/CPO

12:10-12:20 Tracking Western Wildfires and their Impact on Air Quality in Connecticut

Michael Geigert, Air Pollution Control Engineer, CT Dept. of Energy and Environmental Protection [SLIDES]

12:20-12:30 Approaches to Using Insitu Measurements for Satellite ‘Calibration/Validation’

Colm Sweeney, Associate Director of Science, NOAA/Global Monitoring Laboratory (GML) [SLIDES]

12:30-12:40 Satellite Observations for Methane Decision Support

Riley Duren, CEO of Carbon Mapper.org and Research Scientist at the University of Arizona [SLIDES]

12:40-12:50 Toward a Reliable, Space-Based CO2 Data Assimilation Framework: Current Status and Future Directions

Lesley Ott, Research Meteorologist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [SLIDES]

12:50-1:00 Building a CH4 Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification System: Satellite Data Considerations

Lori Bruhwiler, Physical Scientist, NOAA Earth System Research Laboratory [SLIDES]

1:00-1:10 Emissions of Methane, Nitrogen Oxides and Volatile Organic Compounds from Oil and Gas Production

Joost de Gouw, Professor with the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and the Department of Chemistry of the University of Colorado Boulder [SLIDES]

1:10-1:40 Discussion

Moderated discussion with audience participation

1:40-2:00 BREAK

2:00-2:10 UV-Vis-NIR Remote Sensing of Aerosol Layer Height and Aerosol Properties

Jun Wang, Professor, Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, University of Iowa [SLIDES]

2:10-2:20 Using the UV Aerosol Index to Monitor Air Quality

Colin Seftor, NASA OMPS, Science Systems & Applications [SLIDES]

2:20-2:30 UV Aerosol Data Assimilation

Arlindo M da Silva, Research Meteorologist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center [Slides TBD]

2:30-3:00 Discussion

Moderated discussion with audience participation

3:00-3:15 Concluding Remarks

Concluding remarks, output, and next steps

Workshop Organizing Team: Greg Frost, Shobha Kondragunta, Monika Kopacz, Victoria Breeze, Kathryn Mozer, Shiv Das.

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UV-VIS-NIR Workshop

Meeting Report

Agenda

12-12:15 Welcome and Workshop Overview

12:15-12:30 Transitioning NASA LEO UV-Vis-NIR-SWIR Capabilities to NOAA for Next-Generation Global Air-Quality and Climate Observations

12:30-12:45 [Keynote] Air Quality Forecasting

12:45-1:00 [Keynote] Greenhouse Gases

1:00-1:15 [Keynote] Science for Justice: Opportunities to Assess and Address Health Disparities from Air Pollution Through Next-Generation Atmospheric Composition Satellite Instruments

1:15-1:30 [Keynote] From space to the street: Tracking health impacts and disparities of traffic-related air pollution with satellite NO2

1:30-1:45 Discussion

1:45-2:00 BREAK

2:00-2:10 AQ Research Products

2:10-2:20 Perspective on EPA use of Backscatter UV-VIS-NIR Grating Science Data Products at Present and in the Decades to Come

2:20-2:30 Rapid Response Case Study: COVID-19 on Air Quality

2:30-2:40 Daily Satellite Observations of Urban NO2 Inequality: Evaluation and Application

2:40-2:50 Long-term Monitoring of the Stratospheric Ozone Layer: The Need for Both Column and Vertically-Resolved Measurements

2:50-3:00 Tropospheric Ozone Distribution and Trends in the Tropics

3:00-3:30 Discussion

12:00-12:10 First Day Summary

12:10-12:20 Tracking Western Wildfires and their Impact on Air Quality in Connecticut

12:20-12:30 Approaches to Using Insitu Measurements for Satellite ‘Calibration/Validation’

12:30-12:40 Satellite Observations for Methane Decision Support

12:40-12:50 Toward a Reliable, Space-Based CO2 Data Assimilation Framework: Current Status and Future Directions

12:50-1:00 Building a CH4 Measurement, Monitoring, Reporting and Verification System: Satellite Data Considerations

1:00-1:10 Emissions of Methane, Nitrogen Oxides and Volatile Organic Compounds from Oil and Gas Production

1:10-1:40 Discussion

1:40-2:00 BREAK

2:00-2:10 UV-Vis-NIR Remote Sensing of Aerosol Layer Height and Aerosol Properties

2:10-2:20 Using the UV Aerosol Index to Monitor Air Quality

2:20-2:30 UV Aerosol Data Assimilation

2:30-3:00 Discussion

3:00-3:15 Concluding Remarks

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