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WE2.R1: Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellite Missions and Their Contribution to Earth Science Applications I

Wednesday, 12 August, 11:00 - 12:15

Location: Morgan

Session Type: Oral

Session Co-Chairs: Satya Kalluri, NOAA and Lihang Zhou, NOAA

Track: Community Contributed Themes

Wed, 12 Aug, 11:00 - 11:15

WE2.R1.1: THE IMPACT OF LEO SATELLITES ON REAL-TIME PRECIPITATION ESTIMATES

Christian Kummerow, Simon Pfreundschuh, Colorado State University

Wed, 12 Aug, 11:15 - 11:30

WE2.R1.2: Radiometric Performance of the Tomorrow.io Microwave Sounder Constellation

S. Joseph Munchak, Ethan Nelson, Ryan Honeyager, Jonathan Guerrette, Emma Watson, Scott Williams, The Tomorrow Companies, Inc.

Wed, 12 Aug, 11:30 - 11:45

WE2.R1.3: Sounder for Microwave-Based Applications (SMBA): NOAA’s Next-Generation Backbone Microwave Sounder

Edward Kim, Saji Abraham, Chris Anders, Mark Ayers, Chris Brann, Alexandra Bringer, Negar Ehsan, Risha George, Pete Gonzales, Brooke Greybeck, Clara Hollenhorst, Carey Johnson, Jessica Knizhnik, Quanhua Liu, Joseph C.-H. Lyu, Lisa McCormick, Robert Platt, Ofelia Quintero, Matthew Sammons, Marc Wigdor, Mark Wong, Hu Yang, Ken Yienger, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

Wed, 12 Aug, 11:45 - 12:00

WE2.R1.4: HYBRID DEEP REINFORCEMENT LEARNING AND MATHEMATICAL OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK FOR REVISIT TIME AND COVERAGE MAXIMIZATION IN RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED LEO SATELLITE CONSTELLATIONS

Himani Saini, Madhu KV, UR Rao Satellite Centre, Indian Space Research Organization

Wed, 12 Aug, 12:00 - 12:15

WE2.R1.5: How Weighting Functions Change with Spectral Resolutions of a Hyperspectral Microwave Sounder

Quanhua Liu, Science Systems Applications Inc; Edward Kim, Antonia Gambacorta, National Aeronautics and Space Administration