2. SMAP
will
provide
high-‐resolu5on,
frequent-‐revisit
global
mapping
of
soil
moisture
and
freeze/thaw
state
to
enable
science
and
applica5ons
users
to:
Understand
processes
that
link
the
terrestrial
water,
energy
and
carbon
cycles
Freeze/thaw state
Es5mate
global
water
and
energy
fluxes
at
the
land
surface
Quan5fy
net
carbon
flux
in
boreal
landscapes
Enhance
weather
and
climate
forecast
skill
Develop
improved
flood
predic5on
and
drought
monitoring
capability
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GSFC
3. Objec&ve:
To
increase
and
sustain
the
interac&on
between
applica&ons,
users
and
scien&st
involved
in
mission
development
• The
Program
funds
projects
that
will
enable
innova5ve
uses
of
NASA
Earth
science
data
in
organiza5ons'
policy,
business,
and
management
decisions.
• Project
results
can
enhance
decision-‐making,
improve
the
quality
of
life
and
strengthen
the
economy.
• The
Program’s
porQolio
of
projects
deliver
results
7
areas
of
na5onal
priority,
including:
Air
Quality
Climate
Disasters
Ecological
Forecas5ng
Public
Health
Weather
Water
Resources
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GSFC
4. • Publicizes
the
mission’s
goals
and
objec5ves
• Defines
its
data
products
for
a
broad
audience
• Iden&fies
communi5es
of
poten5al
users
in
the
scien5fic,
opera5onal
and
policy
domains
• Engages
user
communi5es
to
solicit
informa5on
on
poten5al
uses
of
mission
data
• Facilitate
and
sponsor
research
programs
between
the
SDT
and
the
user
community
to
ensure
rapid
and
effec5ve
uptake
of
mission
data
upon
launch
• Builds
bridges
between
the
users
and
the
scien5st
so
the
informa5on
exchange
can
be
an
on
going
process
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Sigma
Space,
NASA,
GSFC
5. The
SMAP
mission
has
two
different
community
of
scien5sts,
policy
makers
and
analysts
who
may
be
interested
in
using
SMAP
data
products.
• Community
of
Prac&ce
–users
who
will
partner
to
op5mize
their
use
of
pilot
products
as
part
of
their
current
scien5fic,
decision
making
or
policy
development
ac5vi5es;
and
• Community
of
Poten&al
-‐
users
that
are
unfamiliar
with
the
capabili5es
of
SMAP
data
but
have
the
poten5al
to
benefit
from
the
products
in
their
applica5on
or
science
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NASA,
GSFC
6. A
SMAP
Applica5ons
Working
Group
(AppWG)
has
been
developed
to
iden5fy
poten5al
models,
programs
and
processes
that
will
benefit
from
SMAP
data
across
agencies
and
develops
partnerships
to
op5mize
and
improve
these
processes
in
prepara5on
for
the
eventual
availability
of
the
data
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Space,
NASA,
GSFC
7. Stephane
Belair
(Environment
Canada):Impact
Evalua5on
of
Observa5ons
from
SMAP
Mission
in
Environment
Canada’s
Predic5ve
Systems
(CaLDAS)
Dr.
Lars
Isaksen
and
Dr.
Patricia
de
Rosnay
(ECMWF):
Implementa5on
of
SMAP
brightness
temperature
and
soil
moisture
at
ECMWF
Dr.
Xiwu
Zhan
(NOAA):
Transi5on
of
NASA
SMAP
research
to
NOAA
Opera5onal
Numerical
Weather
and
Seasonal
Climate
Predic5ons
and
Research
Hydrological
Forecast
Dr.
Hosni
Ghedira
(Masdar
Ins&tute,
UAE):
Es5ma5ng
and
Mapping
the
Extent
of
Saharan
Dust
Emissions
Using
SMAP
–derived
soil
moisture
data
Dr.
Zhengwei
Yang/Mr.
Rick
Mueller
(USDA
NASS)
:
U.S.
Na5onal
Cropland
Soil
Moisture
Monitoring
Using
SMAP
Dr.
Catherine
Champagne
(Agriculture
and
Agri-‐food
Canada):
Soil
Moisture
Monitoring
in
Canada
Dr.
Amor
Ines
and
Dr.
Stephen
Zebiak
(IRI):
SMAP
for
Crop
Cas5ng
and
Food
security
Early
Warning
Applica5on
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Escobar,
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Space,
NASA,
GSFC
8. SDT
is
the
key
underlining
support
for
the
SMAP
Applica5ons
Program
SDT
provides
coordina5on,
leadership
and
guidance
for
the
program
SMAP
Applica5ons
works
within
SDT
to
coordinated
and
define
user
communi5es,
applied
science
projects,
data
distribu5on,
and
other
ac5vi5es
of
the
program
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Escobar,
Sigma
Space,
NASA,
GSFC
9. The
interplay
and
communica5on
between
groups
will
have
an
overall
benefit
to
product
use
and
applica5on
SMAP
SDT
SMAP
APPLICATIONS
PROGRAM
SMAP
SMAP
Community
of
Well
Informed
Community
of
Poten5al
Usable
Products
Prac5ce
SMAP
Mission
Science
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Escobar,
Sigma
Space,
NASA,
GSFC
10. • Integrate
user
community
into
the
SMAP
mission
science
defini5on
team
(SDT)
Applica5ons
Working
Group
• Iden5fy
Early
Adopters
of
SMAP
mission
data
to
foster
the
use
and
development
of
ancillary
data
with
SDT
• Conduct
workshops
at
each
phase
of
the
mission
to
communicate
successes
and
problems,
and
answer
ques5ons:
– What
needs
to
be
done
to
incorporate
SMAP
into
a
process
or
decision
making
system?
– How
can
SMAP
test
data
be
more
easily
available?
– Will
these
products
answer
important
science
ques5ons?
• Use
focus
group
mee5ngs
to
iden5fy
of
the
needs
of
thema5c
users
(hydrology,
agriculture,
climate
science,
etc)
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Sigma
Space,
NASA,
GSFC
11. Annual
workshops
Small
thema5cally
driven
focus
groups
Direct
email
communica5on
with
members
Ar5cles
and
announcements
of
mission
news
and
applica5ons
program
in
journals,
magazines
and
newslehers
Website
General
informa5on
and
AppWG
sign-‐up
Descrip5ons
of
how
Mission
Data
can
be
used
Thema5c
and
Organiza5onal
informa5on
for
high-‐profile
work
to
incorporate
mission
data
(ie
NOAA
CLM,
ECMWF)
Announcements
and
links
to
publica5ons
smap.jpl.nasa.gov/applica5ons
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Escobar,
Sigma
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NASA,
GSFC
12. Increase
and
sustain
the
interac5on
between
the
community
of
users
and
the
scien5sts
involved
in
mission
development
Understand
how
SMAP
products
can
be
integrated
into
the
user
community
decision-‐
making
processes
to
improve
policy,
science
and
management
ac5vi5es
Improve
the
development
and
understanding
of
SMAP
products
for
post
launch
ac5vi5es
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Escobar,
Sigma
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NASA,
GSFC