Tropics Mission – Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation structure and storm Intensity with a Constellation of Smallsats

2023 Joint Applications Workshop on the NASA TROPICS and CYGNSS Satellite Missions

Tuesday April 11^th to Thursday April 13^th, 2023

University of Miami Rosenstiel School of Marine, Atmospheric, and Earth Science | 4600 Rickenbacker Causeway | Marine Science Center Building Auditorium

Primary Contacts

Dr. Jason Dunion: jason.dunion@noaa.gov
Dr. Patrick Duran: patrick.t.duran@nasa.gov

Meeting Objectives

Review CYGNSS and TROPICS data applications in the Applied Science Program elements as well as outcomes from the 2017 CYGNSS and 2020 TROPICS Applications Workshops
Review mission specifications and status including updates from the NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs), status of algorithm development, and satellite calibration/validation
Provide an opportunity CYGNSS science team and the TROPICS early adopter community to share results, communicate challenges, successes, and future needs of the CYGNSS and TROPICS mission science teams
Identify technical and visualization needs that can be addressed by the science and applications community (e.g., data assimilation, Level 3 & Level 4 products, and visualization tools) to accelerate broad utilization of TROPICS data post- launch and develop new algorithms/tools that leverage both CYGNSS and TROPICS data.
Engage new stakeholders from private and commercial industry and provide a forum to identify their applications, needs, and potential use of CYGNSS and TROPICS data.

NASA TROPICS Mission

The TROPICS mission will provide rapid-refresh microwave measurements over the tropics that can be used to observe the temperature, moisture, and precipitation structure for storm systems over their entire lifecycles. TROPICS will be comprised of a constellation of microsatellites that will offer an unprecedented combination of spatial and temporal resolution to measure environmental and inner-core conditions for tropical cyclones on a nearly global scale and is a profound leap forward in the capability to continuously monitor high-impact meteorological events such as tropical cyclones. TROPICS will demonstrate that a satellite constellation approach to earth science can provide improved resolution, configurable coverage (e.g. tropics, near global, or global), flexibility, reliability, and launch access at extremely low cost, thereby serving as a model for future missions.

NASA CYGNSS Mission

The NASA CYGNSS mission uses a constellation of eight micro-satellite observatories to receive both direct and reflected signals from Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites. The direct signals pinpoint CYGNSS observatory positions, while the reflected signals respond to ocean surface roughness, from which wind speed is retrieved. The mission will study the relationship between ocean surface properties, moist atmospheric thermodynamics, radiation and convective dynamics to determine how a tropical cyclone forms and whether or not it will strengthen, and if so by how much. This will advance forecasting and tracking methods. CYGNSS data will enable scientists, for the first time, to probe key air-sea interaction processes that take place near the inner core of the storms, which are rapidly changing and play large roles in the genesis and intensification of hurricanes.

2023 Joint Applications Workshop on the NASA TROPICS and CYGNSS Satellite Missions

Tuesday April 11^th to Thursday April 13^th, 2023

NASA TROPICS Mission

NASA CYGNSS Mission

MEETING DETAILS

PRIMARY CONTACTS

LOCATION

2023 Joint Applications Workshop on the NASA TROPICS and CYGNSS Satellite Missions

Tuesday April 11th to Thursday April 13th, 2023

NASA TROPICS Mission

NASA CYGNSS Mission

MEETING DETAILS

PRIMARY CONTACTS

LOCATION

Tuesday April 11^th to Thursday April 13^th, 2023