News | September 8, 2009
SMAP Applications Workshop #1, Silver Spring, MD
The 1st SMAP Applications Workshop was held on September 9-10, 2009 at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Science Center Auditorium, 1301 East West Highway, Silver Spring, MD 20910.
Map and directions to workshop location
Background
The NASA Soil Moisture Active and Passive (SMAP) mission will be launched in the 2014-2015 time frame to provide global measurements of soil moisture and freeze/thaw state. SMAP science measurements will enable applications including drought and flood guidance, agricultural productivity estimation, weather forecasting, climate predictions, disease risk assessment and national security.
The goal of the 1st SMAP Applications Workshop was to provide a mechanism to share information about SMAP applications and to inform the SMAP mission about the challenges facing SMAP data users. The workshop aimed to strengthen the relationship between the SMAP mission and SMAP data users, and to provide inputs needed to develop the SMAP Applications Plan.
Applications Plan
The overall goal of the SMAP Applications Plan is to engage SMAP end users and build broad support for SMAP applications through a transparent and inclusive process. The sub-goals are to:
- Define SMAP applied science;
- Develop a community of end-users and decision makers that understand SMAP capabilities and are interested in using SMAP products in their application (termed SMAP Community of Practice);
- Reach out to end-users that are unfamiliar with SMAP capabilities but have the potential to benefit from SMAP products in their application (termed SMAP Community of Potential);
- Identify several "early adopters" who will partner to optimize their use of SMAP products, possibly even before launch as part of the SMAP testbed activities and SMAP calibration/validation (termed SMAP Targeted Partners);
- Provide information about SMAP applications to the broad science community to build support for SMAP applications (termed SMAP Community of Support); and
- Facilitate feedback between SMAP Communities and the SMAP Mission and Science Definition Team.
Further Information
For further information please contact:
Dr. Susan Moran
Chair, SMAP Applications Working Group
USDA ARS Southwest Watershed Research Center
2000 E. Allen Rd., Tucson, AZ 85719
susan.moran@ars.usda.gov
Phone: 520 670 6380 X171
Dr. Molly E. Brown
SMAP Applications Coordinator
Biospheric Sciences Branch
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Greenbelt, MD 20771
molly.brown@nasa.gov
301-614-6616
