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DESDynI Applications Report available for comment

From the Acknowledgements:

Dear Colleague,

In 2007 The National Research Council Earth Science Decadal Survey, Earth Science Applications from Space, recommended a five-year integrated L-band InSAR and multibeam Lidar mission called DESDynI (Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice) be launched in the 2010–2013 timeframe. The mission will measure surface deformation for solid Earth and cryosphere objectives and vegetation structure for understanding the ecosystem structure and carbon cycle.

Because there are numerous applications that DESDynI can address NASA convened a workshop in October 2008 to address to discuss these applications and related data products. Identified applications include monitoring of earthquakes, volcanoes, landslides, ground subsidence, floods, glacier surges and ices sheet/shelf collapse, wildfires, hurricane/cyclone damager, riparian vegetation for fish habitats, wind events, oil spills, beetle infestations, and surface deformation associated with subsurface reservoirs and CO2 sequestration. In certain configuration DESDynI could also address
soil moisture, fire extent, coastal oceans, and ocean currents.

The primary objective of the workshop was to further develop the applications goals and objectives, and traceability to needed observations and measurements. Numerous people contributed extensively to both the workshop, as indicated in Appendix and to to this report including the organizing committee listed below. Other contributors include Craig Dobson, Jeanne Sauber, Mahta Moghaddam, Elijah Ramsey, Ben Holt, Ronald Blom,
Brian Huberty, Margaret Glasscoe, Pablo Clemente-Colón, and Ben Brooks. It is our intention to make this a living document and update it as the mission and new techniques and methodologies are developed. The level of participation in both the workshop and writing of this report indicates the great interest and importance of addressing numerous applications with the DESDynI Mission.

Sincerely yours,

Andrea Donnellan, Gerald Bawden, and John Rundle
Workshop Conveners

Brad Hager, Bob Brakenridge, John Eichelberger, Carolyn Hunsaker, Tim Killeen, Zhong Lu, Jay Parrish, Bill Pichel, Don Turcotte, Nick Woodward
Organizing Committee

Read the DESDynI Applications Workshop Report (PDF, 2.29 MB).

Posted On: April 27, 2009

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