Bulletin of the American Physical Society
APS March Meeting 2014
Volume 59, Number 1
Monday–Friday, March 3–7, 2014; Denver, Colorado
Session F38: Invited Session: Keyhole to the World: Public Access to Satellite Data for Environmental, Security, and Social Ends |
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Sponsoring Units: FPS Chair: Micah Lowenthal, National Academy of Sciences Room: 709/711 |
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:00AM - 8:36AM |
F38.00001: 40 years of Landsat images: What we learned about science and politics Invited Speaker: Jeff Dozier The first Landsat (then called ERTS -- Earth Resources Technology Satellite) launched in 1972. Landsat 8 launched in February 2013. The 40$+$ years of images have yielded a remarkable history of changes in Earth's land surface, and the program has accomplished significant technological achievements. However, the sustained long-term record owes more to luck than careful program planning, and especially benefitted from the remarkable 27-year life of Landsat 5. Recommendations for the future center mainly on making the program a real Program with a commitment to sustaining it, as well as some ideas to reduce cost and improve effectiveness. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 8:36AM - 9:12AM |
F38.00002: Bringing the Crowd to Environmental Investigation and Monitoring Invited Speaker: John Amos In the nearly 70 years since scientists at the White Sands Missile Range first sent cameras into space on captured German V-2 rockets, humans have launched thousands of satellites into Earth orbit. While some look out at the heavens, many are Earth observation instruments pointing back at us and collecting images and measurements of our planet's dynamic physical and biological systems. Civilian access to, and use of, satellite imagery increased dramatically with the early 1970s advent of the Landsat satellite program, accelerating in recent years with the commercialization of high resolution ``spy satellite'' imagery and the advent of ubiquitous, easy-to-use web interfaces such as Google Earth. SkyTruth applies satellite remote sensing to illuminate environmental issues and incidents. New data sources expected to come on line in 2014 present opportunities for independent, third-party investigation and near-real-time response to environmental and humanitarian crises. New approaches to distributing, processing, sharing and analyzing the expected torrent of image data must be developed to take full advantage of this potential. Our goal is to build a global community of ``skytruthers'' regularly engaged in collaborative image analysis and mapping, and conducting routine oversight of environmental change in the places they care about. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 9:12AM - 9:48AM |
F38.00003: Nuclear Verification from Space? Satellite Imagery in Support of Non-Proliferation and Arms Control Invited Speaker: Irmgard Niemeyer In the last decades, the international community has negotiated a number of multilateral agreements on nuclear non-proliferation and arms control, including also provisions for the verification of compliance. Among the different verification measures, earth observation (EO) by scientific or commercial satellite imaging sensors has been considered as an important source of information. If the area of interest is not accessible, remote sensing sensors offer one of the few opportunities to gather almost real-time data over the area. The study reviews the technical progress in the field of satellite imaging sensors and explores the recent advances in satellite imagery processing and geoinformation technologies as to the extraction of significant observables and signatures of possible non-compliance to non-proliferation and arms control. Moreover, it discusses how satellite data and geoinformation technologies could be used complementary for confirming information gathered from other systems or sources. The study also aims at addressing legal and political aspects and the cost benefits of using satellite imagery in the nuclear verification procedure. The study concludes that satellite imagery and geoinformation technologies are expected to support the efficient management of nuclear non-proliferation and arms control issues and to improve the effective performance of the Treaty. [Preview Abstract] |
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 9:48AM - 10:24AM |
F38.00004: Earth Science Serving Society: Using NASA Earth-observing Satellites for Policy, Management, and Capacity Building Invited Speaker: Lawrence Friedl |
Tuesday, March 4, 2014 10:24AM - 11:00AM |
F38.00005: Panel Discussion |
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