AGU Advances (Dec 2022)
Building User‐Readiness for Satellite Earth Observing Missions: The Case of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission
- Faisal Hossain,
- Pritam Das,
- Margaret Srinivasan,
- Vardis Tsontos,
- Catalina M. Oaida,
- Cassandra Nickles,
- Jack McNelis,
- Matthew Bonnema,
- Nicolas Picot,
- Santiago Peña‐Luque,
- Bradley Doorn,
- Nadya Vinogradova‐Shiffer,
- Alice Andral,
- Lucile Gaultier,
- Indu Jayaluxmi,
- John Zhu,
- Nelun Fernando,
- Faizan Ul‐Hasan,
- Bareerah Fatima,
- Mufeezah Ahsan,
- C. T. Dhanya,
- Susantha Jayasinghe,
- Chinaporn Meechaiya,
- Miguel Barajas,
- Vivek Balakrishnan,
- Hisham Eldardiry,
- Mohamed Elkholy,
- Ahmed Abdelrazek,
- Luciana Fenoglio,
- Mike Durand,
- Rui Wei,
- Tamlin Pavelsky
Affiliations
- Faisal Hossain
- University of Washington Seattle WA USA
- Pritam Das
- University of Washington Seattle WA USA
- Margaret Srinivasan
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA USA
- Vardis Tsontos
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA USA
- Catalina M. Oaida
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA USA
- Cassandra Nickles
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA USA
- Jack McNelis
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA USA
- Matthew Bonnema
- NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory California Institute of Technology Pasadena CA USA
- Nicolas Picot
- Centre National d’études Spatiales Toulouse France
- Santiago Peña‐Luque
- Centre National d’études Spatiales Toulouse France
- Bradley Doorn
- NASA Headquarter Washington DC USA
- Nadya Vinogradova‐Shiffer
- NASA Headquarter Washington DC USA
- Alice Andral
- Collecte Localisation Satellites Ramonville Saint Agne France
- Lucile Gaultier
- Oceandata Labs Plouzané France
- Indu Jayaluxmi
- Indian Institute of Technology ‐ Bombay Mumbai India
- John Zhu
- Texas Water Development Board Austin TX USA
- Nelun Fernando
- Texas Water Development Board Austin TX USA
- Faizan Ul‐Hasan
- Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Lahore Pakistan
- Bareerah Fatima
- Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Lahore Pakistan
- Mufeezah Ahsan
- Pakistan Council of Research in Water Resources Lahore Pakistan
- C. T. Dhanya
- Indian Institute of Technology ‐ Delhi Hauz Khas India
- Susantha Jayasinghe
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Bangkok Thailand
- Chinaporn Meechaiya
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Bangkok Thailand
- Miguel Barajas
- Asian Disaster Preparedness Center Bangkok Thailand
- Vivek Balakrishnan
- Centre for Water Resources Development and Management Kozhikode India
- Hisham Eldardiry
- Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
- Mohamed Elkholy
- Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
- Ahmed Abdelrazek
- Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt
- Luciana Fenoglio
- University of Bonn Bonn Germany
- Mike Durand
- The Ohio State University Columbus OH USA
- Rui Wei
- The Ohio State University Columbus OH USA
- Tamlin Pavelsky
- University of North Carolina Chapel Hill NC USA
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1029/2022AV000680
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 3,
no. 6
pp. n/a – n/a
Abstract
Abstract The goal in this commentary is to share the development of the NASA Applied Science pre‐launch protocol called the Early Adopter Program (EAP) that is designed to build user‐readiness of planned satellite Earth observing missions proactively and before the launch. Here we focus in particular on the Surface Water and Ocean Topography satellite mission EAP as an illustration of benefits of such a program of proactive and sustained user community engagement. Such a commentary will be of value to other satellite Earth observation missions that are currently in service, scheduled for launch or prioritized for development in the near future.
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