Workshop on bridging satellite climate data gaps

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Abstract

Detecting the small signals of climate change for the most essential climate variables requires that satellite sensors make highly accurate and consistent measurements. Data gaps in the time series (such as gaps resulting from launch delay or failure) and inconsistencies in radiometric scales between satellites undermine the credibility of fundamental climate data records, and can lead to erroneous analysis in climate change detection. To address these issues, leading experts in Earth observations from National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA),National Oceanic and Atmospheric Adminstration (NOAA), United States Geological Survey (USGS),and academia assembled at the National Institute of Standards and Technology on December 10,2009 for a workshop to prioritize strategies for bridging and mitigating data gaps in the climate record. This paper summarizes the priorities for ensuring data continuity of variables relevant to climate change in the areas of atmosphere, land, and ocean measurements and the recommendations made at the workshop for overcoming planned and unplanned gaps in the climate record.

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Cooksey, C., & Datla, R. (2011). Workshop on bridging satellite climate data gaps. Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, 116(1), 505–516. https://doi.org/10.6028/jres.116.002

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