alaska: an exciting natural laboratory
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Naturally Inspiring. 2 per year. 25,000. Glaciers. Spa ce Physics. Study where science happens. Earthquakes. Proposed: ACUASI-RDE. Remote Sensing. Atmospheric Science. Alaska: An Exciting Natural Laboratory. Permafrost. Ice & Snow. Volcanoes. 100,000. Tectonics & - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Alaska: An Exciting Natural Laboratory
Study where science happens
Naturally InspiringTsunamis
Atmospheric Science
Space Physics
Remote Sensing
Ice&
SnowPermafrost
Tectonics & Sedimentation
Proposed:
ACUASI-RDE
Volcanoes
2 per year
Earthquakes
25,000
Glaciers
100,000
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Cleveland
Iliamna
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2011 - 2012 Impacts
Nome Fuel Crisis:GI Sea Ice Researchers Support USCG with Sea Ice Samples & UAV Remote Sensing
GI Glacier Researchers Provide Actionable Information to Alaska Command on Speed of Glacier to Initiate Recovery of C-124
Andy MahoneyGreg Walker
Dave PodraskyMartin Truffer
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Alaska Space Grant Program
Additional Sponsors: Alaska Aerospace Corporation, NOAA Fox Facility & Arctic Armature Radio Club
4” x 4” x 4”
The Alaska Research Cubesat (ARC) satellite:
1. Imager (Changing snow/ice coverage in arctic)2. Communications (High bandwidth image transfer)3. Attitude Control & Determination Sys. (ACDS) (thermal/vibration from ignition to orbit)4. Electronic Power System (EPS)5. Command and Data Handling (CDH)6. Launch Environment Data Logger (LEDL)
Dr. Denise Thorsen
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Alaska Satellite Facility – Strategic Location for Polar Orbit Satellite Contact
Viewing Horizon Polar Orbits
11/14 Orbits/day
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Alaska Satellite Facility
Dr. Nettie Labelle-Hamer, Scott Arko; Dr. Don Atwood
• ALOS (Advanced Land Observing Satellite)• AIM (Aeronomy of Ice in the Mesosphere)• COSMIC (Constellation Observing System for Meteorology,
Ionosphere & Climate)• ERS-1 & ERS-2 [decommissioned] (European Remote-Sensing
Satellite-1/Satellite-2)• FAST• JERS-1 (Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1)• NPP (NPOESS Preparatory Project)• QuikSCAT• RADARSAT-1• SAC-D• SAMPEX (Solar Anomalous and Magnetospheric Particle Explorer)• SCISAT-1
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ASF Receiving Ground Station
10-meter antennaoperating since 1991X- band and S-bandReceive only
11-meter antennaoperating since 1995X- band and S-bandReceive and command
11m Antenna
10m Antenna
Operated by the Geophysical Institute at the University of Alaska Fairbanks since 1991
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ASF Imagery
Seeing through cloudsSynthetic Aperture Radar (SAR)
Cleveland Volcano
Akutan
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Ash Composites for Kasatochi Volcano
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Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar (InSar)
ASF Imagery – AS_ts1862
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SAR Glacier Studies
InSAR used to delineate glaciers
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CSTARS
ASF
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Steve Estes 5/16/2012
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