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Improving NASA’s Earth Observation Systems and Data Programs Through the Engagement of Mission Early Adopters

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This chapter provides an overview of the NASA Early Adopter Program from the perspective of three new and planned satellite earth observing missions—SMAP, ICESat-2 and SWOT. The level of activity and engagement of the mission’s applications is directly related to the maturity of the mission products and algorithms. Early Adopters were introduced to NASA through the SMAP Mission Applications Program in 2010 and it quickly became adopted by other missions (ICESat-2 2013 and SWOT in 2014). Early Adopters work with the mission scientists to test the thematic uses and applications of mission products, while providing feedback on the accomplishments and challenges of the data.

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  • Early Adopter
  • Soil Moisture Data
  • Mission Product
  • National Agricultural Statistics Service
  • Soil Moisture Product

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    Vanessa M. Escobar & Sabrina Delgado Arias

  2. NASA JPL, Pasadena, USA

    Margaret Srinivasan

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Appendices

Appendix 1

See Table 12.

Table 12 SMAP early adopter table
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Appendix 2

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Table 13 ICESat-2 early adopter table
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Escobar, V.M., Srinivasan, M., Arias, S.D. (2016). Improving NASA’s Earth Observation Systems and Data Programs Through the Engagement of Mission Early Adopters. In: Hossain, F. (eds) Earth Science Satellite Applications. Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33438-7_9

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