NAFE National Airborne Field Experiment 3 rd Workshop – 17-18 Sep 2007

Walker, Merlin, Panciera, Kalma, Kim and Hacker

NAFENAFENational Airborne Field National Airborne Field

ExperimentExperiment

33rdrd Workshop – 17-18 Sep 2007 Workshop – 17-18 Sep 2007

www.nafe.unimelb.edu.auwww.nafe.unimelb.edu.au

Walker, Merlin, Panciera, Kalma, Kim and Hacker

Closing RemarksClosing RemarksJeffrey Walker, Olivier Merlin, and Rocco Pancierra Jeffrey Walker, Olivier Merlin, and Rocco Pancierra

Dept of Civil and Env EnggDept of Civil and Env EnggThe The University of Melbourne, AustraliaUniversity of Melbourne, Australia

Jetse KalmaJetse KalmaSchool of Civil, Surveying and Env EnggSchool of Civil, Surveying and Env EnggThe The University of Newcastle, AustraliaUniversity of Newcastle, Australia

Ed KimEd KimHydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences LaboratoryHydrospheric and Biospheric Sciences LaboratoryNASA Goddard Space Flight CenterNASA Goddard Space Flight Center, United States, United States

Jorg HackerJorg HackerAirborne Research AustraliaAirborne Research AustraliaFlinders UniversityFlinders University, Australia, Australia

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When is the next NAFE?

• No more “NAFE’s” planned, but … have a proposal for “SMOS verification”; results due in mid Oct

• Also have a proposal for a L-band radar to make a “SMAP Simulator”; results due any-day now

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SMOS Calibration

Simpson Desert

Newcastle

Melbourne

MurrumbidgeeCatchment

Alice Springs

Wet Tropics World Heritage Area

Canberra

Cairns

AntarcticaAntarctica

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SMOS Verification

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Remaining Issues

• Should we have another workshop?

• Should we have a special issue and if so where/when?

• Any other questions or comments?

Walker, Merlin, Panciera, Kalma, Kim and Hacker

Thank You!Thank You!