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>> AN UNINTERRUPTED SERIES OF
SATELLITES HAVE COLLECTINGED SEA
LEVEL MEASUREMENTS FOR NEARLY 30
YEARS NOW A JOINT U.S. EUROPEAN
EFFORT WILL LAUNCH THE NEXT
SPACECRAFT TO CONTINUE THING
HAVE SY OF MONITORING SEA
SURFACE HEIGHTS.
WELCOME.
I AM WITH NASA'S JET PROBULL
SHON LAB TO RAN HERE AT VAN DEN
BERG IN CENTRAL CALIFORNIA WHERE
WE ARE LAUNCHING THE SENTINEL 6
MICHAEL FREILICH SATELLITE.
I AM YOUR HOST AS WE BRING YOU A
CLOSER LOOK INTO THE SCIENCE
BEHIND THIS MISSION THAT WILL
CONTINUE TO HELP US UNDERSTAND
HOW OUR OCEANS ARE CHANGING
FOLLOWING THIS BRIEFING AT 2:00
P.M. PACIFIC TIME, WE WILL BE
BACK WITH ANOTHER PANEL TO
DISCUSS THE READINESS OF THE
SPACECRAFT AND THE LAUNCH
VEHICLE FOR TOMORROW'S LAUNCH.
THIS HAS BEEN A TRUE
INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATION
WHICH YOU WILL SEE REPRESENTED
TODAY IN THE FIRST JOINT FIRST
MISSION TEAMING NASA AND THE
EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY ALONG WITH
OTHER PART ANOTHERS THE EUROPEAN
ORGANIZATION FOR THE
EXPLOITATION OF METEOROLOGICAL
SATELLITES AND THE NASNATIONAL
OCEANENNIC ADMINISTRATION OR
NOARAA AND THE FRENCH SPACE
AGENCY AND WILL COLLECT THE MOST
ACCURATE DATA YET ON SEA LEVEL
AND HOW IT CHANGES OVER TIME.
DURING THIS BRIEFING, WE'RE
TAKING QUESTIONS VIA THE ME
MEDIA.
PRESS STAR 1 TO GET INTO THOUGH
CUE OR SOCIAL MEDIA WITH THE
HASHTAG BEING THE SEAS AS WE'RE
SOCIAL DISTANCING I WILL
INTRODUCE YOU VIRTUALLY SOME OF
THE KEY SCIENTISTS WHO WILL BE
INVOLVED WITH THE MISSION HANDS
ON STUDYING THE DATA FROM THE
MICHAEL FREILICH SATELLITE AND
DISTRIBUTING IT WORLDWIDE.
ON THE PANEL TODAY, WE HAVE
NASA'S FIRST DIVISION DIRECTOR
KAREN ST. JERMAINE, CRAIG DONE
LON, THE PROJECT SCIENTISTS FO
THIS MISSION, THE PROJECT
SCIENTIST FOR SENTINEL FIX AND
JOSH WILLIS OF NASA'S JET
PROPULSION LABORATORY AND NASA
PROJECT SCIENTIST FOR THIS
MISSION AND DEIDRA BURN
OCEANOGRAPHER AT NOAH AND
LASTINGLY, LOU IN A THOMPSON AND
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
OCEANOGRAPHER WHO PART OF THE
SCIENCE TEAM.
YOU CAN ASK QUESTIONS BY
PRESSING STAR 1.
ANYONE ONE WATCHING WHO LIKE TO
SUBMIT A QUESTION, DO SO BY
USING THE HASHTAG.
WE WILL BEGIN WITH NASA'S EARTH
SCIENCE DIVISION DIRECTOR KAREN
ST. GERMANE.
WELCOME, CARN.
THANK YOU SO MUCH.
IT IS GREAT TO BE HERE.
I COULD NOT BE MORE EXCITED FOR
OUR LAUNCH COMING UP TOMORROW.
MICHAEL FREILICH LAUNCH IS
EXCITING FOR THREE REASONS.
THE FIRST IS OF COURSE IS MY
FIRST LAUNCH AS NASA EARTH
SCIENCE DIRECTOR BUT PERHAPS
MORE IMPORTANTLIES THE IMPACT
THIS SATELLITE IS GOING TO HAVE
ON OUR YEAR INNING OF THE
EARTH'S SYSTEMS AND THE PEOPLE
BEHIND THISLE MISSION WHAN IT
TOOK TO MAKE IT HAPPEN.
LET ME START WITH THE IMPACT
THIS MISSION IS GOING TO HAVE.
YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, A SYSTEM OF
CONNECTED DYNAMICS BETWEEN LAND,
OCEAN, ICE, ATMOSPHERE, AND
ALSO, OF COURSE, OUR HUMAN
COMMUNITIES.
AND THAT SYSTEM IS CHANGING AND
BECAUSE 7% OF THE EARTH'S
SERVICE IS OCEAN.
THE OCEANS PLAY ENORMOUS ROLE IN
HOW THE WHOLE SYSTEM CHANGES.
AND THESE GLOBAL CHANGES ARE OF
COURSE CREATING RISKS AND
OPPORTUNITIES FOR OUR
COMMUNITIES AND AT NASA.
WE WHAT WE DO IS USE THAT
ADVANTAGE POINT OF SPACE TO GET
A GLOBAL VIEW OF THE EARTH AND
IN THE CASE, SENTINEL 6 IS GOING
TO GIVE AS YOU GLOBAL VIEW OF
THE SEA SURFACE HEIGHT, WE WILL
USE THAT ALONG WITH OUR MODEL
AND PREDICTIVE CAPABILITY TO
REALLY UNDERSTAND HOW THE
CHANGING SEA LEVEL IS GOING TO
IMPACT COMMUNITY COASTAL
COMMUNITIES AND WEATHER
WORLDWIDE.
AS WE WILL SEEN THE NEXT CHART
THERE.
MICHAEL FREILICH IS THE NEWEST
EDITION OF FO THE NASA FLEET AND
SEE THAT MANY OF THE SATELLITES
IN THE NASA FLEET WERE DEVELOPED
COLLABORATIVELY WITH THE
INTERNATIONAL PARTNERS.
THAT IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE
CHALLENGE WE ARE FACING ARE
EXTREMELY GLOBAL AND TAKING A
COORDINATED EFFORT AROUND THE
WORLD IN SPACE AGENCIES TO MAKE
ALL THE OBSERVATIONS WE NED TO
NIK UNDERSTAND HOW THE CLIMATE
IS CHANGING.
SENTINEL 6 MICHAEL FREILICH WILL
CONTINUE A NEARLY 30-YEAR RECORD
ALONG WITH THE TWIN THAT WILL
LAUNCH A FEW YEARS LATER AND
WILL CONTINUE A RECORD OF
OBSERVATION WELL INTO THE NEXT
DECADE.
IT IS A CRITICAL OBSERVATION FOR
NUMBER OF REASONS BUT IT IS
REALLY UNLEASHED WHEN WE COMBINE
OUR TELEMETRY OR THE SEA SURFACE
HEIGHT MEASUREMENTS WITH THE
OBSERVATIONS WE GET FROM THE
OTHER SATELLITES IN THE NASA
FLEET AND INTERNATIONAL FLEET
AND THE NEXT CHART, YOU WITH SEE
IT IS WHEN WE COMBINE
OBSERVATIONS WITH OB SER
VAGUESES FROM OUR GRAVITY
MISSIONS AND SO FORTH, THAT WE
CANNOT ONLY SEE THE SEA LEVEL IS
RISING.
THAT IS THE TOP CURVE YOU SEE ON
THE CHART, BUT WE CAN TELL HOW
MUCH OF THAT CHANGE IS COMING
FROM MELTING ICE SHEET AND
FRAZIER AND HOW MUCH IS COMING
FROM THE OCEANS THEMSELVES, IN
OTHER WORDSES , WHEN THE ELSES
WARM, THEY EXPAND.
SO THE MIDDLE CHART HERE.
TWO-THIRDS OF THE SEA LEVEL RISE
WE'RE SEEING DUE TO THE FRAZIERS
AND ONE-THIRD.
SO THAT IS BECAUSE POWER WE GET
WHEN WE COMBINE OBSERVATIONS.
ANOTHER IS WHEN WE TALK ABOUT
HURRICANES AND TROPICAL STORMS.
THE SEA LEVEL RISE OBSERVATIONS
CAN TOLL US WHERE THERE IS WARM
WATER IN OUR OCEANS AND THIS IS
PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT, THIS
YEAR, AS HE ARE SEEING A
RECORD-BREAKING HURRICANE IN THE
ATLANTIC.
WHEN THE TROPICAL STORM PASSES
OVER WARM WATER.
WE CAN EXPECT IT MAY RAPIDLY
INTENSIFY.
THAT IS CRITICAL FOR WARNING THE
COASTAL COMMUNITIES.
WE GET BACK WHEN WE COMBINE THE
WEATHER SATELLITES SO IT IS
COMBINATION.
IT IS THIS FLEET THAT IS
OBSERVING THE ENTIRE EARTH'S
TESTIMONY THAT REALLY GIVES US
THE IN SIGHT INTO HOW THE OLD
EARTH SYSTEM IS CHANGING.
I MENTIONED PARTNERS.
THIS PARTNERSHIP IS A FIRST FOR
US AT THIS LEVEL IN THE EARTH
SCIENCE DIVISION WITHIN NASA AND
IT HAS BEEN A TERRIFIC
EXPERIENCE AND HAS WORKED
THROUGH THE CHALLENGES OF COVID
TO GET US WHERE WE ARE ONE DAY.
IT IS LASS SPECIAL MISSION FOR
ME BECAUSE MIKE FREILICH'S NAME
IS ON THE SIDE OF THIS
SATELLITE.
MIKE WAS PREDECESSOR AS THE
EARTH SCIENCE DIRECTOR E IS ALSO
A LEADER IN THE HOLD TO FIELD, A
MENTOR AND A FRIEND TO MANY OF
US AND SO IT IS EXTRA SPECIAL
DAY WHEN WE SEE THE SATELLITE
LAUNCH, THE SATELLITE HE WORKED
SO HARD TO PUT IN PLACE.
SO IT IS A GREAT WEEKEND FOR A
LAUNCH AND PASS OUT NOW TO MY
GOOD FRIEND WHO IS THE PROJECT
SCIENTIST.
>> THANK YOU, KAREN.
FIRST SIDE, PLEASE.
I THINK WE AGREE IT IS
BEAUTIFUL.
I MEAN GLORIOUS IN THIS IMAGE
AND THE REPUBLIC OF HE MALDIVES
AND ONE PICTURE WITH THE MAJESTY
OF THE WORLD IS REVEALED.
SEA LEVEL RISE IS A DIRECT
FLIGHT TO THE EXISTENCE AND ALSO
THREATENED MAYBE THE CITIES THAT
INCREASE FLOODING AND IN NEW
YORK, AMSTERDAM, TOKYO, MORE.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT TWO TO
THREE MILLION MORE PEOPLE ARE
EXPOSED IN SEA LEVEL.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
AS YOU MENTIONED THE SYSTEM IS
CHANGING THE BALANCE IS BEFORE
THE INITIAL REVOLUTION AND
OFFSET AND COME BUST NATION AND
HUGE RESERVES ANDABLE AS OUR
SOCIETIES DEVELOP AND SEE
EVIDENCE OF THIS CHANGE IN
DIFFERENT PLACES AROUND THE
WORLD.
THEY ARE POINTED THE SAME
DIRECTION.
THE EARTH IS WARMING.
GREAT TEST INDICATOR OF THE SEA
LEVEL RISE BECAUSE IT INTEGRATES
TOTAL IMPACT OF GLOBAL WARM AND
DOMINATED BY THE ICE SHEETS
MELTING AND THE EXPANSION OF THE
SEAWATER AND CHANNELS IN THE
WATER.
NEXT SLIDE PLEASE.
SEA LEVEL IS HOT THE SAME
EVERYWHERE.
THEY ARE RY LYING A AROUND THE
LINE, WE NEED A GLOBAL IN
SPATIAL TO MONITOR THE
COMPLEXITY OF WHAT IS GOING ON
AND COLLECT EVIDENCE OF THESE
CHANGES TO MAKE THE BEST
DECISIONS FOR OUR FUTURE ROLE
BASE ON SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IT A NEW SATELLITE COMPARED TO
THE PREVIOUS MISSIONS IN ORBIT.
YOU HAVE THE BURNING MICROWAVE
AND THE HEART OF THIS HE MISSION
REF VENSED TO THE SAME DATE AND
SATELLITES USED.
MANY PEOPLE ASK ABOUT THE SHAPE
OF THE SPACECRAFT.
THE HOUSE IN SPACE.
WELL, THE SATELLITE, AND SOLAR
PANELS ON THE SIDE OF THE
SATELLITE FOR BIG SOLAR WINGS
AND THAT MAKE FORCE A STABLE
SATELLITE DESIGN WHICH IS REALLY
IMPORTANT FOR SATELLITE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IT USES A PULSE, THAT IN TIME
SHALL THE TIME OF THE TRAVEL IN
RETURN.
FROM THIS WAVE FORM, WE CAN
DETERMINE FROM THE RADAR RANGE
AND THE SIGNIFICANT WAVE HEIGHT
ON THE SLOPE OF THE LEADING EDGE
AND THE WIND SPEED INTERESTS THE
SURFACE OF THE WAVES ON THE
OCEAN AND TALK ABOUT THAT A BIT
LATER . THE ARRANGEMENT ALLOWS
US TO EXPLOIT OF THE RADAR
ALLOWING IT TO BRING A WHOLE
BUNCH OF MEASUREMENTS TOGETHER
AND THE EARTH'S SURFACE AND
REDUCE THE RESOLUTION TO JUST
ABOUT 300 METERS AND IS PRETTY
GOOD.
WE CAN DO BOTH THE LOW LEVEL RES
LUGS AND THE HIGHER LEF HAVE
LEVEL RESOLUTION AT THE SAME
TIME WHICH IS VERY IMPORTANT.
HE NEED TO LOOK AT BOTH T TO LO.
AND THEN, IN ORDER TO GET
ACCURATE MEASUREMENTS THE
AVERAGE DATA ABOUT A TEN-DAY
PERIOD TAKING ALL THE
MEASUREMENTS AROUND THE OCEAN
AND SALE SURFACE HEIGHT IN WHICH
WE CAN COMPUTE TO SEA LEVEL
RISE.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
THE WORLD'S LARGEST OBSERVATION
SYSTEM IMPLEMENTED BAY THE SPACE
CENTER AND ON BEHALF OF THE
COMMISSION.
THE SATELLITES WOK TOGETHER IN
SIN IN GY WITH OCEAN MODELS AND
ALLOWING USES TO DO CLIMATE AND
OCEAN FORECASTING.
BRU THESES WERE LIKE PAINTING WE
CAN USE A PICTURE OF THE EARTH
AND MICHAEL FREILICH AND THIS
LEVERAGES A SPECIAL AND UNIQUE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN NASA, NOAAA
AND EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
TOGETHER WITH THE EUROPEAN
COMMISSION AND FOLLOWS THE PINS
PELLS CHAMPIONED BY MICHAEL
FREILICH AND SO TONIGHT ALL
DEDICATED MISSION TEAMS WORKING
AROUND THE WORLD ARE REALLY
LOOKING FORWARD TO THE LAUNCH OF
MICHAEL FREILICH AND A NEW STAR
IN THE SKY ALLOWING US TO
DELIVER THE BEST QUALITY
MEASUREMENTS OF THE SEA LEVEL
RISE AND TO MAKE THE BEST DID HE
DEE SESSION TO DATE FOR
EVERYBODY IN THE FRY TURE.
I WILL HAND IT NOW ONLY OMISSION
SCIENTIST.
>> THANK YOU, CRAIG.
WELL, IT IS GOING TO BE VERY
EXCITING.
IT IS THE THIRD MISSION.
OUR PROS SEGGING CHAIN AND NOW
WE ARE REABOD IN A FEW DAYS FROM
NOW TO TAKE OUT THE OPERATION.
THEN WE'LL DOWW ONOAD ON THE FIT
SATELLITE AND THE SEA LEVEL WAVE
HEIGHT AND MEASUREMENTS EVER.
AM AS STUDIES SHOW, IT FITS
NICELY INTO THE MISSION.
ACT QLLY BETO OTHER SLIGHTS
ONBOARDLE.
THOSE SATELLITES ARE OPERATED
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AND THESE ARE COMPLIMENTARY
MISSIONS AS YOU CAN SEEN THIS
SLIDES THE PURPLISH COLORED VERY
DENSE AND FROZEN GENERAL 3A AND
3B AND ACHIEVE THE SMALLEST
SKILL FEATURES LIKE OCEAN
ATTICS.
CENTRAL 6:00 CONTINUES THE
HERITAGE OF 90 YEARS OF
PREDECESSORS MAKING IT.
WATION.LL FOCUS ON THE FEATURESE
EL NINO AND IT WILL ACCURATELY
TRACE SEA LEVEL RICE GLOBALLY.
AFTER LAUNCH WE HAVE A YEAR OF
COMMISSIONING THAT FOCUSES ON
RUNNING THE PROCESS AND
ANALYZING THE DATA THAT WE HAVE.
WE WILL CHECK THE MEASUREMENTS
WITH THE PARTNER AGENCIES AND
WITH A NUMBEEME
WE CAN COMPARE THE DATA BUT MOST
IMPORTANTLY, WE AM CAN WITHIN
THE PRED SORES BETO SATELLITES
WILL BE FLYING ONLY 30 SECONDS
APART ON THE SAME ORBIT.
THAT MEANS THEY WILL BASICALLY
SEE THE CONDITION AND THAT WILL
CAUSE COMPARING THE MEASURABLES
MUCH BETTER AND AS CRAIG
INDICATED BECAUSE WE HAVE A NEW
TECHNOLOKY WHICH ISOLOERY
IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE.
ONCE WE ARE CONFIDENT THAT ALL
THE DATA IS GOOD, THEN, WE WILL
SEND IT TO ALL OF THE USES.
THIS WILL INCLUDE MULTIPLE
AGENCIES, USERS, BUT ALSO ANYONE
INTERESTED IN THE DATA.
AS LONG AS YOU HAVE
INTERNATIONAL CONNECTION, YOU
CAN GET THE DATA FOR FREE.
NOW AFTER THAT YEAR OF
COMMISSIONING GENERALúCE WILL
BECOME THE REFERENCE.
THAT MEANS THE REFERENCE FOR
ALL OTHERS.
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WIND SPEED.
NOW IT IS AVAILABLE TO BE MOVED
IN A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ORBIT.
JUST LIKE THE PREVIOUS MISSIONS
AND SLIGHED
WHERE YOU CAN DO SOMETHING ELSE.
AOLOERY DENSE FACTOEME
SINCE THE SEA SURFACE MATCHES,
IT ACTUALLY FINALIZED AND
TROUGHS AND ALSO BRIDGES, IT
BELONGS TO THE OCEAN SURFACE.
SCIENTISTS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO USE
GOOD DATA OF THIS.
STILL, YOU KNOW THE BOOK IS
BETTER THAN OUR OWN AND STILL
THOUSANDS ARE TO BE DETECTED.
NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
IN THE MEANTIME, SENTINEL 6
CONTINUING THE THIRD YEAR
RECORDS OF SEA LEVEL.
YOU SEE 12 FLYING DURING THE
LAST 30 YEARS AND ROW VALED IS
SIMILAR BETWEEN ALL OF THEM.
YOU SEE RISE OF NINE CENTIMETERS
OVER THE LAST 30 YEARS CAN AND
EVEN SEE A SLIGHT INCREASE OVER
THE LAST DECADE.
SO THIS MISSION IS GOING TO BE
VERY IMPORTANT FOR EVERYBODY.
PARTICULARLY THOSE IN COASTAL
REGIONS.
AND IT IS SATISFYING FOR ME TO
HAVE BEEN INCLUDED IN THIS
MISSION.
I HAVE BEEN WORKING K FOR 30
EAR
LAST SEVEN YEARS AND YOU WILL
SEE MICHAEL FREILICH LAUNCHED
THEN AY.ER THAT, THE FIRST
COMING UP, AND I HOPE YOU FEEL
THE SAME.
I CERTAINLY DO.
THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, ALSO, FOR ALL YOUR
WORK OVER THE YEARS.
KNOW IT HAS BEEN A LONG HAUL FOR
EAR
WELL, SENT NEP NELL-6.
WHAT CAN WE BAIT?
IT IS THE SATELLITE SO NICE WE
B%
CLT IT TWICE.
RIGHT.
THERE ARE TWO MICHAEL FREILICD A
BUT TWO SENTINEYEAR
THE FIRST ONE SENTINEL-6 MICHAEL
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AND FIVE YEARS FROM NOW AND
SUCCESSOR SENTINELúCEB.
THIS IS A HUGE DEAL FOR US
BECAUSE IT MEANS WE GET TO LOOK
AT THE OCEANS FOR FULL TEN YEAR
AND THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO GO TWO IN A ROW AND
EXTERNAL THE RECORD MUCH FURTHER
THAN WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO SO
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NOW THE RECORD OF GLOBAL SEA
LEVEL RISE GOES BACK TO THIS
EARLY ' OF 9'S AND WHAT IS
INTERESTING ABOUT PIT.
YOU CAN SEE THE WAIT IS ACT QLLY
INCREASING.
IN THE '90'S IT WAS RISING TWO
MILLIE MOTES PER YEAR AND MORE
LRESE THREE MILLIMETERS PER YEAR
AND NOW MORE CLOSE TO FIVE PER
EAR
LEVEL RISE INCREASE BEFORE OUR
VERY EYE AND SATELLITE LRESE THS
THAT ALLOW US TO DO IT.
THE RISING OCEAN IS IMPORTANT
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90% OF THE HEAT TRAPPED THAT
RELEA IS IS ACT QLLY GOING INTO
THE OCEAN SO WE THINK OF GLOBAL
WARMING BUT REALLY IT IS OCEAN
WARMING.
THE OCEANS ARE A BIG PLAYER TERM
INS OF ABSORBING FLEET THE
CLIMATE.
SO THE OCEAN IS WARM.
THE WATER EX EN PANIRDES.
THAT IS ONE-THIRD.
THE REST IS FROM MELTING GRAB
SHIR AND ICE SHEETS THAT ARE ROI
ACING TO THE WARMING
ENVIRONMENT, TOO.
SO THESE MISSIONS GIVE US THE
MOST IMPORTANT YARDSTICK FOR
MEASURING MY CLIMATE CHANGE AND
HOW IT IS PLAT IS NG OUT ON THE
PLANET IN FACT THIS IS A HUGE
IMPACT AS CRAIG MENTIONED.
HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE
WILL BE AFFECTED BY SEA LEVEL
RISE IN THE COMING DECADES AND
RIGHT NOW, AS SCIENTISTS WE'RE
GOOD AT PREDICTING GLOBAL
WARMING BUT NOT SO GREAT AT
PREDIG SEA LEVEL RISE.
THE NEXT TOOL FORDS0-20-30 YEARS
WHAT IS WHAT IS HAPPENING TODAY
AND WHAT MAP PENNED FOR THE LAST
10-20-3 YEARS SO THESE ARE
IMPORTANT TOOL AND THE OCEANS
WHICH COVER MORE THAN 7% PLAY A
HUGE ROLE IN MANY ASPECT AND I
THIC1 O WE HEAR ABOUT THAT LATE.
BUN THE MEANTIME, SENTINEL 6 HAS
A NEW TOY.
I THIC1 O WE HAVE ANIMATION THAT
IS SENT NELL AND VEF SER ON
SENTINEL D A
THAT LOOKS FORWARD.
AS IT LOOKS FORWARD.
IT SEES GPS SATELLITES COMING UP
ABOVE THE HORIZON.
AS THEY U C.
THE SIN NELL FROM THE GLOOK
SATELLITE HAPPENS THROUGH THE
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE AND SFIRMS OD
OF IT.
IT MEASURES HOW MUCH THAT
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ACT QLLY BENDS AROUND THE EARTH
AS YOU CAN SEE ON THE REAR
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WE NEWS ARE USE THAT INFORMATION
TO FIGURE THE TEMPERATURE AND
THE HUMIDITY OF THE ATMOSPHERE
NOT JUST AT ONE LOCATION, BUT AS
A FUNCTION OF HEIGHT SO YOU CAN
GET A PROFILE OF TEMPERATURE AND
HNEWIDITY I WHICH IS REALLY COOL
AND REALLY GREAT FOR THE WEATHER
PREDICTION IN FACT IT IS SO COOL
I PUT ON THE SUNGLASSES BEFORE I
INTRODUCE THE NEXT SPEAKER OH
OCEANOKRALOOK
STAY COOL, DEIRDRE.
>> IT IS ELVIS.
EAR
SO I WANTED TO TALK A LITTLE BIT
TO YOU GUYS NOW, IT IS REALLY
IMPORTANT CLIMATE MISSION BUT
WE'RE GETTING THE DATA IN
REAL-TIME.
AT NOAAA ARE EXCITED ALSO ABOUT
USING THESE DATA TO IMPROVE OUR
REAL OCEAN PROTION CTS.
IN PARTICULAR I WILL TALK ABOUT
THE POTENTIAL TO IMPROVE
PREDICTIONS OF HURRICANE
INTENSIFICATION.
SO HURRICANES TAKE ENERGY THE
OCEAN SURFACE WATERS.
A WARM OCEAN UNDER A HURRICANE
WILL TEND TO SEND IT UP.
A COOL WILL TEND TO DAMP IT.
SENTINEL 6 WENT INTO ACTION AND
SATELLITES ALREABOD FK AING AND
GOING TO IMPROVE NEARABLE HEAT
WHICH IS SOMETHING THAT COMES
OUT EVERY DAY AND IS USED BY
HURRICANE FORECASTERS SO IT IS
IMPORTANT FOR THIS ANGELICATION
TO REALIZE BECAUSE IT IS A RADAR
INSY
IT CAN ACTUALLY SEE THROUGH THE
CLOUDS AND I WANT TO MENTION
HURRICANES HAVE HAVE BEEN A BIG
DEAL.
THEY ARE BECOMING MORE POWERFUL
WITH AND THEY REBELTER AND
SLOWER MOVING AND IN CONTINUES
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CONDITIONS OCCURRING OVER THE
OCEAN SO MAKE ITS IT MORE
CRITICAL.
IT HIT THE DAILY NEWSPAPER WHICH
IS A T
MILL TO ME AND FIGURE IN
RIGHT IS SHOWING YOU THE UPPER
OCEAN HEAT CONTENT ON
OCTOBER 7th AS HURRICANE
DEAL WAS PASSING OVER AND A
TRACK F THERE.
AS IT CROSSED THE RED PACT IN
THERE.
THE HURRICANE SPUN UP FROM
HAVING SEANED WINIRD OF 120 KNOS
SO THAT IS CRITICAL TOOL FOR US
AND A IMTHER A IMTHER TOOL IN OR
TOOL KIT FOR BETTER HURRICANE
PREDICTION AND COULD I HAVE THE
NEXT IMAGE PLEASE.
OCEAN SURFACE ROUGHNESS
SIGNIFICANT WAVE H.
SGHT ISEUBY
IN ITSELF.
AND PROVIDE MARINE WARNINGS AND
LL TREDICTIONS THIS INFOBINATIOS
USEFUL FOR SHIP RIDING AROUND
THE STOBINS AND IN THE PICTURE.
THIS IS A SCREEN NOT FROM THE
FORECASTER'S ACTUAL SCREENS THE
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ABOUT WAVES REACHING ABOUT 45
AND 57 FEET HIGH IN INTENSE
SPECIFIC FORM STORM ANDO C1 O
AND 57 FEET HIGH IN INTENSE
SPECIFIC FORM STORM AND SO THE
REAL-TIME DATA SAVING LRMIES AND
USED SIGNIFICANT.
SO I USE THINGS LIKE RISK
ASSESSMENT AND THE INSURANCE
INDUSY
COULD I HAVE THE NEXT VIDEO,
PLEASE.
WIPED MENTION THAT NO ANSWERED
THE MISSION AND WE MAINTAIN A
LARGE NETWORK AROUND THE U.S.
COAST UPLIST AND EROSION AND
THEY ARE ESSENTIAL TO LINK TO
WHAT IS GOING ON IN THE COAST.
THE OTHER BIG MEASUREMENT
SVISTEMS THAT ARE CRITICAL IS TE
LL TROBE ROBOTIC PROBE BE THAT
DRIFTED OUT AND SPINE
DOESN'T MAKING THIS PROFILE
MEASUREMENTS AND THOSE ARE
ESSENTIAL TOOL ENTRANCE LATING
THE SEA LEVEL RISE MEASURED BY
SENTINEL 6:00 BUT ALSO ESSENTIAL
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TOOLS I MENTIONED EARLIER.
MOST RECENED
PROFILES INTO THE DEEP OCEAN AND
THOSE PROBES ARE B.
SNG D
OYED
IN,S THAT HAVE BEEN SEEM TO
EXPERIENCE RAPID CHANGE AND
LL TE THEAR ORIGIN.
IT IS TRULY INTERNATIONAL WITH
MANY COUNTRIES PARTICIPATE AND
CURRENTK A AROUND 4,LE
THE OCEAN AT THE MOMENT BUT THE
EE O PLAYS A BIG RE THEE IN THAI
BELIEVE WE FUNDED ABOUT HALF OF
THOSE PROBES AND AS YOU CAN SEE
HERE.
WE WE CALIBRATE HE ARE THE PROBE
ON THE RIGHT AND ALL IN ALL,
THAT PROGRAM HAS BEEN A HUGE
SUCCESS AND IS A RITE CALL
LL TARTNER TO GO LOONG WITY
LATE.
THE NEXT SLIDE, PLEASE.
SO AS CRAIG A TO DAEABOD MENTIO,
YEAH, I WANT TO MENTION THAT
THEY OPERATE MANY KINDS OF
SAFETY SAT LIE SO WE MEASURE
CE THEOR AND WINIRD AND TEN TUR,
THESE TYPE OF INFORMATION ARE
SAW THAT IN NSEEME ARE THIGHED
INTO PROTION CT FOR MONITORING D
RESTRICTION TOOLS FOR HARMFUL
BLOOMS AND DRIVE THE OCEAN ME TD
LOOK THE ONE THE FIGURE AND
TAVESE MODELS FEEDED INTO WEATHR
LL TREDICTIONS SO HAVING ONE
ADDITIONAL SATELLITE IN THE MIX
IS GOING TO END CRASS THE
FREEDOM SY AND DENSITY OF SEA
LEVEL MEASUREMENTS UNAVCE
ANIRD THAT BEEN SHOWN TO BE
CRITICAL FOR ACCURATE PREDICTION
OF COASTAL WATERS SOON IN
ADDITION SENTINEL 6 IS EXCITING
TO US BECAUSE IT IS FK AING NEW
AND BETTER INSTRUMENTS AND AM
THERE IS A POSSIBILIDE, OF USING
GET THIS INFORMATION A LITTLE
IT CLOSE HER TO COAST.
IT IS JUST A FEW MILES BUT EVERY
LITTLE BIT HELLOOK SO THAT ISESA
LL TROMISING DEVELOPMENT FOR
PROVIDING MORE AC CRIT AND
TIMELY COASTAL PREDICTIONS SN AO
ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, TO ME, THE
SENTINEL T A MISSIONS ARE EXCITG
ECAUSE THEY ALLOW US TO PROVIDE
BETTER INFORMATION TO COASTAL
COME IN THE THAT IS 40% OF THE
U.S. POPULATION AND THEN,
REALLG
OF A LOT OF CLIMATE CHANGE AND
AROUND THE HURRICANES AND THINGS
LINE
AND NOW, OVER TO YOU.
>> THANKS.
SO TWINE TALK TO BUT OTHER
APPLICATION OF SLAVE STROLL THE
STUDY OF OCEAN'S RE THEE IN CLIE
ANG THE SATELLITE MISSION IS
REALLY IMPORTANT FOR CLIMATE
STUHIN BECLOOK SE WE NEED TOMILW
HOW IT CHANGED OVER LONG PERIODS
IF WEAN TOMIL IMW WHAT CONY
MONTHK A TO YEAR-BY-YEAR CHANGES
AND CLIMATE SO THE FIRST EXA> LE
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT PIS EL
NINO.
SO GO AHEAD AND SAVEW THE FIRST
SLIDE.
SO MANY OF US HAVE HEARD IT.
IT I NASHES WHERE THE Y
WARMS AND THEN THAT SETS OFF
THROUGH THE ATMOSPHERE THAT THEN
I> ACT THE AREAS OF THE PLANET
FAR FROM THE TROPICAL PAL SICK
OF AND I AM SITTING IN SEAHAT BE
TSIGFEE NOW EE,ERIENCING A VERY
WET AND COLD FALL AND EARLY
WINTER AND SEE THAT ORANGE
CIRCLE OVER NAE SICK OF
NORTHWEST AND THAT SAVEWS WAR.
THE ONG
ER URING EL NCE
OF A LA NAIN WHICH IS THE DIRECT
ONGEOSITE SO YOU ALSO HAVE REALY
DRY WEATHER OVER INDONESIA AND
THE RCE
LARGE FIRES.
BUT THIS IS ALL COMING FROM THE
TRO.
THE OCAL PAC1 O
IC AND THAT GREEN
AREA, SO NOW WE ARE GOING TO
LOOK AT WHAT SEA LEVEL TEL EE US
ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON WITH THE
PA SIVE WICK THE NEXT SLIDE.
ABLE CAN YOU GIVE ME THE NEXT
SLIDE, PLEASE.
THERE BE.
THIS IS SEA LEVELLE FROHEN9015 O
2016 AND SEE THIS RED WHICH
INDICATES HIGY
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
WHAT THAT MEANS THERE IS A LOCAL
TSISE IN SEA LEVEL AND IN FACT T
IS ALMOST UP TO A MET AND
DDRSN'T SOUND LIKE THAT MDITH BT
TS
THE OCEAN AND WE THINK ABOUT
WATER WATER CAN HE THED A HUGE
AMOUNT OF HEAT AND WHEN I GO TO
ED AT EFFECT AND MY FEET ARE
CE THED I USE A HOT WATER BOTTLE
NOT A HOT AIR BOTE THEDE GRT A R
OR SO LE LESS THAN METER OF SEA
LEVEL RISE ACTUALLY VENSE
WARMING UP THE OCEAN FROM THE
SURFACE DOWN TO SEVERAL HUNDRED
FEET OR 1LE
THAT IS A HUGE ELEMENT OF WARM
WATER WITH THAT WARM WATER WE
CAN TICKLE THAT AT OúINICER OR
LL TUSH IT A LITTLE BIT AND THEN
SEE THOSE IMPACTS FAR FROM THE
TRO.
THE OCAL PA IC SO SEA LEVEL IS
IMPORTANT FOR UNDERSTAND WHAT
CONY
TRANSITION AND CAN POTENTIALLY
HELP US PREDICT IHAS
SO WE'LL GO AAND STAANK TALTTLEG
ABOUT OCEAN CURRENTS WITH THE
THING ABOUT SEA LEVEL IS THAT IT
ACTUAL GLYPHS US AN ACCURATE
TS
ESENTATION OF THE SURFACE
AND HERE IS ANIMATION OF SURFACE
CURRENTS YOU CAN SEE THE GULF OF
MEXICO YOU SEE THIS BIGGED DY
GOING AROUND AND DEIRDRE WAS
TALTTLENG ABOUT THE IMPACTS OF A
LEVEL RAISE ON HURRICANES THEN
YOU SEE THE GE THED STREAM COMIG
UP THE EASTERN SEABOARD OF THE
EE O AND GINDNG HIT TO NORTH
LL TAC1 O
IC AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC
SO INTERESTING THING ABOUT SEA
LEVEL THE SEA LEVEL DDRY AEXT RE
DOESN'T THEY RAID LISTENING THE
GOILL AND THE STE
OF SEA LEVEL THE FAST ARE THE
CURRENT.
SO THAT ANIMATION ENDED UP IN MY
FAVORITE GULF STREAM WHICH IS
KEY TO THE RESEA
THRH RIGFEE NOW
AND LET'S GO TON TO THE SLID TO
TALK ABOUT THE OCEAN'S PLIGHT
AND AVEW .
THE OT EELLHANGES HEAT WITH
THE ATMOSPHERE AND THE GLOBAL
WARMING SIGNAL GWEAES US TWO OVR
THE OCEAN.
NOW IF YOU LOOK OVER THE GULF
SY
U.S. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO SEE THAT
THE AM OF HEAT THAT IS LEAVING
THE OCEAN AND GOING TO THE
ATMOSPHERE IS TWO ORDERS OF THE
THIS ALSO REPRESENTS THE AREA OF
THE OCEANS THAT LACIRE VAR
LOOK CTUSTS IN SEA LEVEL FOR THE
HEAT CONTENT OF THE UNGEER OCEAN
AND WITH THAT INFORMATION OF HOW
THAT HEAT CONTENT IS CHANGING
UY OBSERVING SLAVET.
LEARN THINGS ABOUT HOW WE CAN
USE THIS HUGE OCEAN TO ACTGALLY
EENDERSTAND WHAT CONTROLS WEATHR
OVER EUROPE AND ON TIME JCE
ONROM A MONTH TO SEVERA.
SOME THESE SEA LEVEL
MEASUREMENTS ARE NOT WHAT IS
GINDNG AROUND THE COAST BUT ALSO
TELL US ABOUT WHAT CONTROLS THE
CLIMATE OVER MONTHS TO YEAUA
THEN WHAT THE RULE IS FOR
CONY
VAR AND EY AELIDE, IN CHANGE.
OK.
I SEND IT BACK TO YOU.
>> THANK YOU SO MDITH.
WE ARE NOW READY TO TAKE MEDIA
QUESTIONS AND ROUNTOUNTBER TO PS
STAR 1 AND DIRECT YOUR QUESTIONS
TO THE PAINS WES HEAOF
A EEO TAKING QHURRICASTIONS THRH
THE HASHTAG ON ALL SOCIAL MEDIA
LL TLATFORMS.
SO RIGFEE NOW, ON THE PHONE WE
HAVE ELIZABETH HOWELL WELL
SPACE.COM.
WELCOME.
>> HI, THANK YOU.
THA TN YOU SO MUCH FOR TLFING MY
IMHURRICASTION.
IF I WASES A MEMBER OF THE
LL TUBLIC FE THELOWING THIS MISN
WHAT KIND OF MAPS OR OTHER DATA
PRODUCTS CAN I LOOK FORWAOF
AND A EEO WHEN THEY MAY BE
RELEASED.
>> WELL, WEE EL BE FE THEDING TE
SENTINEL 6 DATA IN WITH ALL OF
THE OTHERS IN THE FAMILIES SO
LTOU WOULD THE FT SEE FROM OUR
INFORMATION PRODUCTS A SPECIAL
MAP AND WE TLFE IN ALL THE
ETALGASICE INFORMATT
TOGETHER NOT TOT SAY CAN'T GET
THE DATA IF YOU WANT IT BUT CLIT
FROM THE USER END, IT WILL BE
ONE THEDED INABLE.
THERE.
>> ALL RIGHT THANK YOU SO MUCH
FOR THAHAS
NOW WE WILL HEAD OVER TOLL THE
HASHTAGGING SOCIAL MEDIA
QUESTIODIR
OUR FIRST
TEHURRICASTION COMES FROM
CARIBE PIAN ON TWITTER ASKING
GOASFEE O
AVCE
PORTALS AND MALL SBE YOU CAN ANR
THIS.
>> YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTIODIR
IF YOU WANT TO GET TO THE DATA
AS I EXPLAINED WE WANT TO AND
LALL S THE DATA BEFORE WE GET TO
RETHESE ARE ALL THE USERS AND
DONE THAT OVER THE NEXT YEAR AND
WE STAANK THAT IN AROUND SIX
MONTHS AND ALL WILL BE AVAILABLE
Y THE END OF THE YEAR.
LTOU CAN GET IT, YOU CAN GO TO
FIND AND YOU SET UP AN AABLEOUNT
AND FROM THAT, YOU CAN DOWNLEVED
THE DATA ONCE IT IS AVAILABLE.
IT IS SIMUSERE AND I H WE
ENJOY THE PRODUCT AND AS DEIRDRE
MENTIONED OF COURSE A EEO DATA
TAT TO OTHER AGENCDEDS THAT MAKE
THEIR OWN ROD DUCT LAKE NO ONE
IS DINDNG AND A EEO THE SERVICE
WILL BE DOING AND BE MEDIUM
RANGE WEATHER FORECAST WILL BE
SENTINEL T A WILL START TO BE
INCORPORATED IN A LOT OF THE
EESEROW RO VCTS CREATVETA B
T OTHER
AGENCIES AS WELL.
>> AND I THI TN THAT IS WHAT
THAT IS EVERYBODY HAS ACCESS TO
AT THIS TIME ACROSS THE GLOBE
WHICH IS INCREDIBLE.
WE GOT OUR NEXT QUESTION FROM
TWIYBER FROHENFRO
WHY IS IT TWIN SATELLITE BEING
LLOOK NCHED QUESVE YEAUA APAANK?
UR NULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE THAT,
JOSH BE?
SE RTGALWHATAH.
THA TNS FOR THE
TEUESTION.
WE NEED TO GET AS LONG OF A
TSECORD AS WE CAN OF SEA LEVEL.
WE HAVE BEEN, SURING SEA LEVEL
SINCE THE EARLY '90'S WITH THE
LAUNCHED IN TIME BEFORE THE NEXT
ONE HAS AGED AND STONGEVETA WOR.
SO WHAT IS AMAZING IS TWO THING
AND LLOOK NCHING IT WHILE THE
LL TREVIOUS SATELLITE AND THREES
STILL HEALTHY AND YOUNG AND THE
SECOND IS WE'LL HAVE AITE BTHER
SATELLITE IN FIVE YEARS AND
STAANKS TO AGE AND ASICE TO LLOH
SENTINEL 6B TO TAKE THE PRICE
AND EXTEND THE RECORD A FULTOMOO
DECADE.
AS I SAID BEFORE.
EVERY NEW DECADE HAVE TO MEASURE
ALL OVER AGAIN AND NOT GINDNG TO
GO AWAY ANY TIME SOON SO HAVE TO
Y ANY
THE THE RECORD THE BETTER.
THANK YOU, CLIOSINDN
ELS TT FROM INSTAGRABOUT .
HOW LONG WILL SENTINEL 6 OPERATE
ONOR?
KAREN?
FOLLOW ON SENTINEL 6 WE
ANTICIPATE WILL LWEAE ABOUT SEVN
YEARS, SOB THAT IS HOW WE GET TO
BY RLOOK NCHING FWEAE YEAUA APAK
THAT IS HOW WE GET TO THE RECORD
LONG RECORD THAT RTANG W MENTIO.
A GREAT.
THANK YOU, KAREN.
NOW DENZEL ONOW ERISCOAG ASKS
WHATOW ART OF THE OCEAN IS
COVERED BY THE NEW SATELLITE
THAT WAS NOT BLE.ORE.
CRAIG, UR NULD YOU LIKE TO TAKE
THIS ZOO REALLY GOOD QUESTIODIR
LL TART OF THE OCEAN THAT HAS IT
BEEN COVERED BEFORES THE HIGH
TSESE THEUTION PAANK OF THE
TSESE THEUTION WHICH WE CAN GETT
BY USING THE TECHNOLOGIES WHICH
MOTIERS IN THE LONG TRACK
DURATION THEN CERTAINOW ARE PU F
THE OCEAN AND FOR EXAMPLE IN THE
EASTERN BASS INS OF THEOW AC1 O
IC
OUR SWELL RE THEAG IN AND WE CN
SEE THAT IN THE DALT TA.
WE HAD IN THEOW ASHAS
THE ORBIT IS THE SAME AS
PREDECESSOR MISSION.
WE NEED TO KEEP OUR SPACEATIOAFT
IN THAT ORBIT TO PAIN ARE MAIN
TAUN THE SAME MEASUREMENT
THAT IS HOW WE GET IT.
TGALOK.
THA TN YOU CRAIG.
>> HOW MUCH DOES SKI WATER RISE
EACH AND EVEVAIL YEAR UR NULD YU
LIKE TO TAY ANY THIS?
A FEW MILLIMETERS A YEAR.
AABLEALLULATVETA OVER THE RECOR.
WE HAVE ABOUT NINE, OVER THE
LAST CENTURY.
WE HAVE NINE CENTIMETEUA OF SEA
LEVEL RISE AND THAT SEA LEVEL
RISE IS GINDNG TO CONTINUE TO
C1 O
PLEWOTE OVER TIME.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
THE MOON TO MARS
TEHURRICAST ON
TWIYBER A
TWIY 2020 PROPRODUCED
ROBUST HURRICANE SEASON IN THE
ATLANTIC DIBSIN WILL FEATURE
ACTIVE HURRICANE ACTIVITIES
LIEEDNG THIS YEAR ARBIECT THE
GENERAL AVERAGE SEA HEIGHT WHEN
COMPARED TO THE BASELINE?
PHILOF
THAT?
>> I DON'T SEE THE HURRICANES
ARBIECTING THE SEA LEVEL IT IS
MORE THAN A HIGHER ELEVATION
INDICATWEAE OF AT THE IS
AVCE
HURRICANES SO THE OTHER WALL S
AROUND, IF I GOT THE
TEHURRICASTION
RIGHT.
>> YES, THANK YOU.
WHAT THIS IS DEEAGST SEA LEVEL
MEASURED SO FAR BY THE
SATELLITES THAT HAVE COME BLE.OE
TIOAENTINEL 6?
>> DO SLIGHT IS MEASURE HOW TALL
THE OCEAN IS.
THEY REALI T TELL US THAT
RELATIVE TO THE CENTER OF THE
WHA LEOW LANET SO WHAT WE'RE
WATCHING IS HOW THE OCEANS GROW
OVER TIME IF YOU THI TN ABOUT IS
IT IS REALLY AMAZING MORE THAN
7% OF THE PLANET IS COVERED BY
OCEANS AND ALL OF THAT IS RISING
SO WE ARE WATCHING THE SHAPE OF
THEOW LANET CHANGE BLE.ORE OUR
ETERY EYES AND THATE
SATELLITES ARE REALLY SO Y TIC
AHAS
SE p>> THANKS.
>> THANKS SO MUCH, JOSH.
THA TNS SO MN.
C AND
SOCIAL MEDIA WHO CON PURCHASE
BUTED TC ALL S TO THIS REALLY
AWESOME BRILE.ING.
WE ALL LEARNED SO MUCH.
THA TN YOU FOR YOUR
TEHURRICASTIONS AND
THA TN YOU TO THE PANELISTS FOR
JOINING US HERE TODAY.
THE U O EURSO MEAN SENTINEL 6
MICHAEL FREILICH SAT LATE WILL
LALL S NCH FROM VAN DEN BERG AIR
ONORCE BASE TOMORROW MOT
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CL
KEEP UP WITH THIS MISSION AND
ALL THE EARTH'S MISSIONS THAT WE
ARE A PART OF.
THA TNS SO MN.
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