Meeting Agenda
Tuesday, September 1, 2026
- Earth System Science Research (ESSR) Updates – Barry Lefer and Michelle Hawkins (NASA HQ)
- Earth Science Division (ESD) Updates – Karen St. Germain (NASA HQ)
- Hydrosphere Introduction: Ocean Physics – Nadya Vinogradova Shiffer (NASA HQ)
- Hydrosphere Introduction: Precipitation Science – Will McCarty and Justin Stachnik (NASA HQ)
- Hydrosphere Introduction: Terrestrial Hydrology – Craig Ferguson (NASA HQ)
- State of the Science and Area Overview: Ocean Physics (Part I) – Jake Gebbie (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
- State of the Science and Area Overview: Ocean Physics (Part II) – Julian Schanze (Earth & Space Research)
- State of the Science and Area Overview: Ocean Physics (Part III) – Ben Hamlington (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- State of the Science and Area Overview: Ocean Physics (Part IV) – Tony Lee (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- State of the Science and Area Overview: Precipitation Science – Claire Pettersen (Univ. Michigan), Simon Pfreundschuh (Colorado State Univ.), Sarah Ringerud (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center), Courtney Schumacher (Texas A&M University), and Jackson Tan (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Earth Science Research Results Portal – Justin Stachnik (NASA HQ)
- Earth Science Research Results Portal: Templates + Examples
Wednesday, September 2, 2026
- Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Updates – Ashutosh Limaye (NASA HQ)
- Earth Modeling Nexus (EMN) Updates – Argie Kavvada (NASA HQ) and Lesley Ott (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- Multisource Integrated Observatory (MIO) Updates – John Haynes (NASA HQ)
- State of the Science and Area Overview: Terrestrial Hydrology (Part I) – Emily Jack-Scott (Aspen Global Change Institute) and coauthors
- State of the Science and Area Overview: Terrestrial Hydrology (Part II) – Tamlin Pavelsky (Univ. North Carolina) and coauthors
- State of the Science and Area Overview: Terrestrial Hydrology (Part III) – Simon Yueh (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory) and coauthors
- Early Career Research Program Updates – Yaítza Luna-Cruz and Cynthia Hall (NASA HQ)
- Airborne Science Program Updates – Derek Rutovic (NASA HQ)
- Ocean Physics Campaigns – Pete Gaube (Univ. of Washington) and coauthors
- Precipitation Physics Campaigns – Will McCarty and Justin Stachnik (NASA HQ)
- Terrestrial Hydrology Campaigns (SnowEx Past+Current) – Carrie Vuyovich (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and coauthors
- Terrestrial Hydrology Campaigns (SnowEx ALPINES) – Carrie Vuyovich (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and coauthors
Breakout Session Lightning Talks: Ocean Physics
- 01: Steve Nerem (Univ. of Colorado Boulder)
- 02: Lisan Yu (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution)
- 03: Daniel Whitt (NASA Ames Research Center)
- 04: Brian Arbic (Univ. of Michigan)
- 05: Richard Ray (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- 06: Leah Johnson (Univ. of Washington)
- 07: Subra Bulusu (Univ. of South Carolina)
- 08: Ian Fenty (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- 10: Jinbo Wang (Texas A&M Univ.)
- 11: Ou Wang (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- 12: Hector Torres (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- 13: Ryan Shìjié Dù (Colorado School of Mines)
- 14: Andy Thompson (Caltech)
- 15: Shineng Hu (Duke Univ.)
- 17: Tony Song (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- 20: Severine Fournier (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- 21: Matt Mazloff (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
- 23: Maria Hakuba (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- 24: Angelica Rodriguez (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- 25: Patrick Heimbach (Univ. of Texas at Austin)
Breakout Session Lightning Talks: Precipitation Science
- 01: George Huffman (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- 02: Yagmur Derin (Univ. of Iowa)
- 03: Pierre Kirstetter (Univ. of Oklahoma)
- 04: Mike Bosilovich (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- 05: Greg Elsaesser (Columbia Univ.)
- 06: Julia Shates (Scripps Institution of Oceanography)
- 07: Timothy Lang (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
- 08: Chuntao Liu (Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
- 09: Sarah Bang (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center)
- 10: Veljko Petkovic (Univ. of Maryland)
- 11: Angela Rowe (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison)
- 12: Scott Braun (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- 13: Joe Munchak (Tomorrow.io)
Breakout Session Lightning Talks: Terrestrial Hydrology
- 01: JT Reager (NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory)
- 02: John Bolten (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center) and coauthors
- 03: Brent Roberts (NASA Marshall Space Flight Center) and coauthors
- 04: Matt Rodell (NASA Goddard Space Flight Center)
- 05: Yanlan Liu (Univ. of California, Los Angeles) and coauthors
- 06: Manuela Girotto (Univ. of California, Berkeley) and coauthors
- 07: Ali Omar (NASA Langley Research Center) and coauthors
- 08: Xubin Zeng (University of Arizona) and coauthors
- 09: McKenzie Skiles (Univ. of Utah) and coauthors
- 10: Ardeshir Ebtehaj (Univ. of Minnesota) and coauthors
Thursday, September 3, 2026
- Flight/Earth Venture Orbital (EVO) Updates – Scott Schwinger (NASA HQ)
- Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) Updates – Laura Rogers (NASA HQ)
- Earth Science Data Systems (ESDS) and DAAC Updates – Jim O'Sullivan (NASA HQ)
- Earth Action (EA) Updates – Erin Urquhart (NASA HQ)
