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Appendix A: Science and Applications Traceability Matrixes
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From page 89... ... removing rows of measurements that do not de- ents the SATMs for the science questions discussed in pend on the geodetic infrastructure, and (c) removing Chapters 3–7. Read the entire page →
From page 90... ... Ocean mass distribution Spatial: 300 km2 Temporal: Monthly Coverage: Global every month Accuracy/Stability: 15 mm/0.1 mm/yr/decade Geodetic needs: • ugment GRACE-type missions with degree-1 A (intercompare different approaches) Read the entire page →
From page 91... ... accuracy over the entire • SAR (e.g., NISAR) Orbit accuracy <0.1 m RMS total position. Read the entire page →
From page 92... ... Geodetic needs: Desire methods that would mitigate the problem of leakage in the solutions between ocean and land at their mutual boundaries. 3D surface deformation Spatial: 100 m vectors on ice sheets Coverage: Ice sheets Temporal: Monthly Precision: cm/yr Geodetic needs: Orbit accuracy: <0.1 m RMS total position. Read the entire page →
From page 93... ... C-6b. Decrease Total water storage Spatial: 100 km uncertainty, by a factor Temporal: Weekly of 2, in quantification Precision: 0.04 volumetric percent of land surface states for initialization of seasonal Geodetic needs: Maintain interdisciplinary connection to hydrology forecasts. Read the entire page →
From page 94... ... types of studies require continued support for GNSS networks, high affect water quality and scale globally at precision GNSS analysis software, and the underlying TRF. InSAR especially groundwater 10-day intervals with and GRACE provide complimentary measurements of total water recharge, threatening accuracy of better than storage at different temporal and spatial scales. Read the entire page →
From page 95... ... This socioeconomic on subsidence studies using GNSS positioning and InSAR wildfires, landslides, priority depends on (Argus et al., 2017) Read the entire page →
From page 96... ... Geodetic needs: Program of record suggests 40 km spacing of GNSS stations, with increased spatial deployment in watersheds. Combination of InSAR and GNSS data products can provide improved spatial and temporal sensitivity. Read the entire page →
From page 97... ... S-1a. Measure the pre-, Land-surface At least two components of land-surface deformation over How can large-scale syn-, and post eruption deformation length scales ranging from 10 m to 1,000 km and a precision geological hazards be surface deformation of 1 mm at a sampling frequency related to the earthquake accurately forecast in a and products of Earth's or volcanic activity. Read the entire page →
From page 98... ... bathymetry Geodetic needs: Altimetry satellite orbit accuracy <20 mm radial. Optical, radar, and Enable high spatial resolution space-borne or aircraft asset that InSAR change can provide timely information to relief efforts (commercial 1 m detection on demand optical, GPS/GNSS) Read the entire page →
From page 99... ... , deformation surface fracturing over length scales ranging from 10 m to extent of surface change 1,000 km and temporal resolution of 1 mm/yr at a sampling (<100 m spatial resolution) frequency related to the volcanic activity (InSAR and GPS/ and atmospheric GNSS) Read the entire page →
From page 100... ... of convection and slowly varying boundary processes to extend the Geodetic needs: Same as C-2b. lead time of useful prediction Vertical water vapor Boundary layer through middle atmosphere skills by 50% for forecast times profile Threshold horizontal resolution 5 km, objective of 1 week to 2 months. Read the entire page →
From page 101... ... SAR imagery benefits atmosphere. from maintaining the current geodetic infrastructure for orbit determination; water vapor determination from radio occultation is E-2b. Read the entire page →
From page 102... ... Aquatic NPP, PhytoC vertical. SAR imagery benefits from maintaining the current and Chl, NCP, export geodetic infrastructure for orbit determination; water vapor from the euphotic determination from radio occultation is needed for SAR correction. Read the entire page →
From page 103... ... SAR imagery benefits from maintaining the current geodetic infrastructure for orbit determination; water vapor determination from radio occultation is needed for SAR correction. Humidity and temperature profiles, and water fluxes from radio occultation can also be leveraged to place constraints on evapotranspiration. Read the entire page →
From page 104... ... ecosystem response to time series of distribution and causes of landscape of vegetation in change. VIS/NIR Observations of canopy structure and carbon inventory Bare-earth topography Observations of ecosystem status and near-surface material composition Read the entire page →
From page 105... ... 2016. Validation of GPS-IR soil moisture retrievals: CompariArgus, D.F., F.W. Read the entire page →

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... removing rows of measurements that do not de- ents the SATMs for the science questions discussed in pend on the geodetic infrastructure, and (c) removing Chapters 3–7.

Appendix A: Science and Applications Traceability Matrixes Pages 89-106

Appendix A: Science and Applications Traceability Matrixes
Pages 89-106