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People of NSITE

NASA's Satellite Needs Working Group (SNWG) Implementation TEam (NSITE) is part of the Interagency Satellite Observation Needs (ISON) Program led by Natasha Sadoff. NSITE includes solution project teams and the NSITE Management Office.

SNWG Solution Representatives

NSITE representatives that develop SNWG solutions are listed in the table below.

SNWG SolutionSolution Project Lead(s)
Air Quality Sensors and ForecastsThomas Hanisco, Pawan Gupta, Carl Malings
Airborne Data Management Group (ADMG)-Catalog of Archived Suborbital Earth Science Investigations (CASEI) SolutionStephanie Wingo
Animal Tracking (Internet of Animals)Antonio Ferraz
Data Curation for Discovery (DCD) SolutionEssence Raphael
Global Algal Blooms Assessment Network (GABAN)Carlos del Castillo
Global Cloud Composites from Satellite ClOud and Radiation Property retrieval System (SatCORPS)William Smith
Global NASA/Indian Space Research Organisation Synthetic Aperture Radar (NISAR) Soil Moisture ProductGerald Bawden
Goddard Earth Observing System-5 (GEOS-5) Atmospheric Composition ReanalysisSteven Pawson
Harmonized Landsat and Sentinel-2 (HLS) SolutionsMadhu Sridhar
High-Resolution North America NISAR DataGerald Bawden
Low Latency Ice, Cloud, and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2)/Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) ProductsNathan Kurtz
Merged Planetary Boundary Layer (PBL) Temperature and Water Vapor ProductsHeidar Thrastarson
Multisensor Worldwide Ocean Winds (MWOW) ProductBryan Stiles
Observational Products for End-Users from Remote Sensing Analysis (OPERA) Near-Global Disturbance (DIST) Product SuiteLuca Cinquini
OPERA Near-Global Dynamic Surface Water Extent (DSWx) Product SuiteLuca Cinquini
OPERA North America Displacement (DISP) Product SuiteLuca Cinquini
OPERA North America Vertical Land Motion (VLM) Product SuiteLuca Cinquini
Sea Surface Salinity with Sea Ice MaskTong Lee
Targeted Remote Sensing TrainingNatasha Sadoff
Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Near Real-Time (NRT) and Enhanced ProductsXiong Liu
Water Quality ProductsBryan Franz
Note: Commercial activities informed by SNWG are managed by the Commercial Satellite Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program.

 

NSITE Management Office Representatives

SNWG solutions are overseen by the NSITE Management Office, described in the table below.

NSITE Management Office RoleName
Project ManagerSean Gregory
Project Management SupportKevin Horn, Ray French
Project ScientistPontus Olofsson
Deputy Project Scientist/Assessment LeadKatrina Virts
Systems EngineerJenny Wood
Co-Design and Stakeholder Engagement LeadAnita LeRoy
Training and Engagement FacilitatorCharley Haley
Stakeholder Engagement SupportStephanie Jiménez
Communications StrategistEmily Adams
Communications SupportJake Ramthun, Lena Pransky, Rachel Wyatt
Project CoordinatorCherrelle Tucker
Assessment SupportEssence Raphael, BC Ray, Rhea Bridgeland