Dr. Shahid Habib Profile

Dr. Shahid Habib

Chief, Office of Applied Sciences

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Proceedings Article | 19 May 2005 Paper

Understanding what's critical in protecting our society: Can satellite observations help?

Shahid Habib

Proceedings Volume 5798, (2005) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.606587

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Earth observing sensors, Earthquakes, Satellite imaging, Global Positioning System, Climatology, Climate change, Environmental sensing, Radar, Receivers

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Proceedings Article | 1 September 2004 Paper

Using science-driven technologies for the defense and security applications

Shahid Habib, Dorothy Zukor, Stephen Ambrose

Proceedings Volume 5418, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.543672

KEYWORDS: Homeland security, Satellites, Sensors, Remote sensing, Information security, Atmospheric modeling, Earth sciences, Soil science, Antennas, Defense and security

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Proceedings Article | 2 February 2004 Paper

Transferring knowledge from observations and models to decision makers: an overview and challenges

Shahid Habib, Nada Nokra

Proceedings Volume 5234, (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.513892

KEYWORDS: Data modeling, Atmospheric modeling, Satellites, Decision support systems, Agriculture, Systems modeling, Earth observing sensors, Earth sciences, Remote sensing, Climatology

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Over the last 25 years, a tremendous progress has been made in the Earth science space-based remote sensing observations, technologies and algorithms. Such advancements have improved the predictability by providing lead-time and accuracy of forecast in weather, climate, natural hazards, and natural resources. It has further reduced or bounded the overall uncertainties by partially improving our understanding of planet Earth as an integrated system that is governed by non-linear and chaotic behavior. Many countries such US, European Community, Japan, China and others have invested billions of dollars in developing and launching space-based assets in the low earth (LEO) and geostationary (GEO) orbits. However, the wealth of this scientific knowledge that has potential of extracting monumental socio-economic benefits from such large investments have been slow in reaching the public and decision makers. For instance, there are a number of areas such as energy forecasting, aviation safety, agricultural competitiveness, disaster management, homeland security, air quality and public health, which can directly take advantage. Nevertheless, we all live in a global economy that depends on access to the best available Earth Science information for all inhabitants of this planet. This paper surveys and examines a number such applications in terms of their architecture, maturity and economic applicability as they apply to the societal needs. A detailed analysis is also presented of various challenges and issues that pertain to a number of areas such as: (1) difficulties in making a speedy transition of data and information from observations and models to relevant Decision Support Systems (DSS) or tools, (2) data and models inter-operability issues, (3) limitations of spatial, spectral and temporal resolution,(4) communication limitations as dictated by the availability of image processing and data compression techniques. Additionally, the most critical element amongst all is the organizational and management boundaries that must be resolved at local, state, national and international levels to implement and realize free flow of such vital information. This paper also makes attempts to address this topic and discuss possible approaches to deal with this quandary.

Proceedings Article | 9 April 2003 Paper

Initial operation and checkout of stratospheric aerosol gas experiment and Meteor-3M satellite

Shahid Habib, Leonid Makridenko, William Chu, Rashid Salikhov, Alvah Moore, Charles Trepte, Michael Cisewski

Proceedings Volume 4891, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.465982

KEYWORDS: Satellites, Space operations, Aerosols, Ozone, Transmitters, Aerospace engineering, Atmospheric particles, Control systems, Computing systems, Navigation systems

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Under a joint agreement between the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA) and the Russian Aviation and Space Agency (RASA), the Stratospheric Aerosol Gas Experiment III (SAGE III) instrument was launched in low earth orbit on December 10, 2001 aboard the Russian Meteor-3M(1) satellite from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. SAGE III is a spectrometer that measures attenuated radiation in the 282 nm to 1550 nm wavelength range to obtain the vertical profiles of ozone, aerosols, and other chemical species that are critical in studying the trends for the global climate change phenomena. This instrument version is more advanced than any of the previous versions and has more spectral bands, elaborate data gathering and storage, and intelligent terrestrial software. There are a number of Russian scientific instruments aboard the Meteor satellite in addition to the SAGE III instrument. These instruments deal with land imaging and biomass changes, hydro-meteorological monitoring, and helio-geophysical research. This mission was under development for over a period of six years and offered a number of unique technical and program management challenges for both Agencies. SAGE III has a long space heritage, and four earlier versions of this instrument have flown in space for nearly two decades now. In fact, SAGE II, the fourth instrument, is still flying in space on NASA's Earth Radiation Budget Satellite (ERBS), and has been providing important atmospheric data over the last 18 years. It has provided vital ozone and aerosol data in the mid latitudes and has contributed vastly in ozone depletion research. Ball Aerospace built the instrument under Langley Research Center's (LaRC) management. This paper presents the process and approach deployed by the SAGE III and the Meteor teams in performing the initial on-orbit checkout. It further documents a number of early science results obtained by deploying low risk, carefully coordinated procedures in resolving the serious operational issues of this satellite.

Proceedings Article | 8 April 2003 Paper

Sensor web architectural concepts and implementation challenges: a heuristic approach

Shahid Habib, Peter Hildebrand

Proceedings Volume 4881, (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.462615

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Satellites, Space operations, Temporal resolution, Remote sensing, Vegetation, Satellite communications, Earth sciences, Aerospace engineering, Earth observing sensors

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Proceedings Article | 21 February 2001 Paper

Technology thrusts for future Earth science applications

Shahid Habib

Proceedings Volume 4150, (2001) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.416951

KEYWORDS: Earth sciences, Satellites, Sensors, Earth's atmosphere, Space operations, Navigation systems, Signal detection, LIDAR, Atmospheric sciences, Climatology

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