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Business Administration Group - 3812
Supervisor: Jason Dawson, 818.393.2936, Jason.T.Dawson@jpl.nasa.gov
Secretary: Sandra Martinez, 818.354.2767, Sandra.D.Martinez@jpl.nasa.gov
The Business Administration Group oversees all aspects of business operations within the Section with emphasis on financial management, human resources and administrative support.
Instrument System Engineering - 382A
Supervisor: Raul Romero, 818.354.7325, Raul.A.Romero@jpl.nasa.gov
Secretary: Sandra Martinez, 818.354.2767, Sandra.D.Martinez@jpl.nasa.gov
This group is made up of Technical Managers responsible for the delivery of significant elements of both instrument projects and mission projects. They have leadership, technical, cost, and schedule responsibilities.
Imaging Spectroscopy - 382B
Supervisor: Robert Green, 818.354.9136, Robert.O.Green@jpl.nasa.gov
Secretary: Gail Watson, 818.354.2703, Gail.Watson-Ashe@jpl.nasa.gov
This group designs, builds, tests, calibrates, operates, and maintains AVIRIS and AirMISR airborne systems. The group also performs data processing and analysis.
Instrument Integration & Test - 382C
Supervisor: Tere Smith, 818.354.5732, Suzanne.T.Smith@jpl.nasa.gov
Secretary: Sandra Martinez, 818.354.2767, Sandra.D.Martinez@jpl.nasa.gov
This group integrates, tests, validates, calibrates, and operates space-borne, airborne, and earth-based scientific instruments.
IN SITU Instruments - 382D
Supervisor: Michael Hecht, 818.354.2774, Michael.H.Hecht@jpl.nasa.gov
The group provides instrument managers and instrument systems engineers for in situ instruments; currently we are working on instruments for Mars Science Laboratory, Phoenix, and the International Space Station.
Advanced Instrument Concepts - 382E
Supervisor: Alfred Nash, 818.393.2639, Alfred.E.Nash@jpl.nasa.gov
Secretary: Sandra Martinez, 818.354.2767, Sandra.D.Martinez@jpl.nasa.gov
The group provides instrument managers and instrument systems engineers for in situ instruments; currently we are working on instruments for Mars Science Laboratory, Phoenix, and the International Space Station.
Microwave Remote Sensing Instruments - 382F
Supervisor: Paul Stek, 818.354.7749, Paul.C.Stek@jpl.nasa.gov
The Upper Atmosphere Microwave Experiment Development Group forms an integrated team with the Microwave Atmospheric Science Element (3284) in Division 32. This team's objective is application of advanced microwave techniques for producing data and information to improve understanding of Earth's upper atmosphere. Critical issues of atmospheric global change, particularly stratospheric ozone depletion, climate variability, and pollution transport, have priority. The group is responsible for maintaining the continued safe performance of the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) on Aura, updating its calibration, and developing and maintaining the level 1 data processing algorithms. Along with supporting other microwave instruments at JPL, the group is developing technologies for the Scanning Microwave Limb Sounder (SMLS) that can serve as the advanced MLS for the Global Atmospheric Composition Mission (GACM) included in the NRC Earth Science from Space Decadal Survey.
Microwave Systems Technology - 382G
Supervisor: Todd Gaier, 818.354.4402, Todd.C.Gaier@jpl.nasa.gov
The Astrophysics & Earth Science Systems Group provides engineering capability primarily from an instrument systems point of view to develop and demonstrate new microwave radiometer and radar instruments for Earth remote sensing applications. This includes new instrument concepts and designs, building and demonstrating prototypes and building flight instruments. Recent aircraft instruments have been the Airborne Rain Mapping Radar (ARMAR), polarimetric wind radiometers (WINRAD), the cloud radar, and the Passive Active L/S (PALS) system for ocean surface salinity and soil moisture measurements. The spaceflight radiometer projects which have been supported are the Microwave Limb Sounder (filterbanks and 2nd IF system), the Topex Poseidon (microwave mixers), the Jason (MMIC radiometers), and the Microwave Imager for the Rosetta Orbiter (MIRO) (sub-mm radiometers).