Published July 21, 2021 | Version v1
Proposal Open

Butterfly: a satellite mission to reveal the oceans' impact on our weather and climate

Creators

  • 1. Farallon Institute
  • 2. Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
  • 3. NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
  • 4. University of Colorado Boulder
  • 5. Florida State University
  • 6. Pennsylvania State University
  • 7. Scripps Institute of Oceanography
  • 8. University of Colorado, Boulder
  • 9. NOAA/PSL
  • 10. NOAA/NWS/NCEP/EMC
  • 11. Naval Research Lab
  • 12. ECMWF
  • 13. UK Met Office
  • 14. JAXA
  • 15. Nagoya University
  • 16. IFREMER

Description

Butterfly will provide data to advance both weather and climate prediction. This mission is driven by science. Recent research results reveal how small spatial-scale air-sea turbulent heat and moisture fluxes impact regional and global weather, linking <25-km fluxes to atmospheric rivers, California rainfall, and East Coast bomb cyclones. This area of research is very active and 41% of our science citations are from 2017-present. The science community wants these data. Our weather and climate models have advanced beyond our observations - we need this mission. Butterfly will deliver. It uses a proven spacecraft and our experienced multidisciplinary team has an established track record in delivering high-quality instrumentation, data systems, and scientific results. Butterfly's team is committed to open science and our mission is designed as such, bringing a cooperative approach and transparency to enable faster scientific breakthroughs and expand opportunities for unexpected, transformative results.

Notes

A proposal submitted to NASA's Earth Venture Mission 3 competition.

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