NPOESS, Modis and AMSRE

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NPOESS, Modis and AMSR-E
Paul Seymour National Ice Center
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Evolutionary Roadmap
1960 - 2010
2000 - 2010
2010 2020
NPP (NPOESS Preparatory Project)
NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Satellite System)
DMSP (Defense Meteorological Satellite Program)
POES (Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellites)
EOS (Earth Observing System)
Sensor data rate 1.5 Mbps Data latency 100-150
min. 1.7 GigaBytes per day (DMSP) 6.3
GigaBytes per day (POES)
15 Mbps sensor data rate Data latency 100-180
min. Data availability 98 Ground revisit time
12 hrs. 2.6 TeraBytes per day (EOS) 2.4
TeraBytes per day (NPP)
20 Mbps sensor data rate Data latency 28
min. Data availability 99.98 Autonomy
capability 60 days Selective encryption/deniabil
ity Ground revisit time 4-6 hrs. 8.1 TeraBytes
per day
NPOESS Satisfies Evolutionary Program Needs with
Enhanced Capabilities
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Program Schedule

• 2002 AO Contract Award
• 2003 NPP Delta Critical Design Review
• 2005 NPOESS ?Preliminary Design Review
• 2006 NPOESS Critical Design Review
• NPP Ground Readiness
• 2006 NPP Launch
• 2009 NPOESS Ground Readiness
• 2010 NPOESS C1 Launch
• 2011 NPOESS C2 Launch
• Field Terminal Segment Readiness
• Initial Operational Capability
• 2013 NPOESS C3 Launch

Reliable and timely collection, delivery, and
processing of quality environmental data
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Satellite Transition ScheduleSlopes indicate
10-90 need
CY
99
00
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
03
08
09
10
01
02
07
04
05
06


C6
0530
C3
NPOESS
DMSP
F16
F15
C4
0730 - 1030
NPOESS
DMSP
17
POES
METOP
EOS-Terra
Local Equatorial Crossing Time
1330
N
C2
N
16
C5
POES
NPOESS
Earliest Need to back-up launch
?------------- 10 Year Mission Life
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? ? Potential coverage gap
NPOESS Mission Satisfaction
FY
99
00
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
03
08
09
10
01
02
07
04
05
06
As of 22 May 03
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Single-Channel 250KM MODIS for Great Lakes
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NSIDC Data StewardshipMODIS and AMSR-E

• New data sources
• Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer
  (MODIS) global ice extent and ice surface
  temperature on 1km and 4km Lambert Azimuthal
  Equal-Area (EASE-Grid) projections

MODIS Ice surface temperature product, Bering
Sea, 06 February 2004
Sea Ice Index extent anomaly February 2004

• Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E)
  daily average sea ice concentration and snow
  depth over sea ice (as a five-day running
  average) on a 12.5 km polar stereographic grid.

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NPOESS Enhancement Products(Pre-Planned Product
Improvement P3I)

• Tropospheric Winds
• CH4 Column
• CO Column
• CO2 Column
• Optical Background
• All Weather Day/Night Imagery
• Sea and Lake Ice
• Littoral Currents
• Coastal Ocean Color
• Bioluminescence Potential
• Coastal Sea Surface Temperature

• Coastal sea Surface Winds
• Coastal Sea Surface Height
• Coastal Imagery
• Ocean Wave Characteristics
• Surf Conditions
• Bathymetry (Deep Ocean Near Shore)
• Salinity
• Oil Spill Location
• Vertical Hydrometer Profile
• Neutral Wind