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National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellite System (NPOESS)Integrated Program
Office presented at NPP Science Team Initial
MeetingAnnapolis, MD Carl W. Hoffman Deputy
System Program Director
November 4, 2003
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CONTENTS

• IPO MISSION
• IPO HISTORICAL VIEW
• NPOESS OVERVIEW
• IPO SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS
• INTERNAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES
• OPERATIONAL ALGORITHM TEAMS
• SUMMARY

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Manage a Tri-agency Effort to Leverage
andCombine Environmental Satellite Activities

• Mission
• Provide a national, operational, polar-orbiting
  remote-sensing capability
• Achieve National Performance Review (NPR) savings
  by converging DoD and NOAA satellite programs
• Incorporate new technologies from NASA
• Encourage International Cooperation

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Local Equatorial Crossing Time
Saves as much as 1.3B from the cost of
previously planned separate developments
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CONTENTS

• IPO MISSION
• IPO HISTORICAL VIEW
• NPOESS OVERVIEW
• IPO SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS
• INTERNAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES
• OPERATIONAL ALGORITHM TEAMS
• SUMMARY

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The Challenge of Convergence (1 of 2)

• Eight major Convergence Studies (1972-1991)
  examined consolidation of DoDs DMSP and DOCs
  POES METSAT Programs
• Primarily motivated by budget reduction/cost
  savings pressures
• Studies resulted in retaining two separate
  programs with similar spacecraft with many common
  components and subsystems
• Although deemed highly complementary, programs
  remained separate primarily due to over-riding
  policy issues driven by larger geo-political
  context
• Some measure of modest coordination/cost-savings
  achieved

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The Challenge of Convergence (2 of 2)

• With end of Cold War
• Heightened Congressional Interest in FY 93
• Sen George Brown, Jr. Chairman of the House
  Committee on Space, Science, and Technology
• Sen J. James Exon, Armed Services Commerce,
  Science, and Technology Budget Committees
• Heightened Executive Branch Interest in FY 93
• Vice President Gores National Performance Review
  (NPR), Sept 1993
• Presidential Decision Directive, NSTC-2 signed,
  May 94
• NSTC-2, Directed Convergence - Reduce the cost
  of acquiring and operating polar-orbiting
  environmental satellite systems, while continuing
  to satisfy U.S. operational requirements for data
  from these systems.

Achievement of significant cost savings while
still satisfying civil and military mission
requirements now a driving priority
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NPOESS MOA

• The Binding Charter and Terms of Reference
  governing the NPOESS Integrated Program Office
• Serves as a critical tri-agency constitution
  and treaty mechanism
• Lays out all critical aspects of program in clear
  manner establishing each agencys roles and
  responsibilities
• Essential to the success of the NPOESS program
• Very much like the Constitution subject to
  interpretation

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MOA Highlights

• NPOESS Program Organization and Responsibilities
• Executive Committee
• Integrated Program Office
• Agency Responsibilities
• DOC overall lead for converged program lead
  role for operations support
• DOD lead role for acquisition support
• NASA lead role for technology transition
• Requirements (Validation and Approval)
• Integrated Operational Requirements Document
  (IORD)
• Joint Agency Requirements Committee (JARC)
• Senior Users Advisory Group
• NPOESS Management and Processes
• Acquisition Management Plan Technology
  Transition Management Plan
• Operations Plan Funding Management Plan
• Organizational Management Plan
• Effective Date/Amendment/Termination

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Program Execution Roles/Responsibilities(per
MOA) AF Space Reorganization
Executive Committee (EXCOM)

• Roles Responsibilities
• Policy Guidance
• Agency Sustained Support
• Program Execution Oversight
• Requirements Review and Approval

Integrated Program Office (IPO)
System Program Director

• Roles Responsibilities
• Day-to-Day Program Management
• Requirements Baseline Control
• Program Financial Management
• Contractor Insight

Associate Director For Technology Transition
Associate Director For Operations
Associate Director For Acquisition

• User Community and Stakeholders
• Define Requirements
• Integrated Into IPO IPTs for Insight and Support

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NPOESS Requirements Process

• Joint Agency Requirements
• Council (JARC)
• Vice Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff
• NOAA/Deputy Under Secretary of Commerce
• for Oceans and Atmosphere
• NASA/Associate Administrator for Earth Science

EXCOM
Senior Users Advisory Group (SUAG)
IPO
Joint Agency Requirements Group (JARG)
USERS
Iterative Disciplined Requirements Process
Ensures Users Needs are Met
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CONTENTS

• IPO MISSION
• IPO HISTORICAL VIEW
• NPOESS OVERVIEW
• IPO SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS
• INTERNAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES
• OPERATIONAL ALGORITHM TEAMS
• SUMMARY

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NPOESS EDRs Allocated By Sensor
Cloud Top Pressure Cloud Top Temperature
Downward Longwave Radiance (Sfc) Downward
Shortwave Radiance(Sfc) Electric Field Electron
Density Profile Energetic Ions Geomagnetic Field
Ice Surface Temperature In-situ Plasma
Fluctuations In-situ Plasma Temperature
Ionospheric Scintillation Medium Energy Charged
Particles Land Surface Temperature Net Heat
Flux Net Solar Radiation (TOA) Neutral Density
Profile Color/Chlorophyll Ocean Wave
Characteristics Outgoing Longwave Radiation
(TOA) Ozone - Total Column/Profile
Precipitable Water Precipitation Type/Rate
Pressure (Surface/Profile) Sea Ice
Characterization Sea Surface Height/Topography
Snow Cover/Depth Solar Irradiance
Supra-Thermal-Auroral Particles Surface Type
Wind Stress Suspended Matter Total Water
Content Vegetation Index
Atmospheric Vertical Moisture Profile Atmospheric
Vertical Temp Profile Imagery Sea Surface
Temperature Sea Surface Winds Soil
Moisture Aerosol Optical Thickness Aerosol
Particle Size Aerosol Refractive Index Albedo
(Surface) Auroral Boundary Auroral Energy
Deposition Auroral Imagery Cloud Base
Height Cloud Cover/Layers Cloud Effective
Particle Size Cloud Ice Water Path Cloud Liquid
Water Cloud Optical Thickness Cloud Particle
Size/Distribution Cloud Top Height
VIIRS (23) CMIS (19) CrIS/ATMS (3) OMPS (1) SES
(13) GPSOS (2) ERBS (5) TSIS (1) ALTIMETER
(3) APS (4)
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NPOESS Overview

• Contract was awarded on August 23, 2002 to TRW
  (subsequently bought by Northrop Grumman) now
  called Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST)
• Contract consists of
• 6 satellites
• Taking over all government instrument contracts
• Buying all leveraged instruments
• Integrating GFE instruments (ADCS and SARSAT)
• Building and deploying all ground systems
• C3 and data retrieval
• Data processing hardware and software
• Software for worldwide users
• Operating system through IOC (2011)
• with option to 2018

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Metsat Satellite Transition Schedule(FY04
Presidents Budget, FY03 Budget Cut, and NPP
Replan)Slopes indicate 10-90 need




C6
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C3
NPOESS
DMSP
F15
C4
0730 - 1030
NPOESS
NPOESS
DMSP
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POES
METOP
EOS-Terra
Local Equatorial Crossing Time
Climate Mission Potential Gap
1330
C2
N
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C5
NPOESS
POES
Earliest Need to back-up launch
?------------------10 Year Mission
Life------------------?
36 month backup coverage gap
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18 month B/U coverage gap
Mission Satisfaction
NPOESS Deliveries
Earliest Availability
As of 21 May 2003
Most probable launch date
Earliest Probable Launch Date(s)
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NPOESS Top Level Architecture
128 attributes above, 724 at, 7 below threshold
Data Quality SMD/HRD LRD
305 attributes above, 180 at, 0 below threshold
Threshold
Objective
Data Latency SMD HRD/LRD
Data Availability
Operational Availability
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SafetyNet Architecture
SafetyNet is a system of 15 globally distributed
SMD receptors linked to the centrals via
commercial fiber, it enables low data latency
and high data availability
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NPOESS EDR Processing Timeline
End-to-End EDR Latency
100
90
95 of data delivered within 28 min
80
70
gt 77 of data delivered within 15 min
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Percent of EDR Products Delivered
50
40
Average lt 10.5 min
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Earliest Data Delivered lt 2 min
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0
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10
15
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Time from Observation to Delivery (minutes)
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NPOESS Satellite
VIIRS - vis/IR imager CMIS - µwave
imager CrIS - IR sounder ATMS - µwave
sounder SESS - space environment GPSOS -
GPS occultation OMPS - ozone ADCS - data
collection SARSAT - search rescue APS -
aerosol polarimeter ERBS - Earth radiation
budget SS - laser sensor ALT -
altimeter TSIS - solar irradiance
NPOESS 1330 Configuration
CMIS
ATMS
CrIS
VIIRS
OMPS
ERBS
Single satellite design with common sensor
locations
Per agreement with Eumetsat, NPOESS will retain
capability to fly CrIS/ATMS on all s/c, but
nominally depend on IASI/AMSU in 2130 orbit and
fly CrIS/ATMS in 1330 and 1730 orbits
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NPOESS Payloads
NPOESS Instruments
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NPP
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IPO Developed Visible/IR Imager Radiometer
Suite (VIIRS) X X X X
(AVHRR) X Cross-track IR Sounder (CrIS)
X X X
(IASI/HIRS) X Conical MW Imager/Sounder (CMIS)
X X X Ozone
Mapper/Profiler Suite (OMPS) X X
(GOME) X GPS Occultation Sensor (GPSOS)
X X
(GRAS) Space Environmental Sensor Suite (SESS)
X X (SEM) Aerosol
Polarimetry Sensor (APS) X
Leveraged Advanced Technology MW
Sounder (ATMS) X X X
(AMSU/MHS) X ARGOS-Data Collection System
(A-DCS) X X X Search and
Rescue (SARSAT)
X X X Earth Radiation Budget Sensor
(ERBS) X Total Solar Irradiance Sensor
(TSIS) X Radar altimeter
(ALT)
X Survivability Sensor (SS)
X X
X Advanced Scatterometer (ASCAT)
X
Critical instrument - Failure constitutes need
to replace satellite
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EXCOM to NPOESS
I N C E N T I V E
NPOESS to NGST
Contractually Binding
NGST to NPOESS
Contractually Binding
I N C E N T I V E
NGST to Sensor Contractor
JARC/ SUAG IPO
IPO to NGST NGST to sub
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CONTENTS

• IPO MISSION
• IPO HISTORICAL VIEW
• NPOESS OVERVIEW
• IPO SCIENTIFIC EFFORTS
• INTERNAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES
• OPERATIONAL ALGORITHM TEAMS
• SUMMARY

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NPOESS Science Objectives Development A
Multi-Faceted, Leveraged Process
NPOESS Sensors/Algorithms
POES Heritage
DMSP Heritage
NPOESS Operational Requirements IORD
NASA/NPOESS Partnership/Cooperation NPP
Early Convergence DMSP Ops Xfer to NOAA
NPOESS IGS Internal Government Studies
Bus L/V Heritage
NPOESS OATs Operational Algorithm Teams
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NPOESSInternal Government Studies (IGS)managed
by Dr. Stephen Mango/NRL

• Teams of scientists and engineers from Government
  laboratories and centers, FFRDCs and universities
• Tasked to identify technologies and techniques
  able to meet NPOESS requirements and objectives
• Twelve (12) core study teams
• Thirty-three institutions have participated
• Focus of significant bi-directional leverage
• Significant financial resources expended

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Operational Algorithm Teamsmanaged by Dr. James
L. Duda/NASA

• Selected technical experts in the scientific
  specialties required for the success of the
  NPOESS program
• Advises the IPO, the SSPR contractor, and its
  sub-contractors on critical program decisions
• Tasked to confirm scientific validity
• Participates in assessment of instrument
  performance
• Supports algorithm upgrades and new science from
  users, operators, and academic communities
• Some OAT members have been part of IPO support
  since program inception
• Funding provided to new OAT members as needed
  occasionally tied to IGS efforts
• Ex Officio Members of all OATs include Dr. Joe
  Friday, Chairman of NGST Science Advisory Team
  (SAT), Dr. Stephen Mango, IPO Chief Scientist,
  Dr. Jim Duda, IPO OAT Manager, Dr. Bob Murphy,
  NPP Chief Scientist

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Evolution of IPO Operational Algorithm Teams
(OATs)

• Phase 0 Assisted in RFP development, proposal
  review, and source selection (Completed on
  7/31/97)
• Phase I After contract award through
  PDR--Participated in contractor Reviews,
  Technical Interchange Meetings, and Source
  Selection (down-select)
• Reviewed/critiqued contractor developed payload
  performance specs (including conduct of
  simulations as necessary)
• Assisted in defining and documenting operational
  algorithm science
• Phase II/III Acquisition and Operations (AO)
  Phase of Program (8/23/02)
• IPO and OATs work as a team with the SSPR (and
  sensor vendors) to ensure that the sensors and
  algorithms satisfy IPO requirements
• Focus on Algorithm and Sensor Science (EDR
  performance)
• Recommend Improvements, if applicable, to IPO
• Participate in Assessment of Instrument/EDR
  Performance Trades
• Provide independent validation of projected
  performance to ensure integrity of algorithm
  science
• Monitor conversion of science code to operational
  code
• Support integration of sensor onto spacecraft
• Participate in Configuration Control of ATBDs and
  operational code

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IPO Science Support Structure
NPOESS Operational Algorithm Teams (NOATs)
Vis/IR
Microwave
Space Env
IDPS Customer Forum
Centrals
Ozone
Sounder
Ozone
Sounder
Ozone APS Alt
Sounder TSIS ERBS
OATs

• Features
• OATs advise IPO on single and multi-sensor EDR
  integration into the ground system including
  algorithm performance
• OATs and Centrals participate in IPO CCB

• Challenges
• Resources for strong cal/val science oversight
• Maintaining OATs Triagency Composition
• Successfully integrating expertise into SSPR

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Advise IPO on Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Sensors and Satellite Systems for
Weather, National Security, and Science

• Assure sound science in instrument and system
  design
• Participate in Assessment of Instrument/EDR
  Performance Trades
• Recommend Improvements to IPO, if applicable
• Provide independent validation of projected
  performance to ensure integrity of algorithm
  science
• Support integration of sensor onto spacecraft
  (maintain sound science)
• Assure development and implementation of sound
  scientific algorithms
• Monitor development of science code and ATBDs
• Monitor conversion of science code to operational
  code
• Participate in Configuration Control of ATBDs,
  OADs, and operational code (IDPS)
• Support Cal/Val both Pre- and Post-Launch
• Support algorithm code maintenance and
  improvements
• Support continuity of measurements for existing
  EDRs

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Advise IPO on Polar-orbiting Operational
Environmental Sensors and Satellite Systems for
Weather, National Security, and Science

• Scope of Science Support
• IORD-2 Requirements
• Focus on advancing EDRs from threshold toward
  objective performance
• P3I requirements (21 EDRs in IORD-2)
• Provide science support to IPO for additional
  requirements studies
• Work as a team with the SSPR Contractor to ensure
  sound science during sensor and algorithm
  development and integration, pre-launch Cal/Val,
  post-launch Cal/Val, and algorithm maintenance
  and evolution

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Science Support is an Integral Part of NPOESS
Program
NESDIS Science Advisory Team
NASA NPP Science Advisory Team
NG Pgm Mgr
OOAT
OATs
Central IDPS Advisory
Cal/Val Team
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Science Advisory Team

• NGC contract includes an independent Science
  Advisory Team made up of noted experts in
  environmental science from respected organizations

Name

Title Org
anization

Dr. Elbert W. (Joe) Friday, Jr.

Director, Board on Atmospheric Sciences and
Climate National Research
Council, National Academy of Sciences

Former Director National Weather Service

Dr. Robert McClatchey

Former Government Executive Air Fo
rce Research Labs

Dr. Mark Abbot

Professor, College of Oceanic and Atmospheric
Sciences, Oregon State Univ
University of Wisconsin, Madison

Dr. Kuo
-
Nan Liou

Chairman/Professor Department of Atmospheric
Sciences, University of
California, Los Ang
eles

Dr. Susan Ustin

Professor of Resource Science Department of
Land, Air, and Water Resources,
University of California, Davis

Dr. Bill Emery

Professor, Aerospace Engineering Science
University of Colorado

Dr. Tom Vonder Haar

University Distingui
shed Professor Department of Atmospheric
Science,
Colorado State University

Director, Cooperative Institute for Research in
the Atmosphere

Dr. Berrien Moore

Professor, Systems Research, University of New
Hampshire


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Internal Government Studies IGS Twelve Team
Studies FY 95-03

• Microwave Imager Sounder Suite
• Electro-Optical Imager Radiometer
• IR/Microwave Sounding - Michelson Interferometer
  Fourier Transform IR Spectrometer (ITS-Type) and
  Grating IR Spectrometer (AIRS-, IMAS-Type)
• Aircraft Testbed for IR/Microwave Sounders NAST
• Climate Sensing Suite (including Ozone Sensor(s)
  )
• Passive Microwave Polarimetry for Determining the
  Ocean Surface Wind Field (Speed Direction)
• Spaceborne Lidar for Tropospheric Winds, Clouds
  and Aerosols
• Synthetic Aperture Interferometric Passive
  Microwave Radiometry
• for Soil Moisture, Salinity, Sea Surface
  Temperature Ocean Surface Wind Fields
• Global Positioning System GPS for Spacecraft
  Navigation/Autonomous Navigation and as an
  Occultation Sensor for Probing the Neutral
  Atmosphere (Troposphere, Stratosphere,
  Mesosphere) and the Charged Atmosphere
  (Ionosphere)
• Space Environment Sensor Suite SESS
• Active Sensor Study
• Observing System Simulation Experiments OSSE

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SUMMARY

• IPO at high Governmental hierarchical level
• Governing MOA/IORD are multi-agency firsts
• Step forward in research to operations challenge
• NPP Risk Reduction vital to NPOESS
• Access to program performers
• Opportunity for tangible benefits
• Increased acceptance by scientific community

Great opportunity to contribute to the future of
the United States
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Integrated Program Office Web sites

• NPOESS Websites
• http//www.npoess.noaa.gov
• http//npoesslib.ipo.noaa.gov (electronic
  bulletin board)

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NPOESS Serving Worldwide User Needs

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T H E N P O E S S T E A M
NGST

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