Moving Towards GEOSS

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Moving Towards GEOSS
Update on NOAA Programs

• Vice Admiral Conrad C. Lautenbacher, Jr., U.S.
  Navy (Ret.)
• Under Secretary of Commerce for Oceans
  Atmosphere NOAA
• Earth Science and Applications from Space
  Executive Committee
• January 10 2006

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Menu

• Update on Global Earth Observation System of
  Systems
• Update on NOAAs future satellite systems
• NOAA-NASA Research to Operations
• Scientific Stewardship
• Further Impacts of the Interim Report

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Update on Global Earth Observations Systems of
Systems (GEOSS)
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Global Earth Observation System of
SystemsIntegrated Observations Data Management
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GEO Moves ForwardWorking Towards Implementation

• Adopted formal GEO organization and 10-year
  implementation plan
• Held GEO I in May 2005, and GEO II in December
  2005
• Selected new GEO Secretariat Director, Jose
  Achache
• Accepted 2006 Work Plan, adopted a budget and
  formally created GEO Committees
• Architecture and Data Capacity Building Science
  and Technology User Interface and Working Group
  on Tsunami Activities

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GEO Moves ForwardWorking Towards Implementation

• Near-Term Implementation Efforts
• Working Group on Tsunami Activities continuing to
  provide integration observation requirements to
  the Indian Ocean Tsunami Early Warning System
  effort
• United States announced intention to move GOES
  satellite to a position to help offset the lack
  of sounder data over South America
• GEO-Netcast proposed as tangible near term
  project to implement GEOSS

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GEO-Netcast Concept

• A global broadcast system for the delivery of
  data, products, and services
• Data from both in-situ and space-based systems
• In support of all nine societal benefit areas
• Transmitted to affordable ground receiving
  stations through network of communication
  satellites
• Situated to provide global coverage
• Dissemination is full and open in character but
  will respect existing data policies
• Each GEO partner involved in GEO-Netcast will
  provide data dissemination functions and cover
  the costs

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USGEO Near-Term Opportunities

• USGEO focusing on 6 Near-Term Opportunities
• Disasters
• Drought / National Integrated Drought Information
  System
• Land Observation
• Air Quality
• Sea Level
• Data Management
• Currently developing plans for all the Near-Term
  opportunities
• Will be available for public review in the next
  several months

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Update on NOAA future satellite systems
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National Polar Orbiting Operational Environmental
Satellite System(NPOESS)

• Cost overruns due to instrument development
• Independent Review Team provided analysis of
  options for the program
• Changes to structure of Integrated Program Office
• Program Executive structure under review
• Dedicated to finding appropriate solution

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Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite-R (GOES-R)

• The Secretary of Commerce approved next phase of
  program development - System Program Definition
  and Risk Reduction (PDRR). Three industry teams
  awarded Boeing Space Systems, Lockheed Martin,
  and Northrop Grumman
• FY06 Budget Presidents Request241M
  Enacted222M
• GOES-R System Acquisition and Operations phase to
  begin in 2007
• RFP release currently planned for end of Calendar
  Year 2006

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Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellite-R (GOES-R)

• Five instrument acquisitions ongoing
• Advanced Baseline Imager (ITT) is in Acquisition
  Operations (AO) phase
• Other four instruments In various stages of
  assessing cost, technical, and schedule baselines
  in preparation for AO phase
• Hyperspectral Environment Suite 3 PDRR
  contractors ITT, Ball Aerospace, BAE
• Solar Imaging Suite 1 PDRR contractor
  Lockheed-Martin (Palo Alto)
• Space Environmental In-Situ Suite Just
  released AO RFP, expect award in Spring 2006
• Geostationary Lightning Mapper Expect PDRR
  award in Jan/Feb 2006

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Funding for NOAA Satellite Programs
(enacted in thousands) FY 2003 FY 2004 FY 2005 FY 2006
POES K-N 121,581 113,179 104,230 101,261
NPOESS 222,874 273,789 300,528 316,580
GOES I-M, N Series 195,984 172,854 143,631 116,024
GOES R Series 15,300 101,778 157,522 219,298

Total, Satellite Systems 555,739 661,600 705,911 753,163

Operations After Launch 35,218 34,747 36,026 35,711

Research Applications 25,584 23,791 31,039 31,358
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NOAA-NASA Research to Operations Plans and Status
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Research to Operations

• In FY05 appropriations bill 4M
• Provide NOAA the capability to transition NASA
  remote sensed ocean measurements into operational
  products for the user community
• NOAA developed implementation plan focused on
  assessing the impact of the following
  capabilities to meet NOAA operational needs
• Sea surface height - Jason-1
• Surface vector winds - QuikSCAT and WindSat
• Ocean color - SeaWiFS and MODIS
• FY06 extension of 4M - developing an extension
  of the implementation plan

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NOAA-NASA Joint Working Group

• The latest NASA Reauthorization Bill calls for
  the creation of Joint Working Group
• To monitor missions of the two agencies to ensure
  maximum coordination in the design, operation,
  and transition of missions where appropriate
• Prepare an annual coordination report by February
  15 of each year for the preceding fiscal year
• Finalized agreement with NASA
• Led by Chet Koblinsky for NOAA and Dick Fischer
  for NASA
• First objective to develop a mutually agreed
  process for transitioning capabilities between
  the two agencies, with a draft report due Jan 31
• The JWG will then identify an initial set of
  candidates to include altimetry, scatterometry
  and ocean color to be considered for
  transitioning

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Scientific Stewardship
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NOAA Challenges in Data Management

• Managing exponentially growing data volume
• Appropriately describing metadata to ensure
  long-term utility
• Providing data in formats that enable integration
• Providing clear and easy discovery of, and access
  to, data and information products
• Collecting data at risk to extend the
  environmental data record

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NOAAs Integrated Global Observation Data
Management Plan2005 Update

• Refined and updated observing system baseline
  architecture
• Performing gap analysis between observing
  requirements and observing capabilities
• Started investment analysis to determine
  efficient mix of observing systems to achieve
  requirements
• Established NOAA-wide data standards group
• Implementing Comprehensive Large Array-data
  Stewardship System (CLASS) web-based data archive
  and distribution system for NOAAs environmental
  data

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Integrated Climate Data Records and Scientific
Data StewardshipPerformance, Cost, and Governance

• NOAA Climate Goal has prioritized into four tiers
  the essential climate variables that will become
  operational climate data records (CDRs)
• A sustainable, operational CDR program requires
  quantifiable performance measures and cost models
• An initial performance measures set has been
  developed based on maturity and a cost model
  (based on prior experience in NASA and NOAA)
• A governance structure is used which helps ensure
  efficient use of NOAA resources, and leveraging
  of NASA resources

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Priorities for Integrated Climate Data Records
TIER 1 Highest priority for integrated climate
data records (CDRs) that will be measured by NOAA
and Joint NOAA Measurements (i.e., METOP)
TIER 2 High priority, measured by NASA with
continuity on NOAA missions, research and
development shared by measurement provider (e.g.,
NASA)
TIER 3 Lower priority, not measured by NOAA, CDR
dependent on the measurement provider
TIER 4 Lowest priority, future measurements, CDR
dependent on measurement provider
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Draft Schedule for Creating CDRs of the Essential
Climate Variables
FY08 FY09 FY10 FY1112
Sea Surface Temperature Upper Air Temperature Surface Skin Temperature Albedo
Upper Air Temperature Upper Air Water Vapor Air Temperature Radiances
Upper Air Water Vapor Ozone Cloud Properties Methane
Ozone Precipitation Earth Radiation Budget Surface Vector Wind
Surface Skin Temperature Surface Radiation Budget Precipitation Upper Air Vector Wind
Surface Air Temperature Surface Vector Wind Surface Radiation Budget Aerosol
Earth Radiation Budget Surface Water Vapor Snow cover fAPAR
Cloud Properties Radiances Ocean color LAI
Methane Sea Ice Fire disturbance
Albedo Land cover Soil Temperature
Sea level Surface Soil Moisture Salinity
Upper Air Vector Wind Carbon Dioxide
Tier 1
Tier 2
Tier 3
Tier 4
Level 4
Level 3
New variable or new maturity level
Complemented by Local / Regional
In-Situ Worldwide In-Situ
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Further Impacts of Interim Report
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Other Interim Report RecommendationsNOAA
Comments

• Global Precipitation Mission
• NOAA is supportive of launching Global
  Precipitation Mission (GPM) without delay and
  plans to use the data in concert with
  complementary observations
• Current BASC study developing recommendations to
  apply lessons learned from TRMM experience to GPM
  
• Geostationary Imaging Fourier Transform
  Spectrometer (GIFTS)
• GIFTS instrument would be an important
  demonstration of capability for future
  operational satellites and, if GIFTS were
  completed by NASA, NOAA would welcome any efforts
  to launch it
• GLORY
• NOAA supports the flight of APS (Advanced
  Polarimetric Sensor) and TIM (Total Irradiance
  Monitor) instruments as part of the Glory climate
  monitoring mission

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