Project Overview

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Title Page
Project Overview
Information Briefing to COPC James Silva NPOESS
Data Exploitation Project Manager James Yoe NDE
System Integration Coordinator November 14, 2007
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NDE Mission Statement
Deliver NPOESS data products and assist NOAA and
other civilian operational users to realize the
potential of NPOESS observations
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NPOESS NDE
NDE will be a critical link to achieve return on
the NPOESS investment
NPP
NPOESS DataExploitation
NPOESS Ground Systems
NPOESS C1
(operated in ESPC)
Ingest
Process
SafetyNet
Quality Control
Near Real-time Delivery
Command and Control
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Operational System Objectives

• Disseminate NPOESS Data Records to customers
• Generate and disseminate tailored NPOESS Data
  Records (versions of NPOESS Data Records in
  previously agreed alternative formats and views)
• Generate and disseminate NOAA-unique products
  (augmented environmental products constructed
  from NPOESS Data Records)
• Deliver NOAA-unique products, product processing
  elements, and associated metadata to CLASS for
  long-term archiving
• Provide services to customers, including NDE
  product training, product enhancement, and
  implementation support across NOAA
• Provide software for NPOESS Data Record format
  translation and other data manipulations

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NDE Management Team
NDE Project Manager Jim Silva
NDE System Architect Geof Goodrum
NDE Systems Integration Coordinator Jim Yoe
NDE Product Development Manager Tom Schott
ESPC
System Development Team (OSDPD)
Infrastructure Acquisition, Operations (OSDPD)
Design Partners
AWIPS
Data Centers
CLASS
STAR
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Scope The NOAA Central
NOAA Central
NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF)
Suitland, MD
NOAA Environmental Satellite Processing Center
(ESPC)
NPOESS Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS)
Data Delivery Reports
xDR Subscription Requests
xDRs
xDRs
NOAA-Unique Products
NPOESS Status
NOAA
NPOESS Mission Management Center (MMC)
Trouble Ticket
xDRs
Product Processing Components
Tailored Products
Work Request/ Status
NASA Science Data Segment (SDS)
NOAA-Unique Products
Customer Service Request/ Response
Key
CUSTOMERS (NWS, NOS, OAR, external users)
Data Flow
External Data Flow
Long-Term Archive (CLASS)
External Entity
Process
Environment
xDRs
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NDEs IT Infrastructure

• Ingest
• Data Processing (data handling science)
• Quality Control (input and output)
• Distribution
• Help Desk

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NDE Product Definitions

• Products delivered by NPOESS contractor
• xDRs
• Raw Data Records (RDR)
• Sensor Data Records (SDR)
• Temperature Data Records (TDR)
• Environmental Data Records (EDR)
• Intermediate Products (IP)
• Pre-planned Product Improvements (P3I)
• Products produced by NDE using xDR information
• Tailored xDRs and IPs
• NOAA Unique Products (NUPs)

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NPP Products - Phase 1
Phase 1 (Jan 2010 Jun 2011) Legacy mission
continuity replacement products comprised of
currently funded NUPs and xDRs
CrIS Thinned Radiances SST Anomalies Ozone Profile
CrIS Cloud Cleared Radiances Coral Reef Degree Heating Ozone Total Column
Total Precipitable Water (ATMS) Coral Reef Bleaching Snow Cover
Snow Cover (ATMS) Total Ozone (CrIS) Imagery
Precipitation Type/Rate (ATMS) Carbon products Ocean Color/Chlorophyll
Surface Emissivity (ATMS) SST (AVHRR-like) Vegetation Index
Cloud Liquid Water (ATMS) Aerosol (AVHRR-like) Active Fires
Sea Ice Cover/Concentration (ATMS) Rain Water Path/Profile (ATMS) Atmospheric Temperature Profile
Snow Water Equivalent (ATMS) ATMS Radiances Atmospheric Moisture Profile
Ice Water Path (ATMS) CrIS Radiances Aerosol Optical Thickness
Land Surface Temperature (ATMS) VIIRS Radiances Surface Type Vegetation Cover
Temperature Profiles (ATMS) OMPS Radiances Surface Albedo
Moisture Profiles (ATMS) Cloud Mask Cloud Cover/Layers
Blended SST Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
Color Key Color Key
NOAA-unique Tailored
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NPP Products - Phase 2
Phase 2 (Jun 2011 Jan 2013) Enhanced products
comprised of additional NUPs and xDRs not linked
to mission continuity
NOAA-Unique Products Tailored Products
Polar Winds (VIIRS) Aerosol Particle Size
Clear Sky Radiances (VIIRS) Cloud Top Temperature
Vegetation Health Cloud Top Pressure
Vegetation Moisture Land Surface Temperature (VIIRS)
Drought Indices Cloud Base Height
Vegetation Thermal Conditions Cloud Effective Particle Size
Leaf Area Index Cloud Optical Thickness
Fire Potential Cloud Top Height (VIIRS)
Near Coast Ocean Color Ice Surface Temperature
Integrated xDRs at CrIS Resolution Net Heat Flux
Cloud Liquid Water Path (VIIRS) Sea Ice Characterization (VIIRS)
Cloud Ice Water Path (VIIRS) Suspended Matter
Cloud Top Temperature (VIIRS) Atmospheric Pressure Profile
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User Community

• US GOVERNMENT
• DOC / NOAA
• National Weather Service
• Ocean Service
• Fisheries
• Research
• Satellites Information
• Department of Agriculture
• Federal Aviation Administration
• Coast Watch
• NOAA/Navy National Ice Center

• DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL
• Commercial Sector (including Energy Co.)
• Universities
• European Organisation for the Exploitation of
  Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
• International Meteorological Services (India,
  Japan, Brazil, UK, ECMWF, etc.)
• World Meteorological Organization
• Data Collection Service
• Search and Rescue

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NDE System Integration Plan

• NDE will Establish Product Integration Teams
• Prepare Goal Teams, Line Offices to use NDE data
• Coordinate customer service, product
  feedback/upgrades
• Establish communications service agreements with
  customers to ensure effective data delivery when
  Phase One and Phase Two Products become available
• NDE will Establish Outreach/Training Program
• Identify new users and applications for polar
  satellite data products initiate dialog
• Develop training modules for products
• Make use of existing forums and expertise
• Coordinate Help Desk functions

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User Integration Activities Outlook

• Environmental Modeling and Numerical Weather
  Prediction
• With the NOAA JCSDA Deputy Directors
• Meeting at 2-3 month intervals
• Coordinating NDE product development delivery
  with NCEP testing
• Providing mutual support for budget requests
• Data Assimilation Integration Team a top NDE
  priority
• COPC Participation
• JAG/ODAA and Plenary sessions
• Contact with COPC Partners
• AFWA, FNMOC, NAVO invited to attend NDE Tailoring
  Tool Workshop November 27-28, 2007

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User Integration Activities Outlook

• Weather Forecasting and Warnings
• AWIPS Evolution, NDE to serve NWS WFOs, RFCs
• Draft Strategy paper emphasizing on Systems and
  Infrastructure
• Multi-partner effort to match products and
  applications
• NDE to access, evaluate AWIPS II Beta SW
• Oceans and Fisheries
• Briefed NOS Remote Sensing Working Group on NDE,
  August 2007
• Tentative plan to brief NMFS/OSU Course on
  Fisheries and Satellite Remote sensing (March
  2008)

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For COPC Consideration

• Investigate expansion of the Shared Processing
  Link
• Facilitate the distribution of NDE NUPs and XDRs
  to Navy and AFWA Centrals
• Encourage co-development by NDE and the DoD
  Centrals
• For data product development
• For tools
• For Backup

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Project Schedule CY
NOTE IPO/NASA plans extensive Cal/Val following
NPP launch
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Summary

• The NDE Project is on schedule to deliver
  products to NCEP as soon as they are made
  available
• In principle NDE could serve other OPCs as well
• Phase 1 NPP Products will be those which will
  demonstrate continued capability for NWP
• Seek formation of NDE Product Integration Team
  for Data Assimilation to streamline preparations
  for NCEP and JCSDA partners to apply and test
  procedures they are developing to assimilate NPP
  and NPOESS observations
• For the benefit of all partners, we should
  consider
• Investigate the expansion of the Shared
  Processing Link
• Explore co-development opportunities between NDE
  and DoD Centrals
• Analyze backup options between the Centrals