DEVELOP National Program

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DEVELOP National Program
National Aeronautics and Space Administration

• 2006 Fall Close Out Presentation
• December 14, 2006

www.nasa.gov
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Agenda

• DEVELOP Solutions Networks contributions
• Fall projects overview
• Conclusion

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DEVELOP Solutions Networks

• Candidate Solutions
• Western Aerosol Climatology study
• Global public health uncertainty analysis
• Mississippi Ecological Forecasting
• Georgia Coastal Management
• AWIPS QuickSCAT
• AWIPS CloudSAT
• AWIPS Global Spectral NWP
• African AQUIFER
• Barrier Islands Migration Study
• Missouri Air Quality

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Applied Sciences Related to Climatologic Air
Quality Study

• Community Concerns
• International interest in NASA satellite results
  integrated with current partner models/tools
• Trans-boundary movement of aerosols and
  particulate matter based on frequency and
  magnitude
• Products
• Formulation Report delineating a systematic
  baseline methodology for a long-term Aerosol
  Climatologic record
• Visualization of combined data sources
• Partners
• Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Environment Canada
• National Parks Service

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Climatologic Air Quality Study
Partners
Earth System Models CMAQ CHRONOS GEM-MACH HYS
PLIT 4.8
Decision Support Tools Develop a baseline
methodology for comparison of AOD with other
specified parameters Visualization of the study
area with integrated framework satellite and
ground data Compare seasonality and inter-annual
variability

• Aerosol
• Distribution, Trajectories, Data model

Value Benefits Improved understanding of
aerosol transport and subsequent effects on air
quality Demonstrate validity of parallel data
sets and potential integration of model outputs
Data

• Aerosol optical depth and
• Extinction Co-efficient

Earth Observations MISR- MIS05 (Terra) MODIS
MOD05 L2 (Terra) IMPROVE AERONET CALIPSO
Glory
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor
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Climatologic Air Quality Study
Current Status

• Preliminary background research is completed
• Region of study has been selected and approved
• Formal project proposal has been accepted and is
  in review by project partners at Environment
  Canada

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Applied Sciences Related to Missouri Air Quality

• Community Concern
• Need for improved tracking, prediction and
  understanding of aerosols and particulate matter
• Products
• Comparison of ground-based measurements of PM10
  and PM2.5 with CALIPSO vertical aerosol profiles
• Formulation Report
• Partners
• Missouri Dept. of Natural Resources
• Missouri Dept. of Health
• Environmental Protection Agency

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Missouri Air Quality Study
Earth System Models CMAQ HYSPLIT 4.8
Partners
Decision Support Tools Develop a baseline
methodology for comparison of ground sensors and
CALIPSO profile measurements incorporating
trajectories and potential emissions source points

• Aerosol distribution
• Trajectories
• Data model

Value Benefits Improved under-standing of
long-range aerosol transport and subsequent
effects on air quality
Data
Earth Observations MODIS (Terra) CALIPSO
Glory In Situ IMPROVE AERONET

• Aerosol optical depth
• Extinction co-efficient

Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor
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Applied Sciences Related to Global Public Health

• Community Concerns
• Need for satellite and ground-sensed data
  complement to enhance models/tools used by policy
  makers to reduce uncertainty of the decision
  making process
• Products
• Comprehensive literature review and qualitative
  uncertainty analysis of past and future air
  quality measurement methods and their limitations
• Abstract submission to the 2007 AirNOW Conference
• Partners and Potential Partners
  
• Environmental Protection Agency
• Centers for Disease Control
• UAB School of Public Health

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Applied Sciences Related to Global Public Health
Potential Partners
Decision Support Tools A more complete and
accurate AQ measurement data complement Interdisc
iplinary consideration of AQ measurement
data Presentation of current and meaningful AQ
information to decision makers for a more certain
policy formation process
Value Benefits Demonstration of how NASA data
can be used to enhance AQ measurement
efforts Improve temporal and spatial resolution
and lower maintenance costs
Earth Observations Atmosphere MODIS
(Terra, Aqua), MISR (Terra),
MOPITT (Terra), CALIPSO,
NPOESS In situ AERONET, RAMA,
CAMS
Data
AOD, Cloud Cover, Water Vapor Profile, Ozone
Distribution
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor
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Applied Sciences Related to Global Public Health
Literature Review
Terra

• Conclusion
• Satellite and ground AQ data utilized together
  can fill voids in current methods of AQ
  measurement. This will enhance the accuracy and
  spatial coverage of these measurements,
  facilitating the decision making process
  regarding AQ and public health.

Aqua

• Specific criteria
• Peer-reviewed articles from 2000 on (AQ?PH and
  RS?PH)
• Identified 28 articles
• 16 (AQ?PH)
• 12 (AQ?RS)
• No articles found directly linking satellite
  remote sensed air quality measurements with
  public health
• Interdisciplinary network organization

NPOESS
CALIPSO
AERONET
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Applied Sciences Related to Georgia Coastal
Management

• Community Concerns
• Impact of anthropogenic activities on sediment
  yields
• Regional sediment transport and erosion within
  the Savannah River
• Product
• Formulation Report detailing augmentation of the
  Regional Sediment Management DST for enhanced
  sediment transport forecasting
• Partners
• United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE)
• Georgia Ports Authority
• United States National Oceanic and Atmospheric
  Administration (NOAA)
• United States Geological Survey (USGS)
• Southern Growth Policy Board
• Georgia Conservancy

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Georgia Coastal Management
Partners
Earth System Models AGWA (GIS) WAVEWATCH
III MOM4 SeaDas

Peak flow, sediment yield, surface run-off, wave
height and direction, land surface changes, sea
surface height and temperature
Decision Support Tool Enhance current RSM GIS
DST with current, future and underutilized NASA
data and technology
Value Benefits Improved understanding of
sediment yields and erosion for more informed
decision making in coastal communities
Data

Earth Observations Terra/Aqua (MODIS) LandSat
Topex/Poseidon Jason-1 CloudSat
Cloud product, topographic data, wind speed and
wave height
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor
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Georgia Coastal Management

• Results
• Identified local need for improved regional
  sediment management
• Determined USGS river gauges in study region and
  timeframe
• Contacted partners and confirmed product needs
• Future Work
• Graphically determine the Savannah
• River Watershed
• Utilize AGWA model to predict runoff
• and erosion for watershed

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Applied Sciences Related to Coastal Management

• Community Concern
• Flooding in coastal areas and communities due
  to hurricane landfall, high surf,
• storm surge, heavy rain
• Lack of access to NASA Earth Science by
  developers of NOAA NWS Advanced
• Weather Information Processing
  System II
• Products
• Prototype RKDB for producing NASA research
  results to enhance Decision
• Support Tools such as AWIPS II
• Solution Networks Formulation Advanced Weather
  Information Processing
• System II
• Reports for using NASA research products to
  enhance AWIPS II
• Partner
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

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Coastal Management AWIPSII
Partner

Earth System Models FSU Global Spectral NWP
HiRes Tropical Cyclone Model
Decision Support Tools Predict tropical cyclone
formation storm tracks. Advance estimates of
scale and severity of hurricane landfall
coastal flooding. Hazard Messages High Surf
Warnings Coastal Flood Advisories Hurricane
Local Statements
Value Benefits Improve precipitation algorithms
for hurricane forecasting Increase advance
warning time to landfall area residents for
evacuation and flood mitigation
Tropical Cyclone forecasting, Wind Rainfall
forecasting (QPF)
Data
Sea Level, Tidal, Storm Surge, Wave Height,
Moisture, Wind, Precipitation
Earth Observations LASE AVAPS with
FSU-GSM QuikSCAT (SeaWinds) CloudSAT
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor
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Applied Sciences Related to Coastal Management
RPKB Application to SN Results

• Three Formulation Reports outlining the
  usefulness of NASA Research for AWIPS II
• Global Spectral NWP Model enhanced by two
  datasets
• Lidar Atmospheric Sensing data
• Airborne Vertical Atmospheric Profiling System
  dropsonde data
• High Resolution Tropical Cyclone Model enhanced
  by QuikSCAT
• CloudSAT Mission

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Water Management GRACE for TIGER AQUIFER Project

• Community Concern
• Arid regions with dwindling water resources and
  shrinking aquifers
• NASA Earth Science Research Products not yet
  utilized in Africa
• Products
• Formulation Report on how NASA Products such as
  the Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
  (GRACE) Mission can assist communities in arid
  regions in managing their water resources
• Potential Partner
• European Space Agency (ESA) TIGER Program
• Seven Northwest African Ministries of Hydrology
  and Environment

Water Management
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Water Management for TIGER AQUIFER

Potential Partners

• Earth System Models
• Land surface models
• Hydrological models

African Water Managers

• Value Benefits
• Improved water management policies
• Efficient water use by communities in arid and
  semi-arid regions
• Adapt to climate variability (regional and
  continental dry spells of ranging time scales)
• Agricultural efficiency gains

Decision Support Tools TIGER Aquifer Water
Management Policies
Data
Earth Observations Gravity Recovery and Climate
Experiment (GRACE) GPS Receiver K-Band Ranging
System
Satellite GPS, Water storage anomalies, Gravity
changes, Tidal effects
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor
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Geosciences Interoperability Team

• Community Concerns
• The Mississippi Research Consortium (MRC) need to
  know
• how scientists access NASA data provide
  data products to NASA
• NASA Data Centers (DAACs) dont know how to
  implement interoperable interfaces.
• Products
• Survey Report (spreadsheet) of DAAC services and
  technology
• for observed/model data products
• Two survey spreadsheets of DAAC data products,
  technologies
• and associated services
• Wrap-Up Report
• Customers
• Geosciences Interoperability Office (GIO), NASA
  DAACs,
• MRC, EPA, DataFed

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Geosciences Interoperability Team

• Reviewed 28 different Data Access tools 73
  service capabilities
• Spreadsheet Classifications
• Data Providers collectors, processors,
  assimilators, and simulators
• Data Products purpose, point of contact,
• Type observed, model, simulated
• Time Produced Routine, Ad-Hoc, On Demand
• Tools, Services, Technology

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Geosciences Interoperability

• Interoperable Interface for Data Centers
• Identified customers interested in data access
  from DAAC
• Determined what interfaces would be best
  suitable (WCS, WMS)
• Identified data products available from DAACs
  (GES, LP)
• Future Work
• Ongoing processing determining all the data
  products end customers want
• Implementation of WMS, WCS, and Z39.50
• Best practices for project can be developed for
  interoperable services at other Data Centers

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Applied Sciences Related toCoastal Management

• Community Concerns
• Harmful Algae Blooms (HABs) in the Chesapeake
  Bay region are a threat to public health,
  ecosystem health, and the economy.
• Lack of utilization of remote sensing science
  in HAB DSTs
• Products
• Phase 1
• Detailed Contact List HAB DST users.
• Report on HAB decision priorities science
• Candidate Solution Chart
• Phase 2
• Run and Evaluate Primary Productivity model
• Replicate model for local HAB priorities
• Potential Partners
• Maryland Dept. of Natural Resources Tidewater
  Ecosystem Assess. Div.
• Environmental Protection Agency (Reg. 3)
• Univ. of Maryland-Eastern Shore
• Salisbury Univ.

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Coastal Management
Tidewater Ecosystem Assessment Division
Partners
Earth System Models Phytoplankton Lab HAB
Model Growth Primary Productivity (Phaeocystis)

• Decision Support Tools
• Chesapeake Bay Monitoring Program -Harmful
  Algal Bloom Monitoring Reporting
• Fish Health Hotline public reporting
• Continuous field monitoring
• Automated in-situ measurements
• Eyes on the Bay GIS driven website

• Values Benefits
• Reduce Public Health Risk toxins
• Detection time
• Reduced monitoring costs for HAB scientists
• Warning time for fishermen, consumers
  fisheries managers

• Primary Productivity Predictions
• Species Growth Ecosystem Factor Weights

Data

• Wind measures
• Ocean Color
• Sea Surface Temperature

Earth Observations SeaWinds, Topex/Poseidon,
SeaWiFS Ocean Color, AVHRR
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor
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Applied Sciences Related toCoastal Management
Barrier Islands

• Community Concerns
• Barrier island migration and shoreline erosion
  along Virginias Eastern Shore
• Products
• Visualization of barrier island migration and
  shoreline changes
• Comparison of changes related to human
  inhabitation and frequency of major storms
• Future submission of an article to Remote Sensing
  of Environment
• Partners
• United States Geological Survey
• National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Coastal Management
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Take Away Message

• Formulation Reports/Solutions Networks new focus
  to baseline future activity
• Equitable distribution among centers expected in
  2007 products
• Flexible grant vehicle now available at
  SSC/GSFC/LaRC also can support ARC and MSFC
• Regional government (Southern Governors) and
  Local government participation strongly
• DEVELOP has evolved beyond HCD
• - DEVELOP has expanded and in future discussions
  this should be recognized.

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