NPOESS NunnMcCurdy Certification

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NPOESS Nunn-McCurdy Certification Where we stand
on Monday, the day of the 2008 stock market crash
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Other lessons learned Deepwater

• 24B 25 year Coast Guard fleet replacement
• Northrup Lockheed principal contractors
• Over budget, under specifications, hulls have
  buckled, etc.
• Contractor oversight of contract
• NPOESS followed this DOD route with same results
• Could be worse for climate Homeland Security is
  in charge of Deepwater

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NPOESS Launch Schedule

• NPP late 2009/early 2010
• C-1 2013 afternoon orbit
• C-2 2016 terminator orbit
• C-3 2018 mid-morning orbit
• C-4 2020 terminator orbit
• 6 satellites reduced to 4 other Nunn-McCurdy
  certifications possible (i.e. data system, etc.)

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NPOESS GOES-R De-manifested SensorsSeptember
29, 2008
NPOESS APS 2009 on GLORY wait see if it
works C-3 earliest next flight CERES on NPP
and maybe C-1 uncertain for C-3... ERBS not
built CrIS on NPP, C-1, and C-3 (
CrIMS) ATMS on NPP, C-1, and C-3
CMIS -gt MIS on C-2, C-3, C-4 JAXA AMSR-2
flight in 2010 OMPS-Limb on NPP, no funds for
C1, C2, C3, C4 ALT Jason-2 on orbit Study
phase for Jason-3 (French Navy) TSIS TIM on
GLORY, TSIS perhaps on C1? TBD GOES-R HES --
pending review -- how about GOES-T? Stop Press
Continuing resolution could kill CERES and TSIS
for C1 (2013) unless this is reversed Commerce
Dept. dropped the ball, only 2010 census
identified for stop gap FY09 funding there.
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NPOESS Nunn-McCurdy Certification
Status of Recoveries of Climate-Relevant Sensors
(September 2008)
CMIS has been replaced with MIS OMPS Limb
Subsystem was cancelled, but the Nadir
capability was maintained through Certification
A Jason 2 follow-on mission is under study
Remains Intact No Change/Not Relevant Reduced
Capability New or Recovered Capability Deleted Imp
lies Sensor Present
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Ocean Primary Production Progress 50 of global
photosynthesis
Science
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Instrument/ Mission
GOCECP (2013 - )
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Satellite
Satellite
Climate Data Record Quality
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Desired Trajectory
SeaWiFS (1997 - )
Launch
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Measurement Quality Index

Current trajectory
MODIS (2002 - )
Cal/Val
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VIIRS (2009 - )
Insufficient for Climate Data Record
Programmatics
CZCS (1978-1985)
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Summary
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See definitions on next chart
NOTE MODIS Aqua climate-quality ocean biology
data have only been achieved because SeaWiFS data
were available for comparison
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Measurement Maturity Index