SSC RPC Node Testing and Proposed RPC Experiments

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SSC RPC Node TestingandProposed RPC Experiments

• Craig Peterson
• Applied Research Technology Project Office
• and
• Science Technology Division
• Stennis Space Center, Mississippi

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SSC RPC Team

• Applied Research and Technology Project Office
  (ARTPO)
• Tom Stanley / Craig Peterson
• Science and Technology Division (STD) of the
  Engineering and Science Directorate
• Craig Peterson
• Callie Hall
• SSAI
• Slawomir Blonski (POC)
• Richard Brown, Don Holland
• Phil Kuper, Randy Stewart
• MRC coordination
• Robert Venezia, Project Manager
• Greg Fletcher, Procurement Officer
• Robert Moorhead, MRC RPC PI

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RPC Documents

• 2006 NASA Strategic Plan http//www.nasa.gov/pdf/1
  42302main_2006_NASA_Strategic_Plan.pdf
• NASA Program and Project Management Processes and
  Requirements (NPR 7120.5C) http//nodis3.gsfc.nasa
  .gov/displayDir.cfm?Internal_IDN_PR_7120_005C_pa
  ge_namemain
• Crosscutting Solutions Program Element FY
  2005-2009 Plan http//aiwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/esappdocs
  /progplans/crosscutting_ver1-0.pdf
• Rapid Prototyping Capacity Project Element Plan,
  in Crosscutting Solutions Integrated
  Benchmarked Systems Project Plan 2005-2006,
  Appendix D
• Extending NASA Earth-Sun System Research Results
  through a Systems Engineering Capacity
  http//aiwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/esappdocs/SEC_V5.pdf
• Plan for Applied Sciences Activities within the
  Crosscutting Solutions Program Element
  http//aiwg.gsfc.nasa.gov/esappdocs/SciencePlanSSC
  ver72.doc
• Solicitation for Proposals through the
  Mississippi Research Consortium (MRC) for
  Projects in the Functional Areas of Solutions
  Networks, Rapid Prototyping Capability and
  Integrated Systems Solutions (Revision September
  9, 2005)
• MRC proposal Rapid Prototyping Capability for
  Earth-Sun System Sciences, GeoResources
  Institute, Mississippi State University
• NASA Earth Science and Space Systems benefiting
  Society Evolving Systems Engineering Capability,
  Ronald J. Birk, NASA HQ, presented at Enterprise
  Tool Framing Workshop IV, August 24, 2005, file
  ETFWS EA_overview Birk Aug 05 at
  http//ese-dropbox.hq.nasa.gov/ese-dropbox/

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Integrating Knowledge, Capacity and Systems into
Solutions
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From Research to Societal Benefits
supply
demand
Earth Research Program
Applied Sciences Program
Operations
Government Agencies, National and International
Organizations
Crosscutting Solutions
National Applications
Scientific Rigor
Rapid Prototyping Capacity
NASA Earth Science Research
Integrated System Solutions
Solutions Network
Societal Benefits
Uncertainty Analysis
Verification and Validation
Evaluation
Benchmarking
Applied Sciences System Engineering Approach
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Work Breakdown Structure

• 3.0 Rapid Prototyping Capacity
• 3.1 RPC Development
• 3.1.1 Define functional requirements and
  derive from them system requirements for
  Applied Science Program RPC
• 3.1.1.1 Establish RPC network and
  working group
• 3.1.2 Draft and review RPC presentations
• 3.1.3 Define functional requirements and
  derive from them system requirements for
  an RPC node (operations room) at SSC
• 3.1.4 Define interaction of RPC with Earth
  Science Architecture Tool (ESAT) and
  Applied Sciences knowledge bases
• 3.1.5 Assemble the SSC RPC node
• 3.1.6 Establish RPC interaction with rapid
  prototyping activities of the MRC and other
  NASA centers
• 3.1.7 Catalog evaluation and benchmarking
  reports

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SSC RPC Node Functional Diagram
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SSC RPC Node Status

• Software
• Maximized use of existing software
• ESAT (Metis)
• MATLAB, STK, ART
• Added NASA applications
• World Wind
• Emphasized websites access
• Earth Science System Components
• ESG, GCMD

• Hardware
• Reconfigured DSS Lab
• Added collaborative engineering capability
• adjustable conference table
• interactive whiteboard (SMARTBoard)
• dual projector
• 42 plasma monitors
• video routing switch
• web camera

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SSC RPC Node Testing

• Reviewed evaluation and/or benchmarking reports
  completed for decision support systems and tools
  (available on the AIWG website http//aiwg.gsfc.na
  sa.gov/dss.html)
• Identified geophysical (GCMD) parameters used in
  selection of NASA research satellites and sensors
  enhancing the decision support tools
• Updated sensor selection based on the current
  priority list

• Identified Test Cases
• Air Quality Index Forecasting
• Air Quality Policy Convention on Long-Range
  Trans-boundary Air Pollution
• Air Quality Policy Marine Ship Air Pollution
• Air Quality Policy United Nations Convention to
  Combat Desertification
• Air Quality Policy United States Canada
  Bilateral Air Quality Executive Agreement
• Community Multiscale Air Quality
• Coral Reef Early Warning System
• Harmful Algal Bloom Mapping System
• Hazards United States Multi Hazard
• Health and Environment Linked for Information
  Exchange Atlanta
• Production Estimates and Crop Assessment Division
• Rapid Syndrome Validation Project

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Selection of RPC Experiments (1)

• Review of ideas provided by Solutions Networks
• Internet and literature searches for information
  about scientific research and applications (both
  implemented and proposed) related to NASA earth
  observing satellite missions identified on the
  priority list

FY 2007 NASA Budget Request
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Selection of RPC Experiments (2)

• Survey of information about research and
  applications related to sensors deployed on the
  priority satellites
• Current
• - Aqua AMSR-E
• AIRS/AMSU-S/HSB
• - GRACE HAIRS GPS Receiver
• - ICESat GLAS GPS Receiver
• Future
• - Aquarius instrument
• - CALIPSO CALIOP
• - Glory APS
• - NPP VIIRS
• - SORCE XPS SOLSTICE/SIM/TIM
• - Terra ASTER

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Selection of RPC Experiments (3)

• Use of the Earth Science Architecture Tool
  (ESAT/Metis) to access the Earth Science System
  Component Knowledge Base and review information
  about characteristics of the surveyed sensors and
  associated earth models

• Formulation of ideas for new applications
  (including prototype Integrated System Solution
  charts)

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Initial SSC RPC Experiments (1)
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Initial SSC RPC Experiments (2)
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Initial SSC RPC Experiments (3)
Prediction of water availability for agriculture
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RPC Accomplishments

• Provided Appendix D RPC for Crosscutting
  Solutions IBS Project Element Plan
• Developed MRC Solicitation for RPC Support
• Established RPC Prototype Laboratory at SSC
• Integrated Earth Science Architecture Tool
  (Metis) into RPC
• Integrated Earth Science Components knowledge
  base into RPC
• Integrated World Wind capability into RPC
• Identified new sensors for RPC from existing
  benchmark reports
• Identified three RPC candidates by exercising RPC
  framework processes for future observing systems
• Manage MRC RPC Project Element
• Maintain consolidated listing of RPC documents

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Next Steps in RPC Experiments

• Establish RPC working group
• Plan and execute prototyping activities
• Assemble team of subject area experts
• Create preliminary design of the application
  system
• Define detailed Work Breakdown Structure for each
  RPC Experiment
• Investigate availability and properties of
  appropriate NASA data products
• Identify modeling software needed for the
  proposed application
• Gather datasets for prototype execution
• Implement/setup computational models
• Conduct proof-of-concept runs to demonstrate that
  expected benefits are achievable
• Report results of the rapid prototype evaluation
  of the proposed application

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Our Place in the Nation Directorate Objectives
and Measures
Earth-Sun System PART Performance Measures,
established for Applied Sciences Integrated
Systems Solutions Number of reports issued with
partnering organizations that validate that using
NASA research capabilities (e.g., observations
and/or forecast products) could improve their
operational decision support systems. (FY05
target six, FY06 and FY07 targets 12 per
year) Research and Operations Number of studies
completed on plans to transition the results of
NASA research and development, including
scientific spacecraft and instruments, models,
and research results with potential to improve
future operational systems of partner agencies.
(FY05 target one, FY06 and FY07 targets five
per year)
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Backup
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Our Place in the Nation National Objectives
National Objective 5 Study the Earth system from
space and develop new space-based and related
capabilities for this purpose.
NASA Objective 14 Advance scientific knowledge of
the Earth system through space-based observation,
assimilation of new observations, and development
and deployment of enabling technologies, systems,
and capabilities, including those with potential
to improve future operational systems.
NASA Objective 15 Explore the Sun-Earth system to
understand the Sun and its effects on Earth, the
solar system, and the space environmental
conditions that will be experienced by human
explorers, and demonstrate technologies that can
improve future operational systems.
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2006 NASA Strategic Plan

• NASAs Strategic Goals
• Strategic Goal 1 Fly the Shuttle as safely as
  possible until its retirement, not later than
  2010.
• Strategic Goal 2 Complete the International
  Space Station in a manner consistent with NASAs
  International Partner commitments and the needs
  of human exploration.
• Strategic Goal 3 Develop a balanced overall
  program of science, exploration, and aeronautics
  consistent with the redirection of the human
  spaceflight program to focus on exploration.
• Strategic Goal 4 Bring a new Crew Exploration
  Vehicle into service as soon as possible after
  Shuttle retirement.
• Strategic Goal 5 Encourage the pursuit of
  appropriate partnerships with the emerging
  commercial space sector.
• Strategic Goal 6 Establish a lunar return
  program having the maximum possible utility for
  later missions to Mars and other destinations.

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Relevant Sub-Goals for Applied Sciences

• Sub-goal 3A Study Earth from space to advance
  scientific understanding and meet societal needs.
  
• Earth is changing on all spatial and temporal
  scales. The purpose of NASAs Earth science
  program is to develop a scientific understanding
  of Earths system and its response to natural or
  human-induced changes and to improve prediction
  of climate, weather, and natural hazards. Earth
  science is science in the national interest.
• NASAs partnership efforts in global modeling and
  data assimilation over the next decade will
  shorten the distance from observations to answers
  for important, leading-edge science questions.
  NASAs Applied Sciences program will continue the
  Agencys efforts in benchmarking the assimilation
  of NASA research results into policy and
  management decision-support tools that are vital
  for the Nations environment, economy, safety,
  and security. NASA also is working with NOAA and
  inter-agency forums to transition mature research
  capabilities to operational systems, primarily
  the polar and geostationary operational
  environmental satellites, and to utilize fully
  those assets for research purposes.

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FY 2007 NASA Budget Request

• Strategic Goal
• Sub-Goal
• Multiyear Outcome
• Annual Performance Goals supporting the
  Multiyear Outcome
• 3. Develop a balanced overall program of science,
  exploration, and aeronautics consistent with the
  redirection of the human spaceflight program to
  focus on exploration.
• 3A Study Earth from space to advance scientific
  understanding and meet societal needs.
• 3A.7 Progress in expanding and accelerating the
  realization of societal benefits from Earth
  system science.
• 7ESS11 Issue twelve reports with partnering
  organizations that validate that using NASA
  research capabilities (e.g., observations and/or
  forecast products) could improve their
  operational decision support systems.
• 7ESS12 Complete five studies on plans to
  transition the results of NASA research and
  development, including scientific spacecraft and
  instruments, models, and research results,
  with potential to improve future operational
  systems of partner agencies.

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