Non-NASA Missions For Terrestrial Science Applications

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Non-NASA Missions For Terrestrial Science
Applications

• Breakout I
• NASA CCE Workshop, College Park, MD, April
  28th-May 2nd, 2008

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Some Issues

• No central source that lists all of the data
  availability for non-NASA missions
• No central source for meta data on the scenes
  that have been acquired
• No central overview on data use / access policies
• How will scientists know about available data
  records (e.g., Planet Action, ALOS KC Mosaics,
  CBERS-2b, )
• No process defined to cross the science questions
  with the hightest quality data to enable
  priortization for resource allocation for
  non-NASA satellite data

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Recommendations

• CEOS/NASA scientists working group on
  identification of scientifically
  relevant/high-quality non-NASA data sources that
  feed into NASA science goals
• NRA for research on feasibility to use non-NASA
  missions (possibly in combination with NASA
  missions) data to address science questions
• Support for data mining (join in development of a
  comprehensive search tool - what exists in this
  domain?) Centralized Information Repository

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Recommendations

• Data buy consortiums
• Mission coordination (e.g., DESDynI Other
  L-Band SAR Missions)
• Ensure long term data records with non-NASA
  partners
• Coordination of Science Disciplines at HQ level
  for data requests from non-NASA missions
• NASAs support for scientists involvement in
  GEO/GEOSS