Earth Observing System/NPP Meeting Benevento, Italy 3

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Earth Observing System/NPP MeetingBenevento,
Italy 3 6 October 2005Craig Smith ACRES
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MEETING AGENDA

• STATUS OF CURRENT MISSIONS
• ACTIVITY/STATUS REPORTS BY DB STATIONS
• STATUS OF NPOESS PREPARATORY MISSION (NPP)

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• Meeting Host Mediterranean Agency for Remote
  Sensing Environmental Control (MARSec) - Approx
  32 Staff
• Linkages with University of Sannio
• There were about 100 attendees at the meeting
  with 50 presentations. There was a large
  representation from NASA Goddard Space Flight
  Center (GSFC) and the University of Wisconsin, a
  lead agency in the development of Atmospheric
  products from MODIS data
• The topics addressed in the presentations were
  AQUA and TERRA Mission status, DB data, primarily
  MODIS, processing and applications at the DB
  Ground stations

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DIRECT READOUT MISSION STATUS

• The TERRA AQUA Missions are performing soundly
• A 5 year support plan for TERRA has recently
  been approved
• All TERRA Aqua instruments are meeting or
  exceeding performance specifications
• NASA officials present at the meeting expressed
  strong support for the Direct Readout community
  the role of the international DB community has
  not been well recognised by NASA

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DIRECT READOUT SYSTEMS.

• Presentations were made by Vendors of DB
  reception and raw data format processing systems
• Sea Space, Orbital, ScanEx
• Indicative cost for DB reception systems, 2 metre
  antenna, approx US 120 K
• Australian company ESS, not represented at the
  meeting, is also a provider of DB reception
  systems, particularly in SE Asia.
• The officially recommended Level 0 data level
  processing software, SeaDAS, is maintained and
  developed by the Ocean Biology Processing Group,
  NASA GSFC
• Calibration lookup tables provided by the MODIS
  Science team have not been updated in IMAPP since
  Dec 2004
• ACRES will be migrating this software to the
  MODIS processing platform in the next few months.

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APPLICATIONS

• Hot Spot detection systems, similar to the
  Sentinel system, are the major applications of
  international DB facilities
• Spain Brazil have added bushfire modelling and
  alert systems to there hot spot mapping services
• Ocean sediment and biological activity MODIS
  data much easier to access than MERIS and
  comparable imagery
• Statistical analysis of hot spot false alarms and
  improved destriping algorithms
• Snow cover mapping as an input into hydrological
  modelling

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APPLICATIONS

• Monitoring the trends in vegetation response to
  changes in environmental conditions, rainfall
  events, woody weeds - MODIS products are being
  generated and customised for local applications

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Visualization AniS A highly customizable Java
applet that can be used for display of images in
loops, overlays, portals, or any combination of
this. McIDAS Man computer Interactive Data
Access System for visualization and manipulation
of atmospheric data McIDAS-Lite Free version of
McIDAS. OpenADDE OpenADDE (Open Abstract Data
Distribution Environment) is a remote data access
protocol originally developed for geolocated data
that communicates requests from client
applications to servers, which then return data
objects back to the client. QuizImage A
package that allows you to set up quizzes or
"roll over" discoveries for features in images.
Multiple images, sound clips and external links
are provided. SSEC Desktop Ingestor (SDI)
Hardware and software system to ingest weather
data from satellite broadcast. Vis5D / Cave5D
System for interactive visualization of large
5-D gridded data sets VisAD Java system for
visualizing, collaborating and interactively
steering scientific computations. VISITview
Java based software for Internet interactive
training and collaboration
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NPP Mission

• Managed by the Integrated Program Office (IPO) -
  Dept Defence, Dept Commerce, (NOAA) NASA
• The NPOESS Preparatory Mission is scheduled for
  launch in March 2008
• NPP will carry 4 instruments including the VIIRS
  instrument that will acquire data with similar
  specifications to MODIS data.
• NPP NPOESS are operational missions
• The NASA science teams will move from a product
  generation to a a processing algorithm support
  role
• Uni Wisconsin have a contract with the NPP
  Integrated Program Office to develop Level 0
  processing software

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NPOESS Preparatory Project
The NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) is a joint
NASA/IPO instrument risk reduction project. It is
designed to function as a bridge between the NASA
EOS program and NPOESS for the development of the
following sensors Advanced Technology Microwave
Sounder (ATMS) Cross-track Infrared Sounder
(CrIS) Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS)
Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
Its mission is to demonstrate advanced
technology for atmospheric sounding, giving
continuing observations about global change after
EOS-PM (Terra) and EOS-AM (Aqua). It supplies
data on atmospheric and sea surface temperatures,
humidity soundings, land and ocean biological
productivity, and cloud and aerosol
properties. .
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NPOESS Product Usage
NPOESS Product Benefits Benefits
NPOESS Product Civilian Military
Ocean Wind Vectors Shipping/boating SafetyEl Niño Onset Aircraft Carrier Operation, Amphibious Operations
Atmospheric Profiles Improved Weather Forecasting Skill More Reliable Forecasts for Mission Planning
Ocean Colour Sea Surface Temperatures Vacation Planning (Fisheries/Pollution Tracking) Mine Clearing, Anti-Submarine Warfare, Special Operations
Land Measurements Agriculture/Water Resources Management Mobility Assessments
El Niño Observing System Seasonal to Inter-Annual Weather and Climate Forecasting Long Term Mission Planning
Improved Ozone Monitoring Long Term Record/Trend-Improved Understanding of Mechanisms/Chemistry of Depletion
Aerosols Aviation Hazards Target Visibility
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NPP SUPPORT TOOLS

• The NPP In-Situ Ground System (NISGS) is an
  Element of the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP)
• NISGS directly supports the Technology Insertion
  and NPOESS Risk Reduction objectives
• Provides technology insertion for NPOESS, which
  will assure that the NPOESS High Rate Data (HRD)
  design will be readily usable for Field Terminal
  users.
• Enables the user community to readily transition
  from existing POES/Terra/Aqua DB data to NPP and
  NPOESS HRD data.
• Emphasis on modularity for freedom of choice

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NISGS Deliverables

• Direct Broadcast Science Data Record (SDR)
  Algorithms for all NPP Instruments
• Standalone with common interface
• Technology Tools to enable ingest, pre-processing
  and real-time monitoring of any Direct Broadcast
  Data Record (xDR)
• Provide version 1.0 of deliverables 1 yr prior to
  launch

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VIIRS Sensor Bands
Band Name    c(nm)       (nm) Wavelength Type Radiance Type Spatial Resolution Type Focal Plane Assembly
M1 412 20 VIS Reflective Moderate VISNIR
M2 445 18 VIS Reflective Moderate VISNIR
M3 488 20 VIS Reflective Moderate VISNIR
M4 555 20 VIS Reflective Moderate VISNIR
M5 672 20 VIS Reflective Moderate VISNIR
M6 746 15 NIR Reflective Moderate VISNIR
M7 865 39 NIR Reflective Moderate VISNIR
M8 1240 20 SWIR Reflective Moderate SMWIR
M9 1378 15 SWIR Reflective Moderate SMWIR
M10 1610 60 SWIR Reflective Moderate SMWIR
M11 2250 50 SWIR Reflective Moderate SMWIR
M12 3700 180 MWIR Emissive Moderate SMWIR
M13 4050 155 MWIR Emissive Moderate SMWIR
M14 8550 300 LWIR Emissive Moderate LWIR
M15 10763 1000 LWIR Emissive Moderate LWIR
M16 12013 950 LWIR Emissive Moderate LWIR
DNB 700 400 VIS Reflective Imaging DNB
I1 640 80 VIS Reflective Imaging VISNIR
I2 865 39 NIR Reflective Imaging VISNIR
I3 1610 60 SWIR Reflective Imaging SMWIR
I4 3740 380 MWIR Emissive Imaging SMWIR
I5 11450 1900 LWIR Emissive Imaging LWIR
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Comparison of MODIS VIIRS Bands
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MODIS/AVHRR/VIIRS Comparison
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REFERENCE DOCUMENTS

• Manuals
• NPP Spacecraft High Rate Data (HRD) Radio
  Frequency (RF) Interface Control Document (ICD)
  to the Direct Broadcast Stations, GSFC
  429-03-02-24, May 10, 2004 (PDF)
• Interface Requirements Document (IRD) for NPP
  Mission System to Direct Broadcast Users
  Interface, GSFC 429-01-02-19, December 3, 2001
  (PDF)
• "EOS PM-1 SPACECRAFT TO EOS GROUND SYSTEM
  INTERFACE CONTROL DOCUMENT", EOS PM PROJECT, GSFC
  422-11-19-03, March 2002, Revision A (PDF)
• "INTERFACE DESCRIPTION DOCUMENT FOR EOS AQUA
  X-BAND DIRECT BROADCAST", EOS Aqua Project, GSFC
  422-11-19-11, June 2002 (PDF)
• "Interface Description Document for EOS-PM1
  X-band Direct Broadcast", TRW Communications
  Subsystem Manager, CDRL 2208, December 1998 draft
  (PDF)
• Earth Observing System (EOS) Common Spacecraft
  Program Interface Control Document between the
  EOS PM-1 Spacecraft and the EOS Ground System",
  TRW system engineer, Document number 22262,
  October 1998 (PDF)
• White Papers
• "The Earth Observing System Direct Broadcast
  System", J.C. Dodge, Earth Observation Magazine
  (EOM), submitted March 1999
• "The Direct Broadcast Service on Office of Earth
  Science Satellites", C.D. Wende and J.C. Dodge,
  NASA-HQ, late-1998 draft (PDF)
• "What is Spectrum (Frequency) Management, and
  Why Should We Care? A Tutorial from a NASA Office
  of Earth Science Perspective", C. Wende,
  NASA-HQ, August 1998 draft (1 MByte PDF). If
  this composite PDF document does not display or
  print properly, then download each of the 10
  parts part 0, part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4,
  part 5, part 6, part 7, part 8, part 9.

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AT SATELLITE REFLECTANCELEVEL 1B
SURFACE REFLECTANCE - MOD09
MOSAIC OF 2 TERRA 1 AQUA MODIS PRODUCTS
ACQUIRED 9 NOVEMBER 2005
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