New Products and New Directions

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New Products and New Directions

• Richard Isaacman
• Vice President
• SeaSpace CorporationA wholly owned subsidiary of
  The Allied Defense Group

June 2004 Presentation to the 14th International
TeraScan User Conference
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SeaSpace Corporate Offices San Diego, California,
USA
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Satellite Platforms Currently Tracked at SeaSpace
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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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TeraVision II

• New look and feel
• All tools available from one interface
• Docking toolbars
• Plug-ins
• Standard icons
• Value Palettes

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TeraVision II Data Loading
Standard browsing and file selection used for
finding and loading data files. (No more data
shelves.)
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New Zoom Features

• Navigator shows zoomed area on image, which can
  be used for panning.
• Added zoom via mouse wheel, mouse drag, and arrow
  keys.

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New Enhancement Features

• Easy color palette selection.
• More than 100 palettes supplied, includingthe
  standard NOAA palettes.
• Wide variety of image enhancement functions

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Upcoming TeraVision II Releases

• Multi-layered imaging (more than one image from
  more than one data source displayed together)
• Wind vectors with color paletted magnitude
• Recipes - the ability to save a presentation and
  have it regenerated with tomorrow's data
• Registration on-the-fly - data with different
  earth projection models can be co-registered live
  rather than as pre-processing
• Advanced annotation - value markers, rulers,
  automatic wedges, custom logos, range rings,
  compass, TrueType text

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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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TeraScan Dvorak Tropical Cyclone Analysis Tool
Cape Hatteras
Miami
Contact info_at_seaspace.com
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Dvorak for Tropical Cyclone Analysis

• Plug-in to TeraVision II.
• Easier to learn and use than ODT.
• Basic AODT analysis is a straightforward process.

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Dvorak Capabilities

• Global coverage from every major geosynchronous
  satellite
• Multiple forecast file types to auto select storm
  center
• ATCF Tropical Cyclone Forecast Record files
• TPC Tropical Cyclone Discussion files
• JTWC Tropical Cyclone Text Warning files
• Incorporates SST GRIB files
• Choice of palettes and analysis graphs
• Log spiral, AODT-derived storm track, and
  predicted storm path overlays

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Dvorak AODT Analyses
Use Animation controls to step through
images. Select a storm center and run an
analysis for each image.
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Dvorak Overlays
Log spiral
Storm track from forecast file
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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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TeraNav Features

• Interactive image navigation to improve automated
  results
• TeraVision II interface
• Works standalone
• Uses high-resolution coastline database
• Rubber sheeting
• Direct manipulation of satellite roll, pitch, yaw
  to experiment with corrections
• Multi-level undo and redo facilitates
  experimentation
• New Earth transform parameters incorporated into
  TDF data set

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TeraNav for Image Navigation

• Allows multiple Nav Lens windows to be opened
  for coastline choices and manipulations
• Click and drag coastline overlay
• Image-wide transform is calculated by using all
  lenses

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TeraNav NavLenses
BeforeAfter
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TeraNav Satellite Control Panel
Another method of navigation is to use the
Satellite Control panel to enter values to
adjust satellite position parameters.
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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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TeraScan Vulcan Real-time Fire Detection and
assessment
Los Angeles
SeaSpace
San Diego
Ensenada
MEXICO
Kilometers
Contact info_at_seaspace.com
0 50 100
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Vulcan Overview

• Detect remote fires before they become local
• Distribute graphical reports via email
• Retrieve data from integrated weather models such
  as GRIB
• Provide regional management by monitoring
  selected areas
• Locate fires to within 1.1 km accuracy
• Display images for interactive analysis
• Animate time series imagery
• Automatic email notification

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Vulcan Fire Detection Software

• Plug-in to TeraVision II.
• Fire detection algorithm identifies burned areas
  (thermal anomalies) for a region fire locations,
  size, and strength.
• Map and weather overlays are available.
• Incorporates MODIS AVHRR thermal IR and VIS
  channels

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Vulcan Fire Detection Regions

• Create regions of interest to be processed
  separately for fires.  
• Each region contains climate, land elevation,
  detection masks, land cover (forests) and fire
  location information.
• Each region also has a notification distribution
  list associated with it. 

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Vulcan Fire Location, Size, Strength

• Display fire location icon and area (in
  kilometers2) for each fire pixel group.
• Zoom in to view individual fire locations.
  Pixels are colored according to strength of fire
  (in Watts/m2) detected within them. 
• Color legend relates the colors to their
  respective values.

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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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TeraCluster
Parallel Architecture for Near-Realtime Data
Products

• Time to MODIS L3 (single pass)
• Single thread 2 hrs
• Cluster 25 min

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TeraCluster

• Five Node Cluster
• - One master node
• - Four compute nodes
• Standard Linux Beowulf Cluster architecture
• Dual 2.8 GHz Xeon CPUs
• Compatible with all existing TeraScan threads

Slave 1 Slave 2 Slave 3 Slave 4
Master Node
UPS
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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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TeraScan Scripted Operation

• Setting the satellites
• set VIS_SATS ( noaa-12 noaa-14 )
• set IR_SATS ( noaa-12 noaa-14 )
• set TOVS_SATS ( noaa-11 noaa-12 noaa-14 )
• set DAY_CH ( avhrr_ch1 avhrr_ch2 avhrr_ch3
  avhrr_ch4 avhrr_ch5 )
• Choosing the processing thread
• if ( VISIBLEPROCESSING "yes" ) then
• wds_avhrr_visible AVF DATA_DIR
  MASTERFILE PASS_EXT DAY_EXT
• endif
• if ( WATERVPROCESSING "yes" ) then
• wds_avhrr_water_vapor AVF DATA_DIR
  MASTERFILE PASS_EXT DAY_EXT
• endif
• if ( SSTPROCESSING "yes" ) then
• wds_split_window_sst AVF DATA_DIR
  MASTERFILE PASS_EXT DAY_EXT
• endif
• Rejecting outliers
• if (-f OUTFILE.avhrr OUTLIERS yes) then
• set THRESH ( 10 10 6 4 4 )
• foreach CH (CHANNELS)

• Over 500 scripted functions can be incorporated
  in a shell script for user control
• DLLs are supplied with the baseline installation
• External applications can be executed

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Open TeraScan Initiative

• Fully document and expand existing scripting
  interface
• Fully document DLLs to allow interface to
  external applications
• Document and provide API to TDF file format

GOAL Pave the way for more extensive development
of user applications such as scripts and external
modules
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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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Web Forum for Software Exchange
Current Company Info
Tech Info
User Software Exchange
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Users Virtual Meeting Place

• Users will post software, scripts, etc.
• Fast full text search engine
• Post notification system, which can send
  notifications via email
• Moderated forums
• Multiple file uploads per post
• Forum Thread subscription system with an easy
  to use control panel. Allows users to subscribe
  unsubscribe from forums threads
• Mainly a user forum not a substitute for
  customer service/tech support!

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Just Out, or Coming Soon

• New Products
• TeraVision 2
• Dvorak
• TeraNav
• Vulcan
• Cluster
• New Services
• Open TeraScan API
• TeraScan Web Forum
• New Directions
• Web-based archive solution
• Open architecture

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Web-Based Archive Browse and Data Distribution

• TerraSoar 3rd-party licensed product
• Integrated with TeraScan
• Creates worldwide virtual network of users
  sharing data

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The Fundamental Concept Openness

• Complete TeraScan API to be published in
  September
• Hooks to external user modules
• Expand user-created data products
• Users supplied with documented DLLs
• Complete TDF file specification and API to be
  published in September
• We encourage development of TDF readers and file
  exporters!
• Web paradigm for archive browse and data
  distribution
• ..and web forum for exchanging modules and scripts

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Why?

• To deliver more power flexibility to our users
• To encourage interaction within our user
  community
• To set the example for operating in the NPOESS
  world!