RPC EVALUATIONS, V

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RPC Evaluation of NASA Land Information System
for Cross-Cutting Applications
Potential Partners
EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

• NASA Land Information System (Noah, CLM, Vic)
• Forcing GNLDAS (NASA) using GEDAS CMAP
  (NCEP), AGRMET (AFWA), ECMWF NCAR FNL
• Regional Models WRF RAMS-AROMA, COAMPS, and RUC
  (for evaluations)
• Supercomputing Project Columbia (NASA), HPC2
  (MSU)

RPC EVALUATIONS, VV DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS
Predictions

• DHS NARAC/IMAAC at LLNL
• USDA USFS Firelab
• USDA FAS PECAD
• USDA NRCS SCAN NIDIS
• NSSTC SERVIR
• Coupled WRF-LIS modeling applications
• EPA BASINS
• USBR RiverWare

• Global/Regional scale model products (1 50km)
• analysis, hourly daily forecasts
• Longer-term outlooks

VALUE BENEFITS

• Atmospheric assessment of emissions and air
  pollution
• Fire risk modeling
• Crop yield modeling and monitoring
• Improved forecasting of severe weather
• Ecological forecasting
• Policy decisions

EARTH OBSERVATIONS

• air land surface temperature, humidity, winds
• precipitation
• soil moisture, SST
• radiation, aerosol

• Atmosphere ground-based measurements (WMO,
  ARM/CART), MPE (NOAA), NEXRAD, AMSR-E, GOES,
  MODIS, GPM, TRMM, Cloudsat, GOES-R, PERSIANN,
  NPOESS
• Land SCAN (USDA), Mesonet

Observations
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor
Next Generation Missions
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RPC Evaluation of NASA Land Information System
for Application in USDA-NRCS SCAN DST
Partners
EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

• NASA Land Information System (Noah, Catchment
  LSM)
• Forcing GNLDAS (NASA) using GEDAS CMAP
  (NCEP), AGRMET (AFWA), ECMWF, NCAR FNL, NARR, RUC
• Data Assimilation EKF, EnKF
• Supercomputing Project Columbia (NASA), HPC2
  (MSU)

RPC EVALUATIONS, VV USDA-NRCS SCAN DST
Predictions

• Soil moisture maps from 12x12 km2 to 1x1 km2
• Sensitivity analyses using OSEs
• AMSR-E data assimilation
• OSSEs to help optimize DST network
• NOAA NIDIS
• Coupled WRF-LIS modeling applications

• Global/Regional scale model products (1 50km)
• soil moisture maps
• Longer-term outlooks

VALUE BENEFITS

• Mitigate drought effects
• Support flood analysis
• Producer decision making planting, production,
  disease, pest management
• Crop yield modeling and monitoring
• Improved forecasting of severe weather and
  climate outlook
• Ecological forecasting
• Policy decisions

EARTH OBSERVATIONS

• air land surface temperature, humidity, winds
• precipitation
• soil moisture, SST
• radiation, aerosol

• Atmosphere ground-based measurements (WMO,
  ARM/CART), MPE (NOAA), NEXRAD, AMSR-E, GOES,
  MODIS, GPM, TRMM, GOES-R, PERSIANN, NPP, NPOESS
• Land SCAN (USDA), Mesonet, Producer-Cooperator

Observations
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor
Next Generation Missions