Fritz Policelli for

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NASA Applied Sciences Activities- GSFC Office of
Science Utilization

• Fritz Policelli for
• Shahid Habib, D.Sc., P.E.
• Chief
• Office of Science Utilization, Code 604
• Goddard Space Flight Center
• Greenbelt, Maryland
• March 2006

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2006 NASA Strategic Plan
Strategic Goal 3 (of 6) Develop a balanced
overall program of science, exploration, and
aeronautics consistent with the redirection of
the human spaceflight program to focus
on exploration Sub-goal 3A Study Earth from
space to advance scientific understanding
and Meet societal needs.
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Function
To lead the GSFC effort to maximize socioeconomic
benefits from NASA research and technology results
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SCIENCES AND EXPLORATION DIRECTORATE
Director Dr. Laurie Leshin Deputy Director
John Dalton Chief Scientist Dr. James
Garvin Asst. Director for Technology Dr. Azita
Valinia Operations Manager John Wolfgang
Administrative Officer Diane Booth

Code 600
Goddard Public Affairs Deputy Chief Donald
Savage Code 130
Deputy Director for Science Engineering
Bernie Seery Associate Deputy Vacant

Code 601
Office of Science Utilization Chief Dr. Shahid
Habib Code 604
Science Proposal Support Office Chief Dr. James
Green
Code 605
University Programs Office Chief Dr. Vigdor
Teplitz
Code 602
Computational and Information Sciences
Technology Office Chief Vacant
Deputy Nancy Laubenthal
Code 606
Admin. and Resources Mgmt. Office Chief Shanta
Arur Deputy Kelly Pecnick

Code 603
Earth-Sun Exploration Division Director Dr.
Franco Einaudi Deputy Dr. Dorothy Zukor
Code 610

Solar System Exploration Division Director Dr.
Richard Vondrak Deputy Mitch Brown
(Acting) Deputy for Planetary Dr. David Smith
Science
Code 690
Exploration of the Universe Division Director
Dr. Nicholas White Deputy Vacant Associate
Deputy Dr. William Oegerle

Code 660
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Observing Systems
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Science
for
Society
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Applications of National Priority
Public Health
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Economic Impact
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Knowledge to Solutions
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Our Partners
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Disaster Management
Rendition by a Sri Lankan child what was Tsunami
like Ref BBC news June 20, 2005
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Detection of Fires
Portugal fires August 4, 2003
California fires captured by MODIS October 26,
2003
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MODIS Rapid Response Process
L1B Data
T30min
Aqua
Cumulative Fire Maps http//www.fs.fed.us/eng/rsac
Terra
Backup Feed L1B Data
Updated twice daily
Active Fire Locations
Burn Severity Maps
T5hrs
Active Fire Locations Selected Imagery
MODIS L0 Data
Active Fire Locations
T2-5hrs
T5hrs
Active Fire and Corrected Reflectance http//rapid
fire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov
Web Fire Maps and Fire Feature Server http//rapid
response.umd.edu
MODIS home page http//modis.gsfc.nasa.gov
NASA Earth Observatory http//earthobservatory.na
sa.gov
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Improve Hurricanes forecasts
Assimilation of TRMM rainfall location, intensity
and vertical structure into hurricane forecast
models
Hurricane Visualization with TRMM
Hurricane Ivan Forecast, September 2004

• Reduced track errors can save money (600K - 1M
  per mile of coast evacuated)
• Save lives by more precise prediction of eye
  location at landfall

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Tsunami Destruction of Aceh Province, Sumatra
Landsat ETM
Terra MODIS
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Air Quality
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Transcontinental Dust Storms
African dust over Italy July 29, 2003
Algerian dust over Spain May 31, 2005
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Asian Dust microbes? Long Range Transport
Lidar Profiling
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Air Quality (Regional) Adapting MODIS Aerosol
Data for EPA
NASA-LaRC/USEPA Air Quality Applications Group

• Evaluating EPA network for regional areas
• Finding correlation between MODIS aerosol optical
  thickness and EPA ground based measurements
• Developing finer resolution MODIS products for
  variable urban regions

Evaluate current EPA observational network
(posts) as to its ability to show regional
aerosol events as resolved by MODIS (colored
background).
Relate MODIS AOD observations (red dots) to EPA
ground station PM measurements (black time
series)
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Public Health
Satellite images helped build this digital
mapwhich tracks schistosomiasis in China's
Sichuan provincea far cry from John Snow's
seminal map (inset) of the Broad Street cholera
outbreak. Courtesy Ralph R. Frerichs,
UCLACourtesy Edmund Seto, University of
California in Berkeley
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Mekong Malaria in Tak, Thailand
Temperature--satellite Rainfall--satellite Pf
Parasitefield observations
2-Year Prediction of Malaria Cases Based on
Environmental Parameters (temperature,
precipitation, humidity, vegetation index)
Satellite Vegetation Data used for Insecticide
Planning
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Invasive Species
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Invasive Species Management

• NASA and USGS developing a National Invasive
  Species Forecasting System. This uses MODIS
  data, aerial imagery, and ground data of various
  resolutions to map biological resources.
• Strong partnership with DoI, USDA and USGS

• Cheat Grass (Bromis tectorum)
• Reduces soil moisture
• Increase fire loading
• Re-establishes early in burnt areas

Data fromMODIS, LandSat, EO-1
Decision Support

• Economic and environmental risk assessment
• Priorities for control and Containment

• Hot spots of native biodiversity
• Distribution of non-native species
• Potential spread of invasive species

Trending modeling
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Homeland Security
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Plume Dispersion Modeling
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Satellite Based Surface Roughness
Surface Boundary Layer
z
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

• Provide global database of aerodynamic roughness
  for momentum using satellite (MODIS) imagery
• Improve estimation of momentum and scalar fluxes
  within global circulation and land surface models

z0 d0
h
d0
one grid box
MODIS Land Class and LAI Products
New MODIS Surface Roughness Product
E.g. October 2001
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Future Outlook

• Homeland Security
• Space Weather
• Energy
• Communication Equipment
• Space Exploration
• Astronaut Health
• Equipment Damage
• Water Management
• Hydro Electric Production
• Disasters
• Floods
• Drought
• Earthquakes
• Role in the International Arena (GEOSS)

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Army Remote Moisture System (ARMS)
Combined geographic information system, remote
sensing data and models to predict soil moisture
with 10-100m spatial resolution.
Soil moisture information needed for
mobility/trafficability assessment in the U.S.
Armys Future Combat System.
Soil Moisture 15-30 cm deep, with quantization
of 3-4 soil moisture levels (such as dry, moist,
extremely wet).
Forcing Data Precipitation, Temperature,
Radiation, etc. Parameters Vegetation, Soil
Classes, Elevation, etc. Soil Moisture
Radarsat, ERS Radar Backscatter
Decision Support U.S. Army Future Combat System
and Mobility/Trafficability Models
GSFC, USACE, USDA/ARS/UWy
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Near-Earth Space Weather Effects
Source Dr. Lanzarotti, Lucent Technologies
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Ground Induced Current Events

• Electric Power Distribution System susceptibility
• due to geomagnetically induced currents because
  of
• Widespread grid interconnections
• Complex electronic controls technologies
• Large inter-area power transfers
• Hydro-Quebec Power Failure -- Mar 89
• Geomagnetic storm caused collapse of
• the entire grid
• Power out for nine hours
• Blackout cost Hydro-Quebec 10M
• for restoration and tens to hundreds of
• millions for their customers
• Chicago Area -- Apr 94
• Five transformers failed due to elevated
• geomagnetic activity

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Exploration Initiative Interests

• Radiation hazards
• Equipment damage
• Aerobraking/capture
• Martian atmospheric
• electricity
• Dust charging

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Summary

• We are beginning to make a difference
• Critical to identify and partner with operational
  end-users
• Making use of space-based observations
• We need integrated observations, models,
  communication infrastructure and computational
  power to deliver the predictive capabilities
• Ancora Imparo