Science Team Objectives

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Science Team Objectives

• K. Jezek and J. Richter-Menge
• Science Team Co-leads

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IceBridge Science TeamPrimary Function
Flight Lines Data Collection
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Science Team Meeting Objectives

• 1)  Review science team project responsibilities
  and team member project contributions. 2) 
  Understand functional relationships between the
  science team and other Icebridge project elements
  (eg Science Working Group). 2) Review the
  over-arching science themes presented in the
  draft project plan?  How will Icebridge
  measurements complement existing ICEsat-1
  research, ongoing Cryosat-2 research, and planned
  ICEsat-2 research as well as supporting
  measurement continuity? 3)  Review and begin to
  refine the draft level 1 science requirements.
  Start to develop a quantitative basis for the
  requirements.  Is there traceability from the
  science requirements back to the science themes
  and sensor continuity goals? What the science
  mission success criteria?4)  Establish a
  science team schedule of deliverables.

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Science Team Terms of Reference

• Programmatic charge to the Science Team The IST
  will work closely with the IceBridge Project
  Scientists to provide expert scientific guidance
  to the IceBridge project in the areas of flight
  line planning, measurement strategies, data
  quality control, and data product development.
  The Science team will
• Assist the Project by
• Final development of the IceBridge Science
  Definition Document and Level-1 Scientific
  Requirements Document
• Evaluation of the IceBridge mission designs in
  achieving the goals defined by the Science
  Definition Document and Level-1 Scientific
  Requirements Document as requested by the NASA
  Program Scientist and
• Support to the IceBridge Program Scientist and
  Project Scientist in the development of the
  required analyses, documents and reporting during
  the IceBridge project.
• Contribute to the OIB science objectives by
• Exploiting OIB data in support of a select set of
  science objectives
• Assuring a level of data and meta data
  reliability, cross-instrument compatibility and
  accessibility through use of the data in science
  investigations
• Motivate investigations of all the OIB science
  objectives by encouraging broad use of the data
  by the science community
• Compile and regularly update a list of target
  glaciers for repeat monitoring and for
  continuation of the ICESat record
• Support OIB objectives by
• Attending 3 team meetings per year
• Participating in frequent teleconferences
• Providing progress reports before each team
  meeting to the team leaders in the form of
  updates to one-page summaries and which will
  include a schedule for deliverables.
• Evaluating mission plans in the context of the
  OIB science objectives and specific requirements

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Science Team Terms of Reference

• Science Team Organization
• The Program Scientist will appoint an ice sheet
  and a sea ice team leader for a one-year rotating
  term and each will serve as co-chairs of science
  team meetings.
• Team leaders will be responsible for
  consolidating documentation, recommendations, and
  analyses in support of same from the team, and
  providing that material to the Project Scientist
• Team leaders will organize regular telecons and,
  with the project, organize 3 team meetings.
• Team meetings will be convened at GSFC or JPL.
• Team members are encouraged to participate in
  project-organized outreach activities such as AGU
  town hall meetings.
• All team members will report to the Program
  Scientist using the usual mechanism of annual
  renewal proposals and as directed by the Program
  Scientist.
• In contrast to OIB activities to date, neither
  the team leaders nor the team members are
  expected to participate in field deployments
  unless such work was previously proposed and
  approved.
• STILL NEED CLARIFICATION ON THE FUNCTIONAL LINKS
  TO THE INSTRUMENT TEAM AND THE SCIENCE WORKING
  GROUP
• What is the participation at Science team
  meetings in terms of alternates, observers, etc.
• Is the science team mandate to support ST
  proposed science, to support science likely to be
  done by the community, some combination of both.

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Project Tasks for Discussion

• Complete the writing of official IceBridge Level
  1 requirements and science contribution to
  project plan (Science definition document)
• Construct flight lines with science justification
  for each campaign
• Begin with planning for the Greenland experiment
  where constraints introduced
• by P-3 weight limits must be
  considered.
• Develop a mission continuity/sensor
  inter-calibration plan
• Establish a prioritized check list for selecting
  ice bridge flight lines (and lead instruments) in
  the context of mission continuity, parameter
  studies, process studies, prediction models. Can
  we assign rough percentages of time to be
  allocated to each of these focus areas?
• In collaboration with the instrument team
  establish a policy for instrument
  upgrades/additions
• In collaboration with the data science working
  group, monitor data availability and quality.
• Develop a data policy for ground over-flights.
  This is becoming more and more an issue.
• Assess the need to capture seasonal variations
  (ice sheets) and if required develop a strategy
  for data acquisition.
• Develop a strategy for quick response to calving
  events etc.