NOAA NPOESS Data Exploitation Update

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Title Page
NOAA NPOESS Data Exploitation Update
James Yoe NDE Systems Integration Coordinator
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Overview

• NDE Refresher
• NDE Status
• Whats New
• Whats Next
• COPC Considerations
• Summary

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Mission and Objectives
Deliver NPOESS data products and assist NOAA and
other civilian operational users to realize the
potential of NPOESS observations

• Disseminate NPOESS Data Records to real-time
  civilian users
• Generate and disseminate tailored NPOESS Data
  Records
• Generate and disseminate NOAA-unique products
  (enhanced data products constructed from NPOESS
  Data Records)
• Deliver NOAA-unique products, product processing
  elements, and associated metadata to CLASS for
  long-term archiving
• Provide services to customers, including NDE
  product training, product enhancement, and
  implementation support across NOAA
• Provide software for NPOESS Data Record format
  translation and other data manipulations

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NPOESS NDE
NDE will be a critical link to achieve return on
the NPOESS investment beginning with NPP
NPP
NPOESS DataExploitation
NPOESS Ground Systems
NPOESS C1
(operated in ESPC)
Ingest
Process
SafetyNet
Quality Control
Near Real-time Delivery
Command and Control
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NDE Management Team
NDE Project Manager Jim Silva
NDE System Architect Geof Goodrum
NDE Systems Integration Coordinator Jim Yoe
NDE Product Development Manager Tom Schott
ESPC
System Development Team (OSDPD)
Infrastructure Acquisition, Operations (OSDPD)
Design Partners
AWIPS
Data Centers
CLASS
STAR
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NDE Project Status

• NDE Implementation Phase Initiated
• Addressed all actions from NDE CDR held Sep 2007
• Ingest Build begun, to be complete by May 2009
• Production, Distribution, Subscription,
  Monitoring builds follow
• Production Build complete April 2010
• NPP Launch June 2010, Cal/Val period to last 18
  months
• NDE Distribution Build not complete until
  January, 2011
• Temporary alternative being pursued to deliver
  data to NCEP
• IDPS Interconnectivity Tests
• Acquiring NDE Hardware to support tests
• Completion target December 2008

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Product Development Status

• Supporting three major development lines
• CrIS/ATMS Thinned Radiance
• Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS)
• Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
• Phased Approach for legacy continuity
• Phase I and Phase II NPP Products listed on next
  slides

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NPP Phase 1
Phase 1 (3-20 months after NPP Launch) Legacy
mission continuity replacement products comprised
of currently funded NUPs and xDRs
CrIS Thinned Radiances SST Analysis Sea Surface Temperature (SST)
CrIS Cloud Cleared Radiances Blended SST Nadir Profile Ozone
Total Precipitable Water (ATMS) SST Anomalies Ozone Total Column
Snow Cover (ATMS) Coral Reef Degree Heating Snow Cover and Depth
Precipitation Type/Rate (ATMS) Coral Reef Bleaching Imagery
Surface Emissivity (ATMS) Total Ozone (CrIS) Ocean Color/Chlorophyll
Cloud Liquid Water (ATMS) Trace Gases (Carbon) Vegetation Index
Sea Ice Cover/Concentration (ATMS) SST (AVHRR-like) Active Fires
Snow Water Equivalent (ATMS) Aerosol (AVHRR-like) Atmospheric Temperature Profile
Ice Water Path (ATMS) ATMS Radiances Atmospheric Moisture Profile
Land Surface Temperature (ATMS) CrIS Radiances Aerosol Optical Thickness
Temperature Profiles (ATMS) VIIRS Radiances Land Surface Type
Moisture Profiles (ATMS) OMPS Radiances Surface Albedo
Rain Water Path/Profile (ATMS) Cloud Mask Cloud Cover/Layers
Y NUPs
B xDRs
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NPP Phase 2
Phase 2 (20 months after NPP Launch to 1 month
prior to C1 launch) Additional legacy products
and enhanced products comprised of NUPs and xDRs
not linked to mission continuity
Polar Winds (VIIRS) Fire Potential Cloud Top Height (VIIRS)
Limb Profile Ozone Near Coast Ocean Color Ice Surface Temperature
Blended Snow Cover Integrated xDRs at CrIS Resolution Net Heat Flux
Harmful Algal Blooms (VIIRS) Cloud Liquid Water Path (VIIRS) Sea Ice Characterization (VIIRS)
Blended Ozone Cloud Ice Water Path (VIIRS) Suspended Matter
Blended Total Precipitable Water Cloud Top Temperature (VIIRS) Atmospheric Pressure Profile
Tropical Rainfall Potential Aerosol Particle Size Quarterly Surface Type Gridded
Clear Sky Radiances (VIIRS) Cloud Top Temperature Soil Moisture
Vegetation Health Cloud Top Pressure
Vegetation Moisture Land Surface Temperature (VIIRS)
Drought Indices Cloud Base Height
Vegetation Thermal Conditions Cloud Effective Particle Size
Leaf Area Index Cloud Optical Thickness
Y NUPs
B xDRs
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Product Tailoring Tool Selection

• Conducted Workshop Nov 27-28, 2007
• Refined requirements
• Identified, evaluated, down-selected candidate
  tools
• Published Report February 2008
• Evaluating of remaining candidates
• Final selection September 2008
• Initiated project to re-format key XDRs for NWP
  (convert products to BUFR GRIB)
• SW developed in NESDIS/STAR, integrated into NDE
• Priorities identified with NCEP/EMC and JCSDA
  next slide

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Reformatting to Support NWP
Prioritized Product BUFR GRIB2 Comments
ATMS Radiances X    
CrIS Radiances X   Thinned radiances assumed are okay If concurrent delivery w/CrIS radiances, include cloud mask
Nadir Profile Ozone (OMPS) and OMPS Radiances X   Include OMPS radiances in nadir profile product
VIIRS Radiances X    
Snow Cover   X Incorporate into current snow product
Vegetation Index   X  
Aerosol Optical Thickness X    
Sea Surface Temperature X    
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System Integration Update

• Product Integration Teams still planned
• Formal establishment delayed by fiscal
  realities
• Environmental Modeling and NWP coordination
• Meeting bi-monthly w/ JCSDA Director, NOAA
  Deputies
• Synch product development delivery with NCEP
  testing
• Provide mutual support for budget requests
• COPC Action Item Proposed distributed leads for
  assimilation of NPP data
• NOAA Sounder data
• AFWA Snow and land surface
• USN - SST
• COPC Participation
• JAG/ODAA and Plenary sessions

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System Integration Update

• NDE Team helped formulate NESDIS response to US
  Navy inquiry concerning NPP data access
• July 2008 Meeting planned
• Continue to work with AWIPS Evolution Project
• Coordinate schedules, architectures, smart
  push-pull for
• Work with Schrabe and Heil to identify product
  requirements from WFOs and RFCs
• Collaboration with Hydrometeor Testbed
• HMT gets enhanced data to support
  forecasts/warning
• NDE gets data/expertise to validate precipitation
  products
• Outreach and Training Program
• Identify new applications and new users
• Develop/support training modules for products
• Leverage existing resources
• COMET, NWS Training Division, VISIT, SHYMET

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NDE -COPC Considerations

• Investigate expansion of the Shared Processing
  Link
• Facilitate the distribution of NDE NUPs and XDRs
  to Navy and AFWA Centrals
• Encourage co-development by NDE and the DoD
  Centrals
• For data product development
• We have NUPs Will there be science-enhanced
  products developed by the DoD partners? Will
  these be shared?
• For tools
• For Training
• Explore NPOESS data backup options between NDE
  and DoD central
• Establish com line between a DOD IDPS and
  NDE/NCEP computer center

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Summary

• The NDE Project is committed to deliver products
  to NCEP as soon as they are made available
• In principle, NDE could serve other OPCs
• Phase 1 NPP Products will support NWP continuity
• Product Integration Team for Data Assimilation
  will be first established (Streamline
  preparations for NCEP and JCSDA partners to apply
  and test procedures they are developing to
  assimilate NPP and NPOESS observations)
• For the benefit of all partners, we should
  consider
• Expansion of the Shared Processing Link
• Co-development opportunities (NDE and DoD
  Centrals)
• Backup options between the Centrals

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Back-Up Slides
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NPP Not In Phase 1 or 2
NOAA-Unique Products
Ocean Optimized Cloud Mask
Chesapeake Bay Ocean Color
Emiliania Huxleyi Blooms
High Res (lt1km) Ocean Color (Stacy checking res of OC EDR)
Aerosol Optical Thickness (VIIRS)
Hazard Support (Tropical) (VIIRS)
Hazard Support (Volcano) (VIIRS)
Outgoing Longwave Radiation (VIIRS)
Outgoing Longwave Radiation (CrIS)
Absorbed Radiation (VIIRS)
Rainfall Prediction (ATMS)
Tropical Cyclone Intensity (ATMS)
Cloud Types (AVHRR-like)
Inversion Strength and Height (CrIS)
Fire Burn Scars (VIIRS)
CO2 Slicing Derived Cloud Top Pressure (CrIS)
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NDE User Community

• DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS
• Commercial Sector
• Universities
• European Organisation for the Exploitation of
  Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT)
• International Meteorological Services (India,
  Japan, Brazil, UK, ECMWF, etc.)
• World Meteorological Organization
• Data Collection Service

• US GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS
• DOC / NOAA
• National Weather Service /NCEP/NHS
• Ocean Service/CoastWatch
• Fisheries
• Research
• Satellites Information
• Department of Agriculture
• Federal Aviation Administration
• NASA (SPoRT)
• Coast Watch
• DOD
• Air Force Weather Agency
• Naval Oceanographic Office
• Naval Ice Center
• Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography
  Center (FNMOC)