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Earth Science for Homeland Security

Homeland Security Program Element Plan: 2004-2008

(v.7, 2-11-2004)

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Earth Science Exploration Serving Society

Accelerating the realization of economic

and societal benefits from Earth science,

information, and technology ...

Table of Contents

Page

[I. Purpose and Scope 3](#i.-purpose-and-scope)

[II. Homeland Security Program: Goals and Objectives
4](#ii.-homeland-security-program-goals-and-objectives)

[Objectives 4](#objectives)

[III. Program Leadership and Partners
6](#iii.-program-leadership-and-partners)

[Program Management 6](#program-management)

[Networks 6](#networks)

[IV. Decision Support Tools and Homeland Security Issues
7](#iv.-decision-support-tools-and-homeland-security-issues)

[Priority Decision Support Systems for FY2004-2008:
7](#priority-decision-support-systems-for-fy2004-2008)

[Potential Homeland Security Issues
8](#potential-homeland-security-issues)

[Cross-Application Activities 8](#cross-application-activities)

[Homeland Security Management: Integrated System Solution Diagram
9](#homeland-security-management-integrated-system-solution-diagram)

[V. Program Activities: Projects, Solicitations, and Program Support
10](#v.-program-activities-projects-solicitations-and-program-support)

[Program Projects 10](#program-projects)

[Competitive Sourcing and Solicitations 13](#__RefHeading___Toc63827876)

Program Management Activities and Studies 12

[VI. Schedule and Milestones 14](#vi.-schedule-and-milestones)

[VII. Program Management and Performance Measures
14](#vii.-program-management-and-performance-measures)

[Program Management Measures (Internally Focused)
15](#program-management-measures-internally-focused)

[Performance Measures (Externally Focused)
15](#performance-measures-externally-focused)

Roadmap 16

[FY04/05/06/07/08 Budget and Resource Expectations
18](#fy0405060708-budget-and-resource-expectations)

*Note: This plan is based on the President's proposed FY2004 budget.*

NASA Earth Science Enterprise - Earth Science Applications Program

Earth Science for Homeland Security

Homeland Security Program Element Plan: 2004-2008

# I. Purpose and Scope

The Homeland Secuity program element is one of 12 elements in the Earth
Science Enterprise (ESE) Earth Science Applications Program. NASA and
the Earth Science Applications Program collaborate with partner
organizations to enable and enhance the application of NASA's Earth
science research results to serve national priority policy and
management decision-support tools. The desired outcome is for partner
organizations to use project results, such as prototypes and benchmark
reports, to enable expanded use of Earth science products and to enhance
their decision-support capabilities.

The ESE Homeland Security element is designed to advance the use of
NASA's 18 satellite missions and 80 sensors. NASA Earth Science results
are expected to meet a number of Homeland Security needs.

The Homeland Security program element extends products derived from
Earth science information, models, technology, and other capabilities
into partners' decision support tools (DSTs) for Homeland Security
issues of national priority. The Homeland Security Program addresses
such areas of concern and decision-making as chemical, biological,
nuclear, and radiological terrorism; geospatial enabling of Homeland
Security operations facilities; and national security issues. The
Homeland Security Program focuses on decision tools serving the
following classes of issues:

> • Homeland Security planning and decision support system (DSS)
> strategies
>
> • Integrated Operation Facility development, such as air plume
> modeling
>
> • Coordination with the National Response Plan of the U.S. Department
> of Homeland Security (DHS)
>
> • Information technology, interoperability, and Web services
>
> • Research and development of model and data assimilation and
> prediction
>
> • Coordination with international security issues
>
> • Economic management and the built environment (buildings physical
> structure)
>
> • Public response, recovery, mitigation, and welfare

Within the guidance and charter of the NASA Homeland Security Tiger Team
(HSTT), the Homeland Security Program will work with NASA partners,
Federal agencies, and regional-national organizations that have Homeland
Security responsibilities and mandates to support Homeland Security
managers. Primary partners are the U.S. Department of Homeland Security
(DHS), the Humanitarian Information Unit of the State Department, the
Defense Threat Reduction Agency (DTRA), the Department of Defense (DOD),
the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), the
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the Department of Energy (DOE),
the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC), and the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA). The Program may include international organizations
and activities provided a U.S. partner is involved. Some of the Homeland
Security Program's activities relate to the ESE applications of Public
Health, Agriculture, Disaster Management, Aviation, Air Quality, Energy
Management, and Ecological Forecasting. Through its activities, the
Program provides results that support the White House Committee on
Environment and Natural Resources (CENR) Homeland Security Committee and
the interagency programs on Climate Change Science and Technology (CCSP,
CCTP).

Priority Earth science missions for the Homeland Security program
include Terra, Aqua, the Quick Scatterometer (QuikSCAT), CloudSAT,
Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), National Polar-orbiting
Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS), NPOESS Preparatory
Project (NPP), Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfinder Satellite
Observations (CALIPSO), and Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment
(GRACE). Priority Earth science models include the EPA's Areal Locations
of Hazardous Atmospheres (ALOHA®), NOAA's Hybrid Single-Particle
Lagrangian Integrated Trajectory (HYSPLIT), the Pennsylvania State
University/National Center for Atmospheric Research Mesoscale Model
(MM5), and the National Center for Environmental Prediction ETA model.
The project plans associated with the Homeland Security Program
designate specific sensors and models, and they state specific
partnership activities to extend Earth science measurements,
environmental data records, and geophysical parameters.

This plan covers objectives, projects, milestones, and activities for
Fiscal Years 2004-2008. In Fiscal Year 2004 (FY04), the Program's
priority activities focus on extending the ability of the Hazards
U.S.-Multihazards (HAZUS-MH) DSS and the air plume modeling activities
of the DHS in association with the Joint Action Group (JAG) of the
Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (OFCM). In FY05-08,
the Program's priorities focus on extending NASA research results to
support HAZUS-MH in the Homeland Security applications related to air
plume modeling and the built environment and other priorities as stated
in DHS requirements.

# II. Homeland Security Program: Goals and Objectives

The goal of the Homeland Security Program is as follows:

*Enable partners' beneficial use of Earth science, observations, models,
and technologies to enhance decision support capabilities serving their
Homeland Security responsibilities.*

Major tenets of the Homeland Security Program's goals include the
following:

• Develop and nurture partnerships with appropriate Homeland Security
organizations, both internal and external to DHS

• Identify and assess partners' Homeland Security responsibilities,
plans, and decision support tools and evaluate the capacity of NASA
Earth science results to support these partners

• Validate and verify applications of Earth science results with
partners, including development of products and prototypes to meet
partners' requirements

• With partners, document the value of Earth science results in decision
support tools and support the tools' adoption into operational use

• Communicate results and partners' achievements to appropriate Homeland
Security communities, committees, and stakeholders

## Objectives

The Homeland Security Program serves the NASA Strategic Plan Objectives
and the NASA Integrated Budget and Performance Document (IBPD)
Performance Measures Outcome 3.1.1, Goal 5ESA9. This goal cross cuts a
number of other ESE Programs related to weather, public health, climate,
air quality, and agriculture but specifically states expected results in
the area of National Security.

Specifically, the Homeland Security Program pursues the following
short-term (2-year) and long-term (5-year) objectives that meet the
requirements of the IBPD:

### Short-term Objectives (FY04-05) 

+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| January  | Initiate participation in development of the Joint All    |
| 2004     | Hazards Air Dispersion and Plume modeling Action Team     |
|          | (JADPAT) and the OFCM JAG                                 |
|          |                                                           |
|          | In association with the Homeland Security Tiger Team,     |
|          | complete findings and communicate recommendations to the  |
|          | NASA Executive Council                                    |
|          |                                                           |
|          | (ALOHA model and others, QuikSCAT, Advanced Very High     |
|          | Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR), Geostationary Operational  |
|          | Environmental Satellites (GOES))                          |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| May 2004 | Complete evaluation report on the HAZUS-MH Model and its  |
|          | potential as a Homeland Security decision support system. |
|          |                                                           |
|          | Evaluate potential of ESE Earth science results to        |
|          | support HAZUS-MH for Homeland Security.                   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | (ALOHA, HYSPLIT, and other air plume models; QuikSCAT,    |
|          | Landsat, Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and         |
|          | Reflection Radiometer (ASTER), H\*WIND)                   |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| February | Provide input to DHS CIO report and findings on the       |
| 2004     | Disaster Management eGov initiative for Homeland Security |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| S        | Hold workshop with DHS to discuss use of Earth science    |
| eptember | results for Homeland Security                             |
| 2004     |                                                           |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| December | Publish article/paper on Earth science input to Homeland  |
| 2004     | Security decision tools                                   |
|          |                                                           |
|          | (QuikSCAT, Terra, Aqua, GRACE)                            |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| December | Complete a verification/validation report and schedule a  |
| 2004     | results workshop on potential Homeland Security related   |
|          | Earth science missions                                    |
|          |                                                           |
|          | Complete Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction report on     |
|          | Homeland Security needs addressed through hazards         |
|          | research and Grand Challenges                             |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| March    | *Validate Earth science inputs from at least three        |
| 2005     | sensors & models into at least two separate Homeland      |
|          | Security decision tools and policy/management activities  |
| *Goal    | -- air plume modeling, and assessment capability of       |
| 5ESA9*   | HAZUS-MH (Terra, Aqua, GRACE, QuikSCAT, TRMM)*            |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+

### Long-term Objectives (FY06-FY08) 

+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| November | Establish agreements with at least two federal partners   |
| 2005     | and at least one non-federal partner in Homeland Security |
|          |                                                           |
|          | Complete evaluation report on at least one additional     |
|          | Homeland Security decision support tool *(report to       |
|          | specify Earth science measurements and models)*           |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| S        | Complete benchmark report(s) and schedule a results       |
| eptember | conference on Earth science support to at least one more  |
| 2006     | Homeland Security decision support tool                   |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| S        | Publish at least one article on Earth science Homeland    |
| eptember | Security Programs, including a contribution to at least   |
| 2007     | one peer-reviewed journal                                 |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+
| S        | Complete benchmark reports and conduct results            |
| eptember | conferences on at least four separate Homeland Security   |
| 2008     | issues and corresponding decision support tools using     |
|          | NASA research and pathfinder missions                     |
+----------+-----------------------------------------------------------+

# III. Program Leadership and Partners

## Program Management

Homeland Security Program Manager: *Stephen Ambrose, NASA-Headquarters*

• Program development, strategy, plans, and budgets

• Program representation, advocacy, and issues to ESE management and
beyond

• Communication of ESE priorities and directives to Homeland Security
Program team/network

• Implementation of interagency agreements and partnerships

• Monitoring of Homeland Security Program metrics and performance
evaluation

Homeland Security Deputy Program Manager: *Dr. Bruce Davis, NASA-Stennis
Space Center*

• Leadership on project plans, development, performance, and partnership
relationships

• Communication of project metrics, performance, status, and issues to
Program Manager

• Leadership and communication to Homeland Security Program team and
network

• Coordination between NASA Centers on Homeland Security Program
activities

• Management for grants and cooperative agreements assigned to Stennis

• Management of Homeland Security Program tasks assigned to Stennis

## Networks

Primary contacts within NASA Centers and Federal partner agencies that
are enabling NASA capabilities to the Homeland Security Program are
listed below. This list is not exhaustive; only the primary program
managers and focal points for specific and major projects or subject
areas are provided.

### NASA Center and HQ Contacts

Mr. Ron Blom (Geology) -- Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL)

Dr. James Brass/Vince Ambrosia (Wildfire) -- Ames Research Center (ARC)

Dr. Shahid Habib (Hurricane, Landslide, Precipitation, Fire) -- Goddard
Space Flight Center (GSFC)

Ms. Myra Bambacus -- GSFC Geospatial Interoperability Office (GIO)

Ms. Tanye Coleman -- Business Division (Code YB)

Dr. Gran Paules -- Technology Division (Code YF)

Ms. Kitty Kavens -- International Interagency Affairs (Code I)

Dr. Tod Companion -- Interagency Affairs (Code I)

### Federal Partners

DHS

Nancy L. Suski -- DHS Emergency Preparedness and Response

Claire Drury -- Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Mitigation
Division

Ed Laatche -- FEMA, Program Policy and Assessment Branch

NOAA

Bruce Hicks -- NOAA Air Resources Laboratory

Dr. Paula Davidson -- National Weather Service Headquarters

Ms. Debbie Payton -- NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of Response and
Restoration (NOS OR&R), Hazardous Materials Response Division (HAZMAT)

USDA

Paul Greenfield -- USDA Forest Service Headquarters

Glenn Bethel -- USDA Forest Service Headquarters

Diane DiPietri -- USDA Homeland Security Office

### Domestic

Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP) -- The ESE Applications
Division leads the CCTP group on measurements and monitoring. The
Homeland Security program supports this effort.

Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) -- Joint federal program of the
President's Committee on Climate Change Science and Technology
Integration has issued its strategic plan to address some of the most
complex questions and problems dealing with long-term global climate
variability and change.

CENR Homeland Security Committee (and associated Working Groups) --
Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) subcommittee and joint
effort from all Federal Agencies.

Geospatial One Stop (GOS) -- GIO collaboration to bring interoperability
to the federal community.

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Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) Homeland Security Committee --
the Homeland Security program participates in the standards committee
for Homeland Security and Geographic Information, map symbology, and
other Homeland Security standards being developed under the FGDC.

The NASA Homeland Security program continues to recognized cross-cutting
solutions as an important activity for the Homeland Security Program,
including the Solutions Network, GIO, and Education.

# IV. Decision Support Tools and Homeland Security Issues

## Priority Decision Support Systems for FY2004-2008:

### Joint All Hazards Air Dispersion and Plume Modeling Action Team and Homeland Security Operations Center

Homeland Security Presidential Directive #5 (HSPD‑5) assigns the
Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security the role of principal
Federal official for domestic incident management. To execute the
responsibilities associated with this role, the Department of Homeland
Security needs near-real-time information with which to build a common
operating picture. DHS has clearly stated its need for a single point of
contact for all-hazards dispersion modeling, which is the prediction of
the dispersion (including transport and diffusion) of any contaminant in
the environment. The Homeland Security Operations Center (HSOC, a.k.a.
Watch Center) and other elements of DHS require timely and accurate
weather and air plume forecasts of contaminant dispersion for all types
of incidents and accidents.

A key component of this directive is the Joint All-Hazards Dispersion
Planning and Analysis Team (JADPAT). The JADPAT will directly support
the HSOC (Watch Center) and other elements of DHS and will be the single
source of dispersion prediction information for chemical, biological,
radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) incidents or threats.

This center provides tailored all-hazards dispersion support to DHS and
its HSOC. The primary and most urgent objective is to provide the best
available information for atmospheric hazard predictions so that DHS can
make appropriate emergency response and consequence management
decisions. The predictions may rely on NASA missions generally used for
weather observation, such as TRMM, Terra/Aqua, CloudSAT, QuikSCAT, and
Landsat. The focus of the Homeland Security Program at NASA is to ensure
that NASA's Earth science results and missions are an integral part of
the JADPAT and HSOC activities early in their formulation stages.

### HAZUS-MH for Homeland Security

The HAZUS-MH Loss Estimation Tool is a geographic information system
(GIS) based decision support system tool developed by the U.S. Federal
Government for estimation of loss caused by natural hazards. FEMA
oversees HAZUS-MH activities at large, whereas the National Institute
for Building Sciences (NIBS) manages this tool's development and
implementation for use by Federal, State, and Municipal emergency
management communities. HAZUS-MH is the primary decision support tool
for the ESE Disaster Management program element and clearly may serve
Homeland Security needs of DHS, resulting in cost savings as
dual-purpose applications of NASA research results may be attained.

## Potential Homeland Security Issues

The ESE Homeland Security Program team continually consults with its
partners to identify important issues facing the Homeland Security
community, to examine associated decision support tools, and to
determine priorities within the Homeland Security portfolio. Topics
include the following:

• Aviation security and severe weather and precipitation to understand
deposition and chemical change

• Water quality issues related to terrorism

• Air quality issues related to terrorism and air plume dispersion

• Homeland security programs for DHS

• National disaster response planning

• Floodplain mapping and other GIS-related issues

• Interoperability and information technologies

• International disaster coordination and development

• USDA food security needs

## Cross-Application Activities

If an air plume modeling capability were developed within the HAZUS-MH
model, this DSS could benefit other ESE applications, such as the
Disaster Management program element, to support the Homeland Security
Program. A HAZUS-MH air plume model could benefit other Earth Science
Applications as well, such as agricultural efficiency, aviation, energy
management, carbon management, and air quality.

[Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program (IBS)]{.underline}

The Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program is that part of the
Crosscutting Solutions Program whose objective is to provide the systems
engineering services and support to perform evaluation, verification,
validation, and benchmarking required by Earth Science Applications
Program's twelve applications of national priority. System engineering
services and support includes such activities as system design,
synthesis, integration, requirements analysis, testing, verification,
validation, and uncertainty analysis.

The goal of the Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program is to assure the
integrity, quality and reliability of innovative solutions delivered by
the Earth Science Applications Program to its customers, thereby
enhancing the decision-making capacities of partner agencies and their
customers.

The Homeland Security program element utilizes the IBS program to
evaluate, verify, validate, and benchmark the solutions used to improve
decision support tools, such as an integrated operations facility. More
information on schedule and deliverables can be found in the IBS program
plan. This includes the requested amounts from the IBS program to
support the Evaluation, Validation, and Benchmarking of the NASA's Earth
science research results into the DHS air plume modeling center.

## Homeland Security Management: Integrated System Solution Diagram

The figure below illustrates how Earth science measurements, model
products, and data fusion techniques support the Homeland Security
Program's partners and their decision support tools and shows the value
and benefits of Earth science to society.

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# V. Program Activities: Projects, Solicitations, and Program Support

## Program Projects

The Homeland Security Program authorizes directed projects to support
the Program's goal and objectives. The respective Project Managers are
responsible for developing project plans and for managing activities to
support the Program, the ESE, and its partners. Project plans specify
Earth science observations, models, and other outputs to the decision
support tools. Homeland Security projects expect to use observations
from sensors onboard Terra, Aqua, EO-1, Landsat, Measurements Of
Pollution In The Troposphere (MOPITT), GRACE, CloudSAT, NPP, NPOESS,
Aquarius, and HYDROS.

+----------------+-------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
| > **Project    |       |               |                  |    |    |
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| > Plume        |       |               |                  |    |    |
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+----------------+-------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
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+----------------+-------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
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|                |       |               |                  | 04 | 75 |
+----------------+-------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
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+----------------+-------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
| Bruce Davis -- | SSC,  | FY04-FY08     | DHS/FEMA, EPA,   | FY | 2  |
| SSC            | GSFC, |               | NOAA, DOE, NRC,  | 06 | 55 |
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+----------------+-------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
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|                |       |               |                  | 07 | 80 |
+----------------+-------+---------------+------------------+----+----+
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|               |              |             |             |    |   |
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|               |              |             |             |    |   |
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| measurements  |              |             |             |    |   |
| for           |              |             |             |    |   |
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| transport     |              |             |             |    |   |
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| of model      |              |             |             |    |   |
| attributes    |              |             |             |    |   |
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| be examined   |              |             |             |    |   |
| when          |              |             |             |    |   |
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|               |              |             |             |    |   |
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| incorporation |              |             |             |    |   |
| into the      |              |             |             |    |   |
| JADPAT.       |              |             |             |    |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
|               |              |             |             | FY | 1 |
|               |              |             |             | 04 | 0 |
|               |              |             |             |    | 0 |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
| *Manager*     | *Centers*    | *Timeframe* | *Partners*  | FY | 1 |
|               |              |             |             | 05 | 0 |
|               |              |             |             |    | 0 |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
| Bruce Davis   | SSC          | FY04-05     | N/A         | FY | 0 |
|               |              |             |             | 06 |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+
|               |              |             |             | FY | 0 |
|               |              |             |             | 07 |   |
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| Deliverables* |  Preliminary |             |             |    |   |
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|               | > formal     |             |             |    |   |
|               | > rec        |             |             |    |   |
|               | ommendations |             |             |    |   |
|               | > for action |             |             |    |   |
|               | > in FY2005  |             |             |    |   |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+---+

[]{#__RefHeading___Toc63827876 .anchor}Competitive Sourcing and
Solicitations

The Homeland Security Program solicits projects through competitive
announcements. The Program leverages appropriate activities, expertise,
and assets selected through other Earth Science Enterprise solicitation
announcements that serve the Program's objectives; the Homeland Security
Program may provide supplemental funding to develop or target specific
Program-oriented activities in a proposal. The program and project
managers facilitate appropriate partnerships between solicitation
recipients and application partners.

The Homeland Security program oversees projects in the Research,
Education, and Applications Solutions Network (REASoN). Currently only
one project is specifically assigned to the Homeland Security Program:

[University of San Diego -- A Border Security Decision Support System
Driven by Remotely Sensed Data Inputs]{.underline}. Datasets used with
the program are MODIS, ASTER, Global Positioning System, AVHRR, GOES.
Models used in this project are Terrain, Visibility, Vegetation,
Wildfire, and Weather. User organizations are the Department of Homeland
Security, First Responders, and Border Agents. This is a five year
project with total cost of \$1,838,000 (FY03-07); FY04 is \$400,000. The
P. I. is Doug Stow, San Diego State University.

## Program Management Activities and Studies

The Homeland Security Program authorizes studies, working group
participation, program reviews, and other endeavors to ensure the
Program's overall success.

**Activity:** Subcommittee on Disaster Reduction (SDR) and related
Remote Sensing and Applications Workgroup (RSAWG)

**Purpose:** To influence Presidential focus on Homeland Security
through this OSTP group of agencies

**Manager:** Stephen Ambrose (along with Roz Helz, USGS)

**Goals:** The SDR coordinates policy documents that are reviewed by
partner agencies and signed by the OSTP. For example, the first document
completed this year was "Reducing Disaster Vulnerability Through Science
and Technology," otherwise known as "America at Risk." This
collaborative document identified current disaster risks and agency
activities. In FY04, SDR activities are structured to work closely with
the Earth Observation Summit activities and implementation plans, both
nationally and internationally.

**Budget:** \$0K (Paid from Disaster Management Program)

**Activity:** State Department Partnership, Humanitarian Information
Unit (HIU)

**Purpose:** To implement DSSs for the State Department's HIU. The HIU
is interested in the Public Health and Homeland Security Programs and in
the application of Earth science results and satellite missions, as well
as in geospatial data issues and interoperability.

**Managers:** Steve Ambrose, Bruce Davis

**Budget:** \$0K

**Activity:** Natural Hazards Research and Applications Center

**Purpose:** To include the impacts to society in Homeland Security.
This center is supported by NASA to advance the understanding of social
impacts of hazards. The Homeland Security program manager is on the
steering committee of this center.

**Manager:** Steve Ambrose, Kathleen Tierney (University of Colorado)

**Budget:** \$0K (Paid from Disaster Management Program)

**Activity:** OSTP/CENR Committee on Homeland and National Security

**Purpose:** Support interagency coordination and activities related to
Homeland Security. Funds to support studies, reports, and other
activities sponsored through the Committee, especially activities
related to use of Earth science results.

**Manager:** Steve Ambrose

**Budget:** \$30K (FY05-beyond)

[Earth Science Education Activities]{.underline}

The Homeland Security program element draws on activities supported by
the ESE Education Program that may have potential or specific
application to Homeland Security.

*At this time, there are no ESE Fellowships, ESE New Investigators, or
GLOBE projects that have sufficient relevance to Homeland Security
activities.*

# VI. Schedule and Milestones

![](media/image4.png){width="6.492361111111111in"
height="5.016666666666667in"}

# VII. Program Management and Performance Measures

The Homeland Security management team uses performance measures to track
progress, to identify issues, to evaluate projects, to make adjustments,
and to establish results of the program element. These measures serve as
condition indicators to help monitor progress within and across specific
project activities to ensure that the Program meets its goals and
objectives. The management team continually analyzes these measures,
tracking conditions and identifying issues to keep the Program aligned
with this Plan to meet its objectives.

The Program uses two performance measures: Program Management measures
assess activities within the Program, and Performance measures assess
whether external program activities are serving their intended purpose.
The Earth Science Applications Division also uses this information in
preparing IBPD directions and U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART) responses.

## Program Management Measures (Internally Focused)

+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Inputs  | Potential issues and DSTs identified for Homeland Security |
|         | -- *number, type, range*                                   |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Eligible partners to collaborate with -- *number, type,    |
|         | range*                                                     |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Potential results/products identified to serve Homeland    |
|         | Security -- *number, type, range*                          |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Outputs | Assessments or evaluations of DSTs -- *number, range*      |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Assessments of Earth science results/products to serve     |
|         | DSTs -- *number, range*                                    |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Agreements with partners -- *presence*                     |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Reports (evaluation, validation, benchmark) -- *number,    |
|         | type*                                                      |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Quality | Earth science results/products -- *number used per DST,    |
| &       | ratio of utilized to potential*                            |
| Eff     |                                                            |
| iciency | Agreements -- *ratio of agreements to committed partners*  |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Reports -- *partner satisfaction, timeliness, time to      |
|         | develop*                                                   |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Reports -- *ratio of validations to potential products,    |
|         | ratio of benchmarks to validations*                        |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+

## Performance Measures (Externally Focused)

+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| O       | Earth science products adopted in DSTs -- *number, type,   |
| utcomes | range; use in DST over time*                               |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Earth science products in use -- *ratio of products used   |
|         | by partners to reports produced*                           |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Partner & DST performance -- *change in partner DST        |
|         | performance, number & type of*                             |
|         |                                                            |
|         | > *public recognition of use & value of Earth science data |
|         | > in DST*                                                  |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Impacts | Partner value -- *change in partner metrics (improvements  |
|         | in value of partner decisions)*                            |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+

In addition to the stated measures, the Homeland Security Program
periodically requests an assessment of its plans, goals, priorities, and
activities through external review. The Homeland Security Program team
uses these measures, along with comparisons to programmatic benchmarks,
to support assessments of the Earth Science Applications Program (e.g.,
internal NASA reviews and OMB PART). Specifically, the Homeland Security
Program manager uses comparisons to similar activities in the following
programs (i.e., program benchmarks) to evaluate its progress and
achievements:

• Environmental and Societal Impacts Group at the National Center for
Atmospheric Research (NCAR)

• Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)

### FY05 Performance Measures - IBPD

This Program serves the following IBPD Performance Measures for FY04 and
FY05:

[Outcome 3.1.1]{.underline}: By 2012, in partnership with the Department
of Homeland Security, the Department of Defense, and the Department of
State, the ESE Homeland Security Program will deliver 15 observations
and 5 model predictions for climate change, weather prediction, and
natural hazards to 5 national and 5 global organizations and decision
makers to evaluate 5 scenarios and to optimize the use of Earth
resources (e.g., food, water, energy) for homeland, environmental, and
economic security.

[Goal 5ESA9:]{.underline} The Homeland Security Program will benchmark
the use of predictions from 2 NASA Earth system science models
(including the Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) 1200 and
National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) numerical weather
prediction models such as ETA) for use in national priorities, such as
National Security, and for support of the CCSP, and the CCTP, and the
NOAA National Weather Service.

The Homeland Security Program cuts across many of the applications
programs. Weather and climate play a major role in Homeland Security
activities, including air quality monitoring. NASA's Homeland Security
Program works directly with the DHS (Integrated Operations Facility and
JADPAT situation center) for air plume modeling.

### Homeland Security Roadmap

The Homeland Security Roadmap was developed in collaboration with the
Code Y Earth Science Research Division plan to ensure that the
priorities of Earth science results are carried forward to homeland
security applications that utilize the investment of Earth science
research and technology.

For example, a better understanding of air plume chemistry and
deposition would greatly benefit Homeland Security's air plume modeling
needs. Parameter modeling at the global scale can greatly improve
information quality at the regional and local scales.

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## FY04/05/06/07/08 Budget and Resource Expectations

### Homeland Security Program Funding FY04-FY08:

+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| **ITEM**                 | **FY2 | **FY2 | **FY2 | **FY2 | **FY2 |
|                          | 004** | 005** | 006** | 007** | 008** |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| JADPAT/HSOC ESE Inputs   | 27    | 45    | 25    | 28    | 15    |
| (DHS)                    | 5,000 | 0,000 | 5,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| USDA/NASA Food Security  | 0     | 11    | 10    | 30    | 30    |
|                          |       | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| HAZUS-MH for HS          | 15    | 15    | 15    | 15    | 15    |
|                          | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Program Management:      | 0     | 3     | 3     | 3     | 3     |
|                          |       | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 | 0,000 |
| OSTP/CENR (HS Committee) |       |       |       |       |       |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| #########                | *     | *     | *     | *     | *     |
|                          | *425, | *740, | *535, | *760, | *630, |
| **TOTAL Budget           | 000** | 000** | 000** | 000** | 000** |
| Required**               |       |       |       |       |       |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
|                          |       |       |       |       |       |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| **Additional Support**   |       |       |       |       |       |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| REASoN project           | 40    | 39    | 38    | 27    | 0     |
|                          | 0,000 | 8,000 | 8,000 | 7,000 |       |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+
| Request from IBS         | 10    | 10    | 0     | 0     | 0     |
|                          | 0,000 | 0,000 |       |       |       |
+--------------------------+-------+-------+-------+-------+-------+

**NASA Earth Science Enterprise -- Earth Science Applications Program**

*Earth Science for Homeland Security*

This document contains the Homeland Security Program Element Plan for
FY2004-2008. This plan derives direction established in the NASA
Strategic Plan, ESE Strategy, Earth Science Applications Plan,
Applications Program Plan, and OMB/OSTP guidance on research and
development. The plan aligns with and serves the commitments established
in the NASA Integrated Budget and Performance Document.

The Program Manager and the Earth Science Applications Program
Leadership have reviewed the plan and agree that the plan appropriately
reflects the goals, objectives, and activities for the Program Element
to serve the Earth Science Applications Program, ESE, NASA, the
Administration, and Society.

Stephen Ambrose Date

Program Manager, Homeland Security

Earth Science Applications Program

NASA Earth Science Enterprise

Lawrence Friedl Date

Lead, Earth Science Applications

Earth Science Applications Program

NASA Earth Science Enterprise

Ronald J. Birk Date

Director, Earth Science Applications Division

NASA Earth Science Enterprise