### 2.11.4 Pre-planned Product Improvement (P^3^I)

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4543

The following description of P^3^I has been quoted from the GPRD-1. "The
purpose is to facilitate the early fielding of a GOES-R system, which
can fulfill the vast majority of the designated mission requirements and
includes a plan to incorporate improvements to the system after initial
fielding. P^3^I will allow the fielding of GOES-R by the IOC need date
and, eventually, significantly more of the capability desired by GOES-R
user community. It also reduces program risk and up-front program costs.
P3I includes programming resources to accomplish an orderly and
cost-effective evolution of a system's capability after fielding. The
objectives of P3I are:

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ID:*

4544

Introduction of higher technological performance during system lifetime
through more rapid fielding of technological advances

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ID:*

4545

Shortening of acquisition and deployment times

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ID:*

4546

Reduction in system technical, cost and schedule risk

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ID:*

4547

Extension of system useful life (preventing early obsolescence)

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ID:*

4548

Reduction of requirements for major system new starts

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ID:*

4549

Improvement of system operational readiness during the system's lifetime

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ID:*

4550

This approach will allow the GOES-R Program to develop and produce the
basic system while pursuing the technologies required for improvements
in parallel with the basic system. This means that funding for the
development of the incremental upgrades are part of the original
programs funding line and are not handled as a new start."

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ID:*

6328

Product requirements that have been recorded as P^3^I for GOES-R over
the global scale will not be met in the GOES-R series timeframe by
additional satellites due to their location outside of the planned
GOES-R coverage. However the data needs relevant to these requirements
will be addressed by international partners as part of an international
network of geostationary and other satellites covering these global
geographic regions. In addition the GOES-R program will interface will
these international partners (TBD). These global products are the
nominally the equivalent of the ABI and HES products on the global
scale, dominated by the weather products.

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ID:*

4551

In terms of the constellation, the P^3^I improvements may be in terms of
an additional instrument deployed after the start of the GOES-R series.
In terms of the individual instruments, the improvements may be in terms
of modularity of the instrument elements that, upon installation to
subsequent instrument in the series, would yield improved performance
for product enhancement.

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ID:*

4552

Requirements that fall into this category are listed below, along with a
brief reason for the P^3^I classification.

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ID:*

4553

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ID:*

4554

True color imagery (Full Disk) Primarily met by other ABI bands, but
could be met by P^3^I Hyperspectral Imager

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ID:*

4555

Hail detection: CONUS Microwave

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ID:*

4556

Hail Detection: Hemispheric Microwave

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ID:*

4557

Hail Detection: Mesoscale Microwave

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ID:*

4558

Precipitation Type / Rate: CONUS Microwave

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ID:*

4559

Precipitation Type /Rate: Hemispheric Microwave

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ID:*

4560

Precipitation Type /Rate: Mesoscale Microwave

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ID:*

4561

Atmospheric Vertical Moisture Profile: CONUS, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4562

Atmospheric Vertical Moisture Profile: Hemispheric, All weather
Microwave

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ID:*

4563

Atmospheric Vertical Moisture Profile: Mesoscale, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4564

Atmospheric Vertical Temperature Profile: CONUS, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4565

Atmospheric Vertical Temperature Profile: Hemispheric, All weather
Microwave

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ID:*

4566

Atmospheric Vertical Temperature Profile: Mesoscale, All weather
Microwave

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ID:*

4567

Capping Inversion: CONUS, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4568

Capping Inversion: Mesoscale, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4569

Moisture Flux: CONUS, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4570

Moisture Hemispheric: CONUS, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4571

Moisture Flux: Mesoscale, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4572

Total Water Content: CONUS, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4573

Total Water Content: Hemispheric, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4574

Total Water Content: Mesoscale, All weather Microwave

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ID:*

4575

Tropical Cyclone Inner Core Temperature: Mesoscale Microwave

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ID:*

5848

Radiances: CONUS: Microwave (all weather) Microwave

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ID:*

5849

Radiances: Hemispheric: Microwave (all weather) Microwave

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ID:*

5850

Radiances: Mesoscale: Microwave (all weather) Microwave

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ID:*

5852

Snow Depth: CONUS Microwave

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ID:*

4577

Snow Depth: Hemispheric Microwave

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ID:*

4578

Snow Depth: Mesoscale Microwave

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ID:*

4579

Snow Water Equivalent: CONUS Microwave

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ID:*

4580

Snow Water Equivalent: Hemispheric Microwave

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ID:*

5853

Soil Moisture: CONUS Microwave

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ID:*

4582

Soil Moisture: Hemispheric Microwave

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ID:*

6349

Sea & Lake Ice/Surface Temp: CONUS P^3^I Hyperspectral Imager due to
spatial resolution

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ID:*

5854

Surface Type: Hemispheric P^3^I Hyperspectral Imager and another far IR
instrument and Microwave

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ID:*

5855

Ice of Land Origin (Icebergs and Ice Shelves): Hemispheric P^3^I
Hyperspectral Imager

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ID:*

5856

Ocean Wave Characteristics: Significant Wave Height, Microwave (low res)
Direction, Period: CONUS

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ID:*

5857

Ocean Wave Characteristics: Significant Wave Height, Microwave (low res)
Direction, Period: Hemispheric

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ID:*

6357

Sea and Lake Ice: Edge P3I Hyperspectral Imager

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ID:*

5858

Sea Surface Temperature: Coastal Possibly P^3^I Hyperspectral Imager

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ID:*

5859

Sea Surface Temperature: CONUS Possibly P^3^I Hyperspectral Imager

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ID:*

5860

Sea Surface Temperature: Hemispheric Possibly P^3^I Hyperspectral Imager

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ID:*

5861

Sea and Lake Surface Winds: CONUS Microwave

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ID:*

5862

Sea and Lake Surface Winds: Hemispheric Microwave

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ID:*

4583

Sea Surface Winds: Coastal Microwave

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ID:*

4584

Sea Surface Winds: Coastal/Offshore Microwave

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ID:*

4585

Sea Surface Winds: Hemispheric Microwave

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ID:*

4586

Sea Surface Winds: Mesoscale Microwave

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ID:*

4588

Total Electron Content (TEC) Requires Incoherent Scatter active Radar
(interference problems) or in situ instrument

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ID:*

4589

Auroral Boundary Separate UV instrument or part of Hyperspectral Imager

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ID:*

4590

Airglow Emissions and Airglow P^3^I Hyperspectral Instrument

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ID:*

4592

Auroral Energy Deposition Separate UV instrument or part of
Hyperspectral Imager

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ID:*

4593

Auroral Imagery Separate UV instrument or part of P^3^I Hyperspectral
Imager

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ID:*

4594

Electron Density Profiles Requires Active Radar (interference problems)
or in situ instrument

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ID:*

4595

Ionospheric Scintillation Requires Incoherent Scatter active Radar
(interference problems) or in situ instrument

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ID:*

4596

Neutral Density Profile Requires Incoherent Scatter active Radar
(interference problems) or in situ instrument

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ID:*

4597

Optical Backgrounds P^3^I Hyperspectral Instrument

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ID:*

4600

Upper Atmospheric Neutral Winds Low quality at best with P^3^I
Hyperspectral imager; high quality winds requires separate complex
instrument

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ID:*

5847

Downward Solar Insolation: TOA/CONUS Solar Irradiance Monitor

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ID:*

4601

Solar Flux: Spectral Irradiance Solar Irradiance Instrument

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ID:*

4602

Solar Flux: Total Irradiance Solar Irradiance Instrument

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ID:*

4603

Solar Radiation Imagery: Corona Images Solar Coronagraph

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ID:*

4604

Solar Radiation Imagery: EUV Images Other new instrument, may be part of
more complex Solar Coronagraph

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ID:*

4605

Solar Radiation Imagery: Far IR and Optical Images Other new instrument;
may be part of more complex Solar Coronagraph

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ID:*

4606

Solar Radiation Imagery: Magnetoheliograph Other new instrument or
expanded magnetometer capabilities

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ID:*

4607

Solar Radiation Imagery: Solar Radio Other new instrument or part of
very (Total Flux and Burst Location) expanded Solar Irradiance
Instrument

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ID:*

4608

Absorbed Shortwave Radiation: Surface/ Hemispheric Proxy from ABI and
Solar Irrad. Monitor

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ID:*

4609

Absorbed Shortwave Radiation: Surface/ Mesoscale Proxy from ABI and
Solar Irrad. Monitor

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ID:*

4612

CH~4~ Concentration HES, but requires extensive integration time time
and competes with other tasks

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ID:*

5851

CO~2~ Concentration Other new instrument or HES but requires extensive
integration and competes with other tasks

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ID:*

4613

Ozone Layers HES, but research applications for product require more
than two large layers