#########  NASA Earth Science Enterprise

**[Earth Science Applications Program]{.smallcaps}**

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*Earth Science for Aviation*

***Aviation Program Element Plan: 2004-2008***

*January 26, 2004*

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*Earth Science Exploration Serving Society*

> *Accelerating the realization of economic*
>
> *and societal benefits from Earth science,*
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> *information, and technology ...*

**Contents**

**I. Purpose and Scope**

**II. Goals and Objectives**

**III. Partners, Network & Decision Support Systems**

**a. Program Management**

b.  **NASA Partners**

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c.  **Extended Federal, State, and Academic Partners and Points of**

> **Contact**

d.  **International Partners and Points of Contact**

**e. Decision Support Systems**

**IV. Application Activities -- Projects**

**V. Application Activities -- Solicitations**

**VI. Application Activities -- Fellowships and Congressional Mandates**

**VII. Application Activities -- Program Management Activities**

**VIII. Budget Table**

**IX. Schedule and Milestones**

**X. Program Management and Performance Measures**

**XI. Roadmap**

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

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

**Earth Science for Aviation**

*Aviation Program Element Plan: 2004 - 2008*

**I. Purpose and Scope**

The Aviation program element is one of twelve 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 enhance
their decision-support capabilities.

This element focuses on the infusion of quality science observations
from NASA Earth science satellite missions and predictions from Earth
System Science models into aviation Decision Support Systems (DSSs)
managed by partner agencies and organizations. As the input to these
DSSs becomes more comprehensive and accurate, the decisions made using
these systems increase in accuracy and utility. More accurate DSSs lead
to improvements in the aviation industry with regard to safety,
security, efficiency, and environmental impacts. Weather plays a major
role in each of these areas. Weather is a contributing factor in
approximately 30% of all aviation accidents. Weather forecast models are
currently initialized by hourly observations taken at many ground
stations, but precise observations of the atmosphere above the ground
are sparse and infrequent. Accurate upper air data, from NASA research
satellites with improved temporal and spatial coverage, is beneficial to
aviation meteorologists.

The purpose of the Aviation program element is to extend Earth science
satellite data and Earth System Science models to support the
benchmarking of frequent, densely distributed Earth science observations
to support a National Airspace System (NAS) and address capacity,
security, environmental, or safety issues. Data from Earth science
satellites such as TRMM, QuikScat, Terra, and Aqua support this purpose.
Data from future Earth Science research missions have the potential to
add even more value.

Impacts of weather upon aviation can be substantially mitigated using
existing satellite weather information. At present, only a small
percentage of the available satellite observations are used in
operational weather forecasting. NASA and its partners are working to
bridge the gap between research results and operational solutions that
assimilate information obtained by Earth observation satellites. NASA
and its partners are working to make sure that information available
from instruments on current and future satellite research missions are
verified and validated for infusion into operational forecasting
techniques in a more timely fashion. To this end, the ESE Aviation
program element partners with the NASA Aerospace Technology Enterprise
(Code R) as well as several Federal organizations, including the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA), the Office of the Federal Coordinator for
Meteorology (OFCM), and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric
Administration (NOAA). The ESE partnership with Code R includes the
Aviation Safety Program (AvSP) and the Phase II Aviation Safety and
Security Program (AvSSP) that is planned to begin in FY 06.

NASA's ESE activities are international in scope with participation by
the European Space Agency, France, Canada, Japan, Russia, Brazil, The
Netherlands, and Finland. NASA's ESE works collaboratively with national
and international scientists as well with members of the U.S. Weather
Research Program (USWRP).

A major thrust of the Earth Science Aviation program element is the
Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products (ASAP) activity (co-funded
with Code R). ASAP is a major component of AvSP. This initiative began
in 2002 and its objectives are:

1)  to fill a critical gap in the integration of current Geostationary
    Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) imagery and sounding data
    in the production of operational aviation weather products (produced
    by the NOAA National Weather Service) that are developed by the FAA
    Aviation Weather Research Program (AWRP);

2)  to bridge the gap between developing aviation weather products using
    current Earth observation satellite imagery and sounding data and
    integrating next generation hyperspectral satellite observations of
    the atmosphere into aviation weather product development.

ASAP verifies and validates data obtained by the NPOESS Airborne Sounder
Test-bed (NAST) and Scanning Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder (S-HIS)
instruments, the Airborne Infrared Sounder (AIRS), the Cross-track
Infrared Sounder (CrIS) as well as Polar and Geostationary Orbiting
Environmental Satellites (POES and GOES) and the Aqua Earth Observation
satellite. The goal of these ASAP efforts is to support FAA AWRP Product
Development for ground and airborne product production and to conduct
applications product demonstrations including a NASA Geosynchronous
Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) Aviation Weather
Information (AWIN) demonstration in FY2006.

In FY 04, ASAP plans the validation and integration of new icing
algorithms based on Earth science satellite observations into the
National Weather Service (NWS) Current Icing Potential product. Other
algorithms based on Earth observations are focused on the areas of
volcanic ash, convective weather, and turbulence and are currently under
development and evaluation; these algorithms will be validated for
integration into NWS products during FY 05-08.

**II. Goals and Objectives**

The goal of the Earth Science Aviation program element is to enable
beneficial use of Earth science observations, models, and technologies
to enhance decision support capabilities serving aviation management and
policy responsibilities.

The Integrated System Solution Diagram (Figure 1) illustrates the
extension of Earth science measurements, model products, and data fusion
techniques to support NASA's partners, their DSTs, and the value and
benefits of Earth science to society.

Listed below are both short and long-term objectives of the program with
their appropriate linkage to the FY 04 NASA Integrated Budget and
Performance Document (IBPD) and the NASA Strategic Plan.

*Short-term Objectives (FY04)*

+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Nov     | > Joining the NASA/FAA/NOAA/OFCM Joint Program Office      |
| 2003    | > (*IBPD Outcome 3.1.3*)                                   |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| June    | > Alignment with the NASA/AvSSP Phase II Plan              |
| 2004    | >                                                          |
|         | > Integration of aviation goals between Code Y and Code R  |
|         | > through the NASA Code Y/Code R Aviation Weather Task     |
|         | > Force (*IBPD Outcome 3.1.3*)                             |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Co-host the International Volcanic Ash Symposium (*NASA  |
|         | > Strategic Plan Goal 2.1, IBPD Outcome 3.1.3)*            |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Sept    | > Icing algorithm validation/integration into the          |
| 2004    | > NOAA/NCEP/AWC Current Icing Product (CIP) (*NASA         |
|         | > Strategic Plan Goal 2.1, IBPD Outcome 1.2.1 and 3.1.3*)  |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Convection, Oceanic (volcanic ash), Turbulence, Ceiling  |
|         | > and Visibility, and Flight Level Wind Product            |
|         | > development and evaluations (*NASA Strategic Plan Goal   |
|         | > 2.1, IBPD Outcome 1.2.1 and 3.1.3*)                      |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Complete evaluation report with the Air Quality          |
|         | > Application on aircraft emissions issues (*NASA          |
|         | > Strategic Plan Goal 2.2*)                                |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Formalize partnership with the FAA (*IBPD Outcome        |
|         | > 3.1.3*)                                                  |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Initiate and formalize a partnership with the Canadian   |
|         | > Weather Research Program (*IBPD Outcome 3.1.3*)          |
|         |                                                            |
|         | -                                                          |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+

*Near-term Objectives (FY05-FY08)*

+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| FY 2005 | > *NASA Strategic Plan Goal 2.1, IBPD Outcome 1.2.1 and    |
|         | > 3.1.3*                                                   |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Oceanic (volcanic ash) algorithm evaluation and          |
|         | > validation with NOAA/NCEP/AWC products                   |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Convective algorithm validation/integration into         |
|         | > NOAA/NCEP/AWC products                                   |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Ceiling/Visibility algorithm validation/integration work |
|         | > into NOAA/NCEP/AWC products                              |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Begin development of Aviation Weather Digital Database   |
|         | > with FAA and NOAA/NCEP                                   |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > *NASA Strategic Plan Goal* *2.2*                         |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Aviation emissions project with Air Quality Program      |
|         | > Element, if appropriate                                  |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| FY 2006 | > *NASA Strategic Plan Goal 2.1, IBPD Outcome 1.2.1 and    |
|         | > 3.1.3*                                                   |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Oceanic (volcanic ash) algorithm validation/integration  |
|         | > into NOAA/NCEP/AWC products                              |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Turbulence algorithm validation/integration into         |
|         | > NOAA/NCEP/AWC products                                   |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Begin development of Real-Time Satellite Data Project    |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > *NASA Strategic Plan Goal* *2.2*                         |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Aviation emissions project with Air Quality Program      |
|         | > Element, if appropriate                                  |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| FY      | > *NASA Strategic Plan Goal 2.1, IBPD Outcome 1.2.1 and    |
| 2007-8  | > 3.1.3*                                                   |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Development and evaluation of Aviation Weather Digital   |
|         | > Database and Real-Time Satellite Data Project            |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > *NASA Strategic Plan Goal* *2.2*                         |
|         | >                                                          |
|         | > Aviation emissions project with Air Quality Program      |
|         | > Element, if appropriate                                  |
+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+

**III. Partners, Network, and Decision Support Systems**

**a. Program Management**

John A. Haynes

Program Manager for Aviation

NASA Headquarters

-   Program element development, strategy, plans, and budgets

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

-   Communication of ESE priorities and directives to Aviation
    application team/network

-   Implementation of interagency agreements and partnerships

-   Monitoring Aviation application metrics and performance evaluation

-   Being cognizant of and meeting IBPD and PART responsibilities and
    requirements

-   Oversight of HQ funded grants

John J. Murray

Deputy Program Manager for Aviation Applications

NASA Langley Research Center

-   Management of ASAP

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-   Leadership on project plans, development, performance, and partner
    relationships

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

-   Leadership and communications to Aviation application team and
    network

-   Coordination between NASA Centers on Aviation program element
    activities

-   Management of Aviation grants, contracts, and cooperative agreements
    funded by/through LaRC.

b.  **NASA Partners**

NASA Office of Aeronautics (Code R)

-   Associate Administrator, Dr. J. Victor Lebacqz

NASA Earth Science Enterprise Research Division

-   Program Manager, Jim Dodge (Weather science theme lead)

NASA Earth Science Enterprise Technology Division

-   GIFTS Program Manager, Stephen Volz

NASA Earth Science Enterprise Business Division

-   Program Analyst, Tanye Coleman

NASA Earth Science Theme Leads

-   Jim Dodge, Weather

-   Phil DeCola, Atmospheric Composition

-   John LaBrecque, Earth Surface and Interior

NASA Ames Research Center

-   Program Manager, Steve Hipskind

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

-   Program Manager, Steve Goodman

NASA Glenn Research Center

-   Aerospace Engineer, Mary Wadel

The Aviation program element is also establishing working relationships
with the NASA Distributed Active Archive Centers (DAACs) including the
following:

-   Goddard Earth Sciences DAAC (GSFC)

-   Global Hydrology Resource Center (MSFC)

-   Langley Atmospheric Sciences Data Center (LaRC)

The Aviation program element is also establishing working relationships
with several Earth System Science Laboratories, including the following:

-   Laboratory for Atmospheres (NASA/GSFC)

-   Global Hydrology and Climate Center (NASA/MSFC)

-   Short Term Prediction Research and Transition Center (NASA/MSFC)

-   NOAA Office of Research and Applications

-   NOAA National Centers for Environmental Prediction

-   NASA/NOAA Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

-   National Center for Atmospheric Research

The Aviation program element has had minimal connections to CCSP/CCTP in
FY 03, however the program element is exploring connections between
aviation and climate change in FY 04 in several areas, including
aerosols and stratospheric ozone.

c.  **External Federal, State, and Academic Partners and Points of
    Contact**

Detailed information on these partners and their roles can be found in
Appendix I.

FAA Aviation Weather Research Program

-   AWRP Team Leader, Gloria Kulesa

-   http://www1.faa.gov/aua/awr/

Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (OFCM)

-   Senior Staff Physical Scientist, Mary Cairns

-   http://www.ofcm.gov/

FAA Operations

-   Member Manager, Rick Heuwinkel (FAA ARW-100)

-   Specialist, Steve Albersheim (FAA ARW-100)

.

NOAA/NWS Office of Science and Technology

-   Coordinator of Aviation Weather Services, Mark Andrews

-   Aviation Meteorologist, Kevin Johnston

-   http://www.nws.noaa.gov/ost/

NOAA/NWS NCEP Aviation Weather Center (AWC)

-   Director, Jack May

-   Science and Operations Officer, Fred Mosher

-   http://aviationweather.gov/

FAA Technical Center

-   Aviation Weather Research Lead, Danny Sims

NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data Information Service (NESDIS)

-   Senior Meteorologist, Gloria Swanson

NOAA/U. of Wisconsin Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite
Studies

(CIMSS)

-   Director, Hank Revercomb

NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL)

-   Branch Chief, Stan Benjamin

National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Research Applications
Program

(RAP)

-   Manager of Engineering, Bruce Carmichael

-   Project Scientist, David Johnson

MIT Lincoln Laboratory (LL)

-   Scientist, Mark Weber

National Institute of Aerospace (NIA)

-   Lead, Bill Grose

United States Weather Research Program (USWRP)

-   Lead Scientist, Bob Gall

Aerospace States Association (ASA)

-   Lt. Gov. Mary Fallin (Oklahoma)

Western Governors Association (WGA)

-   Gov. Bill Richardson (New Mexico)

National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC)

-   President, William F. Johnson

GLOBE

-   Principal Investigator (Contrails), Lin Chambers

d.  **International Partners and Points of Contact**

Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA)

-   Chairman, Robert Blouin

International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO)

-   Secretary General, Taieb Cherif

National Research Council (NRC) Canada, Meteorological Service Canada
(MSC),

and the Canadian Weather Research Program (CWRP).

-   Director (CWRP), Jim Abraham

**e. Decision Support Systems**

**NATIONAL AIRSPACE SYSTEM (NAS):**

The National Airspace System (NAS) has many components and is a complex
collection of systems, procedures, facilities, aircraft and, of course,
people. The mission of the NAS is to assure the safe and efficient
movement of aircraft through the nation's airspace. The NAS, as directed
by the FAA, represents the overall environment for the safe operation of
aircraft. This environment includes the aircraft itself, the pilots, the
facilities, the tower controllers, the terminal area controllers, the
enroute controllers, and the oceanic controllers. This environment also
includes the airports, the maintenance personnel and the airline
dispatchers. All of this, with their computers, communications
equipment, satellite navigation aids, and radars, are a part of the NAS.

Last year, within the NAS there were 640 million emplanements. Within
the next five to ten years, this number could reach one billion. The
Aviation Application focuses on four elements of the NAS:

(1) FAA AWRP Nowcasting Products/AWC ADDS

> The Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS) makes available to the
> aviation community text, digital and graphical forecasts, analyses,
> and observations of aviation-related weather variables. ADDS
> components are developed by the FAA AWRP and put into operational use
> by NOAA/NCEP/AWC. Components of ADDS include the Current Icing
> Potential (CIP), Forecast Icing Potential (FIP), the National
> Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF), and the Graphical Turbulence
> Guidance (GTG). These products are crucial in decision-making on
> efficiency and safety issues for commercial and general aviation.
>
> Aviation Digital Data Service (ADDS):
> <http://adds.aviationweather.noaa.gov/>
>
> Current Icing Potential (CIP): <http://aviationweather.gov/exp/cip/>
>
> Forecast Icing Potential (FIP):
> <http://sentinel.aviationweather.gov/icing/>
>
> National Convective Weather Forecast (NCWF):
> <http://adds.aviationweather.gov/convection/>
>
> Graphical Turbulence Guidance (GTG):
> <http://adds.aviationweather.gov/turbulence/>

(2) Numerical Aviation Weather Models

> The overall goal of the Weather Research and Forecast (WRF) Model
> project is to develop a next-generation mesoscale forecast model and
> assimilation system that will advance both the understanding and
> prediction of important mesoscale precipitation systems, and promote
> closer ties between the research and operational forecasting
> communities.  The model is being developed as a collaborative effort
> among several government sponsored institutions (including the US Air
> Force, NOAA/FSL, and NOAA/NCEP), together with the participation of a
> number of university scientists. The WRF will provide improved
> mesoscale, short-term forecasts that will benefit both the commercial
> and general aviation community.
>
> Weather Research and Forecast Model (WRF): <http://wrf.fsl.noaa.gov/>
>
> The Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) is a NOAA operational weather prediction
> system comprised primarily of a numerical forecast model and an
> analysis system to initialize that model. The RUC was developed to
> serve users needing frequently updated short-range weather forecasts,
> including those in the US aviation community.
>
> Rapid Update Cycle Model (RUC): <http://maps.fsl.noaa.gov/>

(3) NOAA Volcanic Ash Advisory Center VAFTAD Model

> The Volcanic Ash Forecast Transport and Dispersion (VAFTAD) Model is a
> graphical forecast tool produced by NCEP which is used by the Volcanic
> Ash Advisory Center (VAAC) in Washington to construct Volcanic Ash
> Advisories (VAAs). The VAFTAD model is supplemented by data from Earth
> science satellites such as TOMS and the MODIS instruments onboard Aqua
> and Terra. Commercial airlines and the air traffic management
> community use VAAs to avoid risks posed by volcanic effluent.
>
> <http://www.ssd.noaa.gov/VAAC/vaftad.html>

(4) National Airspace System Air Traffic Management Tools

> NASA/ARC develops decision support tools for arrival, surface, and
> departure operations, and flight deck tools to support the FAA Free
> Flight Program. This program also assures interoperability of tools
> internally and with the National Airspace System before transfer to
> the FAA for NAS implementation.
>
> <http://www.asc.nasa.gov/aatt/dst.html>

**IV. Applications Activities: Projects**

+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| > **Project:  |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Advanced    |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Satellite   |              |             |             |    |    |
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| ation-weather |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Products    |              |             |             |    |    |
| > (ASAP)**    |              |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
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|               | Terra        |             |             |    |    |
|               | (MODIS),     |             |             |    |    |
|               | Aqua         |             |             |    |    |
|               | (MODIS),     |             |             |    |    |
|               | TOMS,        |             |             |    |    |
|               | QuikScat     |             |             |    |    |
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|               | operational  |             |             |    |    |
|               | products run |             |             |    |    |
|               | by NOAA. The |             |             |    |    |
|               | goal of this |             |             |    |    |
|               | work is the  |             |             |    |    |
|               | evaluation,  |             |             |    |    |
|               | validation,  |             |             |    |    |
|               | integration, |             |             |    |    |
|               | and          |             |             |    |    |
|               | benchmarking |             |             |    |    |
|               | of these     |             |             |    |    |
|               | data and     |             |             |    |    |
|               | algorithms   |             |             |    |    |
|               | for the      |             |             |    |    |
|               | improvement  |             |             |    |    |
|               | of NOAA      |             |             |    |    |
|               | operational  |             |             |    |    |
|               | aviation     |             |             |    |    |
|               | products in  |             |             |    |    |
|               | the areas of |             |             |    |    |
|               | in-flight    |             |             |    |    |
|               | icing,       |             |             |    |    |
|               | oceanic      |             |             |    |    |
|               | weather,     |             |             |    |    |
|               | turbulence,  |             |             |    |    |
|               | ceiling and  |             |             |    |    |
|               | visibility,  |             |             |    |    |
|               | and          |             |             |    |    |
|               | convective   |             |             |    |    |
|               | weather.     |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| *Add'l        | The five FAA |             |             | N  |    |
| Info/         | Product      |             |             | /  |    |
| Deliverables* | Development  |             |             | A  |    |
|               | Teams (PDTs) |             |             |    |    |
|               | and          |             |             |    |    |
|               | scientific   |             |             |    |    |
|               | leads are    |             |             |    |    |
|               | listed       |             |             |    |    |
|               | below:       |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               | -            |             |             |    |    |
|               |    In-Flight |             |             |    |    |
|               |     Icing    |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |   -   Marcia |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |  Politovich, |             |             |    |    |
|               |         NCAR |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               | -   Oceanic  |             |             |    |    |
|               |     Weather  |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |    -   Tenny |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |    Lindholm, |             |             |    |    |
|               |         NCAR |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               | -            |             |             |    |    |
|               |   Turbulence |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |     -   Bob  |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |     Sharman, |             |             |    |    |
|               |         NCAR |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               | -   Ceilin   |             |             |    |    |
|               | g/Visibility |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |     -   Paul |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |     Herzegh, |             |             |    |    |
|               |         NCAR |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               | -            |             |             |    |    |
|               |   Convective |             |             |    |    |
|               |     Weather  |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |  -   Marilyn |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |     Wolfson, |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               |       MIT/LL |             |             |    |    |
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
|               | In FY 04,    |             |             |    |    |
|               | ASAP plans   |             |             |    |    |
|               | to Provide   |             |             |    |    |
|               | the          |             |             |    |    |
|               | satellite    |             |             |    |    |
|               | enhanced     |             |             |    |    |
|               | Current      |             |             |    |    |
|               | Icing        |             |             |    |    |
|               | Product      |             |             |    |    |
|               | (CIP)        |             |             |    |    |
|               | prototype to |             |             |    |    |
|               | the FAA and  |             |             |    |    |
|               | NOAA/NCEP.   |             |             |    |    |
|               | This product |             |             |    |    |
|               | will be      |             |             |    |    |
|               | benchmarked  |             |             |    |    |
|               | in FY 05.    |             |             |    |    |
|               | Also, the    |             |             |    |    |
|               | Oceanic      |             |             |    |    |
|               | flight level |             |             |    |    |
|               | winds        |             |             |    |    |
|               | testing and  |             |             |    |    |
|               | evaluation   |             |             |    |    |
|               | report will  |             |             |    |    |
|               | be released  |             |             |    |    |
|               | in FY 04.    |             |             |    |    |
|               | The          |             |             |    |    |
|               | integration  |             |             |    |    |
|               | of GOES      |             |             |    |    |
|               | cloud mask   |             |             |    |    |
|               | into the     |             |             |    |    |
|               | Ceiling and  |             |             |    |    |
|               | Visibility   |             |             |    |    |
|               | PDT products |             |             |    |    |
|               | will occur   |             |             |    |    |
|               | in FY 05.    |             |             |    |    |
|               | Additional   |             |             |    |    |
|               | information  |             |             |    |    |
|               | on           |             |             |    |    |
|               | deliverables |             |             |    |    |
|               | can be found |             |             |    |    |
|               | in section   |             |             |    |    |
|               | IX.          |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| > **Project:  |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Aviation    |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Weather     |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Digital     |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Database    |              |             |             |    |    |
| > (AWDD)**    |              |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| The AWDD is   |              |             |             | *B |    |
| slated to     |              |             |             | ud |    |
| begin         |              |             |             | ge |    |
| development   |              |             |             | t* |    |
| in FY 05. The |              |             |             |    |    |
| AWDD will     |              |             |             |    |    |
| combine Earth |              |             |             |    |    |
| science       |              |             |             |    |    |
| observations  |              |             |             |    |    |
| and Earth     |              |             |             |    |    |
| science model |              |             |             |    |    |
| predictions   |              |             |             |    |    |
| into a 4-D    |              |             |             |    |    |
| precise,      |              |             |             |    |    |
| continuously  |              |             |             |    |    |
| updating      |              |             |             |    |    |
| short-term    |              |             |             |    |    |
| model of the  |              |             |             |    |    |
| atmosphere    |              |             |             |    |    |
| for aviation  |              |             |             |    |    |
| interests.    |              |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
|               |              |             |             | FY | \  |
|               |              |             |             | 04 | -\ |
|               |              |             |             |    | -- |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| *Project      | *Centers*    | *Timeframe* | *Partners*  | FY | 10 |
| Managers*     |              |             |             | 05 | 0K |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| John          | LaRC (lead), | FY05-FY10   | NOAA, FAA   | FY | 20 |
| Murray\--LaRC | GRC, ARC,    |             |             | 06 | 0K |
|               | MSFC         |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
|               |              |             |             | FY | 40 |
|               |              |             |             | 07 | 0K |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
|               |              |             |             | FY | 60 |
|               |              |             |             | 08 | 0K |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| *Earth        | > AWDD       |             |             | *O |    |
| Science       | > combines a |             |             | th |    |
| Products*     | > variety of |             |             | er |    |
|               | > Earth      |             |             | Ap |    |
|               | > Science    |             |             | ps |    |
|               | > products   |             |             | .* |    |
|               | > from a     |             |             |    |    |
|               | > number of  |             |             |    |    |
|               | > Earth      |             |             |    |    |
|               | > science    |             |             |    |    |
|               | > satellites |             |             |    |    |
|               | > including  |             |             |    |    |
|               | > GOES,      |             |             |    |    |
|               | > POES,      |             |             |    |    |
|               | > Terra      |             |             |    |    |
|               | > (MODIS),   |             |             |    |    |
|               | > and Aqua   |             |             |    |    |
|               | > (MODIS).   |             |             |    |    |
|               | > Data from  |             |             |    |    |
|               | > GIFTS will |             |             |    |    |
|               | > also be    |             |             |    |    |
|               | > utilized.  |             |             |    |    |
|               | > Data are   |             |             |    |    |
|               | > also used  |             |             |    |    |
|               | > from       |             |             |    |    |
|               | > i          |             |             |    |    |
|               | nternational |             |             |    |    |
|               | > satellites |             |             |    |    |
|               | > such as    |             |             |    |    |
|               | > METEOSAT   |             |             |    |    |
|               | > (ESA) and  |             |             |    |    |
|               | > GMS        |             |             |    |    |
|               | > (Japan).   |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| *             | > Evaluation |             |             | N  |    |
| Deliverables* | > report,    |             |             | /A |    |
|               | > contact    |             |             |    |    |
|               | > network,   |             |             |    |    |
|               | > agr        |             |             |    |    |
|               | eement/joint |             |             |    |    |
|               | >            |             |             |    |    |
|               |  development |             |             |    |    |
|               | > plan,      |             |             |    |    |
|               | > benchmark  |             |             |    |    |
|               | > report,    |             |             |    |    |
|               | > results    |             |             |    |    |
|               | > c          |             |             |    |    |
|               | onference(s) |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+

+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| > **Project:  |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Real-time   |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Satellite   |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Data        |              |             |             |    |    |
| > Project**   |              |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| This project  |              |             |             | *B |    |
| is part of    |              |             |             | ud |    |
| the AvSSP     |              |             |             | ge |    |
| Phase II      |              |             |             | t* |    |
| plan. It is   |              |             |             |    |    |
| slated to     |              |             |             |    |    |
| begin in FY   |              |             |             |    |    |
| 06. Key       |              |             |             |    |    |
| objectives of |              |             |             |    |    |
| the project   |              |             |             |    |    |
| are: (1) to   |              |             |             |    |    |
| improve       |              |             |             |    |    |
| aviation      |              |             |             |    |    |
| weather       |              |             |             |    |    |
| nowcast and   |              |             |             |    |    |
| forecast      |              |             |             |    |    |
| products      |              |             |             |    |    |
| through       |              |             |             |    |    |
| development   |              |             |             |    |    |
| and           |              |             |             |    |    |
| integration   |              |             |             |    |    |
| of satellite  |              |             |             |    |    |
| data          |              |             |             |    |    |
| algorithms;   |              |             |             |    |    |
| (2) to        |              |             |             |    |    |
| develop       |              |             |             |    |    |
| active and    |              |             |             |    |    |
| passive       |              |             |             |    |    |
| sensor        |              |             |             |    |    |
| systems to    |              |             |             |    |    |
| reduce        |              |             |             |    |    |
| remaining     |              |             |             |    |    |
| airborne      |              |             |             |    |    |
| weather       |              |             |             |    |    |
| safety        |              |             |             |    |    |
| hazards, and  |              |             |             |    |    |
| (3) to        |              |             |             |    |    |
| develop data  |              |             |             |    |    |
| dissemination |              |             |             |    |    |
| technologies  |              |             |             |    |    |
| to enable the |              |             |             |    |    |
| exchange of   |              |             |             |    |    |
| time-critical |              |             |             |    |    |
| weather       |              |             |             |    |    |
| information.  |              |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
|               |              |             |             | FY | \  |
|               |              |             |             | 04 | -\ |
|               |              |             |             |    | -\ |
|               |              |             |             |    | -- |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| *Project      | *Centers*    | *Timeframe* | *Partners*  | FY | \  |
| Manager*      |              |             |             | 05 | -\ |
|               |              |             |             |    | -\ |
|               |              |             |             |    | -- |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| John          | LaRC (lead), | FY06-FY10   | FAA, NOAA   | FY | 20 |
| Murray\--LaRC | GRC, ARC,    |             |             | 06 | 0K |
|               | MSFC         |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
|               |              |             |             | FY | 20 |
|               |              |             |             | 07 | 0K |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
|               |              |             |             | FY | 20 |
|               |              |             |             | 08 | 0K |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| *Earth        | The          |             |             | *O |    |
| Science       | Real-time    |             |             | th |    |
| Products*     | Satellite    |             |             | er |    |
|               | Data Project |             |             | Ap |    |
|               | combines a   |             |             | ps |    |
|               | variety of   |             |             | .* |    |
|               | Earth        |             |             |    |    |
|               | Science      |             |             |    |    |
|               | products     |             |             |    |    |
|               | from a       |             |             |    |    |
|               | number of    |             |             |    |    |
|               | Earth        |             |             |    |    |
|               | science      |             |             |    |    |
|               | satellites   |             |             |    |    |
|               | including    |             |             |    |    |
|               | GOES, POES,  |             |             |    |    |
|               | Terra        |             |             |    |    |
|               | (MODIS), and |             |             |    |    |
|               | Aqua         |             |             |    |    |
|               | (MODIS).     |             |             |    |    |
|               | Data from    |             |             |    |    |
|               | GIFTS will   |             |             |    |    |
|               | also be      |             |             |    |    |
|               | utilized.    |             |             |    |    |
|               | Data are     |             |             |    |    |
|               | also used    |             |             |    |    |
|               | from         |             |             |    |    |
|               | i            |             |             |    |    |
|               | nternational |             |             |    |    |
|               | satellites   |             |             |    |    |
|               | such as      |             |             |    |    |
|               | METEOSAT     |             |             |    |    |
|               | (ESA) and    |             |             |    |    |
|               | GMS (Japan). |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
| *             | Evaluation   |             |             | N  |    |
| Deliverables* | report,      |             |             | /  |    |
|               | contact      |             |             | A  |    |
|               | network,     |             |             |    |    |
|               | agr          |             |             |    |    |
|               | eement/joint |             |             |    |    |
|               | development  |             |             |    |    |
|               | plan,        |             |             |    |    |
|               | benchmark    |             |             |    |    |
|               | report,      |             |             |    |    |
|               | results      |             |             |    |    |
|               | c            |             |             |    |    |
|               | onference(s) |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+
|               |              |             |             |    |    |
+---------------+--------------+-------------+-------------+----+----+

**V. Application Activities: Solicitations**

This program element will participate in a joint solicitation to be
issued in FY 04. The program element plans on providing an additional
\$400K to such solicitations beginning in FY 05.

**VI. Application Activities: Fellowships**

Earth Science Enterprise Fellows:

-   Sonia Kreidenweis, "Laboratory Investigations of the Links Between
    Mineral Dust and Cloud Formation", Colorado State University

-   Bernard Engel, "Terrain Analysis and Surface Hydrologic Modeling
    Strategies Using High-Resolution Global Digital Topography", Perdue
    University

Congressional Mandates:

-   Project: Center for Rapid Environmental Assessment and Terrain
    Evaluation at the University of New Mexico

    -   Recipient POC: Dr. Richard Watson, University of New Mexico

    -   Center POC: Tom Stanley, SSC

    -   FY04 Funding: \$1600K

**VII. Application Activities: Program Management Activities**

The program element provides funding and support to:

-   The OFCM VAWG and International Volcanic Ash Symposium. The
    International Volcanic Ash Symposium is scheduled for June 2004 in
    Washington, DC. This program element plans to co-sponsor this
    activity and fund it with \$40K in FY 04. The program element plans
    on an additional \$25K in FY 04 for development and sponsorship of
    other committees, workshops, and symposiums.

-   The program element plans to support other symposiums, workshops,
    and committees after FY 04, with funding increasing to \$100K by FY
    08.

The program element collaborates and is a member of the following
organizations. These organizations are supported by other divisions of
NASA.

-   The Aircraft Icing Research Alliance

    -   NASA, the National Research Council of Canada, Transport Canada,
        and the Meteorological Service of Canada collaborate through
        this alliance on aircraft icing research to improve the safety
        of aircraft operations in icing conditions. The goal is to
        develop and implement an integrated icing research plan that
        balances short and long-term research needs. The alliance
        strengthens and fosters long-term aircraft icing expertise,
        exchanges technical and scientific information, encourages the
        development of critical aircraft icing technologies, and
        provides a framework for collaboration between alliance members.

    -   NASA Point of Contact: Coordination Manager, Ron Colantonio
        (GRC)

-   The OFCM Joint Program Office (JPO)

    -   The OFCM Joint Program Office is composed of several Federal
        agencies including NASA, NOAA, DOD, FAA, and DHS. The JPO also
        includes academic partners such as MIT/LL. This office
        coordinates issues and programs dealing with meteorology and
        transportation throughout the Federal government.

    -   NASA Point of Contact: Coordination Manager, Ron Colantonio
        (GRC)

-   United States Weather Research Program (USWRP)

    -   The U.S. Weather Research Program coordinates research into more
        reliable and more focused forecasts to vulnerable regions and
        economic sectors. In a novel planning process, researchers,
        forecasters, and the users of forecast information identify the
        most relevant issues that have high potential for scientific
        progress. Through collaborative workshops, they lay out
        priorities, milestones, and resource needs and develop a fast
        track for scientific progress to transition into operational
        forecasting. Seven U.S. agencies currently support the USWRP:
        NOAA, the National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA, and the
        Departments of Defense (DOD), Transportation (DOT), Energy
        (DOE), and Agriculture (USDA).

    -   NASA Point of Contact: Weather Theme Lead, Jim Dodge (HQ)

The program element also plans a joint venture with the Air Quality
application in FY 04 to evaluate aircraft emissions DSTs. This
evaluation is funded at \$25K in FY 04 and, if deemed appropriate to
continue as a project, will be funded at \$150K in FY 05-08.

The program element continues to fully support a web site located at the
following address: <http://www.earth.nasa.gov/eseapps/theme3.htm>.

**VIII. Budget Table**

##### This program element is co-funding ASAP at a level of \$1M in matching funds through FY 2008. NASA Code R projects to contribute \$1M in matching funds to ASAP through FY 2005, increasing to at least \$2M thereafter. These resources are leveraged with the FAA line-item for Weather Research Safety, which was \$21M in FY 04 (including \$2-3M for each FAA PDT). 

##### 

##### 

+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| CODE YO                 | FY04 | FY05 | FY06   | FY07    | FY08    |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| Projects                |      |      |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   FAA AWRP Icing PDT  | \$   | \$   | \$100K |         |         |
|                         | 300K | 200K |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   FAA/NWS Oceanic Wx  | \$   | \$   | \$250K | \$200K  | \$100K  |
|     PDT                 | 200K | 250K |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   FAA/NWS Turbulence  | \$   | \$   | \$100K | \$100K  | \$100K  |
|     PDT                 | 200K | 150K |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   FAA/NWS Convective  | \$   | \$   | \$200K | \$200K  | \$100K  |
|     PDT                 | 150K | 150K |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   FAA/NWS Ceiling/Vis | \$   | \$   | \$150K | \$100K  | \$100K  |
|     PDT                 | 150K | 150K |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   Aviation Wx Digital |      | \$   | \$200K | \$400K  | \$600K  |
|     Database            |      | 100K |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   Real-time Satellite |      |      | \      | \$200K∝ | \$200K∝ |
|     Data Project        |      |      | $200K∝ |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   Aviation Emissions  |      | \$   | \$150K | \$150K  | \$150K  |
|     Project (with AQ)   |      | 150K |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| Program Mgmt.           |      |      |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   Committees,         | \    | \    | \$100K | \$100K  | \$100K  |
|     Symposiums,         | $65K | $90K |        |         |         |
|     Workshops, Pgm.     |      |      |        |         |         |
|     Mgmt.               |      |      |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   Evaluation of       | \    |      |        |         |         |
|     Aviation Emissions  | $25K |      |        |         |         |
|     DSTs (with AQ)      |      |      |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| -   Additional          |      | \$   | \$400K | \$400K  | \$400K  |
|     Solicitation        |      | 400K |        |         |         |
|     Funding             |      |      |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| Subtotal                | \$1  | \$1  | \      | \$1850K | \$1850K |
|                         | 090K | 640K | $1850K |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| CODE R CONTRIBUTION     | \$69 | \$4  | \$2-   | \$2     | \$2     |
|                         | 0K\* | 90K# | 6000K∝ | -6000K∝ | -6000K∝ |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| TOTAL                   | \$1  | \$2  | \$3    | \$      | \$      |
|                         | 780K | 130K | -7850K | 3-7850K | 3-7850K |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| \* \$=1000K -- 310K     |      |      |        |         |         |
| full cost charge        |      |      |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| \# AvSP Terminates Jun  |      |      |        |         |         |
| 2005                    |      |      |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+
| ∝ AvSSP Begins Oct 2005 |      |      |        |         |         |
+-------------------------+------+------+--------+---------+---------+

**IX. Schedule and Milestones**

The program element's schedule and milestones are detailed in the
attached Gantt chart (Appendix II). The following listing includes
highlights from the chart and the program element roadmap (Section XI)
over the next few years:

##### LaRC Cloud/Icing Products

-   Provide cloud algorithms to FAA (12/31/03)

-   Revalidate/provide algorithms to FAA (12/31/04)

*FAA Icing Product Development Team (PDT)*

-   Provide satellite enhanced Current Icing Product (CIP) prototype
    (9/30/04)

-   Test and evaluate improvements to CIP (9/30/05)

##### FAA Convective PDT

-   Cloud mask evaluation/integration and report (12/31/03)

-   Provide operational data sets (5/10/05)

##### FAA Ceiling and Visibility PDT

-   Cloud mask testing/integration and report (12/31/04)

-   Integrate cloud mask into PDT products (5/19/05)

##### FAA Oceanic Weather PDT

-   Flight level winds testing and evaluation report (8/31/04)

-   Cloud top height validation and evaluation report (12/31/04)

-   Cloud properties evaluation and report (5/02/05)

-   Evaluation report on Volcanic ash testing (5/20/05)

##### FAA Turbulence PDT

-   Graphical Turbulence Guidance \-- Aviation Weather Technology
    Transfer D3 (12/29/06)

###### X. Program Management & Performance Measures 

The Aviation management team uses performance measures to track
progress, identify issues, evaluate projects, make adjustments, and
establish results of the program element. The program's Goals and
Objectives (Section II) state what the program intends to achieve. These
measures help monitor progress within and across specific activities to
ensure the program meets its goals and objectives.[^1] The management
team analyzes these measures retrospectively in order to made
adjustments proscriptively to the program approach and objectives.

The measures are in two categories: Program Management measures are
internally focused to assess the activities within the program.
Performance measures are externally focused to assess if the program
activities are serving their intended purpose. In general, Aviation uses
these measures to evaluate the performance of activities conducted and
sponsored by the program, especially the projects. In addition, Earth
Science Applications Division uses this information in preparing IBPD
directions and PART responses.

Program Management Measures (Internally-focused):

+---------+------------------------------------------------------------+
| Inputs  | Potential issues and DSTs identified for Aviation --       |
|         | *number, type, range*                                      |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Eligible partners to collaborate with -- *number, type,    |
|         | range*                                                     |
|         |                                                            |
|         | Potential results/products identified to serve Aviation -- |
|         | *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 & Results 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, Aviation program management
periodically requests an assessment of its plans, goals, priorities, and
activities through external review. The Aviation 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). In specific, Aviation 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 NCAR

\- Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES)

**XI. Roadmap**

The following roadmap shows the direction of the program over the next
ten years. It illustrates the current state of Aviation DSTs and the
projected state of those DSTs with the infusion of NASA Earth Science
research results. The Aviation program plan deals in detail with the
first five years of the roadmap.

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**APPENDIX I:**

**Extended information on Federal, State, and Academic Partners:**

\(1\) FAA Aviation Weather Research Program. The President's budget for
the FAA contains specific authority for the conduct of aviation weather
research. The FAA Aviation Weather Research Program (Code AUA-430)
conducts this research. The FAA AWRP, as the FAA's primary weather
product development activity, develops nowcasting products for various
aviation weather hazards that are produced operationally by the Aviation
Weather Center of the NOAA/NWS National Centers for Environmental
Prediction (NCEP). The FAA AWRP is a partner with NASA in the Aviation
Safety and Security Program (AvSSP). The ESE sponsors AvSSP research to
infuse satellite data and related technologies into the FAA AWRP. POC:
Gloria Kulesa.

\(2\) Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology (OFCM) . The
OFCM has overall responsibility for coordinating national objectives for
meteorology between various federal agencies. These agencies include
NASA, NOAA, and the FAA with respect to aviation weather requirements.
In addition to their broader agenda for aviation, the OFCM has
established a Joint Planning Office (JPO) for Air Traffic Management.
POC: Mary Cairns.

\(3\) FAA Operations. FAA satellite data requirements are also
coordinated with FAA Operations. The ESE is an active participant with
the FAA in various activities for the OFCM, including membership in the
OFCM Volcanic Ash Working Group that is chaired by a representative of
FAA Operations. POC: Rick Heuwinkel (FAA ARS-100); OFCM Volcanic Ash
Working Group Chairman, Steve Albersheim (FAA ARS-100).

.

\(4\) NOAA/NWS Office of Science and Technology. The NOAA OS&T Aviation
Weather Branch is an member of the OFCM JPO and is actively involved in
providing liaison between the FAA AWRP, NASA AvSSP and NOAA. POC: Mark
Andrews and Kevin Johnston.

\(5\) NOAA/NWS NCEP Aviation Weather Center (AWC). The Aviation Weather
Center produces a variety of aviation weather information. In addition
to nowcasting products produced by the FAA AWRP, the Aviation Weather
Center also runs the hourly Rapid Update Cycle (RUC) Model over CONUS
and administers the Automated Digital Data Server (ADDS), both which
were developed by the FAA AWRP. The AWC assists the FAA AWRP in the
independent validation, verification and certification of FAA AWRP
products as a member of the Aviation Weather Technology Transfer (AWTT)
board. POC: Fred Mosher; Director, Jack May.

\(6\) FAA Technical Center. The FAA Tech Center has primary
responsibility for testing and evaluating FAA operational procedures,
systems and products. They provide preliminary evaluation of FAA AWRP
products and also serve on the AWTT board. POC: Danny Sims.

\(7\) NOAA National Environmental Satellite Data Information Service
(NESDIS). The NOAA Volcanic Ash Advisory Center (VAAC), under the
auspices of NOAA NESDIS and NCEP, is responsible for monitoring all
available satellite imagery for volcanic ash plumes and issuing Volcanic
Ash Advisories (VAA). The National Centers for Environmental Prediction
is responsible for issuing Volcanic Ash Forecast Transport and
Dispersion (VAFTAD) Models, which are used in the production of VAAs.
Data from the Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS) satellite and the
Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) onboard the Terra
and Aqua Earth-observing research satellites are actively used by the
VAAC in the monitoring of volcanic activity. NASA-built sensors on
NOAA's Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites (GOES) and
Polar Operational Environmental Satellites (POES) also support the VAAC
in fulfilling its mission. POC: Director, Gloria Swanson.

\(8\) NOAA/U. of Wisconsin Cooperative Institute for Meteorological
Satellite Studies (CIMSS). UW CIMSS is a leading weather satellite
research activity and it is currently a primary research partner in NASA
ESE Aviation applications. POC: Director, Dr. Hank Revercomb.

\(9\) NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory (FSL). NOAA FSL is NOAA's primary
model development activity. They are also a key collaborator with the
FAA AWRP's Model Development and Enhancement Team, which developed the
RUC model. The FSL is also the lead activity in developing the Weather
Forecasting and Research Model (WRF) and is expected to collaborate
extensively with the Aviation Applications Program to incorporate
satellite data into modeling activities associated with aviation weather
applications. POC: Stan Benjamin.

\(10\) National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) Research
Applications Program (RAP). NCAR RAP is the single largest research
activity supporting the FAA AWRP. The ESE Aviation Applications Program
supports ESE and NOAA satellite data integration research at NCAR RAP to
enhance FAA AWRP products. POC: Bruce Carmichael and David Johnson.

\(11\) MIT Lincoln Laboratory (LL). MIT LL is a participating research
laboratory in the FAA AWRP. Satellite applications research at MIT LL is
also supported by the ESE Aviation Applications Program to assist the
FAA AWRP to incorporate ESE, DOD, and other satellite data into AWRP
products. POC: Mark Weber.

\(12\) National Institute of Aerospace (NIA). The NIA is a NASA-funded
consortium of leading universities who are conducting cutting edge
research in science and engineering. POC: Bill Grose.

\(13\) United States Weather Research Program (USWRP). The USWRP is a
partnership among several governmental agencies--NOAA, NASA, DOE, DOT,
USDA, the American Meteorological Society, the National Science
Foundation (NSF), and the U.S. Navy--and the academic and commercial
communities. USWRP programs are implemented through a series of highly
focused projects that were selected based on advice from members of the
scientific and user communities. The program's initial scientific foci
for FY 2000-2006 are landfalling hurricanes; heavy precipitation and
flooding, focusing on the optimal use of data and improved numerical
precipitation guidance; societal and economic impacts.

\(14\) Aerospace States Association (ASA). The Aerospace States
Association (ASA) is the nation\'s premier aerospace advocacy
organization representing states. ASA focuses on national aviation and
space policy development, economic advancement, scientific enrichment,
and academic excellence. Membership in ASA is open to all U. S. states
and territories with forty-four states currently members of ASA. Each
state is represented by a governor-appointed delegate who heads the
states\' delegation, which is composed of alternate delegates
representing state agencies, commissions, organizations and other key
aerospace leaders. In many states, the Lieutenant Governor serves as the
state\'s delegate to ASA. State ASA delegations collectively promote the
unique interests of the states in federal aerospace policy formulation
and implementation.

\(15\) Western Governors Association (WGA). The WGA addresses important
policy and governance issues in the West, advances the role of the
Western states in the federal system, and strengthens the social and
economic fabric of the region. WGA develops policy and carries out
programs in the areas of natural resources, the environment, human
services, economic development, international relations and state
governance. WGA acts as a center of innovation and promotes shared
development of solutions to regional problems

\(16\) National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC). The
National States Geographic Information Council (NSGIC) is an
organization of States committed to efficient and effective government
through the prudent adoption of geospatial information technologies.
Members of NSGIC include delegations of senior state geographic
information system managers from across the United States. Other members
include representatives from federal agencies, local government, the
private sector, academia and other professional organizations. A rich
and diverse group, the NSGIC membership includes nationally and
internationally recognized experts in geographic information systems
(GIS), geospatial data production and management, and information
technology policy.

\(17\) GLOBE. GLOBE is a worldwide hands-on, primary and secondary
school-based education and science program designed to improve skills
and inspire children in the areas of mathematics and science.

**Extended information on International Partners:**

\(1\) National Research Council (NRC) Canada, Meteorological Service
Canada (MSC) and the Canadian Weather Research Program (CWRP). ASAP
collaborates with the NRC and MSC personnel through the CWRP in both
THORPEX and Alliance Icing Research Study (AIRS) campaigns. AIRS is the
field research arm of the Aircraft Icing Research Alliance between NASA
and the NRC. POC: Director (CWRP), Jim Abraham.

\(2\) Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA). RTCA, Inc. is a
private, not-for-profit corporation that develops consensus-based
recommendations regarding communications, navigation, surveillance, and
air traffic management (CNS/ATM) system issues. RTCA functions as a
Federal Advisory Committee. Its recommendations are used by the Federal
Aviation Administration (FAA) as the basis for policy, program, and
regulatory decisions and by the private sector as the basis for
development, investment and other business decisions. Organized in 1935
as the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, RTCA today includes
roughly 250 government, industry and academic organizations from the
United States and around the world.

\(3\) International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). ICAO is the
international governing body for civil aviation under the auspices of
the United Nations.

**APPENDIX II:**

**Gantt Chart (beginning next page):**

[^1]: These measures are like gauges in an automobile - they serve as
    indicators to help the management team track conditions and identify
    issues in order to keep the program aligned with the plan & meet
    objectives.