# Presentation: 844787

## John Overton

**John Overton**
**25 October, 2006**

## Direct Broadcast Continuous Evolution

**Direct Broadcast Continuous Evolution**

**SSM/I, SSMIS, **
**SSM/T, SSM/T-2**

**MIS**

## DB CommunityRegistered X-Band Receiving Stations

**DB Community****Registered X-Band Receiving Stations**

## Field Terminal MOAAnnual Status Report

- Purpose:
- Institutionalize System Interface responsibility at the Field Terminal
- Allocation of agency responsibilities
- Commitment of funding for fulfillment of  those responsibilities
- Signatories:
- System Program Director, IPO NPOESS
- Oceanographer of the NAVY
- Director of Weather, USAF
- Assistant Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, USA
- Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services, NOAA NESDIS and NWS

## IPO (MOA) Commitments and Actions

- Starting in FY02, design, build, test, and validate one demonstration HRD and one demonstration LRD terminal.
- MOU with NASA GSFC to use Direct Readout Lab services and develop technologies for Direct Broadcast Community
- Using NASA developed NPP In-Situ Ground Station (NISGS) as the demonstration terminal
- Will evolve NISGS processing framework into International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP)
- Contract with University of Wisconsin, Cooperative Institute of Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) to collaboratively develop IPOPP with NASA DRL and IPO
- Will process NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Sensor data in High Rate Data downlink
- Will conduct workshops to community for use of IMAPP and IPPOP
- HRD testing to occur using AQUA, TERRA, and NPP satellites.
- AQUA and TERRA MODIS data processing demonstrated at Polar Max 2004, 2005, 2006
- NASA NPP In-Situ Ground Station (NISGS) will test NPP HRD during NCT3 and post launch

##  IPO (MOA) Commitments and Actions

- LRD to include ground tests of NPOESS sensor data or other sources
- NPOESS Contract item
- NISGS will test LRD downlink when available
- Investigate current and future small antenna technologies that can be used to receive the LRD broadcast
- Planned for post NPOESS CDR version of NPOESS to FT ICD
- Verification of interface exchange requirements to user mission application subsystem (program KPP)
- NPOESS Contract test item
- Provide decryption software to user community
- NPOESS Contract development item
- Encryption key management and distribution strategy
- NPOESS Contract development item

## International Polar Orbiter Processing Package

-  The International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP) is a software package that will be critical to the Direct Broadcast (DB) user community throughout it’s transition from EOS to NPOESS
-  IPOPP is the primary processing package that will enable the DB community to process, visualize, and evaluate NPP Sensor and Environmental Data Records - which is a necessity for the DB community during the transition from the Earth Observing System Era to the NPOESS Era.
- NOTE: Terra (and perhaps Aqua) are subject to being decommissioned once NPP has completed CAL/VAL.  Terra mission life was extended when NPP launch schedule moved to April 08 (now September 09).

## Certified NPOESS ProgramLaunch Schedule

**Certified NPOESS Program****Launch Schedule**

**F17**

**F19**

**F18**

**F20**

**F16**

**F13**

**M**

**N**

**N**

**’**

**NPP**

**Metop A**

**Metop B**

**Metop C**

**C1**

**C2**

**C3**

- AM

- Mid

- -AM

- PM

- 05

- 06

- 07

- 08

- 09

- 11

- 12

- 13

- 14

- 15

- 16

- 17

- 18

- 19

- 20

- 21

- 22

- 23

- 24

- 25

- 10

- 05

- 06

- 07

- 08

- 09

- 11

- 12

- 13

- 14

- 15

- 16

- 17

- 18

- 19

- 20

- 21

- 22

- 23

- 24

- 25

- 10

**AQUA**

**Metop D**

**C4**

- CALENDAR YEAR

**POES**

**NASA EOS**

**LEGEND**

**NPOESS**

**EUMETSAT**

**Available for Launch**

**DMSP**

**IPOPP**

**Notes:**
Other Attributes
Data Latency
SESS
Intl Treaty
Climate Continuity
Direct Read Out
User Impact

## IPPOP Fills the Gap

- The DB Community has high expectations for _**mission continuity**_ from EOS to NPOESS
- A transition from IMAPP to IPOPP provides DB community with user friendly processing packages for regional optimized applications
- Enables _**global feedback loop**_ for NPP CAL/VAL campaigns
- Enable DB users to contribute their regional validated processing approaches/products to assist and improve global CAL/VAL efforts
- Initiates role of _**research to operations**_ provider for the IPO Direct Readout Mission
- To facilitate the adoption/adaptation of DB regional optimized research/unique processing approaches to enhance NPOESS DB software functionality and capability

## The Partnership

- NASA Direct Readout Lab – NPP In-situ Ground Station
- Director: Patrick Coronado
- System Engineer: Kelvin Brentzel
- University of Wisconsin, Space Science Engineering Center, Cooperative Institute of Meteorological Satellite Studies – IMAPP
- Principal Investigator: Allen Huang
- Co-Principal Investigator: Liam Gumley
- NPOESS Integrated Program Office – Direct Readout Mission
- Project Manager: John Overton
- System Engineer: Dr. Bill Thomas
- System Analyst: Gordon Fesenger

## IPOPP Development Goals

- Facilitate the International Direct Broadcast Community Continuous Involvement in Algorithm development for NPP/NPOESS
- By providing mission continuity from EOS to NPOESS; by participating in NPP Calibration/Validation
- By Enabling Regional Application Development
- Provide software to generate EDRs in near real-time from NPP Direct Broadcast High Rate Data of NPOESS instruments
- Open source (GPL)
- Freely available (no COTS licenses required)
- Easy to install & run
- Multi-platform (e.g., Linux, Solaris, OS X)
- HDF5 data format
- Self-contained, Modular
- Uses consistent & up to date calibration Look Up Tables
- Reuse and leverage legacy software (IMAPP)
- Build on NISGS foundation

## NASA DRL Role in IPOPP Development

-  Provide SDR’s (level 1b) software for VIIRS, CrIs, ATMS, and OMPS
-  Provide Active Fires and Vegetation Index Level 2 product software
-  Coordinate with NASA SeaDAS project for integration of Ocean products
-  Provide visualization and analysis tools
- Provide web portal to DB Community

**NASA DRL Role in IPOPP Development**

## Slide 13

## NASA DRL Mobile NPP In-Situ Ground System Test-bed 

-  To serve as the NPP/GSFC  Direct Broadcast technology test-bed and to provide outreach demonstrations of these technologies to the user community and commercialization partners
-  To provide a mobile interface to the NPP S/C for Direct Broadcast compatibility and validation of the RF system, protocol processing, instrument data processing and the Ground Network interface
-  To serve as a tool in gathering real-time instrument data in remote areas (at sea or land) for Instrument Calibration and Validation Campaigns
-  To support real-time management and monitoring of natural or man-made emergencies via built-in spaceborne and airborne data processing tools

**NASA DRL Mobile NPP In-Situ Ground System Test-bed **

## CIMSS Role in IPPOP Development

- Develop a modular software processing package modeled after IMAPP
- Focus on Atmosphere EDRs, Utilities, and HRD CAL/VAL
- Prototype and validate multi-platform compatibility
- Deliver and Support Open Source package via website
- Provide Training Workshops and Educate Students/Scientists
- Maintain Website for access by DB Community

## IPO Role in IPPOP Development

- Provide management and system engineering oversight to meet project goals and objectives
- Solicit input from DB Community for operational use of IPOPP products
- Focus development on products most needed by DB community and CAL/VAL campaign
- Provide sufficient funding to assure IPOPP availability prior to launch of NPP

## IPOPPBuilding on the foundation of IMAPP and NISGS

- IMAPP provided DB Community access to EOS data through an open source multi-platform processing environment with validated algorithms
- NISGS will provide evolved technology applications for NPOESS instruments on NPP starting at the signal processing element (RT-STPS), all sensor Level 1A/B (SDRs) products, and Level 2 (EDR) processing for Active Fires and Vegetation Index
- IPOPP will extend NISGS using development principles and goals of IMAPP to provide DB Community access to NPOESS sensor data on NPP through an open source multi-platform processing environment with validated algorithms

**NPOESS:  Level 1A = RDR, Level 1B = SDR, Level 2 = EDR **

## Slide 18

## Milestones

**2006**

**2007**

**2008**

**2005**

**Outcomes/Deliverables**

**V1**

**V2**

**V3**

**Timeline CY**

**2009**

** ****Planning**
** ****Preparation**
** ****Design**
** ****User Surveys**
**$100K Funded**

**2010**

**International Polar Orbiter **
**Processing Package (IPOPP)**
**Milestones**

** ****Software/HW**
** ****Prototyping**
** ****Evaluation and **
** ****Testing of EDRs**
** ****for DB Regional **
** ****Applications**
** **

** ****Implementation    & Testing of V1.0**
** ****Beta testing at**
** ****DB User sites**
** ****Conduct training**
** ****workshop**

** ****Public Release of**
** ****V1.0**
** ****Algorithm Tuning **
** ****Support User **
** ****Community**
** ****Conduct training**
** ****workshop**

** ****Updated Version**
** ****Release**
** ****Post launch EDR**
** ****evaluations**
** ****Algorithm Tuning**
** ****Support User**
** ****Community**
** ****Conduct training**
** ****workshop **

**Direct Readout Mission ****Points of Contact **

**John Overton:****	****	****john.overton@noaa.gov**
**Gordon Fesenger: ****	****	****gordon.fesenger@noaa.gov**
**Joe Mulligan:  ****	****	****joseph.mulligan@noaa.gov**
**Patrick Coronado:    ****	****patrick.coronado@nasa.gov  **
**Kelvin Brentzel: ****	****	****kelvin.brentzel@gsfc.nasa.gov**
**Liam Gumley:****	****	****liam.gumley@ssec.wisc.edu**
_**NPOESS website**_
_**http://www.npoess.noaa.gov**_
_**NPP Website**_
_**http://jointmission.gsfc.nasa.gov**_
_**The Direct Readout Web Portal:**_** **
**http://directreadout.gsfc.nasa.gov**

**Notes:**
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