# Presentation: 222007

## Applications Implementation Working GroupSSC Earth Science Applications DirectorateFY04 ActivitiesFeb 3, 2004

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## ESE and Applications Missions

**The NASA Earth Science Enterprise mission is to:** * *
*“**Develop a scientific understanding of the Earth system and its response to natural and human-induced changes to enable improved prediction of climate, weather, and natural hazards for present and future generations.” *
**The Enterprise Applications Program mission is to:*** *
*“**Expand and accelerate the realization of economic and societal benefits from Earth science, information, and technology.” (****ESE, Strategic Plan 2001****)*

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## Earth Science Applications Directorate -Stennis Space Center

*To optimize benefits from NASA’s Earth Science investments through systems engineering to advance decision support tools that serve the Nation.** *

***Mission***

***Systems Engineering Role***

**	****Systematically assimilate results of ESE missions, models, and technologies into DSSs to affect policies and societal impacts.**

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## EARTH SCIENCE APPLICATIONS DIRECTORATE

**MA10**
**APPLICATIONS RESEARCH DIVISION**
- McPherson, T. – Chief (IPA) (S)
- Vann, T	Program Planning Spec
- Del Castillo, C.	Physical Scientist  (HQ)
- Graham, W.	Physical Scientist
- Hall, C. 	Physical Scientist
- McKellip, R. 	Physical Scientist
- Miller, R. 	Physical Scientist (GCGC)
- Sovik, N.	Physical Scientist
**(Vacant)**

**MA00**
- Throckmorton, D  (S)		                     Acting Interim Director
- Magee, R.  (S)	(Rotational to HA00)		  Deputy Director
- Thompson, D.					   Administrative Officer
- Watkins, T.								  Secretary
- Durham, D. (IPA)						    Senior Advisor

**MA30**
**APPLICATIONS INTEGRATION DIVISION**
- Giardino, M.** – **Chief (S)
- Penton, T. 	Computer Scientist
- Anderson, J.	Physical Scientist
- Mick, M.	General Engineer
- Sharp, K.	General Engineer
- Wallace, K.	Elec. Instrument. Engineer
- Lucco, M.	Secretary
- Johnson, W	Secretary

**MA20**
**APPLICATIONS ENGINEERING DIVISION**
- Peterson, C.** – **Chief (IPA) (S)
- Davis, B. 	Physical Scientist
- Frisbie, T.	Tech. Management
- Ryan, J. 	Tech. Management (HA10)
- Stanley, T.	Tech. Management
- Zanoni, V. 	Tech. Management
- Mason, T.	General Engineer
- Policelli, F	General Engineer (GSFC)

- As of 01/29/04

**Matrix Support**
- Norton, D.                  BMD – BA21
- Spiering, B.                 PIO – HA30
- Wescovich, S.             PIO – HA40

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##  12 NATIONAL APPLICATIONSHQ AND SSC TEAM 

- Integrated Benchmark Solutions

**Frederick**
**SSC**

- Agricultural Efficiency

**Sheffner**
**SSC**

- Invasive Species

**Sheffner**
**GSFC**

- Lead:
- Del Castillo
- Eng/Int:
- Stanley
- Mason
- Sharp

- Lead: Hall Eng/Int: Zanoni Peterson Sharp

- Lead: McPherson Eng/Int: Ryan Peterson Sharp

- Lead: Davis Eng/Int: Davis Peterson Sharp

- Lead: DelCastilloEng/Int: Stanley Davis Sharp

- Lead: Davis Eng/Int: Davis Peterson Sharp

- Lead: McKellipEng/Int: Mason Stanley Sharp

- Lead: Vann Eng/Int: Zanoni Mason

- Lead:
- Sovik
- Eng/Int:
- Ryan
- Peterson
- Sharp

- Lead: Zanoni Eng/Int: Davis Peterson Sharp

**LEGEND:**

**Lead**
**Engineering/Integration Support **

- Lead:
- McKellip
- Eng/Int
- Mason
- Stanley
- Sharp

- Lead:
- McKellip
- Eng/Int:
- Frisbie
- Ryan
- Sharp

- Lead:
- Frisbie
- Eng/Int
- Frisbie
- Davis
- Sharp

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## Applications ProgramsFY04 Activities

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## Agricultural Efficiency

_**Status**_
-  Completed version 2.0 of PECAD DSS Evaluation Report
-  Drafting Systems Engineering Report on JASON/TOPEX Reservoir Monitoring System
-  Currently conducting assessment of V&V plans for all Ag Eff projects
-  Completed Annual Review of all Ag2020 projects
- Reviewing project ideas submitted by FAWG

_**Schedule**_
-  Meeting with NASS on 02/05 to begin DSS evaluation
-  May ’04 – Completed Technical Report of Reservoir Monitoring system
-  March ‘04 – Completion of V&V Assessment Report for FAS
-  NASS DSS Evaluation in 2QFY04
-  First benchmark complete by end of FY04

_**Issues**_
- ITD and MSU revectoring to National Applications programmatic contributions
-  May be challenged to benchmark any Ag Efficiency products in FY04

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## Coastal Management

**Coastal Management**

_**Status**_
** ****In-depth evaluation of CREWS decision support tool 90% complete. **
** ****Evaluation of GNOME is in progress – expect rough draft before Xmas.**
** ****Evaluation of HAB Bulletin is in progress – expect draft in January.**
** ****Identification of coastal management issues and decision support tools for future support is in progress.**
** ****Met with USM-GCGC (12/9/03) to discuss alignment of projects with ESE **

_**Schedule**_
-  **Jan. 2004: REASoN project funded**
** ****Feb. 2004: complete in-depth reviews of CREWS, GNOME, and HAB Bulletin**
** ****Mar. 2004: establish work plan with NOAA and REASoN PI’s on HAB Bulletin**
** ****May 2004: complete evaluation report on at least one additional coastal issue and its associated decision support tools**

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## Disaster Management

- Developed and implemented a contract with Applied Resources Associates for contract work on HAZUS-MH. This activity represents the start of the NASA/FEMA partnership on the HAZUS-MH DSS.
- Place contracts and began to coordinate the activities of 2 REASoN projects focused on Disaster Management objectives; the Univerisyt of South Carolina and NASA Ames Research Center.
- Participated in the 5th Symposium on Fire and Forest Meteorology held jointly with the 2nd International Wildland Fire Ecology and Fire Management Congress.

***Current and Future (through end of FY) Activities: ***
- Project HAZUS-MH (Earthquake, Deformation, and Landslides)
- Project HAZUS-MH (Wind (Hurricane))

***Schedule:****** ***
- _February 2004_
-  Complete Evaluation Report on HAZUS.  Develop work plan with the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS) to enhance HAZUS-MH using NASA technologies and models.
- _February 2004_
- Deliver evaluation report on the HAZUS-MH Hurricane Model to stakeholders .
- _March 2004_
- Progress Report review
- Finalize MOU with FEMA/DHS.  This is accomplished through the Disaster Response and Recovery Division of FEMA.
- _June 2004_
- Quarterly Review of HAZUS-MH Wavewatch Research Results.  SSC is lead on NASA’s portion of the work plan.
-  _Sept.  2004_
- Review first year of wind module work with NIBS, coordinate results with FEMA.
- _December  2004_
- Publish article/paper on Earth science input to Disaster Management decision tools.

***Disaster Management Focus:***
- The Disaster Management Program. focuses on decision tools serving the following classes of issues related to the disaster cycle:
-   Preparedness - Planning how to respond in case of a disaster
-   Mitigation - Minimizing the effects of disaster
-   Response -  Efforts to minimize the hazards created by an emergency
-   Recovery - returning the community or environment to normal
-   International Hazards coordination
-   Education, Outreach, and Training

***Disaster Management***

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## Homeland Security

- Participated in the TOPPOFF 2 Exercise
- Participated in the Development Team for the Emergency Response Team for the D.C. region
- Placed the contract and began coordination of the San Diego State University REASoN project focused on US border security.

***Current and Future (through end of FY) Activities: ***
- HAZUS-MH as a tool for Homeland Security
- Participation in the Joint Agency Committed for Atmospheric Transmission and Dispersion
- Coordination of proposed 30 day detail to participate in an independent assessment of DHS’s e-Gov program
- Participation in the Texas-hosted homeland security exercise

***Schedule:****** ***
- _January 2004 _
- Initiate particpation in development of the Joint All Hazards Air Dispersion and Plume modeling Action Team (JADPAT) and the Joint Action Group (JAG) of the OFCM
- _May 2004 _
- Complete evaluation report on the HAZUS-MH Model and potential as a Homeland Security decision support system  Evaluate potential of earth science to support HAZUS-MH for Homeland Security
- _February  2004 _
- Provide input to DHS CIO report and findings on the Disaster Management eGov initiative for Homeland Security
- _September 2004 _
- Hold workshop with DHS to discuss use of earth science results for homeland security
- _December 2004_
- Publish article /paper on Earth science input to Homeland Security decision tools. Complete a verification/validation second report and schedule a results workshop on potential Homeland Security related earth science missions.

***Homeland Security Focus:***
- The Homeland Security Program focuses on decision tools serving the following classes of issues:
-   Homeland Security planning & DSS strategies
-   Integrated Operation Facility development, such as air plume modeling
-   Coordination with the National Response Plan of DHS
-   Information Technology, interoperability and web services
-   Research and development of model and data assimilation and prediction
-   International terrorism coordination
-   Economic management and built environment
-   Public, response, recovery, mitigation and welfare

***Homeland Security***

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## Public Health

**Environmental Health**
- DSS:	EPHTN / HELIX
- Partner:	CDC - NCEH
- ES:	*Focus on* ASTER, Heat Island
**Infectious Disease**
- DSS:	ArboNet / Plague
- Partner:	CDC – NCID
- DSS:	Malaria Surveillance
- Partner:	DoD / AFPMB
- ES:	*Focus on* SRTM, MODIS, temp, precip, humid
- 		veg, habitat, transmission risk
**Bioterrorism**
- DSS:	RSVP with TRIMS
- Partner:	DOE - Sandia, DHHS – HQCCC
- ES:	*Focus on* ASTER, MODIS, TRMM, transport

**Performance and Schedule**
- 	March 2004:	Evaluation reports on HELIX, Malaria
- 	March 2004:	Response plan to risk management issues
- 	September 2004: Collaborative agreements with CDC, DOD
*	**S*eptember 2004:  Verify and validate Arbonet / Plague 			Surveillance System
- 	September 2004: Network development plan with NIH

**Status** **and Issues**
- Increased Congressional emphasis on EPHTN
- Virginia Access / Middle Atlantic Geospatial Information Consortium supporting malaria effort
- DHHS Command and Control Center interest in
- Earth science data integration
- NAS Study on Earth science and medicine
- New NSTC Subcommittee on Environment and Health
- Confidentiality of Earth science data for use in public health of concern to DHHS

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## Cross Cutting Solutions – Integrated Benchmark SolutionsFY03 Accomplishments

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##  Crosscutting Solutions – Integrated Benchmark SystemsFY03 closeout - Systems Engineering Support to EV&VB

***Major Accomplishments******:***
-   Completed one-page summaries and “front end analyses” of several DSSs for National Applications to HQ for review and comment
-   Acquired HAZUS software and began investigating operations; began investigation of surface roughness estimates in wind loss module of HAZUS-MH
-   Provided systems engineering support to Air Quality for benchmarking of MODIS data within EPA’s Air Quality Index
-   Delivered HAZUS and PECAD DSS FY03 Evaluations
-   Delivered FY03 report of activities including lessons learned, Identification of gaps, ARLs, DSS selection process, and modified systems engineering process.
-   Developed knowledge base of NASA (and other) mission, sensors, and products
- Development of prototype web capability for knowledge base
-   Performed first look at ESMF models
-   Implemented MODIS direct downlink capability
-   Implemented instrumentation modifications for flux tower to support surface roughness studies
-   Performed characterizations Emerge remote sensing products
- Conducted 2003 JACIE workshop
- Completed preparations for EOS-NIST round robin
- Funded RSE special issue on IKONOS
- Delivered Scientific Data Purchase final report

***Integrated Benchmarked Systems Focus:***
- The Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program is that part of the Cross Cutting Solutions Program whose objective is to provide the systems engineering services and support to perform evaluation, verification, validation, and benchmarking required by Earth Science Applications’ twelve national applications programs.  System engineering services and support includes such activities as system design, synthesis, integration, requirements analysis, testing, verification, validation, and uncertainty analysis.  There are 3 major elements (SWRs) in this program – DSS Evaluation; Missions, instruments, and technologies; and V&V.

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##  Crosscutting Solutions – Integrated Benchmark SystemsFY03 closeout - JACIE Support

- QB and IKONOS spatial, geometric, and radiometric characterizations
- Prepared JACIE workshop presentations, posters, and proceedings
- Completed manuscripts for RSE special IKONOS issue

_**Issues**_
-   None

** ****Crosscutting Solutions – Integrated Benchmark Systems****FY03 closeout - JACIE Support**

**Focus**
- Perform characterization/V&V of commercial sources of data for Earth science research through participation in the NASA-NIMA-USGS Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) team.

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## Cross Cutting Solutions – Integrated Benchmark SolutionsFY04 Activities

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## Integrated Benchmarked Systems –Systems Engineering Support to EV&VB

- See FY03 Closeout Chart.
- Supported first HAZUS-MH technical team meeting.
- Developed technical work plan for HAZUS-MH and began work on SSC Tasks
- Completed AQI benchmarking report, working with LARC and GSFC
- Reviewed literature and past work performed in integrating TOPEZ/Poseiden and JASON measurements within FAS PECAD
- Began evaluations of HAB, CREW and GNMOE
- Began evaluation and operation of BASINS

***Current and Future (through end of FY) Activities: ***
- AGRICULTURAL COMPETITIVENESS
- V&V assessments of UMD and GSFC projects (Ag) – Jan.
- NASS DSS Evaluation - March
- Reservoir monitoring benchmark report for PECAD (Ag) - Sept.
- AIR QUALITY
- AQI next generation V&V report and results conference - Sept.
- AQI next generation V&V report and results conference - Sept.
- AQI benchmarking report - Nov.
- COASTAL MANAGEMENT
- Evaluation reports for HAB Bulletin, CREWS, and GNOME - Feb.
- Coastal NSDI plan  - March
- Coastal DSS Evaluation - May
- V&V report on Earth science results for Coastal DSS - Sept.
- DISASTER MANAGEMENT
- HAZUS-MH technical meeting - Oct.
- HAZUS-MH technical meeting - Oct.
- Anemometer testing and preliminary surface roughness estimation - Jan. - June
- WATER MANAGEMENT
- Evaluation report and experiment plan for sensitivity analysis of BASINS – Feb.
- Perform BASINS trials and sensitivity analyses – March
- Prioritize NASA inputs to BASINS and develop data integration plan– March
- Ingest and benchmark performance of NASA inputs within BASINS – Apr.-July
- BASINS assessment report – Aug.-Sept.
- GROUND STATION
- Daily direct readout of Aqua data
- Six Sigma Review late-Jan ‘04
- SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PROCESSES AND LESSONS LEARNED
- Develop year-end report – July-Sept
- Refine systems engineering processes for applications
- Lessons learned and technology gaps

***Integrated Benchmarked Systems Focus:***
- The Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program is that part of the Cross Cutting Solutions Program whose objective is to provide the systems engineering services and support to perform evaluation, verification, validation, and benchmarking required by Earth Science Applications’ twelve national applications programs.  System engineering services and support includes such activities as system design, synthesis, integration, requirements analysis, testing, verification, validation, and uncertainty analysis.  There are 3 major elements (SWRs) in this program – DSS Evaluation; Missions, instruments, and technologies; and V&V.

***Integrated Benchmarked Systems –******Systems Engineering Support to EV&VB***

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## Cross Cutting Solutions –Public Health Support

-   Deliverables for RSVP will be identified by 04Feb04 (See Schedule)
-   Deliverables for EPHTN/HELIX will be identified by 19Feb04 (See Schedule)

**Current and Future (through end of FY) Activities: **
- Refine technical requirements related to the geospatial components associated with NASA EOS data products for RSVP and EPHTN/HELIX.
- Advise on the selection of NASA ESE data products for incorporation into RSVP.
- Perform V&V of NASA products through use of in situ measurements and ground networks and benchmark product performance through technical publication.
- Leverage work performed through the Air Quality application involving correlation of PM2.5 measurements with MODIS aerosol products.
- Leverage studies of surface roughness and use of NASA and other data sets to derive surface roughness measurements for incorporation into wind and transport models.
- Investigate and develop data fusion products that combine local-scale high-resolution data with global-scale NASA data products.
- Develop a “checklist” of model attributes that should be examined when comparing and evaluating models for incorporation into RSVP
- Identify ground truthing sites (e.g. dust-prone areas such as dry lake beds) for V&V.
- Perform ground truthing using these areas as V&V sites for coarse scale data and models.

**Schedule:**
-   Meet with RSVP PI and team to prioritize and schedule RSVP IBS tasks by 28Jan04.
-   Identify deliverables associated with each task item by 04Feb04.
-   Cost and schedule each task item by 18Feb04.
-   Meet with HQ Program Manager to understand requirements for EPHTN/HELIX by 19Feb04.
-   Identify deliverables
-   Cost tasks
-   Submit funding additional request

**Integrated Benchmarked Systems Focus:**
- The Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program is that part of the Cross Cutting Solutions Program whose objective is to provide the systems engineering services and support to perform evaluation, verification, validation, and benchmarking required by Earth Science Applications’ twelve national applications programs.  System engineering services and support includes such activities as system design, synthesis, integration, requirements analysis, testing, verification, validation, and uncertainty analysis.  There are 3 major elements (SWRs) in this program – DSS Evaluation; Missions, instruments, and technologies; and V&V.

***Cross Cutting Solutions –******Public Health Support***

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## Integrated Benchmarked Systems –JACIE Activities

- Published SDP Results in RSE Special Issue
- Supported ISPRS Workshop on Radiometric and Geometric Calibration
- Began field vicarious calibration efforts for Quickbird-2 and Orbimager OV-3
- Delivered draft assessment of commercial sources to support land cover/land use for carbon and water cycle research

***Current and Future (through end of FY) Activities: ***
- QB collects for UofAZ and SDSU - Sept.- Jan.
- QB&OV3 SSC collects - Oct.-March
- Meet with Code YS carbon and water cycle program managers. - Feb.
- Post all completed V&V documentation to ESA website – Feb.
- Perform QuickBird and OV3 geometric, spatial, and radiometric characterizations - April - July
- Deliver EarthSat ASPRS conference paper and presentation. - May
- DigitalGlobe and OrbImage TIMs – July

***Schedule:***
- Completion of the following IBS deliverables:
- Draft assessment of commercial sensors for carbon and water cycle research - Feb.
- Complete all EarthSat MSS, TM, and ETM+ assessments and reports - Feb.
- NIST-EOS peer review – March (TBR)
- Early-orbit OV3 results report - Apr.
- Prepare EarthSat manuscript and submit to a major peer-reviewed remote sensing journal – June
- Complete the EarthWatch/Intermap STAR-3*i* and Positive Systems NASA Technical Memorandum. – Feb & July, respectively
- Document NIST-EOS results – July (TBR)
- Submit SDP project manuscript for peer review - July
- Submit draft manuscripts for special QB issue - August
- JACIE workshop presentations and posters - Sept.04

***Integrated Benchmarked Systems Focus:***
- The Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program is that part of the Cross Cutting Solutions Program whose objective is to provide the systems engineering services and support to perform evaluation, verification, validation, and benchmarking required by Earth Science Applications’ twelve national applications programs.  System engineering services and support includes such activities as system design, synthesis, integration, requirements analysis, testing, verification, validation, and uncertainty analysis.  There are 3 major elements (SWRs) in this program – DSS Evaluation; Missions, instruments, and technologies; and V&V.

***Integrated Benchmarked Systems –******JACIE Activities***

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## Earth Science Applications – Cross-Cutting Solutions ESE System Components and Network

_**Status – ESE System Components**_
-    Revision 2.5 of Earth Science Enterprise Systems Components Chart
-   Version 1.6 of Earth System Models booklet
-   Development ESE Components and models entry websites operating
-   Updated/ Corrected  NASA contributions to CEOS database

_**Schedule- ESE System Components**_
-    Document Requirements – 2/15/04
-    Complete Observations Sources section of database/ website –  Resources Avail + 5 wks
-   Complete Models section of database/ website –  estimate 2 to 3 models per month,  (approx. 50 models)
-   Prototype DSS input page –
-   Define node analysis effort – 6/30/04
-   Complete “Cross-cutting” section of database/ website – 8/30/04
**  **Write/ present paper – 9/30/04

_**Issues- ESE System Components**_
-   Potential Issue - Earth Science Models info. requires support from model owners

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## Integrated Benchmarked Systems –National/ International Integrated Solutions

- SSC Site Tour for ISPRS-CEOS WGCV International Workshop – Dec.
- Deliver technical presentations at ISPRS-CEOS WGCV International Workshop – Dec.

***Current and Future (through end of FY) Activities: ***
- Provide general support to the HQs Applications Division (Code YO)
- Support NASA ESE’s support to GEO and IWGEO
- maintenance of the 3 charts (strategic plans/ strategic plan icons/ contacts)
- operation of the GEO and IWGEO websites
- editing/ maintenance of the 10-year plan to incorporate materials provided by IWGEO team members.
- Reading/ analysis of all related strategic plans (see chart in 1 above) for contribution to the 10-year plan.
- Submit and revise technical manuscripts for peer review publication in ISPRS-COES WGCV International Workshop book – Jan. – May.
- Develop and submit text for ISPRS report to ISPRS 2004 World Congress – Jan -May

***Schedule:***
- Completion of the following IBS deliverables by Sept. 30:
- Present ISPRS report findings to NASA HQ – May
- Present ISPRS report findings to WGCV – June
- Deliver and present report to ISPRS 2004 World Congress, Istanbul, Turkey – July
- Daily updates and operation of the GEO and IWGEO websites

***Integrated Benchmarked Systems Focus:***
- The Integrated Benchmarked Systems Program is that part of the Cross Cutting Solutions Program whose objective is to provide the systems engineering services and support to perform evaluation, verification, validation, and benchmarking required by Earth Science Applications’ twelve national applications programs.  System engineering services and support includes such activities as system design, synthesis, integration, requirements analysis, testing, verification, validation, and uncertainty analysis.  There are 3 major elements (SWRs) in this program – DSS Evaluation; Missions, instruments, and technologies; and V&V.

***Integrated Benchmarked Systems –******National/ International Integrated Solutions***

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## Integrated Benchmarked Systems –SDP Continuation & ECHO Compliance

- The successes of the SDP program have been well documented.  Below are some current metrics that speak for this success:
- Registered Users: 665
- Public Web Downloads: 1,985,667 files
- Web Volume Downloaded: >79.5  TB
- Grand Total Distributed   >118.5 TB
- SSC staff have already begun preliminary work for beginning product of ECHO compliance work.  Funding to support this came from SDP carry over funding. Further, GSFC personnel (ECHO technical experts) will visit SSC in February to  answer any questions we have concerning the task at hand.

***Current and Future (through end of FY) Activities: ***
- Immediately “turn on the switch” to the SDP web-site to accept orders and new customers upon receiving funds from NASA HQ.
- Immediately begin scripting mapping files for commercial data at SSC to begin EHCO compliance.

***Schedule:***
- Immediately “turn on the switch” to the SDP web-site to accept orders and new customers upon receiving funds from NASA HQ and continue program for six months.
- Scripting for ECHO metadata is expected to take approximately two months and all SDP data is expected to “on-line” in the DAAC network with five months.

***SDP Continuation Focus:***
- Per direction from NASA HQ, the SDP was to be continued for six months.  During this time NASA HQ was to determine what it would want to do with the commercial data procured over the past several years (i.e. send it to EDC, maintain it at SSC, etc.).
***ECHO Compliance Focus:***
- In addition to continuing the SDP program for six months, NASA HQ wanted SSC to make its data ECHO compliant to work in the DAAC network.  This is a separate “work order” above and beyond the SDP continuation.

***Integrated Benchmarked Systems –******SDP Continuation & ECHO Compliance***

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## SSC REASON PROJECTS

| Application Area | Proposal Title | Organization | PI Name | HQ
PM | SSC Studies Manager |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Coastal  | Integrated Coastal Analysis: Demonstsration Program in the Northern Gulf of Mexico | Naval Research Laboratory – SSC | Robert A. Arnone | L. Friedl | C. Hall |
| Coastal | Sensor to User: Applying MODIS to Coastal Zone Management and K-12 Outreach | Applied Coherent Technology Corp | Erick Malaret | L. Friedl | C. Hall
 |
| Coastal/Community Growth | An Integrated System for Environmental Simulation in the Coastal Zone | Naval Research Laboratory - SSC | Timothy Ray Keen | L. Friedl | C. Hall |
| Community Growth/Water Quality | Taking GIS and Remote Sensing to the People of Kentucky: Developing an Open GIS Data Viewing and Distribution System | Kentucky GOT | Susan Lambert | R. Venezia | W. Graham |
| Disaster Management | Development of Remote Sensing Assisted Natural and Technological Hazards Decision | University of South Carolina | John Jensen | S. Ambrose
 | W. Graham |
| Homeland Security | A Border Security Decision Support System Driven by Remotely Sensed Data Inputs
 | San Diego State University | Douglas Stowe | S. Ambrose | B. Davis |
| Invasive Species, Disaster Management, Water Quality | Systems Integration and Visualization of Yellowstone: An Earth Systems Research, Applications, and Education | Foundation of CSUMB | Frederick Watson
 | E. Sheffner | R. McKellip |
| Public Health
 | Measurements and Products with the Rapid Syndrome Validation Program (RSVP) Decision Support System to Validate and Benchmark Public Health Medical Alerts and Early Warning | University of New Mexico | Stanley Morain | R. Venezia | T. Vann |

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## Difficulties, Challenges & Issues

**Pressure to meet IBPD Metrics**
- REASoN Grants have 3-5 Year Performance Period, but IBPD requires V&V and benchmarks in FY05
- Tight schedule to complete numerous DSS benchmarks in FY04 and FY05
- Need to identify the FY05 DSSs for benchmarking
**No Master Schedule**
- Multiyear schedule required to ensure IBPD Metrics are satisfied
**Consistent processes**
- Processes are not uniform across all organizations
- Everyone must agree on EV&VB Principles
**Program Implementation Strategy**
- Applications Program Plans must be in place prior to new fiscal year
- Current implementation strategies set competitive sourcing level at 85%
- What are the roles of centers vs. proposers to competitive sourcing?
- Collaboration versus competition
- How do centers collaborative effectively without giving up competitive advantage?

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## SSC Objectives / Expectations for this Workshop

- Establish FY05 DSSs for benchmarking to meet IBPD Metric
- Establish common system engineering EV&VB Implementation Process and Deliverables for each step
- Make progress on assigning responsibilities for these steps for each DSS identified by Applications Programs
- Establish accountability for each IBPD Deliverable
- Agree to establish NASA documentation standards for deliverable

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## Backup

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## Air Quality Management

- November OMB deliverable on time: worked with LaRC on delivering the benchmarking report “The Inclusion of NASA Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer Data for Forecasting Particle Pollution”;  was not a traditional benchmarking document, however, effort was first of its kind not only from a National Application sense, but also a two-center collaborative sense.
- The report documented NASA and EPA’s effort to improve the forecasting of PM2.5 using “data fused” products from EPA’s AirNow network, NOAA’s air parcel trajectories and wind vector data, and NASA’s MODIS sensor.
- In the course of developing the benchmarking study, SSC personnel have learned a tremendous amount as far as potential areas of future collaborative efforts with other agencies in the field of Air Quality – this information will be included in our FY04 deliverable to NASA HQ.

***Current and Future (through end of FY) Activities: ***
- Currently required to deliver two products to NASA HQ in FY04:
- Program Support: SSC is to produce a report on partner agencies (or potential partner agencies) strategic plans in the field of Air Quality and to report to NASA HQ.
- Program Study: Aviation Air & Ground Emissions.  The purpose of this report is to evaluate Earth Science products and air despersion models to assist FAA and airports with operational requirements and decision making related to compliance with Air Quality standards.
- Other support as needed.  SSC is listed as a support element in several projects in the 2004-1008 Element Plan, however there is no specific task or tasks identified yet.

***Schedule:***
- Program Support study is tentatively due in March.
- Program Study report due in FY04 (TBD)

***Air Quality Management Focus:***
- The Air Quality Management application extends products derived from Earth Science information, models, technology, and other capabilities into partner’s Decision Support Tools.  The Air Quality application addresses issues of concern and decision-making related to air quality planning, compliance, and forecasting. The Air Quality Management application focuses on decision tools serving the following classes of issues:
-   Air quality planning & emission control strategies;
-   Air pollution sources, transport and deposition;
-   Compliance and regulation;
-   Air quality forecasting;
-   Economic management and trade; and,
-   Public and environmental health

***Air Quality Management***

- Applications Implementation Working Group Meeting Feb 3-4, 2004

## Aviation

- To date, SSC has not been involved with this application.

***Current and Future (through end of FY) Activities: ***
- SSC has not been identified as a contributor in this application.
- NOTE:  One Air Quality FY04 deliverable will be partially funded through this application (Program Study: Aviation Air & Ground Emissions.  The purpose of this report is to evaluate Earth Science products and air dispersion models to assist FAA and airports with operational requirements and decision making related to compliance with Air Quality standards).

***Schedule:***
- SSC will periodically check the progress of this application and check of any support is needed.

***Aviation Applications Focus:***
- 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 few and infrequent.
- The focus of the Aviation Applications program is to work with partner agencies to utilize NASA’s Earth Science Enterprise satellite remote sensing systems to provide the frequent, densely distributed observations needed to enable a National Airspace System (NAS) unfettered by capacity or safety concerns.

***Aviation***

- Applications Implementation Working Group Meeting Feb 3-4, 2004

## Carbon Management

-  Submitted project plan for Carbon Management-awaiting official budgets for implementation.
- Funded 2nd year of carbon management grants.
- Received commitment of funding from CODE Y for continuation of Carbon Cycle research (NIP to C.E.DelCastillo)

_**Schedule**_
-  Carbon Management-Pending Funding
- -Evaluation of new DST developed by USDA  researchers. Funding date through 10/04
- -Establish Cal-Val station in the GOM for MODIS coastal products (in collaboration with Coastal Management). Funding date through 10/04
- Carbon Cycle Research
- -Establish 1st MODIS cal-val stations in the GOM 03/2004.
- -Establish 2nd station 10/04.

_**Issues**_
- Lack of budget
- Budget will be late.
- If low and late, will be difficult  to meet expectations.  Need exit strategy.
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**Carbon Management**

- Applications Implementation Working Group Meeting Feb 3-4, 2004

## Ecological Forecasting

_**Overview: DSSs, Partners, Earth Science**_
- 	SERVIR:  USAID, The World Bank
*Regional Visualization & Monitoring System for the   Mesoamerican Biological Corridor; TERRA, AQUA, Landsat, SeaWiFS, TRMM data & ORNL modeling*
- 	Protected Area Management (PAM):  (developing with 	conservation NGOs, NPS, USFWS)
-  	*Building upon NatureServe’s ALDO & ARC’s TOPS*
-  	Marine Fisheries Forecasting (MFF):   (developing 	with NOAA & IDS partners)
- 	-- CCSP Goals: 3.1, 4.1-5, 5.1-3
- 	-- IBPD FY05 Outcomes: 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 3.1.1*  *

_**Performance & Schedule**_
- USAID approves $1.8 M for SERVIR & World Bank providing over $1M
- REASON awards SERVIR $2.6M** **
- ** **	USAID awards $750,000 to NASA/UMD for CBFP
**  ****1/04: ****	**Asrar meets IUCN’s Steiner
**  ****7/04:**	Society for Conservation Biology Symposium
**11/04:  ****	**World Conservation Congress (PAM)
**FY04:** 	Discuss MFF with NOAA (identify new DSS)
**CCRI:**	2/04 Ecosystems Planning Workshop

_**Status and Issues**_
- Work with NGOs, NPS, USFWS to define PAM DSS monitoring & visualization needs
- Keep conservation NGOs engaged
- Begin installation of main SERVIR node in Panama
- Define protected area archive & conservation portal with JPL (ASTER)/IUCN/UNESCO
- Manage solicitation for FY05 funding

- Applications Implementation Working Group Meeting Feb 3-4, 2004

## Energy Management

_**Overview: DSSs, Partners, Earth Science**_
***Primary Partners: ***
- NREL: National Solar Radiation Database
- CANMET:  RETSCREEN
- EPRI : ANNMTLF (developing)
- NOAA*: *Forecast Models (developing)
***Observations:*** GOES, POES, TRMM, Terra, Aqua, TOMS, Aeronet, AIRNow, INTEX, Aura, Calipso APS,CloudSat, GPM, NPP:
***Models:*** ISCCP, SRB, CERES-SARB, GVAP, GPCP,GISS Model II, GFDL FMS B-Grid Atmosphere
- IBPD Obj 1.1:  4ESA7 Benchmark the use of observations and predictions of Earth science research results in 2 scenario assessment tools used by the Department of Energy and USDA associated with energy production and carbon management.

_**Performance & Schedule**_
****** ****	**NREL Meeting in Golden, CO
****** ****	**IEA Meeting at NREL
****** **	PNNL Meeting
**  ****4/04:  **National Solar Radiation Database Prototype	Validation Dataset
**  ****6/04:** 	SSE 5 Prerelease
**  ****8/04:**	Prototype Building Datasets
**FY04:** 	Identify/Evaluate policy support tools in Energy Mgmt.
**CCRI:**	Identify Earth science results for CCTP

_**Status and Issues**_
- Initial examination of National Energy Management System
- Coordination of meeting with PNNL (Jan 04)
- To meet program goals, solicitation needed in FY05
- Identification to Marty-Crosscutting funding support

- Applications Implementation Working Group Meeting Feb 3-4, 2004

## Invasive Species

- Version 1.0 of NISFS released
- Awarded REASoN CAN proposal to CSU-Monterey Bay
- Sys Eng lead attended IS conference in FL in November
- Several IS collaborative projects with USDA proposed at IWG

_**Schedule**_
-  Next Invasives FAWG meeting on 02/18
-  2QFY04 – Evaluate existing Aquatic Invasive DSS’s
-  March ’04 – NISFS User Workshop in CO
-  4QFY04 – Benchmark NISFS

_**Issues**_
-  Primary DSS still in development phase
-  Still negotiating SSC role with PM

***Invasive Species***

- Applications Implementation Working Group Meeting Feb 3-4, 2004

## Water Management

-  BASINS has been installed on a system in the Benchmarking Lab.  Started learning the system using a ‘canned’ scenario.
-  Have narrowed choice of local study watershed.  Will use GIS coverage's in SEGIS.
- _Issues_
-  Need for 11⁄2 FTE in TTSC to conduct BASINS trials.
-  Need for separate SWR (or sub-) to track Water Management activities?

_**Schedule**_
-  BASINS Project schedule and Gantt chart are complete.
-  Initial evaluation.  Write experiment plan for sensitivity analysis of BASINS.  By end of February, 2004..
-  Conduct trials of BASINS. March, April 2004.
-  Identify and prioritize NASA inputs.  Plan the ingestion of ESE data. May, 2004.
-  Ingest and assess performance of inputs with and without NASA data.  June, July.
-  Write assessment report.  August.

_**Deliverables**__:_
- Assessment report for BASINS.  9/15/04
- _Non-deliverable_ but beneficial results-
-  Plan to leverage MSU work.  To be discussed with the PIs on Feb 11.
-  A benchmarking plan for FY05 including rigorous sensitivity analysis.   We expect to document a statistical methodology, rather than a mere anecdotal assessment of DSS performance.
-  Possible development and use of an interface to the SEGIS database for DSS data storage.

***Water Management***

- Applications Implementation Working Group Meeting Feb 3-4, 2004

## SSC Roles and Responsibilities

**Integrated Benchmark Solutions**
- Evaluation, verification and validation, benchmarking of observations from the 80 sensors on Terra, Aqua, Aura, ACRIMSat, Jason, Topex/Posieden, EO-1, QuickScat, TRMM, IceSAT, SeaWiFs, TOMS, ERBS, Grace, SeaWinds, SAGE, SOURCE and predictions from the models in the Earth Science Framework for use in decision support tools including HAZUS, PECAD, CADRE, IFAS, NAS, EPHTN, AWARDS, Riverware, etc. for the 12 applications of national priority – in coordination with science and engineering leadership and support from Goddard, Langley, Marshall, Ames, and JPL ...
- Systems engineering support to the integrated solution activities associated with the Climate Change Science Program, the Climate Change Technology Program, the Interagency Working Group on Earth Observations, and the Commercial Remote Sensing Policy Implementation Plan.
- System engineering support to the Joint Agency Commercial Imagery Evaluation (JACIE) Team and support for V&V, benchmarking of the use of commercial sources of data to support Earth science research
- Stennis provide systems engineering support to all of the applications of national priority
- Publications and other science and engineering exchange on ESE benchmark solutions processes.
**Solutions Networks**
- Knowledge base of all Earth science research funded by Code YS – manifest through review and assimilation of all projects funded under Code YS research solicitations: NPP, EOS-Follow-On, IDS, Precipitation, Radiation, Water Cycle/NEWS, Carbon Cycle.
- Knowledge base for developing candidate integrated system solution configurations for next generation integrated benchmark solutions.
- Knowledge of all graduate fellowships (GFP) and new investigator program (NIP) to network them into the community-of-practice.
- Grants management for, and networking of Earth science research results into, REASoN, BAA, ARC, Earmarks and packaging and delivering of results (outputs and outcomes) from these projects.
- Publications and other science and engineering exchange on ESE solutions networks.
- Stennis also provides science and technology support for several of the national applications, including Coastal Management, Public Health, Water Management, Agriculture Efficiency, Invasive Species, Carbon Management, Disaster Management, and Homeland Security.

- Applications Implementation Working Group Meeting Feb 3-4, 2004