# Presentation: 817238

## MODIS Program Science

- Paula Bontempi
- MODIS Program Scientist
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration HQ
- MODIS/VIIRS Science Team Meeting
- 13-16 May 2008

## SMD Organization

**Chief Scientist (****Paul Hertz****)**
**DCS for ES (****vacant****) **
**DCS for SS (****vacant****)**

**Management &****Policy Division****Dir. (R. Maizel)****Deputy (vacant)**

**Heliophysics****Division**
**Dir. (R. Fisher)****Deputy (V. Elsbernd-Act)**

**Astrophysics****Division**
**Dir. (J. Morse)****Deputy (R. Howard)**

**Planetary Science**
**Division**
**Dir. (J. Green)****Dep. (J. Adams)**

**Associate Administrator (AA) (****Ed Weiler****)**
**Deputy AA (Chuck Gay)**

**Deputy AA for Programs****(****Mike Luther****)**

**Senior Advisor for R & A **
**(Yvonne Pendleton, ****?****)**

**Earth Science**
**Division**
**Dir. (****M. Freilich****)****Deputy (****B. Cramer****) **
**Dep - Programs (****vacant****)**
**Dep – Science (R. Friedl)**

**Budget (C. Tupper)**

**Policy & Administration **
**   ****(G. Williams- Act)**

**Applied Science ****(****T. Fryberger****)**

**Research (J. Kaye)**

**Flight (S. Volz)**

**Mars Program****(D. McCuistion)**

**Draft: March 3, 2008**

**Senior Advisor for **
**Science Process & Ethics**
**(****?****)**

**Executive Officer**
**(Jens Feeley)**

**Special Asst for NEOs and Exploration **
**(Dan Durda)**

**AAA for Strategy, Policy & International**
**(Marc Allen)**

**Blue dashed boxes denote individuals who report **
**to other organizations, but support SMD**

**Senior Advisor****(****vacant****)**

## What’s New/FY08 Budget

- FY08 – CR through January 2008
- NASA FY08 Operating Plan may undergo revisions
-  No information at this point for Mission Science Teams
- FY07 – exercising 4th year option on Team Lead budget based on FY07 Senior Review

## EOS Recompete

- 322 proposals received (7.18.2006)
- Three categories
- 3.1 - EOS Instrument-specific Algorithm Refinement and Cal/Val Activities - 60
- 3.2 - Algorithm Refinement and Cal/Val for Earth System Data Records - 93
- 3.3 - Integrated Science Data Analysis -211
- March 2006 amendment reduced funding amount from $30M/yr to $25M/yr
- 14 Panels January-June 2007
- - Selection: 3 August 2007 – 122 proposals
- Funding level of approx. $26M/yr (FY07/FY08)

## Future Research....

**Prior MODIS Team Challenge - reap the full scientific benefits of MODIS, Terra, Aqua, & EOS**
- Maintain/refine existing data products the best they can be (3.1 on EOS Rec.) focusing on core production, plus ESDRs (3.2 on EOS Rec.) for existing or new data product
- Develop new data products to enable important, new scientific and applied uses (3.3 SDA)
- Land ATBD for Vegetation Moisture Content
- Utilize MODIS (and EOS) data products to create new scientific understanding of planet Earth and how it is changing – and new applications of this knowledge for decision support

## Future Research....

- The Continuity and Evolution of Earth System Science
- How does MODIS/EOS fit into a changing world?
- NASA Mission:
**Strategic Goal 3 (6 total)**:  Develop a balanced overall program of science, exploration, and aeronautics consistent with the redirection of the human spaceflight program to focus on exploration.
- Sub-goal 3A (7 total):  Use Earth-orbiting satellites to study global change and enable better predictions of climate, weather, and natural hazards

## Progress on the Challenge – Future Research

- The Continuity and Evolution of Earth System Science
- NASA - advance planning at Agency (2009), Directorate (Congressional science plan delivered Jan 2007), Earth Science Division, Focus Area levels (MOWGs: CC&E; Atm. Composition) + new Administration
- Earth Science is continuing evolution from mission science teams to measurement-oriented science teams (ESDRs)
- Development of and Linkage to Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) – land, ocean, atm; CEOS Virtual Constellations
- U.S. Commission on Ocean Policy Ocean Research Priorities Plan; Climate Change Science Program Strategic Planning
- R2O
- NRC NASA/NOAA/USGS Decadal Survey – January 2007, implementing mission concept studies now
- International Partnerships
- Merged products (NPP); new products (land)
- Linkages from MODIS to NPP VIIRS FU-1

## Missions in Formulation and Implementation

- OSTM
- 6/2008

- OCO
- 12/2008

- GLORY
- 6/2009

- NPP
- 6/2010

- AQUARIUS
- 5/2010

- LDCM
- 7/2011

- ICESat-II
- 2015

## Earth Science New Initiative

## Mission Extension/Senior Review Process

- Effort coordinated by Steve Volz at NASA HQ
- Process for extending missions beyond the prime life
- 2-year cycle
- Up for renewal in April 2009:
- Terra (CERES, MOPITT, MISR, ASTER, MODIS)
- Aqua (AIRS, MODIS, AMSR-E, CERES)
- Plus rest of ES portfolio except for OSTM, OCO, pending successful launches.

## Issues for MODIS Team

- More interdisciplinary algorithm development approaches, Terra/Aqua intersensor science; share expertise
- Certain algorithm developers and validation investigators should address important deficiencies in key data products (e.g., cloud mask, atmospheric correction)
- Algorithm developers need to represent broader community needs by working with them
- Algorithm refinement PIs need to provide compelling justification for the importance/utility of the algorithm improvements and/or new data products + plan for transition to core production (recognizing infusion of new knowledge)
- Establish process for regular data product and algorithm reviews – maintain, evolve, refine, review as needed
- Role of MCST, evolution in and for VIIRS support for NASA?
- Need for monthly disciplinary telecons – raised at MCST meeting yesterday and the previous MODIS Team Meeting
- MODIS Land, Ocean, & Atmosphere Groups work interactions across the team

## New EOS Data Review Needed

**We need:**
- A plan for review of algorithms for the new and alternative EOS algorithms
- Assess quality and importance of data product suites (and their components)
- Prioritize EOS data products relative to each other and relative to other needs of the community they serve
- Recommend changes, improvements, level of service by data systems and archives
- Must involve community (peer review)
- Must take into account NASA (or other) resources / program components required to support the products; involve data system and archive management, NASA HQ Focus Area Leads (program/project managers)
- Suggestions Welcome

## Measurement Teams

**Continuing/evolving measurement streams, there will be one science team, competed periodically, that provides scientific guidance to present and future missions and for the utilization of past data sets**
- Support and focus on Earth System Data Records
- Terrestrial community white papers
- One data system to ensure a “seamless” time series
- Scientific guidance and priorities must represent broad user community
- Future MODIS Team Meetings
- NPP and NPOESS VIIRS – role for NASA?

## MODIS Team Meeting – May 2008

- Update on “new” team (PI) progress, integration
- Algorithm Refinement and Validation
- ESDRs
- Science Data Analysis Results
- Friday Summary: Issues encountered
- MCST: instrument issues for Aqua and Terra MODIS
- Oceans
- Land
- Atmosphere