# Presentation: 130116

## NGST Planning for Cal/Val Polar Max, 2006

**Paul Lee, PhD**
**25 October 2006**

## Overview

**The NPP Cal/Val Team, infrastructure, and change process **
**The Cal/Val planning schedule and data product maturity levels**
**The development of the detailed Cal/Val schedule**
**The execution of the Cal/Val schedule**
**Status of Cooperative Cal/Val Effort**

## The NPOESS/NPP Cal/Val Team

**The NPOESS/NPP Cal/Val Team consists of IPO, NASA, and NGST**
**Objective is to leverage synergistic activities to achieve the NPOESS goals **
**Each organization will manage own activities and resources**

_**The NPOESS/NPP Cal/Val Team Organization**_

**The NPP Cal/Val Leads shared responsibility in making Cal/Val decisions**
**The science and technical teams interacts freely across the organizations**

## The NPOESS Cal/Val Infrastructure Supports Internal & External Cal/Val Team Needs

**The NPOESS offline infrastructure resides in NESDIS**
**IPO’s GRAVITE**
**NGST’s NSIPS**
**Both connect to the NSOF WAN and the Internet**
**GRAVITE supports algorithm verification, Test & Evaluation**
**NSIPS provides**
** ****~6-month of data products and truth data storage for the CalVal Team**
**A nominal amount of routine data processing**
**Hosting of operation algorithms in an IBM to support analysis**

## The Cal/Val Change Processes

_**The Cal/Val Operation Algorithm Change Process**_
**The Cal/Val recommended operation algorithm and operation changes are adjudicated by the**
**Cal/Val CCB**
**Algorithm CCB (ACCB)**
**Operation & Support CCB (O&S CCB)**
** ****The Cal/Val Leads preside over the CV CCB**
**Consultation with subject experts as needed**
** ****Cal/Val change recommendations can originate from outside of the Cal/Val Team**

**Cal/Val**
**CCB**

**Change**
**Recommendations**

**Cal/Val Analysis**

**Product Data**
**Truth Data**

**ACCB**

**Analysis/**
**Verification**

_**System**_
_**Engineering**_
_**Algor / Perf.**_

**O&S CCB**

**Implementation**
**I&T**

_**Operation**_
_**& Support**_

_**Cal/Val Team**_

**Operation**
**Algorithm**
**Update**

## A Cal/Val Planning Scheduleand Product Maturity Definition Guides the Development of a Detailed Schedule

**NPP Post-launch Cal/Val Effort Schedule Guideline**

**NPP Pre-launch**
**Cal/Val Schedule Guideline**

**NPOESS & Heritage Product Maturity Levels**

## From Planning Schedule to Detailed IMS

**Detailed Cal/Val IMS is developed in 2 parts**
**Sensor Performance, RDR verification, and SDR Cal/Val IMS**
**EDR Validation IMS**
**Sensor Performance, RDR verification, and SDR Cal/Val IMS**
**Post-launch IMS are derived from ****“Task Network”**** developed by community experts, IPO and NGST**
**Task Network IMS drives pre-launch effort IMS**
**EDR Validation IMS**
**The EDR Validation IMS starts EDR validation approaches**
**EDR “Threads”**** and IMS then developed for each EDR**
**An EDR “Thread” is a series of pre- and post-launch activities leading to the validation of the EDR**

## Sensor Performance &  SDR Task Network Developed by Expert Team

## Post-launch Task Network drives Pre-launch preparation IMS (OMPS Example)

_**Pre-launch Task Schedule**_

_**Post-launch**_
_**Task Schedule**_

_**NPP**_
_**Launch**_

_**NPP GRR**_

_**Door Closed**_
**- Bad Pix**
**- Dark Current**

_**Door Open**_
**- Solar **
**- Goniometry**

_**Earth Scan**_
**- Geolocation**
**- Reflectivity**

_**Pre-launch**_
_**Tasks**_
**- Cal Perf.**
**- RDR**
**- SDR**
**- EDR**
**- LTM**

## EDR Validation IMS Employs Multiple “Threads”- The SST “Thread”

**Pre-launch Sensor Performance**

**SDR Cal/Val Tools**

**EDR Val Tools**

**LEOA**

**On-orbit Sensor Performance**

**SDR Cal/Val – Emissive Bands**

**EDR Validation**

**Algorithm Training**

**Match-up Data**
**Collection**

**Alternate**
**Approach**

## Execution of the Cal/Val IMS

| xDR Tasks | NGST/
Raytheon | NGST Subcontract | IPO IGS Team | NASA NPP Team |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|  |  |  |  |  |
| SDR Task #1 | Name TBD | Name TBD | Name TBD |  |
| SDR Task #2 | Name TBD |  | Name TBD | Name TBD |
|  |  |  |  |  |
|  |  |  |  |  |
| EDR Task #1 | Name TBD | Name TBD | Name TBD |  |
| EDR Task #2 | Name TBD | Name TBD |  | Name TBD |

- Task assignments are selected from
- talent/resources accessible by each Team

- Task assignments are selected from
- talent/resources accessible by each Team

**Cal/Val IMS execution draws from synergistic activities and expertise of the IPO, NASA and NGST Teams, and experts from the community**

## Status of 
Cooperative NPP Cal/Val Effort 

**Cooperative NPP Cal/Val Effort **

## NGST – NASA Cooperative Effort- VIIRS Geolocation Validation & Tuning

**NASA granted NGST use of the MODIS geolocation validation algorithm and supports the code conversion for VIIRS application**
-  **Effort started August, 2006**
** ****Code Conversion Team**
**R. Wolfe (GSFC)**
**M. Nishihama (Raytheon RIS)**
**J. Browser (Raytheon RIS)**
**L. Liao (NGST)**
**J.P. Pinaud (NGST)**
-  **Completion in ~1 year**

## NGST – Aerospace Corp. Cooperative Effort

**Cloud Mask Validation**
**Develop Conops for verification and validation of VIIRS Cloud Mask**
**Includes manual assessment and leveraging operational products to produce statistics on Cloud Mask performance**
**Cloud Mask Team**
_**Aerospace Corp.**_**  T. Kopp, B. Thomas, L. Belsma**
_**NGST**_**  P. Lee, K. Hutchison, E. Wong, L. Liao**

**Ground-based Moisture & Temperature Profile, Aerosol, and Ozone Lidar Measurements**
**Develop Roadmap for incorporating global Lidar ground-truth resources **
**Addresses AVMP & AVTP (including high altitudes), Ozone, & Aerosol EDRs**
**Lidar Team**
_**Aerospace Corp**_**.  S. Beck, D. Stoker, L. Belsma**
_**NGST**_**  P. Lee**

## Summary

**The cooperative effort of IPO, NASA, NGST, and the community critical to the success of NPP Cal/Val**
**NPOESS Restructure Cal/Val Planning effort in progress**
**Expert Teams developed Performance and SDR ****Task Networks**** for VIIRS, CrIS, ATMS, and OMPS**
**NPOESS restructure IMS included Network tasks and pre-launch support **
**EDR IMS driven by development of EDR validation ****“Threads”**
**Looking forward to review and comments by experts**
**Initiated effort to leverage synergistic Team, community activities and expertise to achieve NPP Cal/Val objectives**
**Cooperative efforts with IPO, NASA, and Aerospace Corp. very successful**
**Broadening of Team and community involvement in the coming months!**