October 21, 2008 LeRoy Spayd Acting Chief Training Division Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services NOAA’s Nation

1. Unidata Policy Committee NOAA/NWS Update October 21, 2008 LeRoy Spayd Acting Chief Training Division Office of Climate, Water, and Weather Services NOAA’s National Weather Service

2. Outline • AWIPS II Update • GOES – R update • NPOESS update

3. AWIPS EvolutionService Improvements • More responsive to partner needs – reduce development time of new products by 50% • Direct and integrated visual collaboration with Emergency Managers • Streamlined generation of products in industry standard formats • CAP, GIS, etc. • Expanded access to data for NWS and external partners • SBN enhancements, smart push-smart pull • Improved and integrated incident support for Emergency Managers and DHS • Better weather support for the FAA at CWSUs through enterprise level integration

4. AWIPS EvolutionInternal Improvements • Free operations from technology constraints • Seamless, flexible and extensible weather enterprise that integrates all levels of NWS operations • Integrated service delivery via the migration of AWIPS and NAWIPS into a common Service Oriented Architecture • Improved continuity of operations • Streamlined service back up • Faster software installations • More stable operations – fewer bugs • Put new science into operations faster – more accurate warnings and forecasts • Enable collaborative development between local, national and outside developers • Open source – closed community – open up development to local apps developers and those outside traditional development community, e.g. NASA, academia

5. 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 Baseline Application Migration WES Integration IOC 3-D Visualization AWIPS EvolutionRoadmap AWIPS II AWIPS II OTE / Deployment AWIPS II – Open Source Governance Model Integrated support to FAA, Fire Weather and WSOs NAWIPS Migration AWIPS II Extended Thin Client Collaboration with Emergency Managers CHPS AWIPS II Enhancements IOC FOC Smart push-smart pull data access NWS Integrated Collaboration Phase 2 Phase 3 = Calendar Year = Fiscal Year IOC FOC Streamlined Generation of Products

6. AWIPS IIGovernment Responsibilities • Testing • Functional and system testing in partnership with Raytheon • Four major test activities • Acceptance – validation of deliverables • Independent verification and validation – test to break • User Functional Evaluations – look & feel analysis by operational personnel • OT&E • Local applications • Raytheon provides tools, techniques and advice • Government responsible for actual migration • Training • Raytheon provides technical documentation and inputs for training materials • Government responsible for development and delivery of training to field

7. AWIPS IIChallenges • Organizational • Matrixed structure increases project complexity • Significant off contract workload on Government (HQ & Regions) • Migration of local applications, templates and procedures • Performance • Supporting the short fuse warning mission • Handling large global data sets • Schedule • Aggressive, but executable • Completing the migration and testing

8. Licensing Issue • Issue being discussed Bi-Weekly at Gov/Raytheon Partnership Mtgs • Raytheon claims software is proprietary – rivals will gain access and use programming techniques when 5 year contract is recompeted • Raytheon tasked 4 weeks ago to put their concerns in writing – have asked for an 2 week extension • Gov plans to have NOAA General Counsel review soon with or without Raytheon’s written concerns • Turnover within AWIPS program – Pgrm Mgr & OST Dir. • Unidata could help by preparing a “Distribution Plan” on how they intend to distribute/support software under what conditions/constraints • Assume audience is technical program managers and General Counsel

9. Current GOES Constellation Operational-West Operational-East GOES-12 (75W) GOES-11 (135W) • GOES mission requires two on-orbit operational satellites and one on-orbit spare • GOES-West location in GOES-R series to be 137°W instead of current 135°W • Eliminates conflicts with other satellite systems in X-band frequency at 135°W * Note: Satellites are labeled with letters on the ground and changed to numbers on-orbit GOES-13 (105W) On-orbit Storage GOES-10 (60W) South America

10. Basis For Investment GOES-R Instruments User Need • Improve hurricane track & intensity forecast • Improve thunderstorm & tornado warning lead time • Improve aviation flight route planning • Improve solar flare warnings for communications and navigation • Improve power blackout forecasts due to solar flares • Improve energetic particle forecasts Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) and Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Extreme Ultra Violet Sensor/X-Ray Sensor Irradiance Sensor (EXIS) Solar Ultra Violet Imager (SUVI) Space Environmental In-Situ Suite (SEISS)

11. GOES-R Instruments • Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) • Implementation phase • Contractor: ITT Corporation • Space Weather • Space Environmental In-Situ Suite (SEISS) • Implementation phase • Contractor: Assurance Technology Corporation (ATC) • Solar Ultra Violet Imager (SUVI) • Implementation phase • Contractor: Lockheed Martin Advanced Technology Center • Extreme Ultra Violet/X-Ray Irradiance Sensor (EXIS) • Implementation phase • Contractor: Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics (LASP) • Magnetometer • Procured as part of spacecraft contract • Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) • Implementation contract awarded in December 2007 • Contractor: Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company

12. Increased Performance • GOES-R maintains continuity of the GOES mission • GOES-R also provides significant increases in spatial, spectral, and temporal resolution of products

13. Notional System Overview GOES West GOES East GOES-R Re-Broadcast GOES-R Ground Segment NOAA Satellite Operations Facility Wallops Ground Station Remote Backup Product Generation Mission Management Enterprise Management Product Distribution User Community Archive and Access

14. GOES 13 On-orbit Spare 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 On-orbit storage GOES West GOES 11 GOES East GOES 12 On-orbit storage GOES O On-orbit storage GOES P On-orbit storage GOES R On-orbit storage On-orbit storage GOES S Launch Schedule • GOES R series is a follow-on to the existing line of NOAA’s geostationary weather satellites. • GOES I series [8-12]: Operational since 1994 • GOES N series [13]: N launched May 24 2006, O planned launch late 2008, P planned launch late 2009 • Based on an availability analysis of the current GOES I and N-series, a GOES-R launch is required in the 2014 timeframe to maintain mission data continuity Note: Satellites are labeled with letters on the ground and changed to numbers on-orbit *GOES T and U are currently not baselined for GOES-R series. Flight procurement includes these as options.

15. GOES-R GOES-I/P 1/5 Disc Full Disc ABI Improvements 5 Minute Coverage ABI covers the earth approximately five times faster than the current Imager.

16. Simulated “ABI” Spectral Bands: ABI: Improved Resolution Corresponding Simulated GOES Imager Spectral Bands: . . . over a wider spectrum

17. Solar flares travel towards Earth at about 600,000 to 2 million MPH Space Weather Instruments • Essential for the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center’s real-time monitoring, forecasting and warnings of solar and geophysical events and disturbances • Provide key measurements for the Radio Blackout Space Weather Scale • GOES-R improvements • Multi-band "color" images at the same rate as GOES N-P produces single band images • Solar X-ray image dynamic range, resolution, and sensitivity • EUV measurements for improved modeling of ionosphere and thermosphere • Medium energy radiation environment responsible for spacecraft charging

18. Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) • Detects total strikes: in cloud, cloud to cloud, and cloud to ground • Compliments today’s land based systems that only measures cloud to ground (about 15% of the total lightning) • Increased coverage over oceans and land • Currently no ocean coverage, and limited land coverage in dead zones

19. Advanced Sounding • Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) instrument removed from GOES-R program – August 2006 • NOAA continues to have strong requirements for measurements from advanced hyperspectral sounder in Geo orbit • Subsequent efforts included: • Assessment of ABI data for derived sounder products • NOAA Analysis of Alternatives (AOA) study • Advanced sounding • Coastal waters imaging • Contractor studies of advanced sounding concepts for later GOES spacecraft • Conclusions • ABI can approximate current GOES sounder capabilities • A geostationary advanced sounder demonstration mission should be funded as soon as possible

20. GOES-R Communications Payload • Communications • GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) • Replacement of today’s GVAR • Data rate of 31 Mbps in L-band • GVAR - 2.11 Mbps • Previous GRB specifications - 17 Mbps • Low Rate Information Transmissions (LRIT) • Emergency Managers Weather Information Network (EMWIN) • Search and Rescue (SAR) • Data Collection System (DCS) • EGVAR (Emulated GVAR) • Transmission between GOES-N/O/P and GOES-R series • GVAR like data set consisting of GOES-R data • For transmission through existing GOES-N/O/P legacy system

21. NPOESS Environmental Data

22. NPP Sensor HeritageOverview Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) NASA EOS Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) NOAA High Resolution Infrared Radiation Sounder (HIRS) Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) NASA Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) NOAA Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) NASA MODerate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) DMSP Operational Linescan System (OLS) NASA Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS) Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) NASA Total Ozone Mapping Spectroradiometer (TOMS) NOAA Solar Backscatter UltraViolet Instrument (SBUV/2)

23. VIIRS at a Glance • VIIRS: Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite • VIIRS Heritage • OLS: Optical Line Scanner • AVHRR: Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer • SeaWiFS: Sea viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor • MODIS: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer • VIIRS will provide operational and research users with: • Spectral coverage from 412 nm to 12 microns in 22 bands • Imagery at ~375 m nadir resolution in 5 bands • Moderate resolution (~750 m at nadir) radiometric quality data • Complete global daily coverage with a single sensor • Routine data products • Cloud cover, cloud layers • Cloud and aerosol physical properties • Land & ocean biosphere properties, snow & ice • Sea Surface Temperature, Land & Ice Temperatures • Fire detection 23

24. VIIRS EDRs, IPs, and ARPs Land Active Fire [ARP] Land Surface Albedo Land Surface Temperature Ice Surface Temperature Sea Ice Characterization Snow Cover/Depth Vegetation Index Surface Type Ocean Sea Surface Temperature Ocean Color/Chlorophyll EDR-Environmental Data Record | IP-Intermediate Product | ARP-Application Related Product • Imagery & Cloud • Imagery • Cloud Mask [IP] • Cloud Optical Thickness • Cloud Effective Particle Size Parameter • Cloud Top Parameters • Cloud Base Height • Cloud Cover/Layers • Aerosol • Aerosol Optical Thickness • Aerosol Particle Size Parameter • Suspended Matter 24

25. VIIRS Surface Albedo 25

26. Sea Ice Characterization 26

27. VIIRS Imagery RGB Image VIIRS I-Band Radiance for I1-I4 Test Scene: 2003081.1300 27

28. NPOESS Summary • VIIRS 22 bands range from 0.412 to 12 microns and include a Day/Night Band • 5 at 371 m resolution at nadir • 16 at 742 m resolution at nadir • Complete global daily coverage with a single sensor • Routine data products in 4 disciplines • Land • Ocean • Cloud • Aerosol • NOTE: Program looking at all options in case projected large FY 09 funding increase does not occur – and due to difficulties in development of VIIRS instrument 28