AMSR-E / AMSR2 Team Lead Science Computing Facility

1. TLSCF at UAH Dr. Roy Spencer Dr. Danny Braswell Dr. Elena Lobl Mr. Don Moss Ms. Dawn Conway AMSR-E / AMSR2 Team Lead Science Computing Facility

2. TLSCF at UAH • Overview of TLSCF tasks • TLSCF Data Flow • TLSCF Operating Environment • Science Team Software Delivery Requirements • TLSCF Science Software Integration and Test (SSI&T) Procedures • Current AMSR-E Science Software • AMSR-E / AMSR2 Schedule AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

3. Overview of Tasks • Support Science Team • Integrate and test science software • Maintain metadata, QA software, and ESDT’s • Prepare all software for operations environment • Deliver DAP to the SIPS • Support the SIPS in resolving processing anomalies • Support NSIDC (user inquiries and documentation) • Documentation and web pages AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

4. Data Flow Browse images, anomaly resolution, Provenance metadata, LANCE product review AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF Science Team GHCC SIPS NSIDC DAAC Delivered Algorithm Package (DAP) Algorithm, documentation, QA, and ECS metadata updates Documentation, ESDT’s, user support

5. TLSCF Operating Environment AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

6. Science Team Software Delivery Requirements • Update from the latest DAP • Software • HDF version • HDF-EOS Geo fields • Use current version of input data • Delivery notes • Documenting science software changes • Describing the products and the ancillary files • Documenting all third party software used • Documenting known issues / bugs • Include test input / output data AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

7. Science Software • Integration & Test Procedures • Review each science team delivery • Begin with current DAP? • Document changes in software and ancillary files? • Output file meets ECS requirements? • Known issues, bug fixes • Compile and run the science software • Document changes necessary to compile at TLSCF • Compare output with that provided by the scientist AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

8. Science Software Integration & Test Procedures • Update the metadata, QA, and operational code • Document changes • Integrate the science software • Compile and run the completed software package • Compare output • Update Provenance metadata • Provide documentation to NSIDC • Update the ESDT AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

9. Science Software Integration & Test Procedures • Deliver DAP to the SIPS • Science, metadata, & QA software • Makefile and wrapper scripts • Deliverynotes • Static ancillary files • Checksums • Support SIPS in resolving processing anomalies AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

10. Delivered Algorithm Package • A package containing software and documentation sufficient to allow a user to recreate the associated standard product • 1 DAP per science software delivery • DAP version = file version • Delivered and installed at SIPS for processing • Available to users from NSIDC AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

11. Delivery Notes • Describes the software changes, including new requirements • Lists known issues associated with the release • Describes the file naming convention • Includes input and output file descriptions • Identifies the required operating system, compilers, and libraries • Lists and describes all routines and ancillary files, identifying the ones that have changed • Contacts • Operating instructions AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

12. Current AMSR-E Science Software AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

13. Current AMSR-E Science Software All operational software was updated in 2010 for LANCE processing All operational software will be updated to include New ISO metadata, updated ECS metadata New ESDT New L2A Reader Digital Object Identifier (DOI) AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

14. Current AMSR-E Science Software L2A Brightness Temperatures V12 reprocessing completed July 2013 (RSS v07) Recalibrated Brightness Temperatures Improved RFI flags; format changes L3 Sea Ice V15 Reprocessing completed August 2015 Update Southern Hemisphere sea ice mask Update the algorithm to correct internal land / ocean flag that conflicted with the new sea ice mask Updates expected based on new L2A? AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

15. Current AMSR-E Science Software L2 Ocean Last algorithm updates were in V05, April 2007 Updates expected; will utilize latest TB’s and record new RFI flags L3 Ocean Last algorithm updates were in V04, May 2010 Updates expected; will utilize the latest RFI flags Reprocessing after L2 Ocean reprocessing AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

16. Current AMSR-E Science Software L2 Land New delivery due October 2014 Combined Single Channel Algorithm (SCA) and Normalized Polarization Difference (NPD) algorithm New format Unified ancillary files L3 Land Updates expected after L2 Land delivery Reprocessing after L2 Land reprocessing AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

17. Current AMSR-E Science Software L2 Rain V11, July 2010 updates for LANCE processing GPROF 2010 currently in SSI&T (V12) Awaiting documentation L3 Rain New algorithm; derived from L2 Rain (GPROF 2010) Monthly; 0.25 degree resolution AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

18. Current AMSR-E Science Software L3 Snow Last algorithm update B05, November 2005 Updates? L3 Sea Ice Drift Last algorithm update B03, October 2013 Replacement algorithm expected from science team AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

19. AMSR2 Science Software Integration at TLSCF equivalent to AMSR-E products JAXA L1R Reader written and tested by Bruce Beaumont of the SIPS (LANCE) and available to science team now Data available from SIPS AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF

20. AMSR-E Schedule AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF • Jan 2015: Algorithm updates due to TLSCF • For those algorithms with no changes, TLSCF updates ECS metadata, ISO Lineage metadata, documentation, and DAP • Please advise if there are no updates to the algorithms • Dec 2016: FINALEnd of Mission algorithm updates due to TLSCF • AMSR-E Senior Review Feb 1, 2016 *AMSR-E extension due to Terra-Aqua ROSES ?

21. AMSR2 Schedule AMSR-E / AMSR2 TLSCF