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Arctic Collaborative Activities

Arctic Collaborative Activities. NOAA – Canadian Ice Service Meeting September 25-26, 2012 Presentation by: Marty Kress, VCSI Steve Spehn, EUCOM. The Arctic is increasingly important to regional economic and national security.

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Arctic Collaborative Activities

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  1. Arctic Collaborative Activities NOAA – Canadian Ice Service Meeting September 25-26, 2012 Presentation by: Marty Kress, VCSI Steve Spehn, EUCOM

  2. The Arctic is increasingly important to regional economic and national security. Our collective challenge is to frame a systems solution for a complex issue – to think differently about the region and our options – capitalize on the full portfolio of regional capabilities and assets – provide a suite of needed services and capabilities.

  3. Briefing Goals and Objectives • Introduce Our Team & Innovative Multi-Agency Collaboration • Introduce Arctic Collaborative Environment (ACE) Project – A DOD Sponsored Joint Capability Technology Demonstration (JCTD) • Demonstrate the Beta Version of ACE • Showcase First Research Activity and Data Sets That Will Be Integrated into ACE • Highlight the Value of UASs to the Arctic -- Data and Assets – Discuss An Ongoing Activity and Event • Provide an Update on ARC-Sat – another innovative collaboration • Get you engaged in ACE/ARC-Sat/UAS activities • Engage in an Open Dialogue and Discussion – Ideas for Enabling More Collaborative Activities

  4. Operational View of the Arctic Collaboration is the Norm A/C SensorBuoys One-day of coverage A/C Ships GroundStations NASA Near-Earth Network and DoD GIG UAS

  5. Mini-Overview of ACE Project • The ACE JCTD will provide a web-based, open-access, Arctic-focused, environmental research and decision-support system that integrates data from existing remote sensing assets and in situ observations to provide monitoring, analysis, and visualization based on earth observation data and modeling. The ACE JCTD will enable local, regional, and international cooperation and coordination on long-term environmental planning and near-term actions in response to climatic and environmental changes occurring in the Arctic Region. • The ACE tool capitalizes on prior earth science applications work done at NASA MSFC: RTMM, SPoRT, SERVIR, AMSR-E, etc. • ACE was designed to capitalize on the IPY, foster and promote the exchange of data and models for use in the Arctic Region – create a common area of interest for the Arctic Nations. • ACE is directly applicable to other regions and applications.

  6. Six Key Dimensions of ACE • Create an open access tool to integrate disparate data sets in response to key user requirements in the Arctic Region • Facilitate data and model sharing and the creation of new and/or enhanced products for end users • Transition the System to the National Ice Center to sustain its viability and value to regional operators & researchers • Transition the tool to other regions and applications • Get the next generation of researchers working together • Serve as the first step to additional collaborative projects and activities – ACE was and is part of a integrated strategy that now includes ARC-Sat and a UAS initiative

  7. Arctic Collaborative Environment Team • We have an incredible team – been able to work with and integrate some of the best people and organizations in the business • Pablo Clemente-Colón, National Ice Center • Thorsten Markus, NASA Goddard • John Calder, NOAA • Corky Clinton/Joe Casas, NASA MSFC • John Farrell, U. S. Arctic Research Commission • Julie Payette, Government of Quebec • Julie Gourley, State Department, Arctic Council • Brendan Kelly, OSTP • EUCOM, NORTHCOM, NORAD, USCG, Navy Task Force Climate Change, U. S. Navy, AMRDEC, DLR, CRREL, ORNL, NOAA, Arctic ERMA, NWS, NSF, ONR, OSTP, State Department • Norwegian Polar Institute, DLR, German Embassy, Finnish Meteorological Institute, Inuit Circumpolar Council, SAON • University of Alabama in Huntsville, University of Alaska Fairbanks, University of Maryland College Park, University of Delaware, Aurora Research Institute, Universities Space Research Association • Working to Fully Integrate Canada and Russia into Project

  8. Data Flow & Product Generation: Current WWW NIC, NOAA, CIS, NAIS, NSIDC, NASA, NWS, GINA, MASIE, NDBC, NCEP, … ArcticData ArcticData Global,Regional,& LocalData Sources

  9. #2 Utilize selected databases - perform focused tasks #1 Access the ACE tool Choose your database(s) Maritime Domain Awareness SAR CADIS NSIDC NOAA NIC Focused Res Project Environmental Response NWS NAIS #3 Feeds data for 3rd party apps or apps to fit your needs International Proprietary

  10. File Formats for Displaying User Data Currently Supported Coming Soon GRIB2 HDF ShapeFile NITF GeoTIFF • Viewable in 2D Map/3D Globe • KML/KMZ • Images tiles from Web Map Service (WMS) requests • NetCDF • Viewable in ACE Web Viewer • Image: jpeg, jpg, gif, png, tiff • PDF • Web Pages: XML, XHTML, HTML

  11. Key Data Requirements • Sea Ice • Location: Area, Onset, Growth, Drift, and Decay • Characterization: % Coverage, Thickness, and Type • Sea Surface • Temperature • Movement: Sea State, Tides, Currents, and Swells • Surface Weather • Visibility • Air Temperature • Winds: Speed, Direction, and Gusts • Relative Humidity & Dew Point • Forecast • Icing • Propensity for Superstructure Icing • Propensity for Infrastructure Icing • Snow cover • Depth • Drift • AIS • Vessel Location • Vessel Characterization • Special • Buoy data • Integrate active and passive data • Other • Volcanic activity • Fires

  12. Data Centers • Provide data via WMS capabilities • Implement tiling • Implement EPSG projections: q, r, t • Provide metadata, data legends • Provide KML/KMZ data via web interface • Consistency of filenames (date / time) • Provide static file link to most current data sets. • Provide a consistent web structure, proactively notify ACE of content restructure.

  13. What makes ACE unique? • Free • Openly accessible by anyone with access to the public Internet • Open source for community development and special purpose replication • Designed for immediate extension to other regions of the world • Not tailored to a specific community or application, but provides general capabilities that end users can customize for various purposes • Users can upload their own data files and share this information to a specific group of people [researchers, rescuers, educators, etc] or share with the general public • Users can share uniquely tailored workspace [maps and data views] within their own group • Group collaboration and support for areas/topics of interest • Rich catalog of data sources, including searchable metadata • Access to multiple data sources, including complex forecast data such as NetCDF • Able to use temporal slider to view a time series of NetCDF files • Incorporates KML/KMZ and links to Web Map Servies • (Easily) extensible to include additional data sets • Unique data sets from partners including a database of Arctic surface air temps with the inclusion of Russian stations not previously available. Some stations date back to late 1800s. • Future data sets include previously unavailable early NIMBUS satellite images, sea ice forecast model, HDF, GRIB2 and ShapeFiles • Multiple simultaneous 2D Map and 3D Globe map views with persistence, including differing layers, geographic regions and zoom levels. • Sustained through partnered research proposals

  14. Create your own unique workspace Create your ACE User Account Tutorials and Quickstart guides

  15. Users select from data catalog, which includes KML/KMZ, WMS, webpages and images. Users can collapse and reopen the data catalog to better view data sets and layer new data sets. Naval/National Ice Center Marginal Ice Zone [MIZ] product layered with real-time METAR surface temperature (degrees Fahrenheit) [left] and University of Cologne North Pole surface chart [right]

  16. NOAA superstructure icing forecast for northern Atlantic [upper left] next to Arctic Cap Nowcast/Forecast System (ACNFS) ice concentration [bottom left] next to National/Naval Ice Center (NIC) and the National Snow and Ice Data Center’s (NSIDC) daily Multisensor Analyzed Sea Ice Extent (MASIE) product layered with near real-time ship and buoy information from National Data Buoy Center [right]

  17. Sea Ice Thickness Comparison Arctic Cap Nowcast/Forecast System (ACNFS) ice thickness [left] next to National Weather Service Anchorage, Alaska Sea Ice Desk daily sea ice thickness product layered with PolarView’s sea ice extent (as defined by 15% concentration) [right]

  18. Improving Predictive Capabilities for Arctic Sea Ice Vasily Smolyanitsky Vladimir Ivanov Sergey Klyachkin Arctic and Antarctic Research Inst. Igor Polyakov AndreyPnyushkov International Arctic Research Center William Chapman University of Illinois John Walsh International Arctic Research Center University of Illinois Adrienne Tivy National Research Council Canadian Ice Service

  19. As part of the NASA-ACE project: • empirical modeling techniques used at NAIS will be implemented and tested at AARI • 2) data exchange between international partners and input of unique datasets to NASA-ACE tool Domain of Russian Ice Data Barents Sea ChukchiSea Russian Ice Chart Archive: 1933-present Canadian Ice Chart Archive: ~1960-present • longer Russian record may yield insight into the • potential predictability of sea ice during • different climate regimes Barnett, T.P. and R. Priesendorfer (1987). Origins and levels of monthly and seasonal forecast skill for United States surface air temperatures determined by Canonical Correlation Analysis. Mon. Wea. Rev., 115, 1825-1849. Tivy, A., S.E.L. Howell, B. Alt, J. J. Yackel and T. Carrieres, 2011.Origins and levels of seasonal forecast skill for sea ice in Hudson Bay using Canonical Correlation Analysis. Journal of Climate

  20. ACE JCTD: Way-Ahead • On-going: • Working a Transition Plan with Navy, NOAA, NIC, EUCOM, NASA MSFC, and UAHuntsville to clarify out year support responsibilities • Building the Developmental Server at UAHuntsville • Working to expand international participation and support – on the working groups, with data and model sharing, SAON support, etc. – key targets – Russia and Canada • Working to develop new products – focus on buoy data and active-passive integration – integrate research efforts into baseline – ACE will host new Navy Sea Ice Model • Collaborating with other key activities to avoid duplication and provide key capabilities – Arctic ERMA, AON, etc. • Scheduled to brief IARPC on November 5 – Focus on ACE and ARC-Sat • Scheduling joint review with Canadian and US Coast Guard at Canadian Embassy in DC • Milestones: • Feb 2012: Conducted alpha testing with various priority users – USCG, NWS, NIC, etc. • Mar–Apr 2012: Conducted beta testing – Key Meetings/Reviews Being Planned • April 2012 – Presented Tool to International Community – IPY Conference • Nov 2012: Conduct Technical Demonstration • Dec 2012: Conduct Operational Demonstration • Mar 2013: Transition operational system to NOAA – National Ice Center • Out Years: NOAA hosts ACE at the NIC through Google Cloud – developmental server acts as operational back up – and UAHuntsville & NASA MSFC provide support to maintain, update, and extend linkages to open source data and use developmental server to support Arctic research

  21. Opportunities for Engagement • Team has several pathways for interested organizations or individuals • Participation on ACE Working Groups – Science Working Group, Academic Support Group and User Requirements Working Group • Participation in Beta Testing at Your Organization or Integration of Tool in an Exercise • Sharing of Data and Models for Integration • Engagement in Planned Technical and Operational Demonstrations • Teaming on Proposals that capitalize on tool and Team’s expertise • Use of tool for other applications • Other Arctic Collaborative Initiatives – from Instruments, to Platforms, to Systems, to…

  22. UAS Activities

  23. UAS Menu of Activities • HIRAD – Global Hawk Flight Project – NASA/NOAA Collaboration – Evolved to NASA GRIP Program • HIRAD + Hyperspectral Imager Global Hawk Mission Concept for Arctic – Being Framed with NIC • DSIT – Technology Demos – Unmanned Systems/Robots • SPAWAR Autonomous Unmanned Systems Consortia – VCSI is one of the three finalist – interoperability/instruments for multiple platforms/ • Optimization Tool -- NOAA/Tri-Vector – requirements • Alaska Aerospace Corporation-State of Alaska-NOAA-NASA Meeting • Theme – capitalize on DOD assets and capabilities

  24. HIRAD Integration to Global Hawk (at Dryden)

  25. NOAA Analysis of Alternatives Capability • Supports the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to: • Evaluate the feasibility of UAS platforms to meet NOAA mission needs using a requirements-driven systems approach to assess technology readiness, cost effectiveness and operational feasibility. • Analyze mission requirements for • Forecasting & Warning of high impact coastal weather • Oil Spill Surveys • Arctic Sea Ice Monitoring • Marine Sanctuary Monitoring • Fire Weather • Inland Flooding • Current NOAA tool analyzes 394 unique mission requirements against 100+ UAS platforms and 80+sensor complements/packages (and growing)

  26. NOAA Missions • Oil Spill Survey Missions • Real-time monitoring video, as well as EO and IRstill images • Potential Sensors: Radar, HyperspectralImaging,Laser Flourosensor • Surveillance location depending upon the spill site • Minimum coverage area of 65 km2 (25 nm2) • Artic Sea Ice Monitoring • Altitude of 0 – 15,250 m (0 – 50,000 ft) • 100 to 1000 km (55 to 550 nm) tracks • 10 to 20 leads of 100 km (55 nm) along the tracks • Continuous surface imaging for EO / IR • Atmospheric Monitoring using Dropsondes(Temp, Press, %H, Wind Velocity)

  27. NOAA Missions • Marine Sanctuary Monitoring • Real-time monitoring video, and/or still images • Image quality required for prosecutions • Surveillance locations defined by the National Marine Sanctuaries • Stealth imaging required • Fire Weather • Meteorological measurements at 300 m(1000 ft) • Hourly surveys throughout the life of the fire • Onsite operations within 24 hours of call-up • Infrared images for fire monitoring • Data available within 10 minutes of images/measurements

  28. NOAA UAS AoA Data Book… • Analyzes Mission Requirements against potential platforms and sensors… …OR

  29. NOAA UAS AoA Data Book… • …analyzes Platforms against potentialsensors andmissionrequirements… …OR…

  30. NOAA UAS AoA Data Book… • …analyzesSensors againstpotential missionrequirementsand platforms.

  31. Overview of ARC-Sat – Status Report – Steve Spehn, EUCOM

  32. ARC-Sat Operational View An innovative, multi-agency collaboration that provides MDA, communications relay, and data-extraction • Mission Concept • 1 MiniSatellite Mothership (NASA) • CubeSat Launcher (NASA) • AIS/Data-X (DoD) • Communications package (NASA & DoD) • 4 Communications CubeSats (DoD) • 650 km low-earth-orbit • 90-98° Inclination • Mission management & operations (NASA, DoD, & Others) • > 20Mbps total data throughput • UHF SatCom • Payloads • Mothership launches CubeSats and has extensive computational, control, and data store-and-forward capacity • Mothership and 4 CubeSats with software-defined radios enable over the horizon communications • AIS provides global Maritime Domain Awareness • Data-X provides data collection from unattended sensors A/C SensorBuoys One-day of coverage A/C Ships GroundStations NASA Near-Earth Network and DoD GIG UAS

  33. ARC-Sat Provides Mission-Tailored Communications • Powerful • 5 Software-Defined Radios (SDRs) total • 1 SDR on each of 4 cube-sats • 1 SDR on the mothership • UHF (0.3–3.0 GHz) • 24 Channels per CubeSat • 2 Mbps per SDR • Mothership has S-Band and X-Band downlinks for combined 11 Mbs • 13.48 minutes in satellite foot-print for overhead pass • Compatible • Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) • Airborne & Maritime/Fixed Station (AMF) • UHF Satellite Communications • Wideband Network Waveform • Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) • Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) • Flexible • Controllable Virtual Beam • Each SDR has wide-Beam for total-area coverage • Steerable Beams for greater link margin and higher throughput (NASA uses 3db reserve) • Reprogrammable in-flight from the ground A/C SensorBuoys A/C Ships GroundStations NASA Near-Earth Network and DoD GIG UAS

  34. Use Scenario: Arctic Search & Rescue • Sequence of Events • Ship suffers an engineering casualty and is dead in the water (DIW) • Ship activates 406 MHz digital Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon (EPIRB) • Ship begins sending Automatic Identification System (AIS) distress message • ARC-Sat detects EPIRB beacon and forwards ship’s location and information to USCG District 17 • ARC-Sat feeds the AIS distress message into the Volpe Center’s global AIS system • ARC-Sat provides communications relay support • One CubeSat re-orients to provide priority support to distress vessel • One CubeSat re-orients to provide priority support to response force • Mothership provides general support • ARC-Sat provides data link between response force and the National Ice Center (NIC) for updates on sea-ice, sea surface conditions, and surface weather via the ACE system A/C SensorBuoys A/C Ships GroundStations NASA Near-Earth Network and DoD GIG UAS

  35. ARC-Sat Provides Year-Round Global Capability, with an Arctic Focus • Orbit • Altitude: 650 km • Eccentricity: 0 (Circular) • Inclination: 98° • Period: 97.7 minutes • Ground Track • Diameter: 5,529 km • Area: 24 million km2 • Speed Over Ground: 6.836 km/s • Time in view for overhead pass: 13.48 min • With a track overlap of 50.8% at the Equator, ARC-Sat will cover the Earth twice per day • ARC-Sat will provide service to each point on the Earth • Minimum of 4 times per day at the Equator • Up to 14 times per day at the Poles Typical ground coverage and track

  36. Wrap Up – Way Ahead – Discussion About What Other Participants Organizations Are Doing – Where We Might Be Able to Collaborate

  37. Attachment C -- Responsive Systems Solution Center (RSSC) For A2/AD Initiative • Problem: According to Defense Science Board, OSD is not prepared to address urgent & emerging needs in a rapidly shifting threat environment. OSD needs new paradigm for rapid prototyping and development – an agile, adaptive, flexible & innovative rapid acquisition process (QDR Report) • Solution: A2/AD & OSD establish RSSC -- an outside the gate construct, with national reach back, that accelerates all phases of rapid prototyping for emerging low cost systems solutions: • Flexible and adaptive staffing to accelerate concept integration; • Innovation Networks , Business Clusters, and RFIs to accelerate identification of the right technology solutions; • Cooperative Agreement or CRADA to accelerate prototyping and interaction; • Freedom from FAR to accelerate development and transition of proven prototype systems to DOD acquisition; • Preferred customer status to capitalize on national assets; and • Initially reported to ATL/R&D – until creation of AS/AD Office RSSC: Integration of the incredible suite of technical assets, facilities, personnel, and systems engineering capabilities across the national R&D base to rapidly prototype cross-domain responsive systems solutions for A2/AD. RSSC would focus on integrating low cost, emerging systems such as UASs, airships, microsats & cubesats to provide ISR/PED, Comms, GPS, Internet, and C2 capabilities. Figure 1 – Example of a Responsive Systems Solution • Capabilities: The proposed RSSC would • Focus on responsive systems solutions for A2/AD • Blend technology & business innovation; • Create a matrix organization that can integrate government, research, industry personnel and assets including large & small business; • Have procurement authority; and • Align requirements, resources, and the acquisition process. • Discriminators: RSSC is new way to accelerate rapid systems solutions: • Accelerates the front & back end of the rapid deployment process by creating a dedicated Core Team, resourced with national assets, able to address all aspects of project assessment & execution; • Focuses on ACAT III type/class/cost projects; • Provides tactical, operational, and theater solutions; • Provides capability for dealing with emerging threats; • Capitalizes on National R&D base; and • Executed via a Cooperative Agreement / CRADA – fully complaint with FAR – operates under OMB Circular A-122 . Figure 2 – The RSSC Acceleration of the “Front- & Back-End” Rapid Prototyping Process * Budget includes funding for all staffing costs, proof of concepts and reference mission activities as well as year one deliverable – assuming responsive systems solutions projects funded by other DoD Organizations. Company: VCSIContact: Marty Kress Email: mkress@vcsi.org Phone: (256) 961-7001 USEUCOM Steve Spehn stephen.l.spehn.ngo@mail.mil (256) 961-7095

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