Ensuring the Climate Record from the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft

Ensuring the Climate Record from the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft : Elements of a Strategy to Recover Measurement Capabilities Lost in Program Restructuring Art Charo National Research Council Space Studies Board

I. Background and Charge ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

NRC Committee on a Strategy to Mitigate the Impact of Sensor Descopes and Demanifests on the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

June 2006—Nunn-McCurdy Certification ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sept. 2006: Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) on GOES-R is Canceled-1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sept. 2006: Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) on GOES-R is Canceled-2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

III. Climate Capabilities Prioritization and Recovery Analysis Process

Working Definition of Climate ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Measurements/Sensors the Committee Considered Relevant to Climate Science ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Ground Rules for Prioritization ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Prioritization Process ,[object Object]

Ranking Determined by Committee Vote on Measurement’s Importance to Climate ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Results of 2 Separate Prioritizations* *Based on needs of climate science w/o considering cost Tier 4 Tier 2 Tier 3 Tier 1 Increasing Priority NPOESS (LEO) GOES-R (GEO)

IV. Tier-1/2 Recovery Priorities

Recommendations for Microwave Radiometry—Tier 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Recommendations for Radar Altimetry and Earth Radiation Budget—Tier 1 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Recommendations for Hyperspectral Diurnal Coverage and TSI—Tier 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Recommendations for Geostationary Hyperspectral Sounding—Tier 2 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Recommendations for Aerosol Properties—Tier 3 ,[object Object],[object Object]

Recommendations for Ocean Color—Tier 3 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Recommendations for Ozone Profiles—Tier 3 ,[object Object]

Recommendations for Geostationary Coastal Waters Imaging—Tier 4 ,[object Object]

President’s FY 09 Budget Addresses Some of the Committee and Decadal Survey Recommendations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Restoration of Climate Capabilities on NPOESS Spacecraft Does Not Address An Underlying Problem ,[object Object],[object Object]

NPOESS Lacks Essential Features of a Well-Designed Climate-Observing System ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

NPOESS Lacks Essential Features of a Well-Designed Climate-Observing System—Con’t ,[object Object],[object Object]

Elements of a Long-term Climate Strategy: A Way Forward ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Elements of a Long-term Climate Strategy: A Way Forward—Con’t ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Summary of Issues Noted by June 2007 Workshop Participants ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Pre-Certification Configuration

Post-Certification Configuration

NPOESS Instrument Assignments, Pre-Nunn-McCurdy

NPOESS Instrument Assignments, Post-Nunn-McCurdy

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