Applied Sciences

Perspective

Lawrence Friedl, Program Director

NASA Earth ScienceApplied Sciences

Program

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2014 NASA Strategic Plan

Strategic Goals1. Expand the frontiers of knowledge,

capability, and opportunity in space.

2. Advance understanding of Earth and develop technologies to improve the quality of life on our home planet.

3. Serve the American public and accomplish our Mission by effectively managing our people, technical capabilities, and infrastructure.

Applied Sciences Advisory Committee

May 2014 report:

A‌constant‌and‌over-riding‌theme‌throughout‌our‌meetings‌was‌the‌growing‌importance‌of‌applications‌to‌NASA’s‌core‌mission‌–‌a‌natural‌outcome‌of‌NASA’s‌multi-decade‌commitment‌to‌understanding‌Earth‌from‌space.‌

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Applied Sciences Advisory Committee

Seven Key Topics to Address» Decadal Survey

Ensure applications are an integral part of the upcoming Earth Science Decadal Survey

» Mission PlanningFully integrate applications requirements into NASA mission planning early

» Data and Mission PlanningInclude the DAACs and application users as early as possible in the process of mission planning.

» Application AdoptionIdentify the characteristics of successful adoptions of Earth science data into applications.

» Tools for Data Access & UseAccelerate the development of tools which improve the ease of use, latency, and continuity of NASA Earth science data for application users.

» CommunicationsMore effectively communicate the value of applications of NASA data and the accomplishments of ASP both internally and to the American public.

» Capacity BuildingAddress the financial allocation within the Capacity Building program

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Applied Sciences Advisory Committee

Successful adoption of Earth science data into applications requires that the user be motivated and the data be accessible, offered in application friendly data formats, and delivered within a decisionable timeframe.

– ASAC, 2014

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Applied Sciences: Lines of Business

Applications in Mission Planning

Identify‌applications‌early‌and‌throughout‌‌mission‌lifecycle,‌‌integrate‌end-user‌needs‌in‌design‌and‌development,‌enable‌user‌feedback,‌and‌broaden‌advocacy.

Societal & Economic

Applications

Generate,‌test,‌develop,‌enable‌

adoption,‌and‌extol‌applications‌ideas‌for‌sustained‌uses‌of‌

Earth‌obs.‌in‌‌decisions‌and‌actions.‌

Capacity Development

Build‌skills,‌workforce,‌‌and‌capabilities‌in‌US‌and‌developing‌countries‌to‌apply‌Earth‌obs.‌to‌benefit‌society‌and‌build‌

economies.

Key Principle: Constant experimentation to figure out how to better inspire applications, ideas, ways to broker, etc. |‌‌7

Applications Areas

Energy

ClimateAgriculture Weather

OceansDisasters Ecological

Forecasting

Water Resources

Health &Air Quality

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Emphasis in

4 Applications AreasSupport opportunities in

5 additional areas

Also: Cross-cutting Element of Wildfires

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The‌national‌strategy‌outlined‌here‌has‌as‌its‌overarching‌objective‌a‌program‌of‌scientific‌discovery‌and‌development‌of‌applications‌that‌will‌enhance‌economic‌competitiveness,‌protect‌life‌and‌property,‌and‌assist‌in‌the‌stewardship‌of‌the‌planet‌for‌this‌and‌future‌generations.

Earth Science Decadal Survey

Earth Science & Applications

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What‌key‌questions‌and‌advancements‌does‌the‌Earth‌science‌and‌applications‌community‌need‌to‌address‌in‌the‌next‌10-15‌years?‌‌

What‌key‌questions‌–‌if‌addressed‌well‌or‌answered‌–‌would‌make‌major‌advances‌in‌our‌knowledge‌and‌it‌use‌in‌decisions‌and‌actions?

What‌are‌key‌questions‌and‌challenges‌that‌address‌both‌scientific‌needs‌and‌societal‌decisions?

What can the applications-oriented communities organize over next 15 months to address these and support the next Earth Science Decadal Survey?

Back-up Materials

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Technology

Flight Missions

Research

Data Systems

Education

Applications

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NASA Earth Science

NASA‌Earth‌Science‌supports‌basic‌and‌applied‌research‌on‌the‌Earth‌system‌and‌its‌processes.‌‌

Characterize,‌understand,‌and‌improve‌predictions‌of‌the‌Earth‌system‌to‌advance‌knowledge‌and‌benefit‌society.

Earth Science and Applications

Applied Research

Basic Research

Applications

Value andBenefits to citizens

and societyPartnership

Area

Predictions/ Forecasts

High-Performance Computing, Communication, and Visualization

Standards and Interoperability

Decision Support Systems

Assessments

Scenario Tools

Policy Decisions

Management Decisions

ImpactsOutcomesOutputsInputs

Data

Earth System Models

Land,‌Atmosphere,‌Oceans,‌Cryosphere,‌

Coupled‌Models

Model Products, Data Assimilation,

Predictive Capabilities

NASA and Partners Partners with Decision Support Systems

Applied Sciences Program Approach to Integrated System Solutions

Observations

Analysis to support decision-making

processes & actions

Earth Observatories & Measurements

Satellite,‌Airborne,‌Ground,‌In-situ

Missions, Sensors, Data Products

Inform Decisions & Actions

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