michael h. freilich 21 april 2009 earth science division overview and status
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Michael H. Freilich21 April 2009
Earth Science Division Overview and Status
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Earth Science Division Overview
• Overarching goal: to advance Earth System science, including climate studies, through spaceborne data acquisition, research and analysis, and predictive modeling
• Six major activities:• Building and operating Earth observing satellite missions, many with
international and interagency partners• Making high-quality data products available to the broad science
community• Conducting and sponsoring cutting-edge research
– Field campaigns to complement satellite measurements– Analyses of non-NASA mission data– Modeling
• Applied Science • Developing technologies to improve Earth observation capabilities• Education and Public Outreach
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NASA Operating Missions
OSTM/Jason 2
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A-Train (2009)
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Missions in Formulation and Implementation
OCO2/2009
Atmos CO2
GLORY1-2/2010
Aerosols, Solar Irrad
NPP1-6/2011
EOS Cont.
AQUARIUS5/2010
OceanSalinity
LDCM12/2012
Land Imaging
GPM7/2013, 11/2014
Global Precip
SMAP3/2014
Soil Moist+Freeze/Thaw
ICESat-II2015
Ice Topog
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Decadal Survey Missions Next Generation
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Objectives/Principles for Augmentation Funds
• Complete and launch the 5 “Foundational” Earth Science missions now under development – Glory, Aquarius, NPP, LDCM (w/TIRS), GPM Core
• Develop Decadal Survey missions, as possible– Venture-class– SMAP, ICESAT-II– DESDynI, CLARREO– Tier-II mission studies – Focused technology development
• Preserve overall program balance (R&A, Applied Sciences, Technology)– Ice Bridge (aircraft campaigns to extend ICESAT-1 data set to ICESAT-II)
– Airborne Infrastructure and instruments– Supercomputing– Technology– Regional impacts/applications– Climate Modeling– Education and Public Outreach