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NASA’s Earth Science Division Flight
Overview
Bradley D. Doorn
Program Manager
Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate
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Guiding Recommendation Documents
Administration priorities
and constraints
Decadal survey,
OCO-2,
climate continuity
missions,
balanced program
Integrated Program
2007 Decadal Survey
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2010 NASA Climate Plan
The 2010 Climate plan outline integrated programs for observations, data
product development and delivery that include multiple satellite and span
generations.
Consistency is as necessary to NASA’s mission as it is to other Agencies.
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NASA Operating Missions (Included in Senior Review)
Compromised
Performance
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Mission Updates – Afternoon Constellation
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CloudSat has moved below the A-Train while continuing
recovery effort.
PARASOL is in the process of permanently existing the
constellation
JAXA GCOM-W1 to join the A-Train (LRD: Nov 2011 – Mar
2012)
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Missions in Formulation and Implementation – 11/2011
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AQUARIUS
6/10/2011
w/CONAE; SSS
ICESat-2
April 2016
Ice Dynamics
NPP
10/25/2011
w/NOAA
EOS cont., Op Met.
SMAP*
Late CY2014
w/CSA
Soil Moist., Frz/Thaw
GPM
7/2013 (TBR)
w/ JAXA; Precip
LDCM
12/2012
w/USGS; TIRS
OCO-2
2013*
Global CO2
* LRDs in flux because of launch vehicle failures
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SAGE III on the ISS: On orbit date late 2014
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The SAGE III instrument was built in the
1990’s, manifested to
fly on the ISS in the
early 2000’s before it
was shelved
Instrument has been
in storage and is
being refurbished to
fly on the ISS
SAGE III will continue
NASA’s 25 year
ozone measurements
SAGE III will be the first
of possibly several Earth
science instruments onthe
ISS
ELC-
Phase A in FY12
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1.0 Introduction to the Project
GRACE-FO Continuity Mission
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This strategic mission is identified in the NASA
implementation plan
Will continue the GRACE data record, and will follow the
GRACE implementation path
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8/2/11
Partnership with Germany, with the partnership parameters now
in development
GRACE FO is not a substitute for GRACE II mission, a
third Tier DS mission
Phase A in
FY12
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Future Orbital Flight Missions – 2011 – 2022
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(International
contributions)
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The Need for Global, Multi-Decadal Measurements
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Lee Fu, JPL
Integrated Program for Water Availability/Quality
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Precipitation
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Soil Moisture and Freeze/Thaw State
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PACE (2019/2020 w/ CNES [likely])
Northern Latitude Land, Lakes, Permafrost
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ICEBRIDGE (ongoing); ICESAT-2 (2016); DESDynI (TBD)
Coastal Water Quality
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GRACE and GRACE-FO (2016 w/Germany)
Glacier and Ice Sheet Volume Changes and Dynamics
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SWOT (late 2019 w/CNES, CSA)
Subsurface Ground Water (Aquifer Volume Changes)
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SMAP ( w/CSA)
Inland Waters
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TRMM (extended mission w/JAXA); Field Campaigns (e.g. GRIP,
EV-1 HS3; GPM (2014 w/ JAXA)
EV-1 CARVE, SMAP, SWOT, GRACE-FO, ICESAT-2, DESDynI
Accelerated Operational Use of Research Measurements,
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NASA’s Portfolio Enables Multi-Mission
Applications
Over time for long term data records
Simultaneous for multisatellite products (A-Train)
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Sea Level Rise from Altimetry and Gravimetry
GRACE & Jason-1 and Jason-2
Total
Steric Contribution
IPCC WG1 FAR (2007)
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Drought Decreased Net Primary Productivity
from 2000 - 2009
~0.1%/year decline
MODIS Data
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Zhao & Running 2010, Science
Decline in multiyear sea ice coverage from
QuikSCAT
Jan -1 fields
Area (103 km2)
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Flight Staffing Allocations
Requirements
and
Capabilities
Early data product
discussions will
help affect
sustained
continuity
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