1. C6 Science Test Plan Draft Version 1 07/22/2009 Email your feedbacks to Sadashiva.Devadiga-1@nasa.gov

2. Assumptions C6 L1B delivery expected by July 31, 2009 Following C6 Atmospheric products should be available by Sept 30 2009 –MOD35 (for LST, Snow and Sea_Ice, All land PGEs except LSR and Fire) –MOD07 (for LST) –Deep Blue Aerosol for Terra and Aqua for years 2007and 2008 (for LST) Final Land Cover product (MOD12Q1) and land water mask for use in C6 reprocessing by August 31, 2009 C6 MOD09 (PGE11) first version available by early October 2009

3. Major C6 Science Tests C6 L1B Test (Aqua + Terra) in Aug 2009 –2 16-day Global Test (2003001 and 2003193) –Compare C5 L1B vs C6 L1B C6 Land Baseline Test (Aqua + Terra) in Aug/Sept 2009 –2 16-day Global Test (2003001 and 2003193) –Compare C5 Land with C5 L1B vs C5 Land with C6 L1B –C5 Land products with C6 L1B will be used as baseline for evaluation of C6 changes. 1 st 16-day Global Test in October 2009 –C6 L1B, Cloud Mask and Atmospheric Profile –First C6 updates to land PGEs –All available land PGEs will be run with the first C6 version of PGE11 –For LST this will be the C6 baseline Test with the C6 Cloud Mask and Atmospheric Profile 2 nd 16-day Global Test in Nov/Dec 2009 –Second C6 updates to Land PGEs –1 st and/or 2 nd revisions to LST C6 algorithm N-tiles 3-month time series Test in Dec 09/Jan 2010 –All land PGEs –Test and evaluation to conclude by end of Feb 2010 Final Global Test/Time series Test in Feb/March 2010 –For all/selected PGEs as required

4. Time Line of Testing and PGE Deliveries (1/3) 08/01/0909/01/0910/01/09 C6 L1B PGE21 8DAY-LSR gapfilled PGE11 C6.1 Daily LSR PGE11 C6.2 Daily LSR C6 MOD35, MOD07, PGE16 C6.1 LST Land PGEs 1 st drop Complete PGE11 C6 baseline test – 1 year Daily LSR Test evaluation and C6 development Repeat PGE11 C6 1-year global test 10/30/09 1 st 16-day Global Test C6 L1B Test C6 Land Baseline Test – 16-day Global C6 LST Baseline Test Land-Cover, Land- water mask

5. Time Line of Testing and PGE Deliveries (2/3) 11/01/0912/01/0901/01/10 PGE16 C6.2 LST PGE16 C6.3 LST Land PGEs 2 nd Drop Land PGEs 3 rd Drop Repeat 16-day Global Test N-tile 3-month time series

6. Time Line of Testing and PGE Deliveries (3/3) 02/01/1003/01/1004/01/10 Land PGEs Last drop Complete Time series test and evaluation Final Science Test Start of C6 Processing Integration of C6 PGEs to MODAPS