Overview of Current and Future NOAA Polar Satellite Systems Vince Tabor Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution Asian Pacific Satellite Data Exchange and Utilization Meeting Seoul, June 1-3, 2005

Satellite Services Division Dave Benner - Product Transition and Implementation - Prototype Operations - NCEP/JCSDA/ORA Interface - NIC Program Management Division Barbara Banks - Office wide Program Management - Strategic Planning - Budget Formulation - Performance Measures - OSD Interface Information Processing Division Reginald Lawrence - OSDPD CIO - GOES/POES Processing - Data Distribution - IT Support Contract OSDPD Functional Re-alignment OSDPD

A New Era was Launched May,

NOAA-18 Visible Image May 21, 2005

Upcoming Launches POES SpacecraftLaunch Readiness or Need Date Planned Launch Date METOP-2 (am)November 2005April 2006 NOAA-N’ (pm)June 2007December 2007 METOP-1 (am)March 2010August 2010

Constellation Configuration NOAA-17 (6/24/02) –Primary AM satellite –GACS –LACs –HRPT on STX-3 (high frequency) –APT NOAA-16 (9/21/00) –Primary PM satellite –GACs –LACs –HRPT on STX-1 (low frequency) –No APT NOAA-15 (5/13/98) –Backup AM satellite –GACs –No LACs (downlink constraint) –HRPT on STX-2 (middle frequency) –No APT NOAA-14 (12/30/94) –Backup AM satellite –No GACs (No AVHRR) –No LACs –HRPT on STX-3 (high frequency) –No APT NOAA-12 (5/14/91) –Standby satellite –No GACs –No LACs –HRPT on STX-1 (low frequency) –APT

NOAA-15 N A (drift= +4.1 min/mo) N A (drift= min/mo) 1817A (drift = -2.0 min/mo) Sun 1200 Local noon NOAA A (drift=+2.1min/mo) NOAA A (drift=+0.2 min/mo) Constellation Configuration NOAA Expected

DATA HANDLING THERMAL CONTROL COMMUNICATIONS ATTITUDE DETERMINATION AND CONTROL ELECTRICAL POWER COMMAND AND CONTROL NOAA 17 Primary AM NOAA 16 Primary PM NOAA 15 Backup AM NOAA 14 Standby AM NOAA 12 Standby AM NOAA 11 Standby PM SUBSYSTEM POES On-Orbit Status Spacecraft Bus (as of 4/20/05) (* indicates situation change from previous report) G G G G G G G G G G G G Y G G G G Y G G G G Y G G G G G G G Y R Y Y Y Y Y Y Operational – Capable of meeting all requirements Degraded (Limited operational use) – Capable of meeting some, but not all requirements Failed – Unable to meet requirements * Nominal mode TCE3 Failed Gyro3 problem Shunt problem STX3 low power Y TIP1&2 problemTIP Analog drift Gyro3 problem DTR5 Inop * DTR-1 degraded * VTX-1 On

MSU Microwave Sounding Unit AMSU-B Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit B AMSU-A2 Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit A2 AMSU-A1 Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit A1 HIRS High Resolution Infrared Sounder AVHRR Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer NOAA 17NOAA 16NOAA 15NOAA 14NOAA 12NOAA 11 SUBSYSTEM POES On-Orbit Status Instruments (as of 4/20/05) (* indicates situation change from previous report) G G Y Y G G G G G Y R Y Y Operational – Capable of meeting all requirements Degraded (Limited operational use) – Capable of meeting some, but not all requirements Failed – Unable to meet requirements G Y R R R R R G R Y R G R Y Watch List * TCE24 Off* Scan Motor test

SEM Space Environment Monitor SBUV Solar Backscatter Ultraviolet Radiometer SARP Search and Rescue Processor SARR Search and Rescue Repeater DCS Data Collection Subsystem SSU Stratospheric Sounding Unit NOAA 17NOAA 16NOAA 15NOAA 14NOAA 12NOAA 11 SUBSYSTEM POES On-Orbit Status Instruments (cont) GGGGGGGGGGGGYRY Operational – Capable of meeting all requirements Degraded (Limited operational use) – Capable of meeting some, but not all requirements Failed – Unable to meet requirements RGYGYYGGGYGGGRY

On April 28, a new Preprocessor and 1b format was implemented –Code Modified to Incorporate New MHS Code Field of View (FOV) size change for HIRS HIRS calibration and format changed AMSU-A calibration and format changed AVHRR format changed Other 1b/1b* format changes NOAA-N Changes

MHS/MIU Issues –MHS and AMSU-B Differences Channels Frequency are Similar –Channels with different frequency »H2 and 17 »H5 and 20 Number of warm target PRTs –MHS has 5 –AMSU-B has 7 Different Algorithms for Calibration 1b/1b* format similar NOAA-N Changes

MHS/MIU Issues –Understanding different modes Nominal modes Non-nominal modes MIU nominal modes MIU non-nominal modes –Accommodating different modes Set flag for Nominal and Non- Nominal modes –Operational nominal modes 99% of time NOAA-N Changes

HIRS Issues –Field of View Size Change for HIRS HIRS/4 10KM FOV compared to HIRS/3 20KM FOV –Users may need to change software, especially where co-location with other sensors such as AVHRR –Patch Temperature changed from 100 to 95K –Added a 5 th Internal Warm Target temperature sensor and third telescope temperature sensor –Added extra bit to the electronic serial number in the Digital A data stream Element 63 Bits Software change Bits redefined in 1b NOAA-N Changes

HIRS Issues (Cont.) –Software Correction for the Operational HIRS Lunar Intrusion detection –HIRS Calibration Algorithm Version 4.0 New algorithm introduced to replacement old operational HIRS calibration algorithm NOAA-N Changes

AMSU-A Issues –Correction of Lunar contamination Required minor change to 1b format –Header and Data record Plan to move detection to Earth location Software –Correction for sudden jumps in the calibration counts (NOAA-17 Channel 3 anomaly) Required minor change to 1b format –Header and Data record NOAA-N Changes

AVHRR Issues –Change to AVHRR Scaling Factors for some of the AVHRR nonlinear radiance coefficients –IR Operational/Test Cal Channel 4 coefficient 3 –IR Operational/Test Cal channel 5 Coefficient 3 NOAA-N Changes

New Telemetry File –File contains telemetry that is not contained in instrument 1b Will be useful for MIU data when in Non- nominal modes All telemetry data will now be archived –File uses AIP 1a file format NOAA-N Changes

Incorporation of CLAVR-X flags to AVHRR 1bs –Prototype and timing tests complete Additional Preprocessor Enhancement

On April 28, Moved Preprocessing System from Amdahl Enterprise Server to IBM p655 (AIX Distributed Scalable Power processor(SP)) –Improved Processing Speed –Reduced Processing Cost New Data Processing Platform

Reason for change –Current Front End Processor (FEP) is out dated –Need to Allow Ingest of Metop CCSDS data (Phase 2) Acceptance testing with user community was suspended due to interface problems encountered with Satellite Operations Control Center(SOCC) systems Internal testing and system modifications are underway Will resume testing with user community once modifications and internal testing are completed Plan to transition to AFEP soon after Advanced Front End Processor (AFEP) Implementation (Phase 1)

IPD will move to new NOAA Satellite Operations Facility (NSOF) –Scheduled to begin moving equipment August time frame –Scheduled to begin moving staff October time frame –Plan to complete transition by January –No interruption to service planned Move to New Facility

Blind Orbit Support for KLM series –OSD is investigating avenues for obtaining blind orbits for KLM series of satellites Schemes for Improved Data Timeliness

GAC LAC HRPT SAIP STIP Svalbard CDA ESPC IJPS NOC GFT EUMETSAT DARMSTADT SOCC SUITLAND DOMSAT GDS MHRPT AUX – CDF, OSV, Cal Parms IJPS System Overview BGAC, SAIP, STIP BGDSMHRPT EUMETSAT Level 1’s BGAC, SAIP, STIP Wallops CDA Fairbanks CDA GDS NOAA NN’ Data EUMETSAT Data AUX – 4LE, CDF, Cal Parms

IJPS, IPS Overview of Upgrades for Metop New Ingestor and Advanced Front End Processor (AFEP) needs to be upgraded to allow –Ingest of common instrument data, from the GDS as CCSDS VCDUs, in pipeline mode –Frame synchronizing and filtering of GDS data at Ingest –Receipt and distribution of ASCAT, GOME and GRAS Level 1b and IASI Level 1c products –Ingest of blind orbit GAC, in pipeline mode

IJPS, IPS Overview of Upgrades for Metop(Cont.) Preprocessor needs to upgraded to –Process blind orbit GAC in pipeline mode –Produce common instrument Level 1b’s from Metop in pipeline mode –Produce new Full Resolution GAC (FRAC)

SOCC Communication Center ESPC Ingestor ESPC Preprocessor Quality Flags Calibration Earth Location Reformatting - L1a to L1b Decommutation of AVHRR & AIP Reformatting - L0 to L1a Frame Synced *TDM Raw Data Stream AVHRR 1a and AIP 1a *TDM = Time Division Multiplex PGD and AAS Instrument Level 1b’s Current POES Ingest and Preprocessing Flow

*TDM = Time Division Multiplex **CCSDS = Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems Granule sizes vary SOCC Communication Center ESPC New Ingestor ESPC New Preprocessor Quality Flags Calibration Earth Location Reformatting - L1a to L1b Decommutation Packet Extraction Reformatting - L0 to L1a Frame Synced *TDM Raw Data Stream WITHIN 2 minutes AVHRR granules AMSU-A granules HIRS granules MHS granules SBUV granules SEM granules [A]DCS granules SAR granules PGD and AAS WITHIN 3 minutes Instrument Level 1b’s NOAA Communication Interface **CCSDS and Blind GAC Raw Data Streams IJPS Era Ingest and Preprocessing Flow GOME ASCAT IASI GRAS

IJPS, IPS Products from Metop Day 1 – replace current ops –AVHRR –AMSU-A –HIRS –MHS –SEM –[A]DCS –SAR –GOME Day 2 – ASCAT – IASI – GRAS

Receive ASCAT, GOME, GRAS 1b data from Eumetsat Receive full resolution ASCAT 1b file from Eumetsat –May elect to perform L0 processing for ASCAT Receive IASI 1c Data from Eumetsat –Plan to generate PCs and reconstructed radiance –May generate cloud cleared radiances in future Eumetsat Unique Instrument Processing Plans