1. How Early Adopters have Succeeded
TEMPO Science Team Meeting May 31, 2017:
How Early Adopters have Succeeded
Bruce Doddridge
On behalf of Doreen Neil

2. How other Early Adopters have succeeded
Created Applications Working Groups that engaged specific users, particularly operational agencies with mandates and resources
User guidance factored into early definition of (applied) data products and product features
Science Team algorithm developers worked closely with Early Adopters
Applications leads identified training needs for applied users and held training sessions
Science team organized “synthetic” data distribution and access
Science Team members who were responsible for algorithms and/or data products worked directly with specific users to develop applied products.
“Early Adopters” are a subset of users who apply their own resources to demonstrate the value of NASA data for their own particular system, model, or application.
DS missions received funding to establish applications and support mission-specific applications coordinators (not applicable to Earth Venture missions).

3. About NASA Applied Sciences Program (ASP): Discovering innovative and practical uses of Earth observations
ASP works with partners to build capacity
ASP funds projects for innovative and practical ways to use space-based environmental information that improves decisions and benefits society.
Users help identify new opportunities (projects)
ASP –sponsored workshops address topics in depth and help people make connections between science and users.
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4. NASA’s Applied Sciences Program: Health & Air Quality focus area
Promotes uses of Earth observations data and models regarding implementation of air quality standards, policy, and regulations for economic and human welfare.
Recently noted activities include:
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency integrated Aura, Aqua, and Terra data into the AirNow air-quality decision support system, which health officials use to alert the public about hazardous pollution.
AirNow - Improving Air Quality Maps with Satellite Data
Incorporating Space-borne Measurements to Improve Air Quality Decision Support Systems

5. Case Studies have impact
Case Studies reported in video communicate more clearly than charts.
 The satellite data has real value in producing an Air Quality Index that actually protects the public from harm by allowing them to make decisions that protect their health and wellbeing.
If the satellite data were not there, there would be no indication of this poorer air quality.
In the Missouri fires case (see video) the addition of satellite data leads to identification of poorer air quality by including satellite observations of smoke in an otherwise unmonitored area of Northern Missouri

6. Engage Specific User Groups
“This [the satellite data] gives you more data than our monitoring network. You can’t ever have enough data.” James Kelly, Georgia Environmental Protection Division
“This is the best tool I have seen so far that integrates satellite data with information from ground monitors."
Cassie McMohan, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
“Satellite data help fill in gaps for the existing surface monitoring networks.”
Scott Beaver, Bay Area Air Quality Management District
Communicating direct feedback from users is essential for success.

7. NASA Applications Programs: Earth Venture
Applications activities were not required in the cost-capped EV proposals for spaceflight instruments and missions.
Applications are not funded in the formal agreements between NASA and the PIs.
Only the first Earth Venture space mission, CYGNSS (EVM-1), has launched (12/2016)
Using 8 microsatellites, CYGNSS probes the inner core of hurricanes to learn about their rapid intensification
CYGNSS identified applications in tropical convection, physical oceanography, and hurricane forecast in their Application Workshop 18 months before launch.
TEMPO is the first Earth Venture Instrument
TEMPO Applications Workshop (June 2016) featured air-quality forecasting evaluation; planning and assessment; exceptional events; emissions; health and exposure; ozone crop damage; dust, smoke, and volcanic ash; and lightning NOx
TEMPO Science Team partners with NASA’s airborne science program and the GEO-CAPE study team.

8. TEMPO Early Adopters up to now
Early Adopters tend to develop into an expert user community.
For TEMPO, working closely with algorithms has focused on the “synthetic” data produced during field campaigns using airborne instruments, surface networks, LEO satellite data and a TEMPO simulator (GEO-TASO).
Before launch: understand the temporal evolution of near surface layer in different ecosystems using an integrated observing strategy (episodic)
After launch: Continuous TEMPO observations from space add to the observations
TEMPO also leverages NASA’s first Air Quality Applied Science Team, and its follow-on, H-AQAST.
The modeling frameworks used in local and regional AQ work are essential tools

9. Suggestions for evolving TEMPO applications
Establish an active TEMPO Applications Working Group to help coordinate applications activities, interact with NASA’s Applied Science Program, advocate for future solicitations, and provide use cases.
Identify “communities of practice” (like Early Adopters and strategic partners) and “communities of potential”, and establish cooperative agreements to formalize.
GEO-CAPE is a strategic partner for TEMPO.
The CEOS Atmospheric Composition Virtual Constellation is a strategic partner; meeting at CNES June 29, 2017
Engage in pre-launch studies and activities and assess tangible outcomes with users
Streamline access to data and use of data at launch
Identify, develop, and communicate quantitative metrics for applications

10. Early Adopter Success Summary
Communicate, communicate, communicate.
Let NASA and communities of practice know what we plan to do, what we are doing, and what we have learned.

12. NASA Applied Sciences Program (ASP) Key Metric
Application Readiness Levels are the Applied Sciences Program analogy to Technical Readiness Levels for NASA hardware
Each project is expected to advance one “Application Readiness Level” each year of funding.
Full communication from funded projects to ASP, communities of practice, and the public is expected
ASP fosters skill in the project teams to measure the socioeconomic impacts of Earth observations