1. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC1 Title Page NDE NOAA NPOESS Data Exploitation Update James Yoe NDE Systems Integration Coordinator

2. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC2 Overview NDE Refresher NDE Status –What’s New –What’s Next COPC Considerations Summary

3. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC3 Mission and Objectives Deliver NPOESS data products and assist NOAA and other civilian operational users to realize the potential of NPOESS observations Disseminate NPOESS Data Records to real-time civilian users Generate and disseminate tailored NPOESS Data Records Generate and disseminate NOAA-unique products (enhanced data products constructed from NPOESS Data Records) Deliver NOAA-unique products, product processing elements, and associated metadata to CLASS for long-term archiving Provide services to customers, including NDE product training, product enhancement, and implementation support across NOAA Provide software for NPOESS Data Record format translation and other data manipulations

4. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC4 NPOESS & NDE NPOESS Data Exploitation SafetyNet NPOESS Ground Systems Command and Control Operational User Community Archive and Access NPP NPOESS C1 NDE Enhanced Products Quality Control Near Real-time Delivery Generic NPOESS Data NOAA Science Center (operated in ESPC) Process Ingest NDE will be a critical link to achieve return on the NPOESS investment – beginning with NPP

5. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC5 NDE Management Team AWIPS Design Partners NDE Product Development Teams (STAR & Others) NDE Product Development Teams (STAR & Others) ESPC Infrastructure Acquisition, Operations (OSDPD) NDE Project Manager Jim Silva NDE Project Manager Jim Silva Data Centers CLASS STAR NDE System Architect Geof Goodrum NDE System Architect Geof Goodrum NOAA Product Integration Teams (NCEP, CoastWatch, AWIPS & Others) NOAA Product Integration Teams (NCEP, CoastWatch, AWIPS & Others) System Development Team (OSDPD) NDE Systems Integration Coordinator Jim Yoe NDE Systems Integration Coordinator Jim Yoe NDE Product Development Manager Tom Schott NDE Product Development Manager Tom Schott

6. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC6 NDE Project Status NDE Implementation Phase Initiated –Addressed all actions from NDE CDR held Sep 2007 –Ingest Build begun, to be complete by May 2009 –Production, Distribution, Subscription, Monitoring builds follow Production Build complete April 2010 NPP Launch June 2010, Cal/Val period to last 18 months NDE Distribution Build not complete until January, 2011 –Temporary alternative being pursued to deliver data to NCEP IDPS Interconnectivity Tests –Acquiring NDE Hardware to support tests –Completion target – December 2008

7. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC7 Product Development Status Supporting three major development lines –CrIS/ATMS Thinned Radiance –Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MIRS) –Sea Surface Temperature (SST) Phased Approach for legacy continuity –Phase I and Phase II NPP Products listed on next slides

8. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC8 NPP Phase 1 CrIS Thinned RadiancesSST AnalysisSea Surface Temperature (SST) CrIS Cloud Cleared RadiancesBlended SSTNadir Profile Ozone Total Precipitable Water (ATMS)SST AnomaliesOzone Total Column Snow Cover (ATMS)Coral Reef Degree HeatingSnow Cover and Depth Precipitation Type/Rate (ATMS)Coral Reef BleachingImagery Surface Emissivity (ATMS)Total Ozone (CrIS)Ocean Color/Chlorophyll Cloud Liquid Water (ATMS)Trace Gases (Carbon)Vegetation Index Sea Ice Cover/Concentration (ATMS)SST (AVHRR-like)Active Fires Snow Water Equivalent (ATMS)Aerosol (AVHRR-like)Atmospheric Temperature Profile Ice Water Path (ATMS)ATMS RadiancesAtmospheric Moisture Profile Land Surface Temperature (ATMS)CrIS RadiancesAerosol Optical Thickness Temperature Profiles (ATMS)VIIRS RadiancesLand Surface Type Moisture Profiles (ATMS)OMPS RadiancesSurface Albedo Rain Water Path/Profile (ATMS)Cloud MaskCloud Cover/Layers Y NUPs B xDRs Phase 1 (3-20 months after NPP Launch): Legacy mission continuity replacement products comprised of currently funded NUPs and xDRs

9. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC9 NPP Phase 2 Polar Winds (VIIRS)Fire PotentialCloud Top Height (VIIRS) Limb Profile OzoneNear Coast Ocean ColorIce Surface Temperature Blended Snow CoverIntegrated xDRs at CrIS ResolutionNet Heat Flux Harmful Algal Blooms (VIIRS)Cloud Liquid Water Path (VIIRS)Sea Ice Characterization (VIIRS) Blended OzoneCloud Ice Water Path (VIIRS)Suspended Matter Blended Total Precipitable WaterCloud Top Temperature (VIIRS)Atmospheric Pressure Profile Tropical Rainfall PotentialAerosol Particle SizeQuarterly Surface Type Gridded Clear Sky Radiances (VIIRS)Cloud Top TemperatureSoil Moisture Vegetation HealthCloud Top Pressure Vegetation MoistureLand Surface Temperature (VIIRS) Drought IndicesCloud Base Height Vegetation Thermal ConditionsCloud Effective Particle Size Leaf Area IndexCloud Optical Thickness Phase 2 (20 months after NPP Launch to 1 month prior to C1 launch): Additional legacy products and enhanced products comprised of NUPs and xDRs not linked to mission continuity YNUPs BxDRs

10. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC10 Product Tailoring Tool Selection Conducted Workshop Nov 27-28, 2007 –Refined requirements –Identified, evaluated, down-selected candidate tools –Published Report February 2008 Evaluating of remaining candidates –Final selection – September 2008 Initiated project to re-format key XDRs for NWP (convert products to BUFR & GRIB) –SW developed in NESDIS/STAR, integrated into NDE –Priorities identified with NCEP/EMC and JCSDA – next slide

11. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC11 Reformatting to Support NWP Prioritized ProductBUFRGRIB2Comments ATMS RadiancesX CrIS RadiancesX -Thinned radiances assumed are okay - If concurrent delivery w/CrIS radiances, include cloud mask Nadir Profile Ozone (OMPS) and OMPS Radiances X Include OMPS radiances in nadir profile product VIIRS RadiancesX Snow Cover XIncorporate into current snow product Vegetation Index X Aerosol Optical ThicknessX Sea Surface TemperatureX

12. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC12 System Integration Update Product Integration Teams still planned –“Formal” establishment delayed by fiscal realities Environmental Modeling and NWP coordination –Meeting bi-monthly w/ JCSDA Director, NOAA Deputies Synch product development & delivery with NCEP testing Provide mutual support for budget requests COPC Action Item: Proposed distributed leads for assimilation of NPP data –NOAA – Sounder data –AFWA – Snow and land surface –USN - SST –COPC Participation JAG/ODAA and Plenary sessions

13. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC13 System Integration Update NDE Team helped formulate NESDIS response to US Navy inquiry concerning NPP data access –July 2008 Meeting planned Continue to work with AWIPS Evolution Project –Coordinate schedules, architectures, smart push-pull for –Work with Schrabe and Heil to identify product requirements from WFOs and RFCs Collaboration with Hydrometeor Testbed –HMT gets enhanced data to support forecasts/warning –NDE gets data/expertise to validate precipitation products Outreach and Training Program –Identify new applications and new users –Develop/support training modules for products –Leverage existing resources COMET, NWS Training Division, VISIT, SHYMET

14. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC14 NDE -COPC Considerations Investigate expansion of the Shared Processing Link –Facilitate the distribution of NDE NUPs and XDRs to Navy and AFWA Centrals Encourage co-development by NDE and the DoD Centrals –For data product development We have NUPs; Will there be science-enhanced products developed by the DoD partners? Will these be shared? –For tools –For Training Explore NPOESS data backup options between NDE and DoD central –Establish com line between a DOD IDPS and NDE/NCEP computer center

15. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC15 Summary The NDE Project is committed to deliver products to NCEP as soon as they are made available –In principle, NDE could serve other OPCs Phase 1 NPP Products will support NWP continuity –Product Integration Team for Data Assimilation will be first established (Streamline preparations for NCEP and JCSDA partners to apply and test procedures they are developing to assimilate NPP and NPOESS observations) For the benefit of all partners, we should consider: –Expansion of the Shared Processing Link –Co-development opportunities (NDE and DoD Centrals) –Backup options between the Centrals

16. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC16 Back-Up Slides

17. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC17 NPP Not In Phase 1 or 2 NOAA-Unique Products Ocean Optimized Cloud Mask Chesapeake Bay Ocean Color Emiliania Huxleyi Blooms High Res (<1km) Ocean Color (Stacy checking res of OC EDR) Aerosol Optical Thickness (VIIRS) Hazard Support (Tropical) (VIIRS) Hazard Support (Volcano) (VIIRS) Outgoing Longwave Radiation (VIIRS) Outgoing Longwave Radiation (CrIS) Absorbed Radiation (VIIRS) Rainfall Prediction (ATMS) Tropical Cyclone Intensity (ATMS) Cloud Types (AVHRR-like) Inversion Strength and Height (CrIS) Fire Burn Scars (VIIRS) CO2 Slicing Derived Cloud Top Pressure (CrIS)

18. NDE May 28, 2008 - FNMOCNDE Informational Update to the COPC18 NDE User Community DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMERS Commercial Sector Universities European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT) International Meteorological Services (India, Japan, Brazil, UK, ECMWF, etc.) World Meteorological Organization Data Collection Service US GOVERNMENT CUSTOMERS DOC / NOAA –National Weather Service /NCEP/NHS –Ocean Service/CoastWatch –Fisheries –Research –Satellites & Information Department of Agriculture Federal Aviation Administration NASA (SPoRT) Coast Watch DOD –Air Force Weather Agency –Naval Oceanographic Office –Naval Ice Center –Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center (FNMOC)