2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

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TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Science Missions & Accomplishments ARCTAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Decadal Survey Support Missions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Aerosonde Tropical Storm Observations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 AMISA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 AVIRIS – Cal/Val . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 California Fire Emergency Response . . 23 SoCal Post Fire Evaluation . . . . . . . . . . 27 CALIPSO - Caribbean . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 CLPX-II . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Cosmic Dust Experiment . . . . . . . . . . . 33 ESA ATV Reentry . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 GASEX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37 NOVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Airborne Science Program Elements: Science Requirements & Management Program Elements & Execution. . . . . . 45 Science & Requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Flight Requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Collaborations and Partnerships . . . . . 52 Interagency UAS Coordination . . . . . . 54 Interagency Working Group for Airborne Data and Telecommunication Systems (IWGADTS). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Joint Airborne Science Sensor Integration Working Group (JASSIWG) . . . . . . . . 57 Aircraft Platforms DC-8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61 ER-2. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 WB-57 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65 P-3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67 G-3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69 Aerosonde . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 B-200. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Twin Otter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 New Technology & Platform Development Global Hawk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79 Ikhana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81 UAVSAR Trajectory Control . . . . . . . . . . 83 SIERRA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 ESTO Technology Demonstrations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87 Mission Planning Tools (RTMM). . . . . . . . 89 v
Page 2 and 3: On the cover: In the foreground are
Page 6 and 7: Common Data & Communications System
Page 8 and 9: Fig. # Caption Page # 14 Time-serie
Page 10 and 11: Table # Caption Page # 1 Decadal Su
Page 13 and 14: EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Airborne Scie
Page 15 and 16: INTRODUCTION It’s hard to believe
Page 17 and 18: the ASP is only as good as the peop
Page 19: ACCOMPLISHMENTS ARCTAS Decadal Surv
Page 22 and 23: ARCTAS Science Teams Figure 1 DC-8
Page 24 and 25: Spring Phase During the spring, air
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Page 28 and 29: opportunity in the fall has helped
Page 30 and 31: Aerosonde Tropical Storm Observatio
Page 32 and 33: AMISA Science Focus: Climate Variab
Page 34 and 35: AVIRIS: Cal/Val Science Focus: Carb
Page 36 and 37: Figure 12 The NASA Ikhana UAV is sh
Page 38 and 39: agencies. Both the NASA-Dryden Ikha
Page 40 and 41: Figure 14 Time-series MASTER imager
Page 42 and 43: Figure 15 Flight track map for the
Page 44 and 45: Images of the Twin Otter and Alaska
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Page 48 and 49: Figure 21 Reentry observation locat
Page 50 and 51: Figure 23 The NOAA Research Vessel
Page 52 and 53: NOVICE Science Focus: Atmospheric C
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AIRBORNE SCIENCE
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Program Elements and Execution The
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Operations Center in Palmdale. For
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Mission Workshop Date Location SMAP
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canceled depending upon the availab
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Rulemaking Committee, including cha
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application. The resulting applicat
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Joint Airborne Science Sensor Integ
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PROGRAM ELEMENTS: AIRCRAFT PLATFORM
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Figure 28 DC-8 visits Iqaluit, Nuna
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gather cosmic dust particles from E
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Three contracts have been awarded t
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Figure 29 P-3 on ramp prior to depa
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Figure 30 Mt. St. Helens Caldera (I
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NASA B-200 The Research Services Di
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• Arctic Research of the Composit
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AIRBORNE SCIENCE
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Global Hawk NASA is establishing a
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Ikhana NASA Dryden Flight Research
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UAVSAR Trajectory Control A Platfor
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SlERRA The Sensor Integrated Enviro
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ESTO Technology Demonstrations In 2
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Mission Planning Tools REAL TIME MI
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Figure 39 Waypoint Planning Tool de
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Common Data & Communications System
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network linking the payload instrum
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PROGRAM ELEMENTS: SCIENCE INSTRUMEN
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The Airborne Science and Technology
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Engineering: MAS (MODIS Airborne Si
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Figure 46 Typical AVIRIS/Twin Otter
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Throughout FY08, the NASA DC-8 airc
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Mind” in Baltimore, Maryland, an
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WETMAAP materials are designed for
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Recognition & Awards 2008 was the i
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Looking Ahead to FY09 and Beyond Th
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APPENDIX A In Memoriam Steven E. Ga
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APPENDIX B Airborne Program History
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management and support, aircraft op
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MSC/JSC for coordination, education
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WB-57F (NASA 925) In September of 1
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development and testing of more tha
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APPENDIX C Five-Year Plan Table 4 A
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ASD ASTL ASP ATM ATV AUVSI AVIRIS A
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Go-MACCS GPS GSFC Gulf of Mexico At
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NESC NEXRAD NGC NIFC NOAA NOVICE NP
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TCAS TES TOGA TPS TTL Traffic Colli
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