2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

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Science & Requirements The Science Requirements & Management program element provides the information and analyses to ensure that the composition of the aircraft catalog, aircraft schedules, and investments in new technologies are directly and clearly traceable to current and planned science mission requirements. In addition, the Earth Science Project Office (ESPO) provides support to the Science Mission Directorate in requirements analysis, flight request tracking and management, and mission concept and science instrument integration development and support. They also manage most of the major Earth Science airborne field campaigns in SMD. Requirements are collected and validated in partnership with the three key stakeholder groups within the earth science community: (1) Mission scientists and managers of space flight missions in need of data for satellite calibration and algorithm validation. (2) Engineers and developers of new instruments in need of test flight or operations. (3) Scientists in need of airborne observations for answering science questions. Near term requirements are gathered primarily through the online flight request system as well as inputs from mission science teams, conferences and scientific literature. The need for airborne observations related to priority SMD missions is tracked using a 5-year plan, updated annually, and by frequent communications with the NASA Earth Science Program Managers. For longer-term requirements, the program engages in a systematic process of collecting requirements from conferences, workshops, publications and interviews. Requirements gathered include platform altitude, endurance, range, and payload capacity, as well as telemetry, navigation data recorders, multidisciplinary sensors, and science-support systems. In 2007, the National Research Council published its Decadal Survey entitled, “Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond,” in which fifteen new satellite missions were recommended for NASA to pursue. As the Science Mission Directorate has worked during 2008 to address this mission set, establishing science teams and beginning to plan and design the missions, the Airborne Science program has worked 48
Mission Workshop Date Location SMAP October 20-22, ‘08 Oxnard, CA DESDynI October 29-31, ‘08 Sacramento, CA CLARREO October 21-23, ‘08 Washington, DC ASCENDS July 20-22, ‘08 Ann Arbor, MI GEO-CAPE August 18-20, ‘08 Chapel Hill, NC HYSPIRI October 21-23, ‘08 Monrovia, CA SWOT September 17-19, ‘08 Columbus, OH Table 1: Decadal Survey science meetings held in 2008; green indicates first tier or near term missions, and yellow indicates second tier. SMAP DESDynI CLARREO ASCENDS GEO-CAPE HyspIRI SWOT (Soil Moisture Active-Passive) (Deformation, Ecosystem Structure and Dynamics of Ice) (Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractory Observatory) (Active Sensing of CO2, Emissions over Nights, Days and Seasons) (Geostationary Coastal and Air Pollution Events Mission) (Hyperspectral Infrared Imager) (Surface Water and Ocean Topography) in parallel to prepare to support the new missions. A dialogue has been established with the various teams to understand how airborne capabilities may be called on to participate in field studies, to test new simulator instruments, or to provide data for algorithm development or calibration and validation activities. Implementation of the NRC Decadal Survey recommended missions has begun in earnest with the formation of science steering committees for each of the science missions. Table 1 lists the science meetings that were attended by one or more representatives of the Airborne Science Program In FY2009, the Program will produce a comprehensive report on information gathered from the meetings above and other sources to provide an overview of requirements for airborne observations in support of the decadal survey recommended missions. This report will include an overview of the missions, airborne instruments, plans for calibration and validation, and a schedule of expected activities and assets. 49
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary
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APPENDICES In Memoriam Airborne Pro
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APPENDIX D Acronyms & Abbreviations
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