2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program

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Collaborations and Partnerships The Airborne Science Program significantly broadened its national and international collaborative efforts in 2008. In the first year of the NASA-NOAA-DOE Memorandum of Understanding concerning Unmanned Aircraft Systems for Global Earth Observing System Science Research, two implementing arrangements with NOAA Office of Oceanic and Atmospheric Research were signed and executed. The first continued the collaborative efforts to collect hurricane boundary layer data using the Aersosonde (see p. 71). The second resulted in the completion of the Global Hawk – Pacific 2009 (GloPac) science mission plan, completion of studies with Northrup Grumman Corporation on sensor integration engineering plans and initiating the first NASA Global Hawk Certificate of Authorization. Helping to facilitate this collaboration, NOAA detailed Commander Philip Hall to the Dryden Flight Research Center. While assigned to Dryden, in addition to his duty as a NOAA UAS Deputy Project Manager (DPM), CDR Hall has immersed himself into UAS projects as Deputy DPM for the Ikhana, followed by being the DPM on the Global Hawk project. Also in 2008, the Program Director initiated action to establish the International Airborne Science Standards Working Group (IASSWG) within the International Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. The Terms of Reference were approved and the working group will have its first meeting in conjunction with the International Symposium on Remote Sensing of the Environment in May 2009. Throughout most of 2008, the NASA chaired the Interagency Coordinating Committee for Airborne Geosciences Research and Applications (ICCAGRA). Through this leadership role, NASA made contact with our European counterparts, such as EUFAR (European Fleet for Airborne Research), to get their support for the IASSWG and future collaborative efforts. The ASP continues to nurture a relationship with the FAA Unmanned Aircraft Program Office (UAPO). This year program members participated on the Small UAS 52
Rulemaking Committee, including chairing a sub-committee. Additionally the program assigned a full-time resident liaison within the UAPO (see p. 54). Throughout this past year, Airborne Science has maintained its partner relationships with academia, most notably the University of North Dakota and the University of California, Santa Cruz. UND was instrumental in the success of the ARCTAS mission, expanding its efforts well beyond the DC-8 to provide data and engineering support to the P-3B. UND also developed a much anticipated concept and plan for a 2009 DC-8 Student Mission to provide a dedicated opportunity for a handson airborne science learning experience. Through the Airborne Sensor Technology Lab, UCSC personnel are continuing to break new ground in fielding new sensor technologies, such as the AMS, and aircraft science support systems like the NASA Airborne Science Data and Telemetry (NASDAT) system. These accomplishments are described in greater detail in other sections of this report. the NASA Global Hawk system. Under this arrangement NGC is providing technical, engineering, maintenance, operations support and the command and control portion of the ground control station. NASA and NGC are each providing approximately half of the project staffing and will share equal access to the NASA Global Hawk system (see p. 79). For 2009, the program is looking to build on our partnership and collaboration efforts. In partnership with NOAA and NGC, the Global Hawks will accomplish their first missions. Our teaming with UND will fulfill a goal of demonstrating how airborne science platforms can be used to inspire and develop the next generation of Earth science professionals, and we expect to break new ground through the collaborative ICCAGRA, EUFAR and IASSWG efforts. The Airborne Science Program also supports other partnerships established through other NASA organizations. A long-standing MOU between NASA and DoD has resulted in numerous emerging technologies being demonstrated in relative environments using the WB-57s, and Dryden entered into a five-year Space Act Agreement with the Northrup Grumman Corporation (NGC) relating to the stand-up and operation of 53
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary
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LIST OF FIGURES Fig. # Caption Page
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CONTRIBUTORS The contribution of th
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Page 18 and 19: SCIENCE MISSIONS &
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Figure 45 B-200 aircraft trajectory
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Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility
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Media, Education & Outreach NASA Ea
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in Panama City in July and August,
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outside of NASA. This past year, NA
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APPENDICES In Memoriam Airborne Pro
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also helped pioneer the use of loca
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The Founding and Early History of t
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where you couldn’t find them, and
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Figure 52 Early remote sensing payl
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APPENDIX D Acronyms & Abbreviations
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REVEAL RFI RPI RSD RSP RTMM RVSM Re
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