2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
2008 Annual Report - NASA Airborne Science Program
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Interagency Working Group<br />
for <strong>Airborne</strong> Data and<br />
Telecommunication Systems<br />
(IWGADTS)<br />
The Interagency Working<br />
Group for <strong>Airborne</strong> Data and<br />
Telecommunications Systems<br />
(IWGADTS) was organized<br />
at the behest of the <strong>Airborne</strong><br />
<strong>Science</strong> <strong>Program</strong> for the purpose of fostering<br />
increased interoperability among airborne<br />
platforms and instrument payloads within the<br />
government research community. Besides<br />
representatives from the various <strong>NASA</strong><br />
centers, its active members include NSF/<br />
NCAR, DoE, NOAA, ONR, and several<br />
academic institutions including the University<br />
of North Dakota. IGWADTS meets twice<br />
yearly to develop recommendations for<br />
technical standards to increase infrastructure<br />
commonality between airborne platforms<br />
and instrument payloads, and to encourage<br />
synergy between airborne research programs<br />
with similar goals.<br />
Ongoing topics of discussion include<br />
standards for real-time data feeds (formats<br />
and timing,) the implementation of airborne<br />
ethernet networks, and the current status<br />
of satellite communication and GPS<br />
technologies. A survey of science instrument<br />
teams is also underway, gathering information<br />
on navigation data and communications/<br />
telemetry requirements across the<br />
community.<br />
The “IWG-1” standard format for platform<br />
navigation data, which originated from this<br />
group, is currently being implemented in<br />
the next-generation of <strong>NASA</strong> airborne data<br />
systems.<br />
More information may be found at: http://<br />
www.eol.ucar.edu/iwgadts.<br />
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