PoDAG XV Briefing NSIDC DAAC 27 September 1999 R. Weaver

1. PoDAG XV BriefingNSIDC DAAC27 September 1999 R. Weaver

2. HIGH POINTS ONLY-- NOT EVERY POINT ON EACH SLIDE

3. Overview Outline • Major Accomplishments in Last 10 Months • Non-ECS (V0) Product Status • ECS Status • DAAC Interactions with Scientific Community (EOS and Non-EOS) • User Requests • Budget/Staffing • FY00 Activities • Issues

4. Major Accomplishments - DATA Services • AVHRR Polar Pathfinder data processed and distributed (see TS talk) • TOVS Pathfinder Path-P published and distributed, 21 requests since release two weeks ago • WEB pages • Greenland and Antarctic DEMS (data and information) • MODIS snow and ice products at NSIDC DAAC • (http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/NASA/MODIS/) • ‘State of the Cryosphere’ released for internal review • http://www-nsidc.colorado.edu/PROJECTS/CRYOSPHERE/prototype1/ • Related, by virtue of DAAC hosting the NSIDC website • Antarctic Ice Shelf Events: e.g. Larsen Ice shelf breakup • SHEBA NTM data • Antarctic Glaciological Data Center

5. Major Accomplishments - DATA Services • Outreach • Yearbook for 1998 prepared • Past yearbook articles published on the Earth Observatory website • Hosted NASA DAAC outreach workshop • Published cross-DAAC outreach plan • Booth staffed at AGU, AAG • Contributed to ‘Ocean Journey’ displays • Information packets assembled for cross-DAAC distribution (675) • Completed survey of NSIDC NOTES users for improvement and revision of newsletter

6. Major Accomplishments - Data Support • Near Real Time SSMI Gridded Sea Ice concentrations (NRTSI) distributed. Daily and monthly products • Special processing to provide Near Real Time SSM/I Sea Ice Concentration data in support of field study in the Fram Strait. This request lead to the effort to put this product into regular production and make it available to the broader user community. It is billed as an interim product to the fill the gap for our regularly produced TBs and Sea Ice.

7. Major Accomplishments - Systems Engineering • ESDT for NISE product completed • Completed migration of DAAC V0 data to new DLT library • Continued upgrades to NSIDC IMS/EDG software • Y2K compliance -- renovation, validation, certification of non-ECS system and network components • Completed operational prototype of a JAVA-based search and order application for L3 AVHRR and SSMI grid products (GISMO) • Procured Origin 2000 replacement for SGI Challenge L in Product Generation System (PGS) • Procured a CD-ROM stacker* for in-house replication of CD-ROMs (*delivery held up over CU dispute with vendor) • Three Data System Enhancement tasks started • Spatial Query, Search, and Subset of Data Covering Polar Regions • Evaluate, Test, and Document ECS Application Program Interface (API) • Electronic Publishing (Talk to Vince or Annette for details)

8. Major Accomplishments - ECS • Installed, checked out, regression tested NUMEROUS code drops, patches etc. to ECS system*** • Completed TESS and MOSS-2 tests • Staffed up for TERRA operations • Completed Interim Operational Readiness Review • Continued Operational Readiness Exercises

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10. Interactions with Interdisciplinary Projects, Regional Analysis Centers, ESIPs • POLES (Rothrock) • On-going interaction through Pathfinders • CRYSYS (Goodison) • Attended CRYSYS Meeting (joint with PoDAG) Fall 1998 • S.W. Regional Analysis Center (Bales) • small interaction on data issues, limited role by CPP research scientists • Earth Science Information Prototype (ESIP) Federation • Active in Committee of the Whole, Outreach Splinter • Exploring cluster relationships • Alpine Drainage Basins (Dozier) • (No interaction) • Global Water Cycle (Barron) • (No interaction due to GCIP focus)

11. Interaction with Instrument Science Teams • GLAS • attended GLAS IST meeting, working with IST, SIPS groups on ingest, archive, distribution issues • AMSR • Attended AMSR Team meetings -- working with IST, SIPS on ingest, archive, distribution issues • MISR • Providing NISE data product • MODIS • Attending numerous meetings • ASTER • GLIMS collaborations • SWAMP • Attended Spring 1999, June 1999 meetings

12. Other NSIDC Projects of Interest to PoDAG • SHEBA NTM data distribution (NOAA, ARCSS) • SHEBA Remote Sensing data distribution (ARCSS) • GLIMS (see separate agenda item) • Pathfinder proposed work, AVHRR, SSMI (see Richard, Jim, Ted) • EWG Arctic Meteorology Atlas, NOAA (see Florence Fetterer) • CIRES Visiting Fellow Sergei Sokratov, 11/99-10/00

13. Users • Origin of requests primarily by email • FY98 requests totaled: 2094 FY99 requests totaled: 2098 as of 9/22/99 • Serviced 400 standing orders to 309 individuals in FY99 • Most media data delivery on CD-ROM • Information and data requests roughly equal in percent of total • Complete User Statistics Package via agenda URL link FY 97 Summary of DAAC Users (we are trying to pull this information together on a routine basis for the DAAC)

14. BUDGET • Approximate FY00 Budget: $3.8 MY • Approximately 40 FTE • Of the 40, about 7-8 FTE are directly ECS-related at the present time

15. New Non-ECS Products in FY00

16. New Non-ECS Products in FY00(Up For PoDAG Review) • RAMP data product distribution • Proposed to collaborate with ASF, Byrd Polar on distribution of products. • Accepted in principle • Internal web page with few examples produced

17. Non-ECS Activities in FY00 • Data related • SHEBA field campaign data -- assess archival resource need • PARCA -- assess when/if data are placed in DAAC • Regional Analysis Centers -- MODIS data to SW-RESAC? • Climate Data for Modellers • webpage to assist modellers • make existing NSIDC tools more available • repackage NSIDC data to meet modeller needs • WCRP GCOS/GTOS TOPC, ACSYS, CLIC (see later update by RGB) • Other Products • ‘All About Glaciers’ webpage

18. NON-ECS Activities in FY00 • SMMR-SSMI • EASE grid TB data continues • Polar Stereo data continues (TB, seaice) • NRTSI public release imminent • NISE continues • Pathfinders • AVHRR 1.25 and 5 km acquisition and products continue • RAMP data distribution • ALT-DEM data distribution • TOVS, assess extending timeseries, acquire L1B? • Snowmelt Onset Date at High Latitudes Using EASE-Grid SSM/I Data" (ice sheets, land (non-forested, sea ice is correct)

19. Non-ECS Activities in FY00 • Sustaining Engineering Tasks • Request tracking system upgrades, data migration • Upgrade web servers • Upgrade production, distribution environment • Other • Website Revamp • prepare for TERRA data services • improve site nagivation • bring our website into conformity with other DAAC websites • Outreach • USWG activities • Booth(s) at conferences • Cross-DAAC website - electronic publishing • DAAC yearbook

20. What is this? Approximately one Watt on a meter square

21. ECS Activities in FY00 • Data Products • MODIS Science Operations -- Distribute S/I products • Mission Coordination/Engineering • ASTER - GLIMS coordination (see GS presentation) • AMSR/AMSR-E • Formal NSIDC Product Team • Appoint AMSR Technical Lead • ESDTs, ICD with AMSR SIPS, PDR Server development • GLAS • Formal NSIDC Product Team • Appoint AMSR Technical Lead • ESDTs, ICE with GLAS SIPS/IST, PDR Server development

22. ECS Activities in FY00 • Systems • INSTALL, checkout, INSTALL, checkout, INSTALL checkout • drop 5B, patches • Operational Sustaining Engineering • Development • Continue Data Systems Engineering Tasks • Other • NEW DISS • ESIP Federation • PoDAG • Partington data study • American Polar Society meeting in Boulder (Oct 2000)

23. Meeting Discussion Issues • No burning ‘critical’ issues • Longer term questions • How long after AMSR/AMSR-E data availability do we maintain SSMI? To the end of SSMI satellite series? • Affirm PoDAG commitment to ingest and distribution of AVHRR data until TERRA L+18mo • Heads up • Charging for media delivery of NASA products may be on the way. • Does PoDAG want to study further? Make a statement?

24. FINIS