NPOESS, Modis and AMSR-E

Paul SeymourNational Ice Center

DMSP (Defense Meteorological

Satellite Program)

EOS (Earth Observing

System)

NPOESS (National Polar-orbiting

Operational Environmental Satellite System)

Sensor data rate: 1.5 MbpsData latency: 100-150 min.

1.7 GigaBytes per day (DMSP)6.3 GigaBytes per day (POES)

15 Mbps sensor data rateData latency: 100-180 min.Data availability: 98%Ground revisit time: 12 hrs.

2.6 TeraBytes per day (EOS)2.4 TeraBytes per day (NPP)

20 Mbps sensor data rateData latency: 28 min.Data availability: 99.98%Autonomy capability: 60 daysSelective encryption/deniabilityGround revisit time: 4-6 hrs.

8.1 TeraBytes per day

Evolutionary Roadmap

POES (Polar Orbiting

Operational Environmental Satellites)

NPP (NPOESS

Preparatory Project)

1960 - 2010 2000 - 2010 2010 – 2020+

NPOESS Satisfies Evolutionary Program Needs with Enhanced CapabilitiesNPOESS Satisfies Evolutionary Program Needs with Enhanced CapabilitiesNPOESS Satisfies Evolutionary Program Needs with Enhanced CapabilitiesNPOESS Satisfies Evolutionary Program Needs with Enhanced Capabilities

Program Schedule2002 A&O Contract Award

2003 NPP Delta Critical Design Review

2005 NPOESS Preliminary Design Review

2006 NPOESS Critical Design ReviewNPP Ground Readiness

2006 NPP Launch

2009 NPOESS Ground Readiness

2010 NPOESS C1 Launch

2011 NPOESS C2 LaunchField Terminal Segment ReadinessInitial Operational Capability

•2013 NPOESS C3 Launch

2015 NPOESS C4 Launch

2017 NPOESS C5 Launch

2019 End of ProgramReliable and timely collection, Reliable and timely collection, delivery, and processing of delivery, and processing of quality environmental dataquality environmental data

Reliable and timely collection, Reliable and timely collection, delivery, and processing of delivery, and processing of quality environmental dataquality environmental data

Satellite Transition ScheduleSlopes indicate 10-90% need

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1330 POES

EOS-Aqua

NPOESSC2N’

Earliest Need to back-up launch

N16

0530 DMSP

0730 - 1030

NPOESSC3F20

DMSP

POES

EOS-Terra

METOP

NPOESSF16

17

F17 F19

F15 F18 C1 C4

C5

C6

Most probable launch date

WindSat/Coriolis

NPOESS Mission

Satisfaction

Potential coverage gap------------- 10 Year Mission Life -------------

NPP

Single-Channel 250KM MODIS for Great Lakes

NSIDC Data StewardshipMODIS and AMSR-E

• New data sources– Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

(MODIS) global ice extent and ice surface temperature on 1km and 4km Lambert Azimuthal Equal-Area (EASE-Grid) projections

MODIS Ice surface temperature product, Bering Sea, 06 February 2004

– Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR-E) daily average sea ice concentration and snow depth over sea ice (as a five-day running average) on a 12.5 km polar stereographic grid.

Sea Ice Index extent anomaly February 2004