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
CY 99 00 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1803 08 09 1001 02 0704 05 06
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As of: 22 May 03
FY 99 00 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 1803 08 09 1001 02 0704 05 06
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
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