BOE/Work Break Down

The following slides provide a high level view of the BOE/WBS structure of the proposed NSIDC DAAC Contract

MANAGEMENT

• Provide program-wide administration of the NSIDC DAAC. Establish, approve, coordinate and prioritize programs

and projects of the DAAC Assure DAAC programs and projects are completed on

time and on budget Oversee DAAC financial, HR, and office support

functions• Provide program-wide liaison with external

organizations• Maintain and coordinate the DAAC User Working

Group (UWG)

INFRASTRUCTURE

• Provide DAAC-wide infrastructure support Website administration and website content

administration. Website compliance with NASA directives

Systems and Facilities Security administration: coordinate center-wide IT security

Systems and Networks Administration: maintain and administer non-ECS and ECS computer systems and software

Facilities Administration

USER SUPPORT

• Provide user services to all NSIDC DAAC users, with levels of service determined by the specific data set or information product User support services; staff and operate user help desk.

Provide staff to support data and information referrals Provide media distribution services

Participate in USWG and it's subgroups. Staff ESDIS conference booth, staff NSIDC conference booth

Coordinate NSIDC user services with other DAACs and other Data Centers

Provide outreach support to ESDIS mandated outreach efforts. Provide standardized metadata and technical documentation,

Provide standardized web content on NSIDC DAAC website

ENGINEERING

• Provide sustaining and development engineering support to the DAAC V0 (non-ECS) and ECS environments

• Sustaining engineering: schedule install and check out upgrades to operating systems, COTS packages Assess DAAC IT resource needs, acquire IT resources, Develop and/or modify database schema as needed for data set

additions and deletions Provide configuration management of ECS and non-ECS

systems, maintain inventory of non-ECS computing equipment• Development engineering: plan and develop augmentations to

NSIDC DAAC computing and networking environment as required by user and data set demand

• Acquire and attend specialized training as required to fulfill engineering functions

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• AMSR-E Provide ingest, archive, and distribution services for the

AMSR-E data sets and products from the Aqua Satellite Provide user services for all products of the AMSR-E SCF

that are delivered to the NSIDC DAAC Improve data and metadata access and system usability Convey user community needs to the AMSR-E Science

Team and UWG Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate

needs of current users Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility Maintain data set documentation and ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• ADEOS AMSR Provide ingest, archive, and distribution services for the

AMSR L1A data set from ADEOS II Provide user services for all products of AMSR on ADEOS II

that are delivered to the NSIDC DAAC Improve data and metadata access and system usability Convey user community needs to the NASDA AMSR

management and UWG Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate

needs of current users Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility Maintain data set documentation and ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• MODIS - TERRA Provide ingest, archive, and distribution services for the

MODIS snow and ice data sets from the Terra Satellite Provide user services for all snow and ice products of

MODIS that are delivered to the NSIDC DAAC Improve data and metadata access and system usability Convey user community needs to the MODIS Science Team

and UWG Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate

needs of current users Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility Maintain data set documentation and ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• MODIS - AQUA Provide ingest, archive, and distribution services for the

MODIS snow and ice data sets from the Aqua Satellite Provide user services for all snow and ice products of

MODIS that are delivered to the NSIDC DAAC Improve data and metadata access and system usability Convey user community needs to the MODIS Science Team

and UWG Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate

needs of current users Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility Maintain data set documentation and ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• ICESAT - GLAS Provide ingest, archive, and distribution services for the

GLAS data sets from ICESat Provide user services for all data sets and products of GLAS

that are delivered to the NSIDC DAAC Improve data and metadata access and system usability Convey user community needs to the GLAS Science Team

and UWG Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate

needs of current users Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility Maintain data set documentation and ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS• PASSIVE MICROWAVE (NON-EOS)

EASE GRID SNOW EASE GRID SEA ICE AND COMBINED POLAR STEREO SEA ICE NRTSI NISE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• Provide ingest, production, archive, and distribution services for non-EOS PM datasets of particular interest to the snow and ice science community

• Provide user services for all non-EOS PM data sets and products at the NSIDC DAAC

• Improve data and metadata access and system usability• Communicate data priorities to the DAAC User Working Group. Solicit

priorities from the UWG• Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate needs of current

users• Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility• Maintain data set documentation and when appropriate ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• VISIBLE-INFRARED AVHRR POLAR SUBSET AND PRODUCTS NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

•• Provide ingest, production, archive, and distribution services for VIS-IR

snow and ice data sets at the NSIDC DAAC• Provide user services for all VIS-IR snow and ice products that are

maintained by the NSIDC DAAC• Improve data and metadata access and system usability• Communicate data priorities to the DAAC User Working Group. Solicit

priorities from the UWG• Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate needs of

current users• Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility• Maintain data set documentation and when appropriate ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• ACTIVE MICROWAVE RADARSAT ANTARCTIC MOSAIC POLAR SCATTEROMETRY RADAR ALTIMETRY

• Provide ingest, production, archive, and distribution services for Active Microwave snow and ice data sets at the NSIDC DAAC

• Provide user services for all Active Microwave snow and ice products that are maintained by the NSIDC DAAC

• Improve data and metadata access and system usability• Communicate data priorities to the DAAC User Working Group. Solicit

priorities from the UWG• Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate needs of

current users• Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility• Maintain data set documentation and when appropriate ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• IN-SITU Provide ingest, production, archive, and distribution services

for in-situ snow and ice data sets at the NSIDC DAAC Provide user services for all in-situ snow and ice products

that are maintained by the NSIDC DAAC Improve data and metadata access and system usability Communicate in-situ data priorities to the DAAC User

Working Group. Solicit priorities from the UWG Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate

needs of current users Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility Maintain data set documentation and when appropriate

ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS• VALIDATION

CAMPAIGNSo CLP

INSTRUMENTSo AMSR-Eo GLASo MODIS

• Provide ingest, production, archive, and distribution services for Validation data sets assigned to the NSIDC DAAC

• Provide user services for all validation data sets and products that are maintained by the NSIDC DAAC

• Improve data and metadata access and system usability• Communicate validation data priorities to the DAAC User

Working Group. Solicit priorities from the UWG• Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate

needs of current users• Continue development of user tools to enhance data utility• Maintain data set documentation and when appropriate ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• DAAC WEBSITE CONTENT GENERAL USER WEB CONTENT State of the Cryosphere (SOTC) CATALOG-METADATA Manage, develop, revise and maintain information

content for the NSIDC DAAC website Develop and/or modify the NSIDC DAAC website

logical structure and content Coordinate NSIDC DAAC website with the NSIDC-

wide website, DAAC Alliance website, Instrument Team websites and other appropriate NASA websites

SCIENCE OPERATIONS• SPECIAL INFORMATION PROJECTS

DAAC ANNUAL CROSS DAAC WEBSITE NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• Special Information Projects (SIP) include assigned information products and/or related development and operational tasks

• Provide management, editing, story development and production of the DAAC Annual

• Provide management, development and maintenance of the Alliance Website

• Communicate SIP data priorities to the DAAC User Working Group. Solicit priorities from the UWG

• Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate needs of current users

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• SPECIAL SCIENCE PROJECTS GLIMS NEW PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

• Special Science Projects (SSP) include specifically assigned data set development and/or operational data management tasks that are not part of other BOEs

• Provide ingest, production, archive, and distribution of data sets developed as SSPs

• Provide user services for SSP data sets that are maintained by the NSIDC DAAC

• Communicate SSP data priorities to the DAAC User Working Group. Solicit priorities from the UWG

• Provide outreach efforts to attract new users and evaluate needs of current users

• Continue maintenance of the GLIMS data base• Maintain data set documentation and when appropriate ESDTs

SCIENCE OPERATIONS

• LONG TERM ARCHIVAL Develop, maintain and revise the NSIDC

DAAC Long Term Archival Plan Coordinate NSIDC LTA activities with NASA

and NOAA counterparts Maintain the NSIDC DAAC Off-site data

repository