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Earth Science EnterpriseApplications of National Priority:Integrated System Solutions

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Integrated Systems Solution/Architecture

Agencies with Decision Support toolsNASA and Research Partners

Data

Earth ScienceModels

Land Oceans Atmosphere Coupled

EarthObservatories

Satellite

Airborne In Situ

DecisionSupport Tools

Assessments Decision-Support

Systems Scenario Analysis


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Ecological

Forecasting

Agricultural

EfficiencyAir Quality

Invasive Species

Aviation

Energy

Management

Carbon

Management

Public Health Water

Management

Homeland

Security

Disaster

Management

Coastal

Management

Applications of National Priority


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NationalApplication Partner Agencies Decision Support Systems

AgriculturalEfficiency

USDA, NOAA CADRE- CropAssessment Data Retrieval &Evaluation (USDA)

Air Quality EPA, NOAA, USDA CMAQ Community Multiscale Air Quality Modeling SystemAQI Air Quality Index

Aviation DOT/FAA, NOAA NAS_AWRPNational Air Space Aviation Weather Research Program

CarbonManagement

USDA, DOE, NOAA CQUEST-EA92-1605bEnergy Act of 1992, Section 1605b

Coastal

Management

NOAA, EPA, NRL HABHarmful Algal Bloom Bulletin / Mapping System

CREWS - CoralReefEarlyWarningSystemDisasterManagement

DHS/FEMA, NOAA,USGS, USFS

HAZUS-MHHazards USMulti Hazards

EcologicalForecasting

USAID, NOAA, NPS,CCAD, USGS

SERVIRRegional Visualization & Monitoring System

EnergyManagement

DOE, UNEP, NOAA,NRC

RETScreenEnergy Diversification Research Laboratory (CEDRL) DSS:RETScreen

Homeland

Security

DHS, USGS, NOAA,

NIMA, DoD

IOFIntegrated Operations Facility

InvasiveSpecies

USGS, USDA, NOAA ISFSInvasive Species Forecasting System

Public Health NIH, CDC, DoD, EPA PSSPlague Surveillance SystemEPHTNEnvironmental Public Health Tracking Network Program ResearchMMS Malaria Monitoring & SurveillanceRSVPRapid Syndrome Validation Project

WaterManagement

EPA, USDA, USGS,BoR

RiverWARE Bureau of Reclamation Decision Support ToolAWARDS Agricultural Water Resources & Decision Support Tool

BASINS

Better Assessment Science Integrating Point & Nonpoint Source

Partners and Decision Support Tools


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Data

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS

VALUE & BENEFITS

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES

Integrated System Solution

*Future Mission

*Supported Non-NASA Model

CADRE (Crop

AssessmentData

Retrieval& Evaluation)

Land:Aqua, Terra, Land sat 7,SRTM,NPP, NPOESS,Aquar ius

Atmosphere: TRMM, GPM

Ocean: SeaWIFS, Quik sc at,Aqua

Agricultural MeteorologicalModel: AGRMET

2 Layer Soil Moisture Models:

Crop Models:CERES,

AGRISTARS, Mas s, URCROP,

Sinclair

12 Month GlobalSeasonal SurfaceTemperature/ SoilMoisture/PrecipitationForecast

Generated timeseries graphs forrainfall,

temperature , andsoil moisture

Multi-year timeseries/ cropcomparisons

Automated webproducts

Early warning ofproblems in

majoragriculturalcommodities

Reduction inproductioncosts.

Better seasonalyield estimates

Early warning offood shortages

Agriculture Efficiency

Biomass

Land Cover/ Use

Land Surface

Topography

Ocean SurfaceCurrents

Global Precipitation

Soil Moisture


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Data

DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS VALUE & BENEFITSEARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH observatories

Air Quality


Aerosol Transport: DAO GoCART

Global-Regional Assimiliations:

RAQMS

Atmopsheric Chemistry:GEOS-

CHEM

Emissions: SMOKE

Meteorology: MM5

Air Trajectories: NOAA-Hysplit4

Aerosols: Terra, Aqua, TOMS, Aura,Aeronet, AIRNow, INTEX, CalipsoGlory-APS

Ozone & Precursors:TOMS, Aura,SAGE III, AIRNow, INTEX

Trace Gases:Terra, Aqua, OCO

Clouds:Terra, Aqua, CloudSAT,Calipso

Land Use/Cover:Terra, Aqua,Landsat

Atmospheric Parameters:GOES,POES, GITFS, NPP, NPOES

Atmospheric stateparameters

Global-to-regional

concentrations

Emissions inventories

Regional-Globaltransport

Trace Gas Sources

Aerosol properties

Ozone profiles &columns

Global-regional

boundary conditions

Data fusion techniques

Ground-satellite datacomparisontechniques

CMAQ(Community Mulit-

Scale Air Quality

modeling system)

AQI(Air Quality Index)

Assess emissions control

strategies

Develop achievable SIPs

(State Implementation Plan) Assess compliance

Waivers to air standards

Quantify voluntary

stationary emission

reductions

Forecast transport of

dust/pollutants

Actions to reduce

source emissions

PM2.5 forecasts

Reduce lung-related

diseases & premature

death

Reduce hospital

admissions & use of

medicines

Reduce lostworkdays andschooldays

Improve visibility and

reduce haze for

tourism

Improve resiliency of

crops; increase yields

Increase confidencein government

Improve crop

estimates

Sensitive populations

can change activities

International Treaties

Inputs: Urban heat island

reduction, emissions

inventories
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Data


VALUE & BENEFITS

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES


*Future Miss ion


NAS-AWRP(National

Airspace System- Aviation

Weather Research

Program)

Weather: WRF, RUC

Icing: FAA CIP, FAA FIP

Convective Weather: CIMSSConvective Cloud Mask, FAANCWF

Ceiling/ Visibility: FAA NCVP

Turbulence: FAA GTG, ITFA Improved

Safety

ImprovedAirlineEfficiency

Earlierwarnings ofhazardousweather

Reduction inthe cost offlying

Aviation

Key weather observations

Nowcasting Products

24 Hour precise continuous

atmosphere Weather warnings and

predictions

Accurate and easilyaccessible weatherforecasts

Increase in understandingof atmospheric conditions

Real time interest fields

Comprehensive imagelibrary

Atmosphere: GOES, METEOSAT,

GMS, TOMS,TRMM,QuikScat(SeaWinds), GIFTS Imager and Sounder

Terra, Aqua

MODIS, AIRS, NPP, NPOESS, etc.

CrIS, IASI, NOAA-series, PIREPS,

TAMDAR, THORPEX, AIRS, IHOP,

CRYSTAL, IPO

NAST, CPL, MAS, Wind Lidars,

DOD Assets

GPS, DMSP, IAEAsats

Management Decisions

Routing of Flights

Turbulence/convectiveweather avoidance

Fuel/Landing loads

Atmospheric Temperature

Atmospheric Water Vapor

Atmospheric Winds Storm Cell Properties

Volcanic Gas & Ash

Cloud Properties


Convective Weather

Turbulence

Icing

Ceiling and Visibility

Volcanic Transport

Oceanic Winds

Winter Storms

Tropical Cyclones
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Data


VALUE & BENEFITS

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES


*Future Mission


Net Ecosystem Production Model:CASA

- Carbon assimilation in above and

below ground biomass,

- Assessment of land and ocean

carbon sink strength,

- Soil moisture,

- Land-atmosphere-ocean carbon

exchange.

1605b of the 1992

Energy Act

Indication for

potential soil

carbon

sequestration

Indication forFarmers to comply

with 1605b

Purchase of

carbon credits

Ecological Forecast

CO2AtmosphericConcentrationProjection

Net Ecosystem

Production Forecast

Atmosphere: Terra, Aqua,Terrestrial Networks, NPP,NPOESS, OCO

Land: Terra,Aura,Landsat,,Terrestrial Networks

Ocean: SeaWIFS, Aqua, Terra,NPP, NPOESS

Climate change

mitigation

Improved efficiency

in energy production

Improved efficiency

in crop production

through

enhancements in

soil carbon

Improved economy

in marginal ruralagricultural areas

Climate change

mitigation

Carbon Management

Trace Gas Source

CO2and Methane

Fire Occurrence andExtent

Land Cover/Use

Marine PrimaryProductivity in coastalregions

Terrestrial PrimaryProductivity

Trace Gas Source



Data


VALUE & BENEFITS

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES


HAB (HarmfulAlgalBloom)

Bulletin & Mapping System

Analysis: Predict landfall, track

transport-speed- direction,

forecast duration/demise,

assess severity

Management: Warning time to

fisheries managers, beach

closures, shellfish quotas,

finfish limits, aquaculture

flushing and recirculation,

mitigation response

Coral Reef Early Warning

System (CREWS)

Analysis: Assess potential

bleaching conditions from

wind, temperature, primaryproductivity

Management: Warning time

and automated alerts to

managers, mitigation activities

GNOME - Oil Spill Modeling

Fisheries - Drift Nets

Stormwater Runoff

SST & Salinity:Terra, Aqua, Aquarius,GOES, NPP, NPOESS

Ocean Winds: QuikScat, ADEOS-II,

GCOM

Coastal/Land Use:Terra, Aqua

Ocean Color: Terra, Aqua, NPP,

NPOESS

Ocean Topography:Topex, Jason 1,

OSTM

Precipitation:TRMM, Aqua

Ocean Circulation: Jason, Aqua

Reduce public health

risks, hospital

admissions, lost work-

school days

Reduce impacts toregional coastal

economies & tourism

Raise quotas for

shellfish harvesting

prior to HABs; improve

siting and design of

shellfish beds

Preserve ecological

diversity and tourism

economies Reduced threats to

human and natural

environments

Rapid response to

emergencies to reduce

effects on human safety

and economies

Public health and reduce

preventable costs

Global Ocean Circulation Models:

LANL POP, LANL HYPOP Coastal Ocean Circulation Models:

MITgcm, GFDL MOM4, ADCIRC,

SHORECIRC

Wind & Wave Models: COAMPS,

SWAN

Ocean Pattern Models: MITgcm,

GFDL, HIM

Chlorophyll Models (regional)

Sea Surface Temperature: NSIPP

Ocean, ECCO OSE

Nearshore upwelling

Speed and direction

of ocean currents

Ecological Forecasts

Runoff Change

Seasonal Forecasts

Aerosol Properties

Salinity predictions

Ocean Surface

Currents/ Winds/

Topography

Sea Surface

Salinity/Temperature

Land Use

Phytoplankton

concentrations

Coastal Management

NAVY

Research Lab



Data


VALUE & BENEFITS

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES


*Future Mission


Land: Landsat, SRTM, GPS,SCIGN, Terra, Aqua

Ocean: QuickSCAT, Seawinds,IceSAT, GOES, POES, SSMI,JASON, TOPEX/POSEIDON

Atmosphere: TRMM, GOES,POES, GPM, NPP, NPOESS

Earthquake: MMI, Quakesim Hurricane: HURRSIM

Flood: SLOSH, WAVEwatc h,

STWAVE, HURSURGE

Land: GPS Netwo rk, SBEACH

Building Cost Models: ATC-13

Building Structure Models:

EPEDAT

Earthquakeprediction

Floods

Hurricane &Typhoons

Land SurfaceTopography

GlobalPrecipitation

Ocean SurfaceWinds

SurfaceDeformation

Motions of theEarths Interior

Identify/ Prioritize

high-risk

communities

Reduction in lives

lost

Reduction in

damage cost

Anticipate the scope

of disaster-related

damage

Improve disasterresponse

Community Planning

Disaster Recovery/

Mitigation

Land use decision

Potential economicloss

Estimation of direct

damage, induced

damage, direct losses,

and indirect losses

Accurate risk prediction

to communities

Loss estimates of

buildings, essential

facilities, transportation

& utility lifelines, and

population

Social impacts

HAZUS-MH (Hazards U.S. -

Multi Hazard)

Disaster Management



Data


VALUE & BENEFITS

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES

*Future Miss ion


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SERVIR (Spanish acronym forRegional Visualization &

Monitoring System)

Monitor changes in land

cover, weather, & fires to

assist the sustainable

management of the

Mesoamerican Biological

Corridor

Impact of ENSO & PDO

Events on Fisheries

Combine physical ocean

& ecosystem trophic-

level models to predict

how climatological

changes driven by ENSO

& PDO events will affect

regional fisheries

Protected Area Monitoring

System with ALDO & TOPS

Coordinate multi-NGO

effort to pool resources

for monitoring protected

areas

Link to Presidents

logging initiative & CBFP

Ecological Forecasting


Management of a

global hotspot of

biodiversity, i.e.

Mesoamerica, at aregional scale throughthe coordination of the

activities of 7 countries

- a model for other

regions.

Predict the impacts of

changing land use

patterns & climate on

the ecosystemservices that support

all human enterprises.

Develop ecological

forecasts with reliable

assessments of error.

Ecological Niche(GARP) Scalable spatio-temporal models a la

CSUs NREL

Regional Ocean Models & Empirical

Atmospheric Models coupled with

ecosystem trophic models

Ecosystem (ED, CASA)

Population & Habitat Viability

Assessment (VORTEX, RAMAS GIS)

Biogeography (MAPSS, BIOME3, DOLY)

Biogeochemistry (BIOME-BGC,

CENTURY, TEM)

Land cover:MODIS, AVHRR, Landsat,

ASTER, ALI, Hyperion, IKONOS/QuickBird Topography/Vegetation Structure:SRTM,

ASTER, IKONOS, LVIS, SLICER, Radars

Primary Productivity/Phenology:AVHRR,

SeaWiFS, MODIS, Landsat, ASTER, ALI,

Hyperion, IKONOS, QuickBird, AVIRIS

Atmosphere/Climate:AIRS/AMSU/HSB,

TRMM (PR, LIS, TMI), AVHRR, MODIS,

MISR, CERES, QuikScat

Ocean:AVHRR, SeaWiFS, MODIS,

TOPEX/Poseidon, JASON, AQUARIUS

Soils:AMSR-E, AIRSAR

Species Distributions

Ecosystem Fluxes

Ecosystem

Productivity

Population Ecology

Land Cover Change

Land Cover/Land Use

& Disturbances (e.g.,

fire)

Species Composition

Biomass/Productivity

Phenology

Vegetation Structure

Elevation

Surface Temperature

SST, SSH, Circulation,

& Salinity

Atmospheric Temp.

Soil Moisture

Precipitation

Winds



Data


VALUE & BENEFITS

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES


*Future Mission


Atmosphere: GOES, POES,TRMM, Terra, Aqua, TOMS,Aeronet, AIRNow, INTEX, Aura,Calipso APS, CloudSat, GPM,

NPP

Land :Terra, Aqua, Landsat,Terrestrial Networks, BSRN,ARM, SURFRAD, GIFTS

Ocean:SeaWinds

Earth System & Climate Change: DAOAnalysis , NCEP Analys is

Seasonal Prediction Models:NSIPPAnalysis , NCEP Analys is

Aerosol Transport Models:RAQMS,DAO fvCAM, NCAR WRF, GFDL FMS

Atmosphere

Climate Models:GISS Model II, GFDLFMS B-Grid Atmos phere

Atmospheric Analysis Models: ISCCP,

SRB, CERES-SARB, GVAP, GPCP

Optimize renewable

energy systems for

power production

Optimal integration of

traditional and

renewable energy

supply systems into

electric power grid

Improved prediction of

electric power need

and supplymitigate

power shortages,

prevent price increase

Reduction in

greenhouse emissions

from energy

production

Severe Local Storms

Weather Forecasts

12 Month GlobalSeasonal PrecipitationForecast

Seasonal Forecast

Land Use Projections

Energy Management

Cloud SystemStructure

Land Cover/Use

Land SurfaceTemperature

Soil Moisture Ocean Surface Winds


Total Aerosol Amount

Land SurfaceTopography

NREL

National Solar Radiation

Database

Provides data sets for

numerous energy

management decisions

RETScreen

Provides common

platform for evaluatingproject proposals while

significantly reducing the

costs and uncertainties

of preliminary studies

Reduces the time anderrors of a preliminary

study

EPRI Neural Net Load Forecast

Tools

Forecasting tool for

Energy industry


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Data


VALUE & BENEFITS


*Future Mission


Ecological Forecast

Land Cover/ Use

Coupled ecosystem/climatemodels

Coupled terrestrial/aquaticmodels

Scalable spatio-temporalmodels

High-dimensionality, hybridpredictive models

Trend Surface Analysis:

OLS,GLS,SAR

ISFS (InvasiveSpecies

ForecastingSystem)

Land: SRTM, Terra, Landsat

Atmosphere: Terra, Aqua, OCO

Ocean: Aqua, SeaWIFS

Regional assessments of

native & exotic plant

diversity

Capability to discriminate

between potential hot

spots of native & exoticplant diversity

Early detection, rapid

response and effective

management of Invasive

Species

Assess the potential

spread of invasive species.

Economic and

environmental risk

assessments, vulnerability

of habitats to invasion.

Identification of barriers to

rapid invasions and

corridors that mayaccelerate invasions.

Greater efficiency

in management

/control of

invasive species

Robust

biodiversity

Improvement in

quality of health

for man, animals,

and plants.

Invasive Species

Biomass

Land Topography

Ocean Particulates

Surface Trace Gas

Concentration

CO2and Methane

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES


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VALUE & BENEFITS

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES


*Future Mission

Chemistry ClimateChange

Local & Global Long-Range Prediction ofPollutants

CO2& CH4AtmosphericConcentrationProjections

Improvement in Bio-

terrorism

management.

Early Warnings for

harmful exposures,

conditions favorable

to vector

proliferation.

Reduction of

environmental-

related diseases

through prevention

and treatmentprograms..

Improved preventioninitiative targeting.

Public Health

Biomass

Soil Moisture

Atmosphere Temp.


UV Irradiance Total Column Ozone

Soil Moisture

CO2& Methane

Total Aerosol Amount

Terrestrial / Atmospheric:

MAESTRO*

Climate Variability Models: GHCN

Land Surface Model: CLSM, LSE

Weather/ Seasonal Models: COLA

Science & Research: GSFC Plague

Algorithm

Atmospheric / Ocean Models:GMAO

- EO-1 - Land cover / land use- TRMM - Surface temperature

- Terra, Aqua - Vegetation indices

ASTER - Aerosol properties

MISR - Surface topography

MODIS

- Landsat 4, 5, 7

- NPOESS*

- SRTM


EPHTN / HELIX

ArboNet / Plague

Vector Habitat Identification

Identify Key Factors that Sustain or

Intensify Transmission

Risk Prediction

PSS (PlagueSurveillance System)

Image output maps for PSS

monitoring & scientific analysis

Technologies for verification &

validation of satellite data to serve

PSS

RSVP(Rapid Syndrome Validation

Project) Improve knowledge of vector ecology

Improve NCEP-ETA model w/DREAM inputs

Improve DREAM inputs w/ NASA

products

Improve aerosol & smoke dispersionmodels w/ NASA products

Malaria Surveillance

Technologies for verification &

validation of satellite data to serve

EPHTN

Data pipelines for direct feed ofenvironmental measurement data

to EPHTN-networked systems

New or improved disease models

Image output maps for EPHTN

monitoring and scientific analysis


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VALUE & BENEFITS

EARTH SYSTEM MODELS

EARTH OBSERVATORIES



BASINS (Better Assessment

ScienceIntegratingPoint and

Non-pointSources

Facilitate examination of

environmental information

Provides an integrated

watershed and modeling

framework

Support analysis of point and

non-point source

management alternatives

Urban/Rural land use

evaluations

Water Management

Mesoscale Models: MM5, CSU RAMS

General Circulation models: GMAO(DAO & NSIPP), NCEP ETA

LSMs: MOSAIC, Noah, VIC,Catchment, CLM2

In Stream Water Quality Model:QUAL2E

Non-Point source annual loadingmodel:PLOAD

Watershed loading and transport

models: HSPF

Surface Temperature:Terra, Aqua,

GOES Precipitation:TRMM, Aqua, GOES

Soil Moisture:Aqu a, TRMM, NPOES

Snow Cover:Aqu a, Terra

Snow Quantity:Aqua

Groundwater:Grace

Land Use/Cover:Terra, Aqua,Landsat

Surface Radiation:GOES, Terra,Aqu a, Aster

Soil Moisture

Evapotranspiration

Precipitation Snow cover,

accumulation, andwater equivalent:

Groundwaterstorage change

Vegetation type

River dischargeheight

Flood and Drought

Assessment andPrediction

Seasonal Forecasts

AWARDS(Agricultural WaterResources Decision Support)

Estimates of water

consumption by crops Crop suitability assessment

Irrigation requirements

RiverWare

Estimates of river flow and

water loss to vegetation

River sustainability

assessment

Improvements inidentifying:

- impaired surfacewaters

- storm water

management issues

- drinking water

source protection

Improvement in

habitat management

practices

Improved efficiency ofwater use

Increased Agricultural

productivity

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