PODAG.17

Ron Weaver

NSIDC DAAC Manager

Topics

• Data Charging• SWAMP• Long Term Archive of EOS Data• NEWDiss• DAAC Alliance• EOS instrument/satellite Status• Allocation of funds for EOS vs non-EOS

portions of the NSIDC DAAC

Data Charging

• Email directive issued, April 6, 2000 (Martha Maiden, NASA HQ)

“The ESE has decided to proceed with implementing a cost for

distribution of products at the level of recovering the full marginal

cost, consistent with Circular A-130. By instituting a marginal cost

charging policy, ESE is creating a means of remaining responsive to new

and real increasing demand without incurring further burden on the US

taxpayer. NASA has officially submitted language for our 2001

authorization bill to enable us to retain receipts from recovering user

charges.”

• Scientist’s Discussion with OMB has lead to review by the OSTP. This review is

• Delayed until after Presidential election• DAACS have been directed to provide plans for implementation of billing

and accounting in their FY01 Workplans. NSIDC’s approach is evolving.

SWAMP• SWAMP is the Science Working Group for the AM-1 (TERRA) Platform

• At their meeting in Toronto, a group called the SWAMP working group on Data (SWDG) presented their conclusions of a 3 month or so study of EOS science processing capacity and needed capacity. High points of this report are

– Although EOSDIS is improved and EDOS is being fixed, the system is unstable and undersized

– About $15M is needed this year (~7% of ESDIS budget),

– A+ decisions were made without consulting the data producers

– MODIS has 3X need for processing and storage

• Dolly Perkins, presented a detailed ESDIS response– Defended the process that led to implementation of A+,

– Presented the DAACs favorably.

– Detailed the ESDIS budget leading to the bottom line -- there is no money.

LTA of EOS Data

• LTA will be under NOAA auspices if and when NOAA acquires funds

• Implementation plan is being written– Options:

• NCDC, NGDC get the data (ours goes to NGDC)

• Archive in Place• Two others that probably will not be

implemented– Level of Service determined by NOAA, most likely

charges for data will be implemented

New DISS

• Draft report has been written• but, changes were requested by AA• Those proposed changes drafted earlier this

year.• Waiting for report to be re-issued• In the meantime;

– ESSAC Data Operations Panel has been formed under Dr. Sara Graves, UNH

– rumors abound that a Transition Team has been/is being formed

DAAC Alliance

• Effort by the DAACS to – coordinate work on common issues and problems– establish some self-governance and thus

independence from ESDIS/NASA– prepare ourselves for the next era of NASA data

management, which appears headed for a more distributed, competitive environment

• Written a draft strategic management plan• Written a draft charter• Elected interim officers: Don Collins chair,

Ron Weaver, vice-chair

EOS Instrument Status

• TERRA MODIS– Snow and Ice Data release ?– Ingest rates

• AQUA - July 2001?– AMSR– MODIS

• ICESat October 2001?– GLAS

• ADEOS II– AMSR

Allocation of EOS vs Non-EOS DAAC Resources

• Following tables are based upon staff hour ESTIMATES provided by the project leaders at NSIDC, reduced to fit our current fy01 budget allocation. They were provided as part of the FY01 workplan writing process.

• The tables are ONLY based upon staff resources, no other expenses are included at this time.

• Submissions to date are about 126% of currently available resources . Not all DAAC tasks are covered yet, as some workplan submissions are still to be completed.

FY01 Allocation

Based on ESDIS Core or Base allocation for FY01 and assigned Raytheon Staff.Total combined FTE is 43.6

Functional Group1 FTE = 2000 hours

CU-DAAC Raytheon Total % Total

Lead and Science Support 6,600 6,600 8%Programming 4,250 4,250 5%Operations 10,000 10,000 11%Engineering 12,167 12,167 14%Engineering, Raytheon 10,000 10,000 11%Systems Administration 5,500 5,500 6%Systems Administration, Raytheon 6,000 6,000 7%Writers and Web Activities 9,350 9,350 11%USO 9,667 9,667 11%Information Services, Outreach 3,000 3,000 3%Office Support 6,000 6,000 7%Administration 4,700 4,700 5%

Total Possible Available Hours Hours 71,233 16,000 87,233 100%

Equivalent FTE 35.6 8.0 43.6

Admin time from Groups 4,800 Administration (RW, PF, LG) 4,700

Total Available for Projects and Data 61,733 16,000 77,733 Equivalent FTE 30.9 8.0 38.9

Allocation

Administration Time (Functional Group Time assigned to administration, plus Administration Positions)

Totals by Project

designation Total Hrs FTE CU+ECS CU Onlyeos satellite 38,596 19.3 44% 32%eos, NSIDC add-on 180 0.1 0% 0%infrastructure 10,241 5.1 12% 14%other data sets 3,173 1.6 4% 4%outreach 3,947 2.0 5% 6%pathfinder data sets 7,214 3.6 8% 10%passive microwave 3,280 1.6 4% 5%systems engineering 5,260 2.6 6% 7%documentation, webproducts 6,828 3.4 8% 10%general administration 8,514 4.3 10% 12%Grand Total 87,233 43.6 71,233

Brief explanation of categories• EOS satellite

– the sensor streams assigned to us, see following slide

• EOS, NSIDC add-on – a small proposed project to study use of MISR in snow and ice products

• Infrastructure – tasks that support the general DAAC, transcending data sets, improving computing and data management

environment

• Other Data Sets– primarily in-situ data, or data that don’t fall under the other categories (EOS, Pathfinder, Passive Microwave)

• Outreach– tasks that provide information to the generalized user community, or publicize DAAC data sets or functions, support for

the Information Center

• Pathfinder Data Sets– AVHRR Polar, EASE gridded PM data, RAMP, those data which follow from the NOAA/NASA Pathfinder Program

• Passive Microwave– SSMI, SMMR, but not AMSR/AMSR-E

• Systems Engineering– Tasks to support the NON-EOS computing environment at NSIDC DAAC

• Web Products, Documentation– maintenance and development of NSIDC web presence, maintenance of DAAC web pages and web-enabled data

sets.

– Maintenance and development of NSIDC DAAC data set documentation.

• General Administration– Support of financial, business management, DAAC management,liaison to ESDIS etc.

Detail on EOS Projects

Total Hours FTE Percenteos satellite 38,596

TERRA-MODIS 9,600 4.8 25%AQUA-MODIS 8,100 4.1 21%AQUA-AMSR-E 2,198 1.1 6%ICESat 2,698 1.3 7%ECS Systems infrastructure 16,000 8.0 41%

EOS Science Linkages

• Following chart was provided by Vanessa Griffin. It depicts her understanding of science linkages within the EOS

• It is for the discussion with Drs. King and Reber

NASA AdministratorMr.. Daniel Goldin

Earth Science EnterpriseDr. Ghassem Asrar

Goddard Space Flight CenterMr.. A. Diaz

Flight ProjectsDirectorate

Mr. Bill Campbell

Earth Science DirectorateDr. Vince Salomonson

Associate Director of Flight Projects for EOS

Mr. Chris Scolese

EOS Project ScientistDr. Michael King

Code 420

Code 900Code 400

ESDIS Project ManagerMs. Dorothy Perkins

EOSDISDr. Carl Reber

TerraDr. Yoram Kaufman

AquaDr. Claire Parkinson

AuraDr. P. K. Bartia

Science DivisionDr. Jack Kaye

Applications, Commercialization, and

Education DivisionMr.. Mike Thomas

Code 423

Code Y

Code YS Code YO

DISS Program ScientistMs. Martha Maiden

Terra Program ScientistDr. Dianne Wickland

Aqua Program ScientistDr. Ramesh Kakar

Aqua Program ScientistDr. Joe McNeal

Line ControlProgram ControlScience Guidance

August 9, 2000

Science Operations ManagerMs. Vanessa Griffin

DAACs