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SARPJuly 13, 2009 -- UCIAndrew Roberts

Airborne Science Program Director (Retired)WB-57 Program Manager / Research Pilot

ER-2 Chief Engineer / Kuiper Pilot

USAF Pilot Colonel Retired


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Airborne Science Program

Airborne ScienceProgramRandy Albertson

Functions:

Portfolio Mgmt,

Grants Studies and Report rqmnts,

Education and Outreach,

Facilities, Testbeds

and Operations

ARC ASP ProgramMatt Fladeland

Functions:Studies and Reports, Earth

Science Project Office, Airborne

Sensor Facility, Science

Mission Mgmt, Sierra

DFRC ASP ProgramBob Curry

Dep Jaques Vaschon

Functions:DC-8/NSERC, ER-2, Ikhana,

Global Hawk, G-III, DAOF

WFF ASP ProgramGeorge Postell

Dep Anthony Guillory

Functions:P-3, Catalog mgmt, small UAV,

Reports, Budget Mgmt support

JSC ASP ProgramKen Cockrell

Dep Kevin Lesenski

Functions:WB-57,

Mission Support Programs

LaRC Catalog AircraftB-200

GRC Catalog AircraftS-3, Lear, Twin Otter, T-34


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Program Objectives

Satellite Calibration and Validation

Provide platforms to enable essential calibration measurementsfor the Earth observing satellites, and the validation of

data retrieval algorithms.

Support New Sensor DevelopmentProvide sub-orbital flight opportunities to test and refine new

instrument technologies/algorithms, and reduce risk prior tocommitting sensors for launch into space.

Process StudiesObtain high-resolution temporal and spatial measurements

of complex local processes, which can be coupled to global

satellite observations for a better understanding of the

complete Earth system.

Development of Next-Generation Scientists and EngineersFoster the development of our future workforce with the hands-on

involvement of graduate students, and young scientists/engineers in

all aspects of ongoing Earth science investigations.


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Airborne ScienceDiscovers CFCs

as Ozone holemain contributor

How policy hasprotected our

planet

Can Airborne Data and Policymakers

Benefit Society


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Science Requirement Measurements Platforms


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Example of Focus Area

Airborne Support SummaryType Timeframe Suborbital Program support/remarks

Satellite Cal/Val missions

AURA

OCO

GLORY

AQUARIUS

NPOESSCalipso/Cloudsat

2006-2008

20082010

2009-2010

2009-2010

20112006 +

Pre- and post-launch Cal/val

Cal/val

Cal/val

Cal/val

Cal/valCal/val

New AirborneSensor development

IIP HSRL

IIP Harvard water

Laser sounder for CO2

GOLD

HSRL and DIAL Lidar

2006-7

2006-7

2007-8

2006

2008

Calipso validation

Global measurement demo

Airborne Ozone Lidar

Ozone

Airborne Process studies

TC-4

ARCTAS / POLARCAT

Global Hawk / decadal

survey proposal

2007 (Costa

Rica); 2010

(Guam)

2008 (Arctic)

2009

Validates A-Train, plus process studies: trace

species;

Pollution chemistry in the Arctic

Stratospheric chemistry

Table 2.3 Summary of upcoming Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry missions


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Required Science Measurement Objectives

Altitude vs. Endurance for all missions

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Aircraft Support of Required Measurements

Summary of the National Science Objectives, established by the six focus areas, for

sustained suborbital Earth Science observation requirements, 50% covered by Manned

aircraft another 30% covered by our Unmanned vehicle and 20% still uncovered untilnew vehicles become operational


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Flight Requests

Completed: FY06 36 FRs for 1307hrs

FY07 34 FRs for 996hrs

FY08 44 FRs for 1667 hrsAirborne Science Program (ASP) has investigators fill out flight

requests for each research activity. Many times to minimize our

flight costs for data collection we are able to incorporate multiple

flight requests into one mission. As you can see there were 44

flight requests completed in FY08 and we flew 20 missions with

367 sorties.

ASP insures compliance with NPD 7900.4b, SMD, NASA and OMB

reporting requirements and NASA airworthiness authority and liability.

Approvals for Laser and Radiation, dropsonde release, pressure vessel

safety, HAZMAT safety, EMI, etc


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Aircraft Utilization FY98-FY08

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Supporting internal and external NASA PIs In FY2007 the program supported more than 89

Instrument teams from over 27 different organizations

including NASA centers (7), Universities/Institutions (17)and other agencies (3).

In FY2008 the program supported more than 92Instrument teams from 30+ organizations includingNASA Centers (7), Universities/Institutions (20) andother agencies (3).

Typically, each university research team has at least onegraduate student associated with each instrument team.

In last 20 years data collected from airborne missionsproduced over 1200 peered review journal publications, over 250 science conference presentations, over 15,000 citations


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Supporting: stratospheric/tropospheric chemistry, cryospheric science, hurricane

observations, atmospheric physics/radiation, terrestrial biosphere studies, satellite

cal/val, and instrument development.

Outstanding examples of accomplishments in each area:

Process Study- Atmospheric chemistry - smoking gun for stratospheric chemistry

from AAOE demonstrates role of chlorine in destroying polar ozone

Environmental Characterizations - airborne lidar observations of the Greenland ice

sheet; and the effects of large-scale biomass burning in the Amazon & S. Africa

Satellite Validation - CRYSTAL/FACE: detailed in situ observations of clouds being

observed from satellites; SAFARI 2000: validating MODIS aerosol algorithms

Instrumentation R&D - initial tests of remote sensing technologies: Aquarius/sea

surface salinity sensor; ICESat/Lidars; TRMM/Doppler Radars; & many others

A Long History of Worldwide ScienceField Campaigns

Historical NASA

Deployment Sites

Each badge represents a

major multi-platform

science campaign


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Airborne Program Infrastructure

Platforms

Sensors

Data Systems

Facilities

People

Ability to Implement- Complex Field Campaigns

- Process Study, Satellite Cal/Val,

Tech Demo, or combination

- Single/Multiple Platform/Instrument

- Remote or Local Deployment with upto several hundred people

- NASA-only or with partners

- Incorporating forecast/models,

satellite data, and ground/balloon

instrumentation

- Campaigns can have significantstudent involvement and EPO potential


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NASA Unique Airborne Science Aircraft

SIERRA

Red: NASA ASP CoreGreen: NASA New Technology

Altitude(fe

et)

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Endurance (hours)

ER-2WB-57

S-3BB-200

DC-8

P-3B

Lear 23

Caravan

Ikhana

Global Hawk

Aerosonde

G-III

Sampling Strategy: TC4


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5

0

TTL

Cloud physics,TTL chemistry,

Remote sensingDC-8

Cloud physics,TTL chemistry

WB-57

Remote SensingER-2

Sampling Strategy: TC4

Costa Rica, Panama,

Galapagos, Houston

NPOL, SMART Ground Radar& Balloon Sondes

A-Train


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TC-4 Aircraft and Payloads


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Unique NASA-only Heavy Lift High Altitude Fleet (50k+ feet)

WB-57F (2)

ER-2 (2)

Global Hawk (2)Global Hawk

Range/Endurance Rings


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San Francisco 70,000


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Unique NASA-only Reconfigurable Large Flying Laboratories

-Internal Comm and Data

Networks

-Onboard satcom sensor webnetworks-Dropsonde Ejectors-Specialized Racks for quick

payload reconfiguration-Nadir and Zenith ports with

sensor attachment provision-Wing hard points for sensor

mounting-Specialized ports for probe

mounts with CFD Analysis-Common Aircraft State data to

Sensor broadcast


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Airborne Science Program Catalog Platforms (2009)

NASA GRC Lear-25

(ACCLAIM, SIMPL)

Commercial Twin Otter

(AVIRIS, PALS)U.S.D.o.E. B200

(MASTER)

NASA LaRC B200

(HSRL, LVIS, MFSL)

NOAA/NASA. Aerosonde

(Hurricane Boundary

Layer)


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New Technologies

.

Platforms:

Global Hawk UAS: Long-range, high altitude heavy-

lift aircraft with 30+ hour endurance(readying for 1st flight)

Ikhana UAS: Medium altitude Predator-B with 24hour endurance (graduated to catalog)

SIERRA UAS: Low altitude, easily deployable,with 100 Lb. payload (on 1st science mission)

G-III w/Platform Precision Autopilot: UASsurrogate to develop and demonstrate precision flight

controls for repeat pass interferometry(graduated to core)

Sensor Systems:

UAV-SAR: L- and Ka-Band Interferometricpolarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar(L-band graduatedfrom ESTO IIP to operational facility instrument; Ka-bandcompleted first science mission)

UAS AMS: IR sensor for fires & hurricanes,generates and transmits image productsautonomously (graduated to operational facility sensor)

Real-Time Data Systems:

New science data web portal will allow P.I.s

to monitor missions and interact with

sensors in real-time via sat-com links and

the Internet (current version used in missions)

Global Hawk

Ikhana

SIERRA

UAVSAR / G-III

Airborne Science Sensor Web


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Superpod Configuration

Artist rendering


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The Heaviest Configuration


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2008 Earth Science Technology Office


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2008 Earth Science Technology OfficeFlight & Campaign Highlights

Wallops, VA

Campaign

Geostationary

Imaging Fabry

Perot

Spectrometer/Yee

Laser Sounder

for Global

Measurements of

CO2/Abshire

Cleveland, OH

Demo Flight

Newly-Operating& Validated InstrumentsComparison Experiment(NOVICE)

Miniaturized Intra-

Cavity DFG, Fiber-

Optic, & Quantum

Cascade Laser

Systems/Anderson

base

Glaciers and Ice Sheet

Interferometric Radar

(GISIR)/Jezek

Greenland

Campaign


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Operation Ice Bridge 1

P3 Flight Crew

- The P3 returned from Greenland two weeks ago

after a highly successful arctic campaign.- Largest Mission of the Year

20 Science Flights,

170 hours over a six week period

Joint P-3 and G-III flight

Success in the Arctic!


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International Polar Year Activities

Missio

n

Aircraft /

Instruments

Locatio

n

Date Science

ARCTAS DC-8, P-3, B-200;

32 instruments

Alaska,

Canada

Spring08,

Summer08

Arctic pollutionand haze;boreal forestfiresAMISA DC-8 /

dropsondesPolar SamplingRad.

Kiruna,

Sweden

Summer

08

in-situ validation for

ship, aircraft, satellitedata

UAV-SARGreenland

G-III / L-band,Ka-band SAR

Thule,Jacobshavn

May 09 Ice mappingwith newinstrumentsCASIE SIERRA UAS,

laserprofilometer,SAR

Svalbard

, Norway

July 09 Arctic sea ice

mappingGLOPAC

Global Hawk /Cloud ProfileLidar & MTP

DFRC,CA

Aug 09 Polar AtmosphericScience Research

TAS= Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and SatellitesSA = Arctic Mechanisms of Interaction Between the Surface and AtmosphereIE = Characterization of Arctic Sea Ice Experiment

= Unmanned aircraft systemPAC = GLObal hawk PACific Mission


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W t St t Fi Mi i 08


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Western States Fire Mission 08Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggercredited anunmanned NASA aircraft Monday with helping

save the Sierra foothills town of Paradise from awildfire last week, calling the plane "one of the

most exciting new weapons in our firefighting

arsenal."

Canyon Complex Situation Unit Leader, Randy Herrin ...

"Thanks for the imagery on the Canyon

Complex. I was able to follow along on

the CDE and video and show the project

to the Operations Chief and Deputy IC.

They were impressed to say the least.

The imagery showed a significant

amount of heat in the SW of our

complex, which we were not expecting,

so that was good to know.

Congratulations to everyone on another

successful mission."

Range Safety Protection Zones


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26th ICAS/8th ATIO, Large UAS in the NAS - NASA 2007 WSFM 35

Range Safety Protection Zones

KEEP-OUT ZONES

Defined and Owned

by DFRC Range Safety

Can be changed or

updated before or

during flight with DFRCRange Safety

concurrence

NOMINAL

AIRCRAFT

UNHEALTHY

AIRCRAFT


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Routes A, B, C

ZONE A

ZONE B

ZONE C

Defined Routes for eachZone

Over/near forested areas

Avoid population areas

Avoid directly abovemountains when possible

Weather when lost link


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Primary Emergency Landing Sites

Radius = 400 nmBased on Battery life

Landing agreementsnegotiated with eachsite


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Gl b l H k


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Global Hawk

Gl P Fli ht


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GloPac Flights

Aura suborbital

tracks

Cruise

FL430

VerticalProfile

Nominal24 hr. flts

Aircraft Access to Hurricane Forming Regions


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Aircraft Access to Hurricane Forming Regions

The Global Hawk adds

considerable surveillance capability

Greater range and duration than

DC-8 or ER-2

Allows for extended on-station time

in hurricane genesis regions

Geosynchronous simulator

Blue line: DC-8 range for 12-h flight, 6 h on

station

Red lines: GH range for 30-h flight with 15 and

22.5 h on station

Light blue X: Genesis locations for 1940-2006

GRIP: (Hurricane)Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes Field Experiment

Oth P th t k f b bit l fli ht


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Other Programs that make use of suborbital flights

Earth Venture Initiative Developing and demonstrating new Earth observation techniques

Decadal Survey New series of Earth Observing satellites IceBridge

Between ICESAT I failure and ICESATII Launch, ~2014-2015

Organizations outside of Earth Science Planetary Science Division Astromaterials & Astrobiology,(Cosmic Dust collections, SETI (Leonids/Aurids imagery &MSL Descent Radar tests)

Heliophysics Science Division Radiation Measurements NASA SOMD (WAVE imagery of Shuttle missions,

Columbia debris field imagery, telemetry and ESA-ATVimagery)

NASA ARMD (Alternative aviation fuel emissions study &fiber optic wing shaping sensors)

Other government agencies: DoD, NOAA, DOE, DHS

Decadal Survey Tier I Missions


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Decadal Survey Tier I MissionsFlight Plans and Opportunities

SMAP

ICESat II

DESDynI

CLARREO

20102009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

SMAPVEX10,11:PALS/P-3 SMAPVEX13,14:UAVSAR?

ICE Bridge: Spring/Fall; P-3,DC-8, GH, DC-3, Otter, G-III

UAVSAR/GIII

INFLAME

LVIS /Twin Otter

UAVSAR/GH?

IR / solar system

tests / DC-8

ALS = Passive/Active. L-/S-band microwave instrumentFLAME = In-situ Net FLux within the AtMsophere of the EarthAVSAR = Unmanned aerial vehicle - synthetic aperture radar

VIS = Laser vegetation imaging system

cal/val / TBD

Decadal Survey Tier II Missions


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Decadal Survey Tier II MissionsFlight Plans and Opportunities

SWOT

HYSPIRI

ASCENDS

GEO-CAPE

20102009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Ka-band / ND&

Greenland / GIII

HAMSR

/ GH

AVIRIS/ MASTER

/ ER-2

CO2Candidates

FTS/WB57

HAMSR = High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer

FTS = Fourier transform spectrometerKaRIN = Ka-band Radar Interferometer

ACE

PODEX /

ER-2&P-3

CO2 CandidatesB-200 / DC-8 / S-3

PAC3E

DC-8+Hi Alt ALDEX

KaRIN /

GH

Mineral

detector

ACEVEX

MACPEX

/ WB-57

Decadal Survey Tier III Missions


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ecada Su ey e ss o sFlight Plans and Opportunities

SLCP

LIST

GACM

PATH

20102009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Ku & X-band; Ka & K-band / GH

= Global Hawk

iLiTE = Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment

GRACE II

3-D Winds TWiLiTE, 2 Doppler Lidars / DC-8

MW array spectrometer

UV spectrometer, IR spectrometer, Microwave limb sounder

Lidar

Limb sounder


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WB-57P-3

DC-8

B-200

SIERRA

G-III

Lear 25

NASA SMD ESD Airborne Science Program Schedule

ER-2

UC-12

G.Hawk

S. OtterCessna

FY2009

WB-57 T.Otter

P-3 SIERRA

DC-8 GHER-2 Maintanance

B-200

G-lll

LEAR 25

OctoberAugust September JulyMay June

AirMSPILAC

Testflights

Operation Ice Bridge

UC12

UAV IPY - Greenland

CO2 Laser Sounder

CALIPSO CONUS

UAV IPY Arctic Ice

RACORO

AID for ASCENDS

UAVSAR - Veg Dyn

AVIRIS

GloPac

ICESat gapfiller (U,AK)

SARP

UAVSAR - Volcanos/Veg Dynamics

GWI & Superpods test

PDM/Phase

Ocean Optics

HYTHIRM


Testflights

AVIRIS


CALIPSO Caribbean Biomass burning

AID for ASCENDS

CESSNA

AK LIDAR

SANDIA

T-34

HSI - Puerto Rico

Glory Validation

T-34

R & A 5 Year Flight Schedule


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R & A 5-Year Flight Schedule


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A schedule of ICESat Ice Bridge Missions in


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gaddition to currently planned missions

(UAS missions highlighted)

ARCTAS St dent In ol ement


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ARCTAS Student Involvement

60 students involved

28 schools

20 states

4 foreign

All aspects of mission

Data collection/analysis

Sensor maintenance/calibration

Modeling/forecasting

2009 Student Airborne Research Mission2009 Student Airborne Research Mission
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10 Teachers Selected

The AREE project is part of Education Flight Projects and was

competitively selected by the Teaching From Space (TFS) program

located at Johnson Space Center. Education Flight Projects and its

associated activities are under the TFS umbrella and are managedby the JSC Education Office.

MASTER

Whole Ai

Sampler

2009 Student Airborne Research Mission2009 Student Airborne Research Mission

Objectives Attract new generation to Earth System Science.

Infuse fresh ideas into ESS research. Enlarge contributing pool of institutions. Exploit science missions that match students

educational careers.

Mission Principles End-to-End

Project Justification - Analysis and Interpretation Method - Formal Presentations

Flight Planning - Societal Benefits

Data Acquisition

Sensor Web: Air, Surface, Satellite

29 students from 26 schools

Airborne Research Experience for Educators (AREE)

W tl d Ed ti Th h M d A i l Ph t h


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Wetlands Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography

Primary Goal

To teach basic map skills and imageryinterpretation using Wetlands as the focal point.

To introduce multiple maps and images to

educatorsusing a combination of satellite andairborne acquired imagery and data

Secondary Goal

WETMAAPTeacher Workshops

Program Facts 1996-2008

Total Number of grants received: 25

Total Funding Agencies: 29

Total Training Sessions: 157

Total Participants: 3,828

Average per session: 24.50

***These teachers have applied this training toover40,000 students to date***

Sites in 16 states, the District of Columbia,

Costa Rica and Panama


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Airborne Science 2009 Budget

Core Fleet

Demonstrations

New

Technology

Education &

Outreach

Science

Management

Airborne

Sensor Tech

Lab

Catalog

Site 9

S


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Summary Support National Science Objectives to provide the

policymakers with the information to benefit society

ASP Objectives Satellite Cal/Val

New Sensor and Algorithm development

Process Studies Next Generation of Scientist and Engineers

ASP Aircraft are in three categories Core, subsidized by ASP with PI user fee

Catalog, unsubsidized by ASP, PI pays all fees New Tech, normally fully subsidized by ASP

ASP Provides the infrastructure and personnel toconduct these investigations in accordance with NASA,

national and international policies and regulations


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Back-up Material

Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility (Site 9)


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Dedication April 9, 2009

Future Global Hawk Instruments


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Future Global Hawk Instruments

UAV SyntheticAperture Radar

(UAVSAR)

L-Band Imaging

and Single Pass

Interferometry

Simultaneous horizontal

and vertical

measurements of

aerosols and ozone

Global Ozone Lidar

Detector(GOLD)

Laser altimeter for

measuring vegetation

structure, landtopography and ice

sheets

Land Vegetationand Ice Sensor

(LVIS)

Prototype airborne DESDynl mission


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Activities which can enhance ASP


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contributions to Earth Science Establish a core ASP engineering capability in the centers - Reduce

integration cost to the investigator

Optimize ESD Subsidized Fee by insuring reliable and lowest possibleaccess cost. Sensor Portability

New Data Distribution System based on Interagency standards in Core fleet Started Intercenter Integration Guide for experimenters New High Altitude Aircraft to Sensor Interface system (GH, WB-57, ER-2)

Need to update infrastructure WB-57 Engines, Autopilot maintainability (vanished support, tubes and no

other engine users), comply with RVSM, a 25% improvement in range andendurance, Increased altitude +~5000 ft

P-3 Autopilot, Props, wing panels and lavatory upgrades DC-8 in 20 years: DC-8s will be much harder to maintain we should start the

process of developing a replacement, for example a 777ER can fly 9000nmcompared to 5300 nm for the DC-8, burns half the fuel and has 3X the

payload capability. New Fuel Heat Systems for the WB-57, ER-2 and Global Hawk Global Hawk infrastructure

Deployable station potentially setup WFF to support East Coast Operations Second GH Ops Center Spare parts for fly away kit

NASA St d t Ai b R h P i E th S t


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NASA Student Airborne Research Programin Earth SystemScience

Organized by the:

National Suborbital Education and Research Center

University of North Dakota

The NASA Student Airborne Research Program is designed with the primary goalof strengthening NASAs and the nations future workforce, in particular, theworkforce in Earth system science and related fields.

ObjectivesIntroduce students to NASA airborne science and its role in Earth systemresearch.Address future workforce needs in the aerospace and airborne science

community.Provide students with hands-on experience of end-to-end aspects of ascientific mission using NASA research aircraft and instrumentation. Do thisin such a time period that an authentic student project can be completed.

Decadal Survey Flight & Instrument Development


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Decadal Survey Flight & Instrument Development

NASA Global Hawk


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Operational Est. Greenland ICE Flights

NASA Wallops used for Remote-site Launch & Recovery

Organizations supported by NASA ASP since 2006


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Organizations supported by NASA ASP since 2006

Byrd Polar Research Center

Carnegie Institute Johns Hopkins University

University of Kansas

University of Maryland

UC Santa Cruz

UC Davis

UC Santa Barbara

UC Irvine

UC Berkeley

Desert Research Institute

Monterey Bay Aquarium Institute

NCAR

University of New Hampshire

Naval Postgraduate School

University of Colorado at Boulder

SETI

University of Wisconsin

Denver University

University of Florida

Harvard

Penn State

UCAR


NASA Ames Research Center

NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory

NASA Langley Research Center

NASA Glenn Research Center

NASA Johnson Space Center

Department of Energy

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Department of Defense

Institutes & Universities Government partners

NASA Student Airborne Research Programin Earth System Science
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g yOrganized by the:

National Suborbital Education and Research Center


The NASA Student Airborne Research Program is designed with the primary goal of strengthening NASAs and the nations

future workforce, in particular, the workforce in Earth system science and related fields.Objectives

Introduce students to NASA airborne science and its role in Earth system research.Address future workforce needs in the aerospace and airborne science community.Provide students with hands-on experience of end-to-end aspects of a scientific mission using NASA researchaircraft and instrumentation. Do this in such a time period that an authentic student project can be completed.

Program specificsThe program will be a 6-week commitment for 30 diverse students who have been selected in a national competition.

The first phase of the program will be at the University of California Irvine where lecturers on all aspects of airbornescience will be presented by university faculty from six universities including a Nobel Prize laureate Dr. SherwoodRowland.The second phase of the program will take place at the Dryden Airborne Operations Facility in Palmdale where studentswill have hands on experience integrating instruments on the NASA DC-8, planning two 6 hour science flights, and flyingon the aircraft to take the instrumental data.The final phase of the program will be back at UCI where students and faculty mentors will analyze the data collected andprepare presentations of the results.Additional training possibility

NASA Dryden Education Office has also proposed to include 10 Earth Science secondary school teachers inthis mission. The teachers would participate in the lecture and flight portion of the program and then meet to developcurriculums for Earth Science classes.

NOVICE WB-57 Payload 2008


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Right Wing PodLyman Alpha(Anderson, Harvard)

Right Wing HatchesDCS (Ames)

Left Wing HatchesDLH (Diskin, Langley)Frostpoint (Gao, NOAA)

NoseMMS (Bui, Ames)

PalletsPallet 1: TILDE/HHH (Witinski, Harvard)Pallet 2: Argus (Loewenstein, Ames)

NOBALT(Podolske, Ames)Pallet 3: UAS Ozone (Gao, NOAA)

Pallet 4: QCLS (Wofsy, Harvard)

Forward TransitionOld Ozone (Gao, NOAA)

Value of Weight Increase


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Value of Weight Increase

Target weight is 72,000 lbs, a 14%

increase over the current 63,000 lbs

With an airplane full of experiments in all bays

and pods, will be able to carry about 7,700more pounds of fuel

This buys back over 2 hours of endurance,

allowing six-hour (approximate) missions with

>7,000 lbs of experiments

Operation Ice Bridge: Spring 2009 ICESat gapfiller


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The Airborne Science Program has developed

a 6-yr strategy for collecting ICESat-like datafrom aircraft for regions of scientific interest

The spring 2009 flights will extend and bolster

the existing Greenland P-3/ATM (Krabill)

missions and include the PARIS (Raney)

RADAR sounder and LVIS (Blair).

If funding is approved, the Spring campaign

will be repeated over Greenland, and the DC-8

will fly ATM, LVIS, and KU RADAR sounder

(Gogineni)

Extended coverage of Antarctica will befacilitated by the NSF G-V HIAPER, and the

Global Hawk in 2010 & 2011 respectively.

IIP and AIST instruments will be included as

they successfully mature evaluate and improve

measurements (SIMPL, MFFL, SMLA)

NRC Decadal Survey for Earth Science:


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NRC Decadal Survey for Earth Science:(released 16 January 2007)

Recommendation: NASA should support Earth science research via

suborbital platforms: airborne programs, which have suffered substantial

diminution, should be restored, andUAV technology should be increasinglyfactored into the nations strategic plan for Earth sciences.

Space-based observations provide a global view of many Earth systemprocesses; however, satellite observations have a number of limitations,

including spatial and temporal resolution and the inability to observe certainparts of the Earth. Hence, they do not provide a picture of the Earth system thatis sufficient for understanding key physical, chemical, and biological processes.


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Aircraft Science Data & Comm Systems


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MSFC

RTMM server

AircraftGround Station

Airborne Telepresence Lab, DFRC

Field-Deployable System

Multiple Websources

Field Deployment Team

Non-Deployment Teams

REVEAL

N-Ch

REVEAL

N-Ch

Satellites

Notional Airborne Science Real-time Data & Communications Architecture

On-board DisplaysAircraft Science Data & Comm Systems

Airborne Science Program Operations


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Core Airborne Systems:ER-2, WB-57, DC-8, P-3, G-III

New Technology Airborne SystemsGlobal Hawk, Sierra, OTH

Catalog Airborne Systems (Utilized)B-200 (LaRC, DOE, etc), S-3 (GRC), Learjet (GRC), Twin Otter, Caravan, Aerosonde, etc

Airborne Sensor Facility, Mission/Campaign Management

Over 50 aircraft available to the Program

Arctic Research of the Composition of theArctic Research of the Composition of the

Troposphere from Aircraft and SatellitesTroposphere from Aircraft and Satellites


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Troposphere from Aircraft and SatellitesTroposphere from Aircraft and Satellites

(ARCTAS)(ARCTAS)

A NASA contribution to IPY and theA NASA contribution to IPY and theinternational POLARCAT initiativeinternational POLARCAT initiative

Conducted in spring and summer 2008 with the following foci:Conducted in spring and summer 2008 with the following foci:

http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/arctashttp://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/arctas

1. Long-range transport of pollution to the Arctic1. Long-range transport of pollution to the Arctic (including arctic haze,(including arctic haze,tropospheric ozone, and persistent pollutants such as mercury)tropospheric ozone, and persistent pollutants such as mercury)

2. Boreal forest fires2. Boreal forest fires (implications for atmospheric composition and climate)(implications for atmospheric composition and climate)

3. Aerosol radiative forcing3. Aerosol radiative forcing (from arctic haze, boreal fires, surface-deposited(from arctic haze, boreal fires, surface-depositedblack carbon, and other perturbations)black carbon, and other perturbations)

4. Chemical processes4. Chemical processes (with focus on ozone, aerosols, mercury, and halogens)(with focus on ozone, aerosols, mercury, and halogens)

Partners:Partners: NASA, NOAA, DOE,NASA, NOAA, DOE,

NSF, Canada, France, GermanyNSF, Canada, France, Germany

April 2008:April 2008: Fairbanks and Barrow,Fairbanks and Barrow,Alaska; Thule, GreenlandAlaska; Thule, Greenland

July 2008:July 2008: Cold Lake, Alberta;Cold Lake, Alberta;Yellowknife, NW TerritoriesYellowknife, NW Territories

NASA DC-8

NASA P-3B NASA B-200

DC-8 P-3B B-200ARCTAS Campaign Summary


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Spring CARB Summer Total

DC-8 Sorties 12 4 12 28

Hours 84.3 31.7 68.1 184.1

P-3 Sorties 14 3 13 30

Hours 80.4 19.2 78.9 178.5

B-200 Sorties 29 0 25 54

Hours 98.1 0 77.9 176

Total Sorties 55 7 50 112

Hours 262.8 50.9 224.9 538.6

Planned

Hours

183

175

175

533

Example of large mission metrics

ASP N2 Budget


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PY08 PY09 PY10 PY11 PY12 PY13 PY14

$33,056 $29,657 $30,846 $32,126 $29,341 $33,399 $34,200

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**In addition there is about $8M/yr in User fees and Mission Peculiar Costs

CY08 ESD Airborne Missions


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CY08 ESD Airborne Missions

Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) Twin Otter 59 hours Cold Land Processes Experiment II Twin Otter 233 hours Arctic Research of the Composition of the P-3, DC-8, B-200 263 hours

Tropophere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) California Air Resources Board (CARB) P-3, DC-8, B-200 50 hours ARCTAS Summer P-3, DC-8, B-200 225 hours High Spectral Resolution LIDAR Calipso/Cloudsat Cal/Val B-200 76 hours MASTER Simulator North America ER-2, B-200, TO 138 hours

Hyperspectral Mission North America ER-2, Twin Otter 74 hours Passive Active L/S-band radar (PALS) Twin Otter 92 hours Newly-operating and validated instruments comparison exp. WB-57 9 hours Western States Fire Mission 08 Ikhana 20 hours Arctic Mechanisms of Interactions between surface and atm DC-8 59 hours Airborne Laser Remote Measurements of CO2 (ACCLAIM) B-200 34 hours UAVSAR (Radar mapping and elevation) baseline G-III 156 hours Lidar and Radar Mapping of Antarctica P-3 69 hours Ice Roughness Profilometer testflights SIERRA 20 hours Soil moisture Active/Passive Validation Experiment (SMAP-VEX)P-3 18 hours CO2 Laser Sounder Lear 25 16 hours Land vegetation imaging sensore (LVIS) B-200 36 hours Geostationary Imaging Fabry-Perot Spectrometer (GIFS) P-3 20 hours Total 1667 hours 367 Sorties Flown

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