NASA’s Earth Science Division Flight Overview Bradley D. Doorn Program Manager Earth Science Division, Science Mission Directorate PECORA 18

2 Guiding Recommendation Documents  The 2010 Climate plan outline integrated programs for observations, data product development and delivery that include multiple satellite and span generations.  Consistency is as necessary to NASA’s mission as it is to other Agencies NASA Climate Plan 2007 Decadal Survey Administration priorities and constraints Decadal survey, OCO-2, climate continuity missions, balanced program Integrated Program

3 NASA Operating Missions (Included in Senior Review) Compromised Performance

4 Mission Updates – Afternoon Constellation  CloudSat has moved below the A-Train while continuing recovery effort.  PARASOL is in the process of permanently existing the constellation  JAXA GCOM-W1 to join the A-Train (LRD: Nov 2011 – Mar 2012)

5 Missions in Formulation and Implementation – 11/2011 NPP 10/25/2011 w/NOAA EOS cont., Op Met. AQUARIUS 6/10/2011 w/CONAE; SSS LDCM 12/2012 w/USGS; TIRS GPM 7/2013 (TBR) w/ JAXA; Precip SMAP* Late CY2014 w/CSA Soil Moist., Frz/Thaw ICESat-2 April 2016 Ice Dynamics OCO * Global CO 2 * LRDs in flux because of launch vehicle failures

6 SAGE III on the ISS: On orbit date late 2014  The SAGE III instrument was built in the 1990’s, manifested to fly on the ISS in the early 2000’s before it was shelved  Instrument has been in storage and is being refurbished to fly on the ISS  SAGE III will continue NASA’s 25 year ozone measurements  SAGE III will be the first of possibly several Earth science instruments onthe ISS ELC Introduction to the Project Phase A in FY12

7 GRACE-FO Continuity Mission  This strategic mission is identified in the NASA implementation plan  Will continue the GRACE data record, and will follow the GRACE implementation path  Partnership with Germany, with the partnership parameters now in development  GRACE FO is not a substitute for GRACE II mission, a third Tier DS mission 8/2/11 Phase A in FY12

8 Future Orbital Flight Missions – 2011 – 2022 (International contributions) XXXXXXXXXXXX

9 The Need for Global, Multi-Decadal Measurements Lee Fu, JPL

10 Integrated Program for Water Availability/Quality  Precipitation  TRMM (extended mission w/JAXA); Field Campaigns (e.g. GRIP,  EV-1 HS3; GPM (2014 w/ JAXA)  Soil Moisture and Freeze/Thaw State  SMAP ( w/CSA)  Inland Waters  SWOT (late 2019 w/CNES, CSA)  Subsurface Ground Water (Aquifer Volume Changes)  GRACE and GRACE-FO (2016 w/Germany)  Glacier and Ice Sheet Volume Changes and Dynamics  ICEBRIDGE (ongoing); ICESAT-2 (2016); DESDynI (TBD)  Coastal Water Quality  PACE (2019/2020 w/ CNES [likely])  Northern Latitude Land, Lakes, Permafrost  EV-1 CARVE, SMAP, SWOT, GRACE-FO, ICESAT-2, DESDynI  Accelerated Operational Use of Research Measurements, …

11 NASA’s Portfolio Enables Multi-Mission Applications Simultaneous for multi- satellite products (A-Train) Over time for long term data records

12 Sea Level Rise from Altimetry and Gravimetry GRACE & Jason-1 and Jason-2 Total Steric Contribution IPCC WG1 FAR (2007)

13 Zhao & Running 2010, Science MODIS Data ~0.1%/year decline Drought Decreased Net Primary Productivity from

14 Decline in multiyear sea ice coverage from QuikSCAT 14 Year Area (10 3 km 2 ) Jan -1 fields MY fraction

15 Flight Staffing Allocations Requirements and Capabilities PECORA 18 Early data product discussions will help affect sustained continuity