“MODIS Direct Broadcast &Rapid Response Capabilities: Getting Information to Operational Decision Makers” An Earth Science Vision: Technology Pathways and Challenges for 2025 IGARSS 2002 Toronto, Canada Dr. James C. Dodge NASA Headquarters Washington, DC 20546
Real-Time Observations from MODIS Fires Coastal conditions Flooding Tropical cyclones Thunderstorms Ice conditions Snow cover Ocean gradients Dust Air pollution Vegetation
SEUS-X DB station - MODIS m dish - X/Y mount
UW-Madison EOS Direct Broadcast Groundstation TeraScan SX-EOS 4.4 m antenna: First pass acquired 2000/08/18 Overpass prediction 2000/10/13
Global Distribution of EOS Direct Broadcast Sites
World View Cyprus from MoscowMauna Loa Cyclonic Circulation: Beijing Dust clouds: Korea Italy-Greece from Matera
EOS Direct Broadcast Web Site
2001/04/ : South Florida and Cuba, True Color
MODIS Bands 1/4/3, 2000/11/ UTC, UW-Madison Direct Broadcast Band 21 Fires in Shenandoah National Park, VA
Active Fire Mapping Program Forest Service Remote Sensing Applications Center Rapid Response University of Maryland NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
MODIS Rapid Response Project: Design Rapid Response System NASA/GSFC Terra Direct Broadcast Receiving Station GES DAAC NASA/GSFC NOAAUniversity of Maryland Geography Dept USDA Forest Service Remote Sensing Application Center EDOS MODIS L0 Data Active Fire and Corrected Reflectance Cumulative Fire Maps Active Fire Locations Burn Severity Maps Handcrafted Imagery L1B Data October 2001 Active Fire Locations Selected Imagery Web Fire Maps Backup Feed L1B Data
MODIS Rapid Response System Views Recent Russia Flooding (6/11/02)
Multispectral Measurements of Atlantic Storm
MODIS 2000/08/ UTC: Band 2 Reflectance and Cloudmask
U. Wisconsin MODIS Snow-Cover Algorithm
New Products from MODIS Bands Band 31 for Ocean Temp. Gradient Information MODIS Mapped On a DEM
Observing Lake Turbidity
Ice-Covered Hudson Bay Labrador Current:Goose Bay Real-Time Observations of Canadian Ice
MODIS Band 2: 250 meter resolution UW-Madison Direct Broadcast 2000/10/ UTC
Regional Data Assimilation GOES Land Surface Radar Reflectivity LAPS Diabatic Init. - TRMM:PR/TMI -MODIS -AIRS -AMSU-E -QUICKSCAT -GIFTS -GOES LST, Clouds -NEXRAD -Lightning Aimed at 0-12h forecast issues
SeaSpace Web Page Real-time Image Retrieval
Direct Readout Roadmap to NPP POES/DMSP/SeaStar TerraAqua AVHRR SeaWiFS OLS MODIS AIRS AMSU HSB NPP VIIRS CrIS ATMS Evolution of Concurrent Ground System Supporting Technologies and Algorithm Development Standardization & Increasing RF, Modulation & Bandwidth Requirements S/C & Instrument Evolution Custom Frame Formatters & Ingest software Analog Custom Receivers NOAA Level1B (AVHRR) Limited Data Distribution mechanisms L,S-band Mbps Bi-Phase L X-band 13.1Mbps Viterbi OQPSK X-band 15Mbps OQPSK NRZM X-band 15Mbps QPSK NRZM Viterbi Compression S/C specific STPS Level-0 Return Link Processor Analog Configurable Receiver MODIS Level-1 DAAC & MODIS Simulcast Reconfigurable RT-STPS Return Link Processor Digital re-Configurable Receiver MODIS & AIRS Level-1 DAAC & NEpster with L0 & L1 data Reconfigurable RT-STPS Digital re-Configurable Receiver (PC-based) ALL Instru. Level-1 Software DAAC & NEpster with L0, L1 & EDRs Simulcast of all Instruments