PODAG.30 October 12-13, 2011 Ron Weaver NSIDC DAAC Manager ag/30/index.html Introductory Logistics Major Issues for this Meeting Budget/Fiscal Report User Report Data Set Report EOS/ECS Topics Non-EOS/ECS Topics New Initiatives PoDAG Housekeeping

Introductions and Logistics WIFI  Account: confnasa password: hI*fj23bnT Action Forms Lunches  Catered lunches both days here in the meeting room Breaks (provided) Restrooms Dinner tonight:  How many interested? Food? (Italian ok?) PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

Announcements Changes to DAAC Management  Amanda Leon is the new Deputy DAAC Manager  Marilyn Kaminski is full time IceBridge Project Manager Green Data Center Tours PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

Themes of this meeting From Tom Wagner:  How do we expand user community?  How do we make access and use of data easier  Don’t waste the UWG members time! PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

Themes of this meeting  Updates on projects at NSIDC - This meeting we will focus on: o SMAP- a new start for NSIDC and ASF o Icebridge data services o Enterprise Data Base/Metadata Project  Passive Microwave Workshop Action items  MEaSURES data sets status, emerging issues  Procedures for evaluation of proposed data sets  Long Term Archive, DOI, Citations status PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

What we want from PoDAG Members Your input on the PM Workshop action items.  Suggestions on changes to our data set mix  Suggestions on documentation Suggestions on acceptance procedures  Actions from PM workshop, MEAsURES update  Proposed algorithm consideration process  Sun setting of data sets (wider review of holdings)  Revisions to our process Responses to Tom’s Themes PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

Budget/Fiscal Report  Budget status  Staff Changes PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

NSIDC DAAC Budget FY08 expense was $ MY FY09 expense was $ 6.22 MY FY10 expense was $ 6.16 MY FY11 expense was $ 7.26 MY FY12 allocation is ~ $ 7.453MY  FY 10 and FY 11 include augmentations for: Operation Ice Bridge, NIMBUS II, Tech Infusion projects PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

Budget: DAAC Expenses No Salary merit increases given in FY09 -FY11 due to CU policy. Raises granted for FY12. PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

DAAC Staffing Changes since October 2010 Science Communication Service Group:  USO (no change)  Com/Writers Team o Todd Johnston replacement for Timy Gonzalez o Teri Hoyer, web designer replacement for Stephen Truex Information Technology Service Group:  Systems Engineering o Jon Davis replacement for Dan Young  Systems Administration (no change)  Operations o Amy FitzGerrell replacement for Molly Thomas Software Development Team  Erik Jasiak group manager replacement for Matt Savoie  New Hires: Miao Liu, Joe Oldenburg, Hanna Wilcox, Ian Truslove Administration:  Erika Lenz replacement hire for Matthew Wilson ECS/Raytheon  Kyle Thayer Raytheon 12 month programmer  Offer Pending: Raytheon 12 month programmer  OPEN Raytheon 12 month programmer Information Sciences  Garrett Campbell: Research Scientist NIMBUS II data retrieval project PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

User Metrics See separate report PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

Data Set Reports at this meeting Consult QUAD charts for updates to data sets PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

Engineering related items of interest See QUAD Charts for progress reports  ECS/EMD  NON-EOS/ECS  Green Data Center PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

PoDAG Membership New Members  Dr. Jesse Johnson, Univ MT. Retiring Members  Dr. Thorsten Markus, GSFC Should increase membership?  Replacement for Thorsten o He has recommended Dr. Nathan Kurtz, a young scientist working on IceBridge at GSFC  What areas of NASA user community are under represented?  What areas of the broader user community are under represented?  Consider both science and data systems expertise? PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

Actions Requested Quarterly Telecons - need confirmation that UWG agrees PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011

BACKUP SLIDES PoDAG 30: October 12-13, 2011