Naval Oceanographic Office Providing Decision Superiority for Warfare Operations Approved for Public Release 1 Naval Oceanographic Office WG/CSAB update George Mason Lamar Russell April 7-8 th 2010

Naval Oceanographic Office Providing Decision Superiority for Warfare Operations Approved for Public Release 2 Outline Current satellite data sources/product Future altimeters NPOESS restructuring NAVO Specific JAG-ODAA AIs

Naval Oceanographic Office Providing Decision Superiority for Warfare Operations Approved for Public Release 3 Satellite Data Sources & Products Satellite Data Sources & Products Data Sources NOAA/FNMOC ( DoD OTN) –AVHRR/HIRS - MetOp, N-18, N-19 –Jason- 2 OSTM –MODIS AQUA –SSM/I EDR –SSM/IS EDR NRTPE (NASA/NOAA) –MODIS AQUA GOES direct readout (NAVO) JPL –Jason-1 –GHRSST (AMSRE, AATSR, MSG) ESA –Envisat (altimeter & MERIS) Products SST Retrievals –POES SST –GOES SST Image Analysis –OFA –Annotated AVHRR Altimetry –SSHA –SWH –WS Ocean Optics –Visibility –Attenuation

Naval Oceanographic Office Providing Decision Superiority for Warfare Operations Approved for Public Release 4 Future Altimeter Satellite data Altika ( ) Launch Sept 2010 CNMOC submitted Announcement of Opportunity proposal (Feb 2010) EUMETSAT to stand-up NRT processing capability Sentinel 3 ( ) Spacecraft and data availability still under development ESA primary data provider, use Envisat agreement as template to establish MOU/MOA with ESA to receive data GFO-2 (2014 – 2019) Launch in highly successful GeoSat/GFO 17 day ERM Source selection process completed 2 nd quarter 2010 Anticipated Contract Award – 3rd quarter 2010

Naval Oceanographic Office Providing Decision Superiority for Warfare Operations Approved for Public Release 5 Where does NAVY fit into NPOESS restructure? –NAVO requires afternoon orbit data SST and ocean optics –Mechanism for direct interaction NOAA/NASA Originally, IPO led Customer Forum and Operational Algorithm Teams for NPP sensors What NOAA/NASA mechanism can NAVO interact through? –Will COPC provide interface? NPOESS restructure Issues

Naval Oceanographic Office Providing Decision Superiority for Warfare Operations Approved for Public Release 6 JAG-ODAA AIs (NAVO) AI C Subsurface Oceanographic BUFR Data GTS dissemination –TOC create “collective” & provide data exchange instructions –Effective start date (when will it commence?) AI 2010-?? Acquiring Korean COMS-1 Satellite data AI 2010-?? Delivery of NAVO SST data to NCEP/EMC