LANCE User Working Group May 1 st pm 1LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013

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Progress and Action Item Review 4LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013 Presented by Diane Davies Phil Durbin Feng Ding Karen Horrocks Ed Masuoka Ryan Boller

Status 5 LANCE users  LANCE users register as part of the central URS so we now longer have a figure for total registered users.  Over 200 registered users downloading data each week. Of these 160 are unique; over 40 users download data from 2 or more instruments.  In excess of 100,000 downloads each week from anonymous users accessing imagery through Rapid Response.  Metrics for Worldview and GIBS being implemented.  Over 3,500 unique subscriptions. Sends more than 14,000 fire alerts per week from FIRMS.  In 2012 LANCE archived 7.55 TB and distributed TB per week* * excludes AMSR-E LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013

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Status Access to NRT Data and Imagery is steadily increasing Drop in weekend access is only 30-40% (compared to 50-70% for other EMS metrics) 7LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013 * Excludes metadata ** Includes the NRT products from GHRC and MODAPS Instrument# Files Distributed Vol GB % increase over % increase over 2011 AIRS1,734,5171,866, ,33215, AMSR-E**619,95910,058 8, MLS402,130576, MODIS - Aqua8,338,48121,941, ,271369, MODIS - Terra10,512,17241,477, ,229465, OMI24,51986, , ,631,77865,958, ,655853,

** Includes the NRT products from GHRC and MODAPS FY2012 Annual Report

Latency - Annual Comparison EDOS ground system upgrades

Updates from LANCE Elements 10LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013

Updates for OMI Instrument status is essentially unchanged over the past year. Performs nominal (with exception of row anomaly). Row anomaly has not become worse. For those unfamiliar, the rows on one side of the instrument have an external blockage which results effects about 1/3 of the pixels. No new anomalies over the last year. 11LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013

Updates for OMI 1.Incorporated new versions of the retrieval algorithms for Clouds, Ozone, and SO2 2. We expect to update the Aerosol algorithm 3.We are in the process of adding the NRT data into the Echo The agreement between the standard and NRT products remains good: 12LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013 ProductRMS DiffMeanStd Dev Clouds (OMCLDRR)6.49%0.51%6.47% Aerosol (OMAERUV) Ozone (OMTO3 )8.89DU0.17DU2.97DU Sulphur Dioxide (OMSO2)0.74DU-0.02DU0.86.DU

13 LANCE-AIRS LANCE-MLS Status Feng Ding Bruce Vollmer Mike Theobald LANCE User Working Group Meeting May 1, 2013

14 Overview (1) Summary of LANCE AIRS Products – AIRS L1B version 5 (VIS/NIR radiances, microwave brightness temps) – AIRS L2 version 6(standard retrieval, cloud cleared radiances, support product) – AIRS images via WMS (VIS radiances, CO, Bt_diff_SO2, Prata_SO2, Dust score, Precipitation) – Aqua attitude/ephemeris Summary of LANCE MLS Products – MLS L2 version 3.4 (Temperature, Water Vapor, O3, CO, HNO3, N2O, SO2) – Aura attitude/ephemeris

Overview (2) NRT versus Standard – AIRS Version 5 and 6 algorithms running in both systems (same code) for level 1 and level 2 products respectively Working on updating the science quality document of NRT vs Standard for version 6 algorithm, and expecting similar result as version 5. – MLS MLS NRT Temperature and Ozone data lower quality than standard products Streamlined L2 algorithm utilized to meet latency requirements NRT products are 15 minute granules; standard products are daily files 15

16 Element Changes New Version Algorithm – AIRS Version 6 for level 2 product – MLS Version 3 New AIRS WMS Images SO2 from Prata algorithm, Precipitation New MLS Product Water vapor, CO, HNO3, N2O, SO2

Updates for MODIS – past year released value-added MODIS aerosol optical depth product MxDAODHD. integrated browse image processing with near real-time production and released improved browse images. integrated FIRMS into the the NASA Earthdata web site. added new data sets to the subset, tiled data delivered to the flood watch team including cloud top temperature and pressure. 17LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013

MODIS – planned activities Update quality information with additional example images comparing near real-time and science quality products and statistics. Replace Rapid Response subset with GIBS tiled images during collection 6 science reprocessing. Implement daily BRDF in near real-time production once the plan is approved. Investigate adding new data sets to the subset, tiled data delivered to the flood watch team including cloud optical thickness. Implement collection 6 in near real-time production once science reprocessing is complete. 18LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013

Summary progress on 2012 UWG Action Items and Recommendations 19LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013 Of the 33 recommendations: 29 are complete, 2 will not be implemented and 2 are in progress. CategoryDescriptionElementRemarksStatus Product Quality LANCE to evaluate current product quality information and determine if additional capabilities need to be investigated (work with existing instrument QA teams). All QA being updated for AIRS version 6. OMI updating QA for L2 product changes. LANCE- MODIS working with QA website team to update In progress Outreach LANCE to coordinate with UWG members and submit an article about LANCE capabilities and utility to EOS. LANCE Project LANCE contributions to book on 'Time-Sensitive Remote Sensing' to be published by Springer Press In progress Application Matrix LANCE to work with Applications Science Program on refining the application matrix and mapping the matrix to GEOSS SBAs. LANCE Project It was determined that this would not be very useful since LANCE data covers only a few of the SBAs. It was decided GCMD categories would be more appropriate Not be implemented Potential Product Candidates Explore adding GMAO model output from GMAO WMS into Worldview client, including all applicable policies and issues and present findings to ESDIS and HQ. LANCE Project We will encourage DAAC- or project-specific deployments of Worldview through easy reuse of its codebase Not to be implemented

Redesign of LANCE Website Highlights Part of the Earth Data site Easier for new users Quick Links to ‘get data’ External Data page Oceans NRT data (PO DAAC) Direct Readout Laboratory AMSR-2 Suomi NPP Links to Science Quality data and difference between NRT and Science data 20LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013 To harmonize access to NRT and Science products with a consolidated website and improve user interface and allow easier access to products

Redesign of LANCE Website User feedback is now ticketed and handled through the EOSDIS User Support Tool More prominent links to Worldview and GIBS Hazards and Disasters page Based on the user matrix Information on potentially useful data sets Permalinks to Worldview example Description and link to Earth Observatory article 21LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013 to improve user interface and allow easier access to products

EOSDIS Worldview and Imagery Services Driving Goal – Provide interactive, full resolution product viewing capability for EOSDIS products; LANCE NRT products are being used as a pathfinder for a more general capability Approach – Worldview provides a highly responsive interface to explore full resolution NASA Earth imagery in a Google Maps-like manner that users have come to expect – The Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) provide the imagery in a standardized manner to Worldview and any other client

EOSDIS Worldview/GIBS Status Since the last time: New products NRL MODIS Combined Value-Added Aerosol Optical Depth MODIS Global 250m Water Map Seven MLS products (currently being prototyped) Greater time range of imagery available Full-resolution imagery download capability Polar stereographic projections Service standardization to Open Geospatial Consortium WMTS Color bars / legends For the next time: Data granule selection and download Mobile Imagery archive expansion Full MODIS record of existing products generated from C6 science products Prototyping of ASTER and Landsat WELD products Metadata improvements System redundancy improvements

AirNow Tech Navigator 2.0 Example: July 4, 2012 (visible smoke) 24-hr average PM 2.5 – AirNow WMS HYSPLIT Trajectory – NOAA ARL Terra True Color – NASA GIBS WMS 24-hr average PM 2.5 – AirNow WMS HYSPLIT Trajectory – NOAA ARL Terra True Color – NASA GIBS WMS Smoke Slide courtesy of Adam Pasch, Sonoma Technology

24-hr average PM 2.5 – AirNow WMS HYSPLIT Trajectory – NOAA ARL Terra & Aqua AOD – NASA GIBS WMS 24-hr average PM 2.5 – AirNow WMS HYSPLIT Trajectory – NOAA ARL Terra & Aqua AOD – NASA GIBS WMS AOD Slide courtesy of Adam Pasch, Sonoma Technology AirNow Tech Navigator 2.0 Example: July 4, 2012 (visible smoke)

Outreach Presentations AGU Fall Meeting: NRT session convened by Michael Goodman and Kevin Murphy (over 40 presentations) 3 oral presentations, 1 poster presentations NASA Booth presentation Presentation at Homeland Infrastructure Foundation-Level Data (HIFLD) Working Group Meeting on Wildfires Publications Earth Observer article ‘Eyes on the Bay’ (December 2012) Sensing our Planet article “Orbiting Watchtowers” about the use of FIRMS fire alerts in Belize and Thailand by Natasha Vizcarra (November 2012) Other Provided imagery of Hurricane Sandy in support of NASA's Applied Sciences Program, NASA's Education and Public Outreach and Public Affairs Office programs. Updated the LANCE flyer for AGU Updated LANCE portal at GCMD LANCE Flyer and presentations available on LANCE wiki 26LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013

Ongoing Activities Prototyping LANCE data in REVERB Objective: Enable users to search both NRT and science quality data in one place NRT data from MODIS, MLS, AIRS and OMI are in REVERB (dev version) Naming convention? Ver + NRT e.g. 005_NRT LANCE survey - part of EOSDIS America Customer Satisfaction Index Reports Preparation for MODIS Collection 6 Outreach to potential new LANCE users Limited outreach opportunities with USG travel restrictions – Local meetings e.g. upcoming AQAST meeting – Articles, Blogs and social media In progress 2 Book chapters for “Time Sensitive Remote Sensing” (to be published by Springer) NRT Product enhancements 27LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013

Background Slides 28LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013

More information 29LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013 All docs from this meeting can be found at: time-data/about-lance/user-community/user-working-group-uwg/may-2013-teleconhttps://earthdata.nasa.gov/data/near-real- time-data/about-lance/user-community/user-working-group-uwg/may-2013-telecon LANCE Wiki or Earth Collaboration Environment (ECE) provided access to generic LANCE presentations, Conference presentations and posters, LANCE UWG minutes, summaries and presentations and Collaboration area for working documents. Instructions for accessing the LANCE ECE are below Step 1: Request ECE account.To register for the ECE Send an to to request access to LANCE. Specify your URS username or NASA AUID - if you have neither of these, you will need to to sign up for a URS account ( and we will set up an account for you in the ECE using the same username. Step 2: Activate your ECE account. You will receive an inviting you to set up your password for your ECE account. Follow the instructions in the to complete the account creation process and then go to the LANCE home page.

More information 30LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May 2013 Outreach Articles Eyes on the Bay: using NRT satellite data to monitor the Chesapeake Bay (page 34) Sensing Our Planet article

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LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May Note: Latency metrics represent the worst case scenario. OMI had a number of anomalies linked to delayed processing on the back up server, reflected in this chart. Data processed from the primary server was generally available to NRT users within the required latency,

Comments from Users accessing NRT imagery through Worldview “First of all I want to thank you for the extraordinary effort and valuable resource you are developing. Here in Nicaragua we are very interested in extreme events specifically drought hazards, wildfire and storms related events and this tools proofs to be of exceptional application for monitoring and evaluation of situations” “This is perfect, not only for today's problem but as a resource in general. We downloaded a geotif from the site and had full capabilities to interrogate the image” “I have been looking at Mount Takahe in Antarctica … and it is brilliant for being able to keep the same area in view and then jump forward or backward a day at a time” “This is a really impressive product for the study of aerosols. The overlay options are great” LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May

LANCE UWG Telecom - 1st May “Worldivew … it gives you a satellite's view of planet Earth a bit like Google Earth, except that it's updated on a daily basis! To give you some idea of the power of Worldview, here's a "close up" image of Cape Morris Jesup, the most northerly point in Greenland, taken on March 18th 2013… Cracks appearing in the sea ice north of Cape Morris Jesup on March 18th 2013 Two days later here is NASA Worldview's take on recent events in that one small part the Arctic… Cracks in the sea ice north of Cape Morris Jesup have grown by March 20th 2013 As you can see, the United States Navy's predictions a couple of days ago about what would happen to the Arctic sea ice in the near future are starting to come true” and-sea-ice/comments/page/3/

More information on AirNow-Tech Navigator 2.0 – Interactive GIS tool that displays spatial plots of air quality data, surface weather conditions, and satellite data – Includes the following features: Displays air quality and wind from AirNow using suite of WMS Displays NOAA HMS fire and smoke locations Point-and-click HYSPLIT trajectories NASA GIBS MODIS aerosol optical depth and true color – Built using OpenLayers with Service Oriented Architecture Data are displayed using GEOSS and other web services to acquire data sets Added NASA GIBS WMS, providing NASA MODIS satellite data – Updated version to be released mid-summer 2013 Slide courtesy of Adam Pasch, Sonoma Technology