1. DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS
RPC Evaluation of NASA Land Information System for Cross-Cutting Applications
Potential
Partners
EARTH SYSTEM MODELS
NASA Land Information System (Noah, CLM, Vic)
Forcing: [G|N]LDAS (NASA) using [G|E]DAS & CMAP (NCEP), AGRMET (AFWA), ECMWF; NCAR FNL
Regional Models: WRF; RAMS-AROMA, COAMPS, and RUC (for evaluations)
Supercomputing: Project Columbia (NASA), HPC2 (MSU)
RPC EVALUATIONS, V&V
DECISION SUPPORT TOOLS
Predictions
DHS NARAC/IMAAC at LLNL
USDA USFS Firelab
USDA FAS PECAD
USDA NRCS SCAN & NIDIS
NSSTC SERVIR
Coupled WRF-LIS modeling applications
EPA BASINS
USBR RiverWare
Global/Regional scale model products (1 – 50km)
analysis, hourly & daily forecasts
Longer-term outlooks
VALUE & BENEFITS
Atmospheric assessment of emissions and air pollution
Fire risk modeling
Crop yield modeling and monitoring
Improved forecasting of severe weather
Ecological forecasting
Policy decisions
Data
EARTH OBSERVATIONS
air & land surface temperature, humidity, winds
precipitation
soil moisture, SST
radiation, aerosol
Atmosphere: ground-based measurements (WMO, ARM/CART), MPE (NOAA), NEXRAD, AMSR-E, GOES, MODIS, GPM, TRMM, Cloudsat, GOES-R, PERSIANN, NPOESS
Land : SCAN (USDA), Mesonet
Observations
*Next Generation Missions
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor

2. RPC Evaluation of NASA Land Information System for Application in USDA-NRCS SCAN DST
Partners
EARTH SYSTEM MODELS
NASA Land Information System (Noah, Catchment LSM)
Forcing: [G|N]LDAS (NASA) using [G|E]DAS & CMAP (NCEP), AGRMET (AFWA), ECMWF, NCAR FNL, NARR, RUC
Data Assimilation: EKF, EnKF
Supercomputing: Project Columbia (NASA), HPC2 (MSU)
RPC EVALUATIONS, V&V
USDA-NRCS SCAN DST
Predictions
Soil moisture maps from 12x12 km2 to 1x1 km2
Sensitivity analyses using OSEs
AMSR-E data assimilation
OSSEs to help optimize DST network
NOAA NIDIS
Coupled WRF-LIS modeling applications
Global/Regional scale model products (1 – 50km)
soil moisture maps
Longer-term outlooks
VALUE & BENEFITS
Mitigate drought effects
Support flood analysis
Producer decision making – planting, production, disease, pest management
Crop yield modeling and monitoring
Improved forecasting of severe weather and climate outlook
Ecological forecasting
Policy decisions
Data
EARTH OBSERVATIONS
air & land surface temperature, humidity, winds
precipitation
soil moisture, SST
radiation, aerosol
Atmosphere: ground-based measurements (WMO, ARM/CART), MPE (NOAA), NEXRAD, AMSR-E, GOES, MODIS, GPM, TRMM, GOES-R, PERSIANN, NPP, NPOESS
Land : SCAN (USDA), Mesonet, Producer-Cooperator
Observations
*Next Generation Missions
Uncertainty Analysis and Scientific Rigor