1. May 15, 2013 Space Weather Product Team (SWPT) Making Sense of the Nonsensical

2. Outline 2 SWPT Timeline (WFD) GOES-R POSST Timeline (RAI) Bob’s Gentle Reminder Product Validation Maturity Stages Bob’s Action – 2 slides PLT/PLPT Feedback – John Fiorello PLT/PLPT – SEISS PLT/PLPT Execution – SEISS Validation Cross Reference Matrix LZSS – Level 0 Storage Service

3. 3 SWPT Timeline WFD’s Interpretation

4. 4 Bob’s Chart

5. Bob’s Gentle Reminder Action for the Instrument Scientists Need to Define Product-by-Product Validation Maturity Stages What the POSST Val Teams need to complete by 31 May: A list of all proposed validation event objectives and their associated durations and success criteria for Beta, Provisional and Validated product maturity levels. This effort needs to be at a level of granularity where a manager could track the validation efforts. Val Team Leads, please be prepared to present status by the next POSST meeting (5/22).

6. GOES-R Product (L1b and L2+) Validation Maturity Stages (Nominal Mission) 1.Beta Activities o Early release of product. (e.g., at-launch version of algorithms and their input parameters are initially used to generate the product) o Initial calibration applied. (L1b) o Rapid changes in product parameters (e.g., lookup tables, coefficients) or product algorithms can be expected. o Product quick looks and initial comparisons with correlative validation data are performed. o A thorough analysis of products are ongoing. o Users are engaged and products are made available to users. End state o Product is minimally validated, and may still contain significant errors (identified and unidentified). o Information/data from validation efforts can only be used to make initial qualitative and/or very limited quantitative assessments regarding product fitness-for-purpose. o Documentation of product performance and identified product performance anomalies, including recommended remediation strategies, exists. 2.Provisional Activities o Product validation, quality assurance, and anomaly resolution activities are ongoing. o Algorithm anomalies are identified and analyzed. o Incremental improvements may be occurring. o Users are engaged and user feedback is provided and assessed. End state o Product performance (L1b or L2+) has been demonstrated through analysis of a large, but still limited (i.e., not necessarily globally or seasonally representative) number of independent measurements obtained from selected locations, time periods, or field campaign efforts. o Product analyses are sufficient for qualitative, and limited quantitative, determination of product fitness-for-purpose. o Documentation of product performance, testing involving product fixes, identified product performance anomalies, including recommended remediation strategies, exists. o Product is ready for potential operational use (user decision) and for use in scientific publications. 3.Validated Activities o Product validation and quality assurance activities continue. o Future algorithm incremental improvements are identified. o User community actively testing or utilizing product. End state o Product performance has been demonstrated over a large and wide range of representative conditions (i.e., global, seasonal). o Comprehensive documentation of product performance exists that includes all known product anomalies and their recommended remediation strategies for a full range of retrieval conditions and severity level. o Product analyses are sufficient for full qualitative and quantitative determination of product fitness-for-purpose. o Product is ready for operational use based on documented validation findings and user feedback. o Product validation, quality assurance, and algorithm stewardship continue through the lifetime of the instrument. 6

7. 7 Bob’s Action – Due:31 May Update Validation Event Objectives Slide 1 of 2 PLTs and PLPTs??

8. 8 Bob’s Action – Due:31 May Update Validation Event Objectives Continued – Slide 2 of 2

9. 9 PLT/PLPT Feedback Only EXIS Received From John Fiorello, GOES-R Flight Project SE EXIS PLT/PLPT Plans are being updated

10. PLT / PLPT Forms Test NameShort Title POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS001SEISS In-flight Calibration POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS002MPS-LO Microchannel Plate Bias Voltage POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS003EHIS Sample Pulse Height Analysis POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS004SGPS D3-D1 Contamination Correction POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS005MPS-HI/LO Inter-telescope Correction POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS006MPS-LO Overlapping Zone Comparison POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS007MPS-HI/LO Pitch Angle Distribution POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS008Solar Energetic Particle Anisotropy POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS009MPS-HI/LO Inter-satellite Calibration POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS010SEISS Backgrounds Trending POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS011SEISS Ops in Storage Mode POSST_PLT_Test_Form_SEIS012SEISS Sensitivity to Interference SEISS (as submitted) MOST & DOST will assign PLTs and PLPTs

11. 11 PLT/PLPT Execution Product: SEIS-L1b-MPSL

12. d. Monitor science data product quality 1. Plan and schedule monitoring of L1b data quality including Product Monitor and display of monitored evaluation against product parameters. 2. Plan and schedule monitoring of L2+ data quality including Product Monitor and display of monitored evaluation against product parameters. e. Report science data product quality 1. Plan and schedule reporting of L1b data quality 2. Plan and schedule reporting of L2+ data quality f. Maintain L1b science data product quality 1. Plan and schedule ABI solar and lunar calibration observations. 2. Plan and schedule ABI calibration coefficient updates. 3. Plan and schedule Magnetometer calibration observations. 4. Plan and schedule ABI Kalman filter tuning 5. Plan and schedule GLM coastline identification and utlization of data 6. Plan and schedule L1b storage into life of the mission storage. 7. Plan and schedule L1b SUVI calibration updates. 8. Plan and schedule L1b SEISS IFC (drift) calibration updates. 9. Plan and schedule L1b EXIS calibration updates. Validation Cross Reference Matrix VCRM Objectives Assigned to POSST

13. 13 Aside: LZSS Level 0 Storage Service