1. UW-SSEC GIFTS Ground Data Processing System Development: Progress Update Bob Knuteson, Ray Garcia, Maciej Smuga-Otto, Dave Tobin, Hank Revercomb (Dir. SSEC), Steve Ackerman (Dir. CIMSS) University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) MURI June 2005

2. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 2 Outline of Presentation Original GIFTS Project Goals Revisited Risk Reduction Accomplishments to Date 2005 Activities Related to Ground Processing System development

3. UW-SSEC GIFTS/IOMI Mission and the Demonstration of Operational Utility GOES-R HES Sounder GIFTS Project Goals Revisited

4. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 4 Combine Advanced Measurement Technologies On a Geosynchronous Satellite to Obtain 4-D Observations of the Atmosphere Horizontal: Large detector arrays give near instantaneous wide 2-D geographical coverage Vertical: Michelson interferometer (FTS) gives high spectral resolution that yields high vertical resolution Temporal: Geosynchronous orbit allows high time resolution (i.e., motion observations) Geosynchronous Imaging FTS (GIFTS)

5. Original GIFTS Mission Objectives NAVY IOMI Mission:NOAA GIFTS Objectives: NASA New Millennium Program EO-3 Mission Objectives: Technology Demonstration Cryogenic Imaging Interferometer On-board signal processing Autonomous Pointing Measurement Concept Demonstration Profiles of Temperature (1K / 1km) Profiles of Water Vapor (20% / 2km) Profiles of Winds (3 m/s / 4km) Shipboard Requirements Visible and Infrared Imagery for Synoptic-scale weather features Monitoring of severe storms Derivation of precipitation estimates Clouds classification Cloud and water vapor drift winds NOAA Commitment Letter (Feb. 2001): Technology Infusion into ABS/HES Realtime Reception and Data Processing Algorithm development (through NOAA Cooperative Institutes) leading to a stable set of products and now- casting tools for ABS/HES. Demonstrate data assimilation into NWP using NASA/NOAA Joint Center. X X

6. UW-SSEC NASA GIFTS Sensor and the GOES-R Technology Infusion & GOES-R Risk Reduction

7. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 7 HgCdTe PV Semiconductor Pixels on 60  m centers 60 K Operating temperature GIFTS has 128 x 128 IR Detector Arrays Versus 4 individual detectors per band on current GOES Focal Plane Arrays Increase Data Collection Rates

8. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 8 GIFTS Michelson IR Interferometer Spectrometer (Ultra-spectral resolution; /  > 1000) Versus GOES Discrete Narrow Band IR Optical Filters ( /   100) Translating Mirror Mechanism Remote Alignment Mechanism Detector Arrays Mirror Servo & Sample Ctrl Imaging FTS – Candidate for HES Sounder (USU SDL Cryogenic Design)

9. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 9 GIFTS Internal Precision Blackbody Design Location of Flip-in Mirror for Viewing Internal Blackbodies (not shown) Internal UW Blackbodies

10. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 10 Two High Emissivity Blackbody Cavities: Hot and Cold GIFTS On-board Precision Calibration BBs Emissivity > 0.998 Temperature Accuracy < 0.1 K (3 sigma) Heater Coil Cavity Aperture Thermistor Leads UW-SSEC

11. GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 11 GIFTS Demonstration Through Simulation Pixels in Focal Plane Array Interferogram Spectrum Radiance Image  512 km  L0-L1

12. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 12 What does NOAA GOES-RRR learn from GIFTS? Thermal Vacuum Testing Demonstrate optical design using high precision internal calibration blackbodies for enhanced accuracy from geo orbit. Instrument Line Shape will be characterized for an Imaging FTS. Experience with FPA cross-talk, noise correlation, linearity. Experience gained in simulation of imaging GEO sounder. Development of metadata ontology for hyperspectral observations. Experience gained in the development and use of high performance computing software as a demonstration of future HES sounder ground data processing (OSD). GIFTS and GOES-R Risk Reduction.

13. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 13 Accomplishments To Date GIPS Design Elements Monitoring, Control, and Data Channels Parallel Processing Pipeline Architecture Modular Software Component Design

14. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 14 Accomplishments To Date AMS Annual Meeting, IIPS session, Seattle, January 2004 LEVEL 0-1 ALGORITHM DESCRIPTION FOR THE GEOSYNCHRONOUS IMAGING FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER, Robert Knuteson, Fred Best, Ralph Dedecker, Ray Garcia, Sanjay Limaye, Erik Olson, Henry Revercomb, and David Tobin DESIGN STUDIES FOR REAL-TIME DISTRIBUTED PROCESSING OF INFRARED HYPERSPECTRAL IMAGE DATA, Ray Garcia and Maciek Smuga-Otto HYPERSPECTRAL DATA STORAGE: CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, Ralph Dedecker, Tom Whittaker, Ray Garcia and Robert Knuteson

15. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 15 Accomplishments To Date AMS Annual Meeting, IIPS session, San Diego, January 2005 CALIBRATION ALGORITHM ACCURACY VERSUS EFFICIENCY TRADEOFFS FOR A GEOSYNCHRONOUS IMAGING FOURIER TRANSFORM SPECTROMETER, Robert Knuteson, Steve Ackerman, Fred Best, Ralph Dedecker, Ray Garcia, Erik Olson, Hank Revercomb, Maciek Smuga-Otto, and Dave Tobin DESIGN STUDIES IN LARGE-SCALE REAL-TIME INTERFEROMETRIC DATA PROCESSING SYSTEMS, Ray Garcia and Maciek Smuga-Otto A PROTOTYPE FOR THE GIFTS INFORMATION PROCESSING SYSTEM, Ray Garcia and Maciek Smuga-Otto

16. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 16 Accomplishments To Date SPIE Annual Meeting, Denver, August 2004 COMPONENT-ORIENTED DESIGN STUDIES FOR EFFICIENT PROCESSING OF HYPERSPECTRAL INFRARED IMAGER DATA, Ray Garcia and Maciek Smuga-Otto SPIE Annual Meeting, San Diego, August 2005 (abstract) A DATA PROCESSING PIPELINE FOR GIFTS THERMAL VACUUM TESTING, M.Smuga-Otto, R.Garcia, R.Knuteson, E.Olson

17. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 17 1)Generate a GIFTS 24 Hour dataset WRF model using SERENITY GIFTS Spatial Sampling at correct view angles GIFTS FTS Simulator for Interferogram cubes 2)Convert Interferograms to CCSDS Packet Format 3)Process 24 Hour Dataset through GIPS L0-L1 s/w 4)Online Storage of complete INPUT and OUTPUT 5)Transfer dataset and GIPS software to ACTECH. 6)Support GIFTS L0-L1 Parallel Processing Evaluation (UW & ACTECH) 7)Begin Implementation Process for L2 Algorithms UW GDPS Goals For 2005

18. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 18 GIFTS Data “Cube” 512 km by 512 km region sampled simultaneously Sense the low level moisture flux BEFORE the convective clouds form! GIFTS combines GEO temporal sampling with advanced vertical sounding. GIFTS Potential (from simulation) IHOP 11 June 2002

19. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 19 Previously our 4-km IHOP Simulation was of a limited domain … See Jason Otkin For details. MM5 & “Old” Cluster

20. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 20 See Jason Otkin For details. WRF on SERENITY allows our 4 km domain to be expanded … WRF & SERENITY

21. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 21 See Jason Otkin For details. A FULL DISK run is possible at somewhat lower spatial resolution. WRF & SERENITY

22. UW-SSEC GOES-RRR Review 22 February 2005 22 GOES-R 2005 Milestones (L0-L1 GDPS) yesterdayRelease 2 stage (out of 5) GIPS pipeline (1 Earth, 1 Hot, 1 Ambient, 1 Space view) June6 Hours of GIFTS Data (Using existing FTS simulator - Real Filter, Linear Detectors) JulySPIE Paper Due (Describes Testing Framework/ Simulation data / Case Studies) August1) Release Updated FTS Simulator (to include complex filter and nonlinearity), 2) SPIE Meeting (San Diego) October1) Release 24 hours of GIFTS synthetic interferograms, 2) Release 3 stage GIPS pipeline (including off-axis correction), send to AC-Tech for Performance Evaluation NovemberAMS Papers Due (Update calibration studies using GIPS software, TBD other) DecemberComplete GIPS Parallelization Study January06AMS Meeting (IIPS conference)