1. Commercial Remote Sensing Satellite Data Transfer Guidelines USGS Presentation to the ACCRES FACA Committee September 13, 2005

2. Mandate – Public Law Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-555) Land Remote Sensing Policy Act of 1992 (P.L. 102-555) “It is in the best interest of the United States to maintain a permanent, comprehensive Government archive of global Landsat and other land remote sensing data for long-term monitoring and study of the changing global environment. ” “DOI shall provide for long-term storage, maintenance, and upgrading of a basic, global, land remote sensing data set...and shall follow reasonable archival practices to assure proper storage and preservation of the basic data set and timely access for parties requesting data.”

3. Archive Advisory Committee Third Committee (2004-2006) Third Committee (2004-2006) Mr. David Louis BrownLibrary and Archives Canada Mr. David Louis BrownLibrary and Archives Canada Mrs. Amelia M. BudgeUniversity of New Mexico Mrs. Amelia M. BudgeUniversity of New Mexico Mr. Gene ColabatisttoXvionics, Inc. Mr. Gene ColabatisttoXvionics, Inc. Dr. Kenneth D. DavidsonNOAA/NCDC retired Dr. Kenneth D. DavidsonNOAA/NCDC retired Dr. Bradley D. DoornU.S. Department of Agriculture Dr. Bradley D. DoornU.S. Department of Agriculture Mr. Daniel DubnoCBS News Mr. Daniel DubnoCBS News Mr. John FaundeenUSGS EROS Archivist Mr. John FaundeenUSGS EROS Archivist Mr. James J. FrelkNASA HQ Mr. James J. FrelkNASA HQ Prof. Joanne Irene GabrynowiczUniversity of Mississippi Prof. Joanne Irene GabrynowiczUniversity of Mississippi Dr. Samuel GowardUniversity of Maryland Dr. Samuel GowardUniversity of Maryland Ms. Kass GreenAlta Vista Company Ms. Kass GreenAlta Vista Company Mr. Thomas M. Holm USGS/EROS Mr. Thomas M. Holm USGS/EROS Mr. Dave JonesStormCenter Communications, Inc. Mr. Dave JonesStormCenter Communications, Inc. Ms. Roberta E. LenczowskiNGA retired Ms. Roberta E. LenczowskiNGA retired Dr. Gerald Charles NelsonUniversity of Illinois Dr. Gerald Charles NelsonUniversity of Illinois Mr. Herbert F. Satterlee, IIIDigital Globe, Inc. Mr. Herbert F. Satterlee, IIIDigital Globe, Inc. Dr. George A. SeielstadUniversity of North Dakota Dr. George A. SeielstadUniversity of North Dakota Dr. Darrel WilliamsNASA Goddard Dr. Darrel WilliamsNASA Goddard

4. NSLRSDA Contents Collections Records Dates Volume Landsat MSS 659,0001972 - 1992 19 TB Landsat MSS 659,0001972 - 1992 19 TB Landsat TM 662,0001982 onward 165 TB Landsat TM 662,0001982 onward 165 TB ETM+ 515,0001999 onward239 TB ETM+ 515,0001999 onward239 TB AVHRR 361,0001986 onward 43 TB AVHRR 361,0001986 onward 43 TB Declass I 945,0001960 - 1972 N/A* Declass I 945,0001960 - 1972 N/A* Declass II 46,0001963 - 1980 N/A* Declass II 46,0001963 - 1980 N/A* SPOT 943,0001986 - 1998 61 TB SPOT 943,0001986 - 1998 61 TB Total4,131,000527 TB * Film-Based Orders of Magnitude: Megabytes, Gigabytes, Terabytes, Petabytes, Exabytes

5. L7 ETM+ U.S. Global Archive Through 31 March 2005

6. Relevancy Information Information Human Health Human Health Natural Hazards Natural Hazards

7. Relevancy

8. Relevancy National Societal Issues National Societal Issues Earthquakes Earthquakes Land Surface Change Land Surface Change Coastal / River Environments Coastal / River Environments

9. Relevancy Agricultural Practices Agricultural Practices Urban Dynamics Urban Dynamics Groundwater Groundwater Rivers Rivers

10. Relevancy Fire Science Fire Science Greenness Mapping Greenness Mapping Fire Fuels Potential Fire Fuels Potential Coalbed Methane Coalbed Methane

11. Goals from February ACCRES Develop guidelines for satellite data transfer based on public law Develop guidelines for satellite data transfer based on public law Approach activity as part of a long-term government/industry partnership Approach activity as part of a long-term government/industry partnership

12. Mandate – Public Law “A licensee shall provide to the U.S. Government, upon request, a complete list of all archived, unenhanced data which has been generated by its licensed system which is not already maintained in a public catalog…” - 15 CFR § 960.11(b)(7) “A licensee shall make available unenhanced data requested by the National Satellite Land Remote Sensing Data Archive (''the Archive'') in the Department of the Interior on reasonable cost terms and conditions as agreed by the licensee and the Archive...” - 15 CFR § 960.11(b)(8) - 15 CFR § 960.11(b)(8) “Before purging any licensed data in its possession, the licensee shall offer such data to the Archive at the cost of reproduction and transmission. The Archive shall make these data available immediately to the public at a price equivalent to the cost of fulfilling user requests” - 15 CFR § 960.11(b)(9) - 15 CFR § 960.11(b)(9)

13. Industry Site Visits USGS and NOAA Visited SI, DG, and OI facilities in July USGS and NOAA Visited SI, DG, and OI facilities in July Reviewed USGS archive transfer requirements and expectations Reviewed USGS archive transfer requirements and expectations Discussed vendor data formats, processing, and maintenance plans Discussed vendor data formats, processing, and maintenance plans Explored procedures to allow archives to be decompressed and processed Explored procedures to allow archives to be decompressed and processed Offered USGS/EROS as an off-site archive backup Offered USGS/EROS as an off-site archive backup

14. Site Visit - Observations Vendors supportive of policy goals Vendors supportive of policy goals Appreciate assets in the context of a long-term global environmental record Appreciate assets in the context of a long-term global environmental record Open with technical information Open with technical information Commonality between USGS/EROS and vendor storage technology Commonality between USGS/EROS and vendor storage technology Challenges in areas of proprietary compression and product processing Challenges in areas of proprietary compression and product processing No purge plans on the horizon No purge plans on the horizon Data very compact Data very compact Represents their core business asset Represents their core business asset Considerable interest in USGS/EROS as an offsite backup Considerable interest in USGS/EROS as an offsite backup Solves physical transfer issue Solves physical transfer issue

15. Status of Actions USGS evaluating vendor media formats to assure compatibility USGS evaluating vendor media formats to assure compatibility Vendor metadata shape files received Vendor metadata shape files received USGS sharing trade studies and metadata mapping algorithms USGS sharing trade studies and metadata mapping algorithms Compression and product generation issues pending Compression and product generation issues pending

16. SI and DG CONUS Coverage

17. Development of Data Transfer Guidelines First Draft (internal) July2005 First Draft (internal) July2005 U.S. Agency ReviewSept 2005 U.S. Agency ReviewSept 2005 Commercial ReviewDec2005 Commercial ReviewDec2005