1. Applied Sciences Perspective Lawrence Friedl, Program Director NASA Earth Science Applied Sciences Program LANCE User Working Group Meeting  September 2014

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3. 2014 NASA Strategic Plan Strategic Goals 1.Expand the frontiers of knowledge, capability, and opportunity in space. 2.Advance understanding of Earth and develop technologies to improve the quality of life on our home planet. 3.Serve the American public and accomplish our Mission by effectively managing our people, technical capabilities, and infrastructure.

4. Applied Sciences Advisory Committee May 2014 report: A constant and over- riding theme throughout our meetings was the growing importance of applications to NASA’s core mission – a natural outcome of NASA’s multi-decade commitment to understanding Earth from space. |‌ 4

5. Applied Sciences Advisory Committee Seven Key Topics to Address » Decadal Survey Ensure applications are an integral part of the upcoming Earth Science Decadal Survey » Mission Planning Fully integrate applications requirements into NASA mission planning early » Data and Mission Planning Include the DAACs and application users as early as possible in the process of mission planning. » Application Adoption Identify the characteristics of successful adoptions of Earth science data into applications. » Tools for Data Access & Use Accelerate the development of tools which improve the ease of use, latency, and continuity of NASA Earth science data for application users. » Communications More effectively communicate the value of applications of NASA data and the accomplishments of ASP both internally and to the American public. » Capacity Building Address the financial allocation within the Capacity Building program |‌ 5

6. Applied Sciences Advisory Committee Successful adoption of Earth science data into applications requires that the user be motivated and the data be accessible, offered in application friendly data formats, and delivered within a decisionable timeframe. – ASAC, 2014 |‌ 6

7. Applied Sciences: Lines of Business Applications in Mission Planning Identify applications early and throughout mission lifecycle, integrate end-user needs in design and development, enable user feedback, and broaden advocacy. Societal & Economic Applications Generate, test, develop, enable adoption, and extol applications ideas for sustained uses of Earth obs. in decisions and actions. Capacity Development Build skills, workforce, and capabilities in US and developing countries to apply Earth obs. to benefit society and build economies. Key Principle: Constant experimentation to figure out how to better inspire applications, ideas, ways to broker, etc. |‌ 7

8. Applications Areas Energy Climate Agriculture Weather Oceans Disasters Ecological Forecasting Water Resources Health & Air Quality |‌ 8 Emphasis in 4 Applications Areas Support opportunities in 5 additional areas Also: Cross-cutting Element of Wildfires

9. |‌ 9 The national strategy outlined here has as its overarching objective a program of scientific discovery and development of applications that will enhance economic competitiveness, protect life and property, and assist in the stewardship of the planet for this and future generations. Earth Science Decadal Survey Earth Science & Applications

10. |‌ 10 What key questions and advancements does the Earth science and applications community need to address in the next 10-15 years? What key questions – if addressed well or answered – would make major advances in our knowledge and it use in decisions and actions? What are key questions and challenges that address both scientific needs and societal decisions? What can the applications- oriented communities organize over next 15 months to address these and support the next Earth Science Decadal Survey?

11. Back-up Materials LANCE User Working Group Meeting  September 2014 |‌ 11

12. Technology Flight Missions Research Data Systems Education Applications |‌ 12 NASA Earth Science NASA Earth Science supports basic and applied research on the Earth system and its processes. Characterize, understand, and improve predictions of the Earth system to advance knowledge and benefit society.

13. Earth Science and Applications Applied Research Basic Research Applications

14. Value and Benefits to citizens and society Partnership Area Predictions/ Forecasts High-Performance Computing, Communication, and Visualization Standards and Interoperability Decision Support Systems Assessments Scenario Tools Policy Decisions Management Decisions ImpactsOutcomesOutputsInputs Data Earth System Models Land, Atmosphere, Oceans, Cryosphere, Coupled Models Model Products, Data Assimilation, Predictive Capabilities NASA and Partners Partners with Decision Support Systems Applied Sciences Program Approach to Integrated System Solutions Observations Analysis to support decision-making processes & actions Earth Observatories & Measurements Satellite, Airborne, Ground, In-situ Missions, Sensors, Data Products Inform Decisions & Actions |‌ 14