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SARPJuly 13, 2009 -- UCIAndrew Roberts
Airborne Science Program Director (Retired)WB-57 Program Manager / Research Pilot
ER-2 Chief Engineer / Kuiper Pilot
USAF Pilot Colonel Retired
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Airborne Science Program
Airborne ScienceProgramRandy Albertson
Functions:
Portfolio Mgmt,
Grants Studies and Report rqmnts,
Education and Outreach,
Facilities, Testbeds
and Operations
ARC ASP ProgramMatt Fladeland
Functions:Studies and Reports, Earth
Science Project Office, Airborne
Sensor Facility, Science
Mission Mgmt, Sierra
DFRC ASP ProgramBob Curry
Dep Jaques Vaschon
Functions:DC-8/NSERC, ER-2, Ikhana,
Global Hawk, G-III, DAOF
WFF ASP ProgramGeorge Postell
Dep Anthony Guillory
Functions:P-3, Catalog mgmt, small UAV,
Reports, Budget Mgmt support
JSC ASP ProgramKen Cockrell
Dep Kevin Lesenski
Functions:WB-57,
Mission Support Programs
LaRC Catalog AircraftB-200
GRC Catalog AircraftS-3, Lear, Twin Otter, T-34
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Program Objectives
Satellite Calibration and Validation
Provide platforms to enable essential calibration measurementsfor the Earth observing satellites, and the validation of
data retrieval algorithms.
Support New Sensor DevelopmentProvide sub-orbital flight opportunities to test and refine new
instrument technologies/algorithms, and reduce risk prior tocommitting sensors for launch into space.
Process StudiesObtain high-resolution temporal and spatial measurements
of complex local processes, which can be coupled to global
satellite observations for a better understanding of the
complete Earth system.
Development of Next-Generation Scientists and EngineersFoster the development of our future workforce with the hands-on
involvement of graduate students, and young scientists/engineers in
all aspects of ongoing Earth science investigations.
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07/21/09 4
Airborne ScienceDiscovers CFCs
as Ozone holemain contributor
How policy hasprotected our
planet
Can Airborne Data and Policymakers
Benefit Society
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Science Requirement Measurements Platforms
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Example of Focus Area
Airborne Support SummaryType Timeframe Suborbital Program support/remarks
Satellite Cal/Val missions
AURA
OCO
GLORY
AQUARIUS
NPOESSCalipso/Cloudsat
2006-2008
20082010
2009-2010
2009-2010
20112006 +
Pre- and post-launch Cal/val
Cal/val
Cal/val
Cal/val
Cal/valCal/val
New AirborneSensor development
IIP HSRL
IIP Harvard water
Laser sounder for CO2
GOLD
HSRL and DIAL Lidar
2006-7
2006-7
2007-8
2006
2008
Calipso validation
Global measurement demo
Airborne Ozone Lidar
Ozone
Airborne Process studies
TC-4
ARCTAS / POLARCAT
Global Hawk / decadal
survey proposal
2007 (Costa
Rica); 2010
(Guam)
2008 (Arctic)
2009
Validates A-Train, plus process studies: trace
species;
Pollution chemistry in the Arctic
Stratospheric chemistry
Table 2.3 Summary of upcoming Atmospheric Composition and Chemistry missions
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Required Science Measurement Objectives
Altitude vs. Endurance for all missions
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20
40
60
80
100
120
0 50 100 150 200 250 300 350
time, hours
maxaltitude,
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Aircraft Support of Required Measurements
Summary of the National Science Objectives, established by the six focus areas, for
sustained suborbital Earth Science observation requirements, 50% covered by Manned
aircraft another 30% covered by our Unmanned vehicle and 20% still uncovered untilnew vehicles become operational
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Flight Requests
Completed: FY06 36 FRs for 1307hrs
FY07 34 FRs for 996hrs
FY08 44 FRs for 1667 hrsAirborne Science Program (ASP) has investigators fill out flight
requests for each research activity. Many times to minimize our
flight costs for data collection we are able to incorporate multiple
flight requests into one mission. As you can see there were 44
flight requests completed in FY08 and we flew 20 missions with
367 sorties.
ASP insures compliance with NPD 7900.4b, SMD, NASA and OMB
reporting requirements and NASA airworthiness authority and liability.
Approvals for Laser and Radiation, dropsonde release, pressure vessel
safety, HAZMAT safety, EMI, etc
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Aircraft Utilization FY98-FY08
0
500
1000
1500
2000
2500
1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
Years
Science
FlightHour
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Supporting internal and external NASA PIs In FY2007 the program supported more than 89
Instrument teams from over 27 different organizations
including NASA centers (7), Universities/Institutions (17)and other agencies (3).
In FY2008 the program supported more than 92Instrument teams from 30+ organizations includingNASA Centers (7), Universities/Institutions (20) andother agencies (3).
Typically, each university research team has at least onegraduate student associated with each instrument team.
In last 20 years data collected from airborne missionsproduced over 1200 peered review journal publications, over 250 science conference presentations, over 15,000 citations
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Supporting: stratospheric/tropospheric chemistry, cryospheric science, hurricane
observations, atmospheric physics/radiation, terrestrial biosphere studies, satellite
cal/val, and instrument development.
Outstanding examples of accomplishments in each area:
Process Study- Atmospheric chemistry - smoking gun for stratospheric chemistry
from AAOE demonstrates role of chlorine in destroying polar ozone
Environmental Characterizations - airborne lidar observations of the Greenland ice
sheet; and the effects of large-scale biomass burning in the Amazon & S. Africa
Satellite Validation - CRYSTAL/FACE: detailed in situ observations of clouds being
observed from satellites; SAFARI 2000: validating MODIS aerosol algorithms
Instrumentation R&D - initial tests of remote sensing technologies: Aquarius/sea
surface salinity sensor; ICESat/Lidars; TRMM/Doppler Radars; & many others
A Long History of Worldwide ScienceField Campaigns
Historical NASA
Deployment Sites
Each badge represents a
major multi-platform
science campaign
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Airborne Program Infrastructure
Platforms
Sensors
Data Systems
Facilities
People
Ability to Implement- Complex Field Campaigns
- Process Study, Satellite Cal/Val,
Tech Demo, or combination
- Single/Multiple Platform/Instrument
- Remote or Local Deployment with upto several hundred people
- NASA-only or with partners
- Incorporating forecast/models,
satellite data, and ground/balloon
instrumentation
- Campaigns can have significantstudent involvement and EPO potential
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0
10000
20000
30000
40000
50000
NASA Unique Airborne Science Aircraft
SIERRA
Red: NASA ASP CoreGreen: NASA New Technology
Altitude(fe
et)
60000
70000
80000
0 5 10 15 20 25 30
Endurance (hours)
ER-2WB-57
S-3BB-200
DC-8
P-3B
Lear 23
Caravan
Ikhana
Global Hawk
Aerosonde
G-III
Sampling Strategy: TC4
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10
5
0
TTL
Cloud physics,TTL chemistry,
Remote sensingDC-8
Cloud physics,TTL chemistry
WB-57
Remote SensingER-2
Sampling Strategy: TC4
Costa Rica, Panama,
Galapagos, Houston
NPOL, SMART Ground Radar& Balloon Sondes
A-Train
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TC-4 Aircraft and Payloads
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Unique NASA-only Heavy Lift High Altitude Fleet (50k+ feet)
WB-57F (2)
ER-2 (2)
Global Hawk (2)Global Hawk
Range/Endurance Rings
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San Francisco 70,000
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Unique NASA-only Reconfigurable Large Flying Laboratories
-Internal Comm and Data
Networks
-Onboard satcom sensor webnetworks-Dropsonde Ejectors-Specialized Racks for quick
payload reconfiguration-Nadir and Zenith ports with
sensor attachment provision-Wing hard points for sensor
mounting-Specialized ports for probe
mounts with CFD Analysis-Common Aircraft State data to
Sensor broadcast
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Airborne Science Program Catalog Platforms (2009)
NASA GRC Lear-25
(ACCLAIM, SIMPL)
Commercial Twin Otter
(AVIRIS, PALS)U.S.D.o.E. B200
(MASTER)
NASA LaRC B200
(HSRL, LVIS, MFSL)
NOAA/NASA. Aerosonde
(Hurricane Boundary
Layer)
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New Technologies
.
Platforms:
Global Hawk UAS: Long-range, high altitude heavy-
lift aircraft with 30+ hour endurance(readying for 1st flight)
Ikhana UAS: Medium altitude Predator-B with 24hour endurance (graduated to catalog)
SIERRA UAS: Low altitude, easily deployable,with 100 Lb. payload (on 1st science mission)
G-III w/Platform Precision Autopilot: UASsurrogate to develop and demonstrate precision flight
controls for repeat pass interferometry(graduated to core)
Sensor Systems:
UAV-SAR: L- and Ka-Band Interferometricpolarimetric Synthetic Aperture Radar(L-band graduatedfrom ESTO IIP to operational facility instrument; Ka-bandcompleted first science mission)
UAS AMS: IR sensor for fires & hurricanes,generates and transmits image productsautonomously (graduated to operational facility sensor)
Real-Time Data Systems:
New science data web portal will allow P.I.s
to monitor missions and interact with
sensors in real-time via sat-com links and
the Internet (current version used in missions)
Global Hawk
Ikhana
SIERRA
UAVSAR / G-III
Airborne Science Sensor Web
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Superpod Configuration
Artist rendering
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The Heaviest Configuration
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2008 Earth Science Technology Office
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2008 Earth Science Technology OfficeFlight & Campaign Highlights
Wallops, VA
Campaign
Geostationary
Imaging Fabry
Perot
Spectrometer/Yee
Laser Sounder
for Global
Measurements of
CO2/Abshire
Cleveland, OH
Demo Flight
Newly-Operating& Validated InstrumentsComparison Experiment(NOVICE)
Miniaturized Intra-
Cavity DFG, Fiber-
Optic, & Quantum
Cascade Laser
Systems/Anderson
base
Glaciers and Ice Sheet
Interferometric Radar
(GISIR)/Jezek
Greenland
Campaign
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Operation Ice Bridge 1
P3 Flight Crew
- The P3 returned from Greenland two weeks ago
after a highly successful arctic campaign.- Largest Mission of the Year
20 Science Flights,
170 hours over a six week period
Joint P-3 and G-III flight
Success in the Arctic!
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International Polar Year Activities
Missio
n
Aircraft /
Instruments
Locatio
n
Date Science
ARCTAS DC-8, P-3, B-200;
32 instruments
Alaska,
Canada
Spring08,
Summer08
Arctic pollutionand haze;boreal forestfiresAMISA DC-8 /
dropsondesPolar SamplingRad.
Kiruna,
Sweden
Summer
08
in-situ validation for
ship, aircraft, satellitedata
UAV-SARGreenland
G-III / L-band,Ka-band SAR
Thule,Jacobshavn
May 09 Ice mappingwith newinstrumentsCASIE SIERRA UAS,
laserprofilometer,SAR
Svalbard
, Norway
July 09 Arctic sea ice
mappingGLOPAC
Global Hawk /Cloud ProfileLidar & MTP
DFRC,CA
Aug 09 Polar AtmosphericScience Research
TAS= Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and SatellitesSA = Arctic Mechanisms of Interaction Between the Surface and AtmosphereIE = Characterization of Arctic Sea Ice Experiment
= Unmanned aircraft systemPAC = GLObal hawk PACific Mission
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W t St t Fi Mi i 08
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Western States Fire Mission 08Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggercredited anunmanned NASA aircraft Monday with helping
save the Sierra foothills town of Paradise from awildfire last week, calling the plane "one of the
most exciting new weapons in our firefighting
arsenal."
Canyon Complex Situation Unit Leader, Randy Herrin ...
"Thanks for the imagery on the Canyon
Complex. I was able to follow along on
the CDE and video and show the project
to the Operations Chief and Deputy IC.
They were impressed to say the least.
The imagery showed a significant
amount of heat in the SW of our
complex, which we were not expecting,
so that was good to know.
Congratulations to everyone on another
successful mission."
Range Safety Protection Zones
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26th ICAS/8th ATIO, Large UAS in the NAS - NASA 2007 WSFM 35
Range Safety Protection Zones
KEEP-OUT ZONES
Defined and Owned
by DFRC Range Safety
Can be changed or
updated before or
during flight with DFRCRange Safety
concurrence
NOMINAL
AIRCRAFT
UNHEALTHY
AIRCRAFT
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26th ICAS/8th ATIO, Large UAS in the NAS - NASA 2007 WSFM 36
Routes A, B, C
ZONE A
ZONE B
ZONE C
Defined Routes for eachZone
Over/near forested areas
Avoid population areas
Avoid directly abovemountains when possible
Weather when lost link
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26th ICAS/8th ATIO, Large UAS in the NAS - NASA 2007 WSFM 37
Primary Emergency Landing Sites
Radius = 400 nmBased on Battery life
Landing agreementsnegotiated with eachsite
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Gl b l H k
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Global Hawk
Gl P Fli ht
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GloPac Flights
Aura suborbital
tracks
Cruise
FL430
VerticalProfile
Nominal24 hr. flts
Aircraft Access to Hurricane Forming Regions
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Aircraft Access to Hurricane Forming Regions
The Global Hawk adds
considerable surveillance capability
Greater range and duration than
DC-8 or ER-2
Allows for extended on-station time
in hurricane genesis regions
Geosynchronous simulator
Blue line: DC-8 range for 12-h flight, 6 h on
station
Red lines: GH range for 30-h flight with 15 and
22.5 h on station
Light blue X: Genesis locations for 1940-2006
GRIP: (Hurricane)Genesis and Rapid Intensification Processes Field Experiment
Oth P th t k f b bit l fli ht
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Other Programs that make use of suborbital flights
Earth Venture Initiative Developing and demonstrating new Earth observation techniques
Decadal Survey New series of Earth Observing satellites IceBridge
Between ICESAT I failure and ICESATII Launch, ~2014-2015
Organizations outside of Earth Science Planetary Science Division Astromaterials & Astrobiology,(Cosmic Dust collections, SETI (Leonids/Aurids imagery &MSL Descent Radar tests)
Heliophysics Science Division Radiation Measurements NASA SOMD (WAVE imagery of Shuttle missions,
Columbia debris field imagery, telemetry and ESA-ATVimagery)
NASA ARMD (Alternative aviation fuel emissions study &fiber optic wing shaping sensors)
Other government agencies: DoD, NOAA, DOE, DHS
Decadal Survey Tier I Missions
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Decadal Survey Tier I MissionsFlight Plans and Opportunities
SMAP
ICESat II
DESDynI
CLARREO
20102009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
SMAPVEX10,11:PALS/P-3 SMAPVEX13,14:UAVSAR?
ICE Bridge: Spring/Fall; P-3,DC-8, GH, DC-3, Otter, G-III
UAVSAR/GIII
INFLAME
LVIS /Twin Otter
UAVSAR/GH?
IR / solar system
tests / DC-8
ALS = Passive/Active. L-/S-band microwave instrumentFLAME = In-situ Net FLux within the AtMsophere of the EarthAVSAR = Unmanned aerial vehicle - synthetic aperture radar
VIS = Laser vegetation imaging system
cal/val / TBD
Decadal Survey Tier II Missions
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Decadal Survey Tier II MissionsFlight Plans and Opportunities
SWOT
HYSPIRI
ASCENDS
GEO-CAPE
20102009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Ka-band / ND&
Greenland / GIII
HAMSR
/ GH
AVIRIS/ MASTER
/ ER-2
CO2Candidates
FTS/WB57
HAMSR = High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer
FTS = Fourier transform spectrometerKaRIN = Ka-band Radar Interferometer
ACE
PODEX /
ER-2&P-3
CO2 CandidatesB-200 / DC-8 / S-3
PAC3E
DC-8+Hi Alt ALDEX
KaRIN /
GH
Mineral
detector
ACEVEX
MACPEX
/ WB-57
Decadal Survey Tier III Missions
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ecada Su ey e ss o sFlight Plans and Opportunities
SLCP
LIST
GACM
PATH
20102009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015
Ku & X-band; Ka & K-band / GH
= Global Hawk
iLiTE = Tropospheric Wind Lidar Technology Experiment
GRACE II
3-D Winds TWiLiTE, 2 Doppler Lidars / DC-8
MW array spectrometer
UV spectrometer, IR spectrometer, Microwave limb sounder
Lidar
Limb sounder
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WB-57P-3
DC-8
B-200
SIERRA
G-III
Lear 25
NASA SMD ESD Airborne Science Program Schedule
ER-2
UC-12
G.Hawk
S. OtterCessna
FY2009
WB-57 T.Otter
P-3 SIERRA
DC-8 GHER-2 Maintanance
B-200
G-lll
LEAR 25
OctoberAugust September JulyMay June
AirMSPILAC
Testflights
Operation Ice Bridge
UC12
UAV IPY - Greenland
CO2 Laser Sounder
CALIPSO CONUS
UAV IPY Arctic Ice
RACORO
AID for ASCENDS
UAVSAR - Veg Dyn
AVIRIS
GloPac
ICESat gapfiller (U,AK)
SARP
UAVSAR - Volcanos/Veg Dynamics
GWI & Superpods test
PDM/Phase
Ocean Optics
HYTHIRM
Operation Ice Bridge
Testflights
AVIRIS
Operation Ice Bridge
CALIPSO Caribbean Biomass burning
AID for ASCENDS
CESSNA
AK LIDAR
SANDIA
T-34
HSI - Puerto Rico
Glory Validation
T-34
R & A 5 Year Flight Schedule
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R & A 5-Year Flight Schedule
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A schedule of ICESat Ice Bridge Missions in
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gaddition to currently planned missions
(UAS missions highlighted)
ARCTAS St dent In ol ement
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ARCTAS Student Involvement
60 students involved
28 schools
20 states
4 foreign
All aspects of mission
Data collection/analysis
Sensor maintenance/calibration
Modeling/forecasting
2009 Student Airborne Research Mission2009 Student Airborne Research Mission
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10 Teachers Selected
The AREE project is part of Education Flight Projects and was
competitively selected by the Teaching From Space (TFS) program
located at Johnson Space Center. Education Flight Projects and its
associated activities are under the TFS umbrella and are managedby the JSC Education Office.
MASTER
Whole Ai
Sampler
2009 Student Airborne Research Mission2009 Student Airborne Research Mission
Objectives Attract new generation to Earth System Science.
Infuse fresh ideas into ESS research. Enlarge contributing pool of institutions. Exploit science missions that match students
educational careers.
Mission Principles End-to-End
Project Justification - Analysis and Interpretation Method - Formal Presentations
Flight Planning - Societal Benefits
Data Acquisition
Sensor Web: Air, Surface, Satellite
29 students from 26 schools
Airborne Research Experience for Educators (AREE)
W tl d Ed ti Th h M d A i l Ph t h
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Wetlands Education Through Maps and Aerial Photography
Primary Goal
To teach basic map skills and imageryinterpretation using Wetlands as the focal point.
To introduce multiple maps and images to
educatorsusing a combination of satellite andairborne acquired imagery and data
Secondary Goal
WETMAAPTeacher Workshops
Program Facts 1996-2008
Total Number of grants received: 25
Total Funding Agencies: 29
Total Training Sessions: 157
Total Participants: 3,828
Average per session: 24.50
***These teachers have applied this training toover40,000 students to date***
Sites in 16 states, the District of Columbia,
Costa Rica and Panama
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Airborne Science 2009 Budget
Core Fleet
Demonstrations
New
Technology
Education &
Outreach
Science
Management
Airborne
Sensor Tech
Lab
Catalog
Site 9
S
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Summary Support National Science Objectives to provide the
policymakers with the information to benefit society
ASP Objectives Satellite Cal/Val
New Sensor and Algorithm development
Process Studies Next Generation of Scientist and Engineers
ASP Aircraft are in three categories Core, subsidized by ASP with PI user fee
Catalog, unsubsidized by ASP, PI pays all fees New Tech, normally fully subsidized by ASP
ASP Provides the infrastructure and personnel toconduct these investigations in accordance with NASA,
national and international policies and regulations
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Back-up Material
Dryden Aircraft Operations Facility (Site 9)
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Dedication April 9, 2009
Future Global Hawk Instruments
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Future Global Hawk Instruments
UAV SyntheticAperture Radar
(UAVSAR)
L-Band Imaging
and Single Pass
Interferometry
Simultaneous horizontal
and vertical
measurements of
aerosols and ozone
Global Ozone Lidar
Detector(GOLD)
Laser altimeter for
measuring vegetation
structure, landtopography and ice
sheets
Land Vegetationand Ice Sensor
(LVIS)
Prototype airborne DESDynl mission
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Activities which can enhance ASP
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contributions to Earth Science Establish a core ASP engineering capability in the centers - Reduce
integration cost to the investigator
Optimize ESD Subsidized Fee by insuring reliable and lowest possibleaccess cost. Sensor Portability
New Data Distribution System based on Interagency standards in Core fleet Started Intercenter Integration Guide for experimenters New High Altitude Aircraft to Sensor Interface system (GH, WB-57, ER-2)
Need to update infrastructure WB-57 Engines, Autopilot maintainability (vanished support, tubes and no
other engine users), comply with RVSM, a 25% improvement in range andendurance, Increased altitude +~5000 ft
P-3 Autopilot, Props, wing panels and lavatory upgrades DC-8 in 20 years: DC-8s will be much harder to maintain we should start the
process of developing a replacement, for example a 777ER can fly 9000nmcompared to 5300 nm for the DC-8, burns half the fuel and has 3X the
payload capability. New Fuel Heat Systems for the WB-57, ER-2 and Global Hawk Global Hawk infrastructure
Deployable station potentially setup WFF to support East Coast Operations Second GH Ops Center Spare parts for fly away kit
NASA St d t Ai b R h P i E th S t
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NASA Student Airborne Research Programin Earth SystemScience
Organized by the:
National Suborbital Education and Research Center
University of North Dakota
The NASA Student Airborne Research Program is designed with the primary goalof strengthening NASAs and the nations future workforce, in particular, theworkforce in Earth system science and related fields.
ObjectivesIntroduce students to NASA airborne science and its role in Earth systemresearch.Address future workforce needs in the aerospace and airborne science
community.Provide students with hands-on experience of end-to-end aspects of ascientific mission using NASA research aircraft and instrumentation. Do thisin such a time period that an authentic student project can be completed.
Decadal Survey Flight & Instrument Development
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Decadal Survey Flight & Instrument Development
NASA Global Hawk
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Operational Est. Greenland ICE Flights
NASA Wallops used for Remote-site Launch & Recovery
Organizations supported by NASA ASP since 2006
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Organizations supported by NASA ASP since 2006
Byrd Polar Research Center
Carnegie Institute Johns Hopkins University
University of Kansas
University of Maryland
UC Santa Cruz
UC Davis
UC Santa Barbara
UC Irvine
UC Berkeley
Desert Research Institute
Monterey Bay Aquarium Institute
NCAR
University of New Hampshire
Naval Postgraduate School
University of Colorado at Boulder
SETI
University of Wisconsin
Denver University
University of Florida
Harvard
Penn State
UCAR
University of North Dakota
NASA Ames Research Center
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
NASA Langley Research Center
NASA Glenn Research Center
NASA Johnson Space Center
Department of Energy
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
Department of Defense
Institutes & Universities Government partners
NASA Student Airborne Research Programin Earth System Science
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National Suborbital Education and Research Center
University of North Dakota
The NASA Student Airborne Research Program is designed with the primary goal of strengthening NASAs and the nations
future workforce, in particular, the workforce in Earth system science and related fields.Objectives
Introduce students to NASA airborne science and its role in Earth system research.Address future workforce needs in the aerospace and airborne science community.Provide students with hands-on experience of end-to-end aspects of a scientific mission using NASA researchaircraft and instrumentation. Do this in such a time period that an authentic student project can be completed.
Program specificsThe program will be a 6-week commitment for 30 diverse students who have been selected in a national competition.
The first phase of the program will be at the University of California Irvine where lecturers on all aspects of airbornescience will be presented by university faculty from six universities including a Nobel Prize laureate Dr. SherwoodRowland.The second phase of the program will take place at the Dryden Airborne Operations Facility in Palmdale where studentswill have hands on experience integrating instruments on the NASA DC-8, planning two 6 hour science flights, and flyingon the aircraft to take the instrumental data.The final phase of the program will be back at UCI where students and faculty mentors will analyze the data collected andprepare presentations of the results.Additional training possibility
NASA Dryden Education Office has also proposed to include 10 Earth Science secondary school teachers inthis mission. The teachers would participate in the lecture and flight portion of the program and then meet to developcurriculums for Earth Science classes.
NOVICE WB-57 Payload 2008
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Right Wing PodLyman Alpha(Anderson, Harvard)
Right Wing HatchesDCS (Ames)
Left Wing HatchesDLH (Diskin, Langley)Frostpoint (Gao, NOAA)
NoseMMS (Bui, Ames)
PalletsPallet 1: TILDE/HHH (Witinski, Harvard)Pallet 2: Argus (Loewenstein, Ames)
NOBALT(Podolske, Ames)Pallet 3: UAS Ozone (Gao, NOAA)
Pallet 4: QCLS (Wofsy, Harvard)
Forward TransitionOld Ozone (Gao, NOAA)
Value of Weight Increase
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Value of Weight Increase
Target weight is 72,000 lbs, a 14%
increase over the current 63,000 lbs
With an airplane full of experiments in all bays
and pods, will be able to carry about 7,700more pounds of fuel
This buys back over 2 hours of endurance,
allowing six-hour (approximate) missions with
>7,000 lbs of experiments
Operation Ice Bridge: Spring 2009 ICESat gapfiller
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The Airborne Science Program has developed
a 6-yr strategy for collecting ICESat-like datafrom aircraft for regions of scientific interest
The spring 2009 flights will extend and bolster
the existing Greenland P-3/ATM (Krabill)
missions and include the PARIS (Raney)
RADAR sounder and LVIS (Blair).
If funding is approved, the Spring campaign
will be repeated over Greenland, and the DC-8
will fly ATM, LVIS, and KU RADAR sounder
(Gogineni)
Extended coverage of Antarctica will befacilitated by the NSF G-V HIAPER, and the
Global Hawk in 2010 & 2011 respectively.
IIP and AIST instruments will be included as
they successfully mature evaluate and improve
measurements (SIMPL, MFFL, SMLA)
NRC Decadal Survey for Earth Science:
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NRC Decadal Survey for Earth Science:(released 16 January 2007)
Recommendation: NASA should support Earth science research via
suborbital platforms: airborne programs, which have suffered substantial
diminution, should be restored, andUAV technology should be increasinglyfactored into the nations strategic plan for Earth sciences.
Space-based observations provide a global view of many Earth systemprocesses; however, satellite observations have a number of limitations,
including spatial and temporal resolution and the inability to observe certainparts of the Earth. Hence, they do not provide a picture of the Earth system thatis sufficient for understanding key physical, chemical, and biological processes.
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Aircraft Science Data & Comm Systems
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MSFC
RTMM server
AircraftGround Station
Airborne Telepresence Lab, DFRC
Field-Deployable System
Multiple Websources
Field Deployment Team
Non-Deployment Teams
REVEAL
N-Ch
REVEAL
N-Ch
Satellites
Notional Airborne Science Real-time Data & Communications Architecture
On-board DisplaysAircraft Science Data & Comm Systems
Airborne Science Program Operations
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Core Airborne Systems:ER-2, WB-57, DC-8, P-3, G-III
New Technology Airborne SystemsGlobal Hawk, Sierra, OTH
Catalog Airborne Systems (Utilized)B-200 (LaRC, DOE, etc), S-3 (GRC), Learjet (GRC), Twin Otter, Caravan, Aerosonde, etc
Airborne Sensor Facility, Mission/Campaign Management
Over 50 aircraft available to the Program
Arctic Research of the Composition of theArctic Research of the Composition of the
Troposphere from Aircraft and SatellitesTroposphere from Aircraft and Satellites
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Troposphere from Aircraft and SatellitesTroposphere from Aircraft and Satellites
(ARCTAS)(ARCTAS)
A NASA contribution to IPY and theA NASA contribution to IPY and theinternational POLARCAT initiativeinternational POLARCAT initiative
Conducted in spring and summer 2008 with the following foci:Conducted in spring and summer 2008 with the following foci:
http://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/arctashttp://cloud1.arc.nasa.gov/arctas
1. Long-range transport of pollution to the Arctic1. Long-range transport of pollution to the Arctic (including arctic haze,(including arctic haze,tropospheric ozone, and persistent pollutants such as mercury)tropospheric ozone, and persistent pollutants such as mercury)
2. Boreal forest fires2. Boreal forest fires (implications for atmospheric composition and climate)(implications for atmospheric composition and climate)
3. Aerosol radiative forcing3. Aerosol radiative forcing (from arctic haze, boreal fires, surface-deposited(from arctic haze, boreal fires, surface-depositedblack carbon, and other perturbations)black carbon, and other perturbations)
4. Chemical processes4. Chemical processes (with focus on ozone, aerosols, mercury, and halogens)(with focus on ozone, aerosols, mercury, and halogens)
Partners:Partners: NASA, NOAA, DOE,NASA, NOAA, DOE,
NSF, Canada, France, GermanyNSF, Canada, France, Germany
April 2008:April 2008: Fairbanks and Barrow,Fairbanks and Barrow,Alaska; Thule, GreenlandAlaska; Thule, Greenland
July 2008:July 2008: Cold Lake, Alberta;Cold Lake, Alberta;Yellowknife, NW TerritoriesYellowknife, NW Territories
NASA DC-8
NASA P-3B NASA B-200
DC-8 P-3B B-200ARCTAS Campaign Summary
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Spring CARB Summer Total
DC-8 Sorties 12 4 12 28
Hours 84.3 31.7 68.1 184.1
P-3 Sorties 14 3 13 30
Hours 80.4 19.2 78.9 178.5
B-200 Sorties 29 0 25 54
Hours 98.1 0 77.9 176
Total Sorties 55 7 50 112
Hours 262.8 50.9 224.9 538.6
Planned
Hours
183
175
175
533
Example of large mission metrics
ASP N2 Budget
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PY08 PY09 PY10 PY11 PY12 PY13 PY14
$33,056 $29,657 $30,846 $32,126 $29,341 $33,399 $34,200
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**In addition there is about $8M/yr in User fees and Mission Peculiar Costs
CY08 ESD Airborne Missions
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CY08 ESD Airborne Missions
Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) Twin Otter 59 hours Cold Land Processes Experiment II Twin Otter 233 hours Arctic Research of the Composition of the P-3, DC-8, B-200 263 hours
Tropophere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) California Air Resources Board (CARB) P-3, DC-8, B-200 50 hours ARCTAS Summer P-3, DC-8, B-200 225 hours High Spectral Resolution LIDAR Calipso/Cloudsat Cal/Val B-200 76 hours MASTER Simulator North America ER-2, B-200, TO 138 hours
Hyperspectral Mission North America ER-2, Twin Otter 74 hours Passive Active L/S-band radar (PALS) Twin Otter 92 hours Newly-operating and validated instruments comparison exp. WB-57 9 hours Western States Fire Mission 08 Ikhana 20 hours Arctic Mechanisms of Interactions between surface and atm DC-8 59 hours Airborne Laser Remote Measurements of CO2 (ACCLAIM) B-200 34 hours UAVSAR (Radar mapping and elevation) baseline G-III 156 hours Lidar and Radar Mapping of Antarctica P-3 69 hours Ice Roughness Profilometer testflights SIERRA 20 hours Soil moisture Active/Passive Validation Experiment (SMAP-VEX)P-3 18 hours CO2 Laser Sounder Lear 25 16 hours Land vegetation imaging sensore (LVIS) B-200 36 hours Geostationary Imaging Fabry-Perot Spectrometer (GIFS) P-3 20 hours Total 1667 hours 367 Sorties Flown
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