Advanced Information Systems Technology (AIST) New Observing Strategies (NOS) Workshop Summary Report Jacqueline Le Moigne – NASA Earth Science Technology Office (ESTO) Marge Cole – NASA ESTO – KBR, Inc. Edited by NOS Workshop Participants Workshop held on February 25-26, 2020 Hyatt Place, Washington, DC Workshop presentations and reference materials located on the ESTO/AIST “NOS Workshop 2020” Website. Table of Contents Workshop Agenda .............................................................................................................................. 4 Executive Summary ............................................................................................................................ 5 1. NOS Workshop Summary ............................................................................................................ 8 1.1. Introductions – Goals of the Workshop .................................................................................................. 8 1.1.1. ESIP – Earth Science Information Partners ............................................................................................................. 8 1.1.2. AIST – Advanced Information Systems Technology ................................................................................................ 8 1.1.3. NOS-Testbed Framework ........................................................................................................................................ 9 1.1.4. Discussions following the introductions ................................................................................................................. 9 1.2. Keynote Addresses .............................................................................................................................. 10 1.2.1. Mike Seablom / NASA SMD Chief Technologist .................................................................................................... 10 1.2.2. Sid Boukabara / NOAA........................................................................................................................................... 10 1.2.3. Joseph Bell / USGS ................................................................................................................................................. 11 1.2.4. George Percivall / OGC .......................................................................................................................................... 11 1.3. Summary of AIST NOS and NOS-T Projects ........................................................................................... 12 1.3.1. Daniel Cellucci & Chad Frost / ARC ....................................................................................................................... 12 1.3.2. Sujay Kumar / GSFC ............................................................................................................................................... 13 1.3.3. Dan Crichton / JPL ................................................................................................................................................. 13 1.3.4. Steve Chien / JPL ................................................................................................................................................... 13 1.3.5. Paul Grogan / Stevens Institute of Technology ..................................................................................................... 14 1.3.6. Sreeja Nag / ARC & BAER ...................................................................................................................................... 14 1.3.7. Project Presentations – Discussion #1: ................................................................................................................. 15 1.4. Summary of AIST NOS and NOS-T Projects – Part 2 ............................................................................... 16 1.4.1. Matt French / USC-ISI ............................................................................................................................................ 16 1.4.2. Jim Carr / Carr Astronautics .................................................................................................................................. 16 1.4.3. Derek Posselt / JPL ................................................................................................................................................ 16 1.4.4. Ben Smith & Lorraine Fesq / JPL............................................................................................................................ 17 1.4.5. Ethan Gutmann / NCAR ......................................................................................................................................... 17 1.4.6. Joel Johnson / OSU ................................................................................................................................................ 17 1.4.7. Ruzbeh Akbar / MIT ............................................................................................................................................... 17 1.4.8. Project Presentations – Discussion #2: ................................................................................................................. 18 2. Breakout Sessions Introduction ..................................................................................................19 2.1. Science Use Cases Breakouts................................................................................................................ 19 2.1.1. Sujay Kumar / GSFC ............................................................................................................................................... 19 2.2. Technology Breakouts ......................................................................................................................... 20 2.3. NOS Workshop Outcomes.................................................................................................................... 21 3. Science Breakout Details ............................................................................................................23 3.1. Atmosphere Use Cases ........................................................................................................................ 24 3.2. Carbon and Ecosystems Use Cases ....................................................................................................... 28 3.3. Earth Surface and Interior Use Cases .................................................................................................... 31 3.4. Oceans Use Cases ................................................................................................................................ 35 2 3.5. Snow, Ice, Energy (Hydrology) Use Cases .............................................................................................. 38 4. Technology Breakouts Details ....................................................................................................42 4.1. Onboard Data Understanding and Analysis Needs ................................................................................ 49 4.2. Inter-Node Coordination Needs ........................................................................................................... 51 4.3. Planning, Scheduling and Decision Making Needs ................................................................................. 52 4.4. Interaction to Science and Forecast Models Needs ............................................................................... 54 4.5. Cybersecurity Needs ............................................................................................................................ 55 5. Definitions .................................................................................................................................56 6. References.................................................................................................................................57 3 Workshop Agenda Tuesday, February 25, 2020 2:45 pm to 3:15 pm Science Focus 8:30 am to 9:00 am Arrival KEYNOTE: Joseph Bell, USGS – USGS Next Generation Water Observing System Program 9:00 am to 10:45 am Welcome and Introductions Sujay Kumar/GSFC – Use Case Introduction – Hydrology Use Case Examples Jacqueline Le Moigne, ESTO/AIST – General Introduction to NOS and to the Workshop 3:15 pm to 4:30 pm Science Breakout Sessions Science Domains - Atmospheric; Snow/Ice/Energy; Carbon / Ecosystems; Earth Annie Burgess, ESIP – General introductions Surface & Interior; Ocean Tom McDermott, SERC – NOS-Testbed (NOS-T) Framework What could we do with a NOS framework? KEYNOTE: Sid Boukabara, NOAA – NOAA Future Space Architecture What are the science benefits? 10:25 am to 10:45 am Break 4:30 pm to 5:30 pm Science Breakout Briefings 10:55 am to 11:35 am Project Briefs Wednesday, February 26, 2020 Daniel Cellucci & Chad Frost/ARC – Ames Research Center Pilot Project: ‘Tip’ and ‘Cue’ Architectures for The New Observing System KEYNOTE: George Percivall, OGC – Innovations for NASA New Observing Strategy 8:30 am to 9:00 am KEYNOTE: Michael Seablom, NASA SMD – Inspiring the Next Generation of Software Sujay Kumar/GSFC – A Hydrology Mission Design and Analysis System (H-MIDAS) Capabilities (no slides) Dan Crichton/JPL – Data Driven Observations for Water Resource Management Jacqueline Le Moigne, ESTO/AIST – Quick Recap and introduction to Technology 9:00 am to 9:15 am Steve Chien/JPL – Dynamic Tasking of Earth Observing Assets Breakout Paul Grogan/Stevens