Earth Science & Applications from Space Exploring our Planet for the Benefit of Society Strategic Roadmap Committee

1. Earth Science & Applications from Space Exploring our Planet for the Benefit of Society Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report April 21, 2005 Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

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3. Presidential Initiatives and Directives • Climate Change Research (June 2001) • Climate Change Science Program (CCSP) • Climate Change Technology Program (CCTP) • Global Earth Observation (July 2003) • U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System (IEOS) Strategic Plan • Provides a coherent overarching strategy to connect previously disjointed efforts • Provides compelling rationale for societal, scientific, and economic imperatives • Recommends and five specific near-term opportunities for investment • U.S. participation in the International Global Earth Observing System of Systems (GEOSS) • Vision for Space Exploration (January 2004) • Collaborative Oceans Research (December 2004) • Earth Science and Applications form Space is the only NASA Strategic Roadmap that addresses NASA’s all of these Presidential commitments Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

4. National Goals for Space Exploration ADVANCE U.S. SCIENTIFIC, SECURITY, AND ECONOMIC INTERESTS THROUGH A ROBUST SPACE EXPLORATION PROGRAM • Implement a sustained and affordable human and robotic program to explore the solar system and beyond. • Extend human presence across the solar system, starting with a human return to the Moon by the year 2020, in preparation for human exploration of Mars and other destinations. • Develop the innovative technologies, knowledge, and infrastructures both to explore and to support decisions about the destinations for human exploration. • Promote international and commercial participation in exploration to further U.S. scientific, security, and economic interests. • Study the Earth system from space and develop new space-based and related capabilities for this purpose.* * Added in “The New Age of Exploration” to address other Presidential initiatives and directives not covered in the Vision for Space Exploration Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

5. Study the Earth system from space and develop new space-based and related capabilities for this purpose. Advance scientific knowledge of the Earth system through space-based observation, assimilation of new observations, and development and deployment of enabling technologies, systems, and capabilities, including those with the potential to improve future operational systems. 1960s-1980s 1980s-2000s 2005-2015 2015-2025 2025 & Beyond Demonstrating scientific utility & technological feasibility of satellite remote sensing Earth System Science concept: EOS & Interdisciplinary research Comprehensive observing and modeling of the Earth system Expanding our view of Earth and reach into society Creating a “nervous system” for Planet Earth Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

6. Conceptual Roadmap 2005-2015 2015-2025 2025 & Beyond Comprehensively observe and model the Earth system Expand our view of Earth and reach into society Create a “nervous system” for Planet Earth Answer key science questions Couple Earth system models Extend the 4-D view of the Earth via higher orbits & active sensing Connect constellations of satellites in a sensorweb Employ sensorweb observations in a ‘modelweb’ of the Earth system Enable advanced data mining, data fusion, & visualization of NASA data by others Operational, interconnected space and Earth-based monitoring system with mature, reliable cyber-infrastructure National/international scale, operated by other public & private sector organizations, and evolved with NASA research & technology Expanded to other planets by NASA Add key missing pieces of observing capability (in IEOS/ GEOSS context) Secure research-to- operations transitions Link data sets & models to decision support systems Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

7. Roadmap Achievements The strategic roadmap compelling questions, objectives, anticipated achievements, and decisions points, in decadal phases Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

8. Unique Aspects of Earth Science & Applications • Only Strategic Roadmap that directly responds to multiple Presidential Initiatives and Policy Directives • Fascinating science with highly beneficial results • Benefits accrue in two ways • From a set of investigation systems • Traceable to Strategic Roadmap Scientific Objectives • That trace to compelling science questions • From integration of investigation systems into National (and International) systems of systems • Traceable to Strategic Roadmap Integration Objectives • Capability emerges through the integrated results of multiple investigations Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

9. Exploration Perspective Awareness Framework for Strategic Plan • Discover, Understand, Inform - The vantage point of space provides a unique opportunity to understand the underlying scientific and engineering principles behind Earth as a system, to answer sustainability and quality of life questions on Earth and elsewhere in Solar System and the Universe • Understanding Earth as a system requires knowledge of the the processes that control the Earth environment, how they are changing, and what those changes mean in the long term • Exploration and Discovery:Enabling new investigations and insight by exploring unknown aspects of the Earth system • Continuous Awareness:Enhancing process understanding and the capacity to observe and model key dynamic phenomena • Maintaining Perspectives:Developing capabilities to make critical observational records across multiple timescales Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

10. Compelling Questions Why Does the Earth Support Abundant Life? • How does Earth's abundant life influence and respond to changing planetary processes? • What controls the availability of water on the planet? • How does the atmosphere protect and sustain us? • How are our weather and climate evolving? • How stable is the solid Earth? • What role do we as humans play in driving changes in the Earth system? Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

11. Scientific Objective(s) • Explore and develop a predictive understanding of the Earth as a system of interacting natural and human systems, including… • Life: biogeochemical cycles and the distribution and processes of life within Earth’s ecosystems • Water: the storage, distribution, and transport of water in all its forms • Climate/ Weather: the Earth's weather and climate, and its future condition • Atmospheric Composition: the sources, sinks, and transformations of aerosols and atmospheric chemical species • Solid Earth: the variability of the Solid Earth Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

12. Accomplishment/ Timeline Development Process • Measurements concepts identified • Based on Earth-Sun System: Potential Roadmap and Mission Development Activities Document (Dec. 23, 2004) • Additional concepts identified through the subcommittees • Notional implementation approaches identified and missions categorized into four cost-based classes • Small (under $200M), medium ($200-400M), large ($400-600M), and flagship (over $600M) • Subcommittees prioritized measurement concepts • Identified expected accomplishments • Staff team organized and time-ordered measurement concepts on sample timeline based on • Scientific prioritization from subcommittees • Assessment of technology and measurement maturity • “Cluster” concept – group complementary investigations for synergistic science • Order (sequence) of clusters is based on estimation of maturity in each science area • Uniform level of investment • Staff team summarized decadal accomplishments based on timeline • Further work is needed; timeline is representative first cut • Need broader science community input on measurement and investment priorities, such as through the ongoing NRC Decadal Survey • Need to assess and vet the assumed available level of investment -- ensuring adequate investments in modeling, information systems, etc. • Need to conduct mission studies to refine technology readiness, cost, and cost phasing estimates, and eliminate redundancies Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

13. Prioritization Criteria: Scientific Measurement • Advances Science • Significance of the potential to make a major scientific breakthrough • Supports NASA’s overall mission • Supports Decision-makers • Fulfilling NASA’s responsibilities of CCSP and IEOS • Addressing national applications • Potential to reduce uncertainty in predictions • Benefits society • Social importance of the science question addressed • Potential to reduce uncertainty in predictions • Extent to which vital needs can be protected (e.g. water and clean air) • Extent to which disruptions to life will be reduced (e.g. disaster mitigation & warning) • Likelihood of educating the public • Linkages to multiple disciplines • Consistent with recommendations of the National Academies • NRC Decadal survey still under development, but it will guide near-term priorities Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

14. Prioritization Criteria: Mission Concepts • Budget • Technological Readiness (including necessary infrastructure) • Science maturity at any given point in the timeline • Opportunities for international and domestic collaboration • Increased opportunities for competition • Technology investment needs • Need for results Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

15. 2005 to 2015:Comprehensive Observing and Modeling of the Earth System Achievements and Decision Points Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

16. Exploration Perspective Awareness 2005-2015 Comprehensive Observing and Modeling of the Earth System Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

17. 2015 Modeling & Data Management Accomplishments • Modeling Accomplishments • To be developed • Data Management Accomplishments • US Integrated Earth Observing System (US IEOS) deployed, including all retrospective and continuing data collected by the EOS and NOAA environmental satellites. • Standards for metadata, data and data exchange between US and international partners complete. • Decision points: • the state of cooperation between US agencies, and within and between US and international partners. Questions of intellectual property rights etc., might be of concern • Technological issues relating to data exchange. Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

18. Decision Points 2015 We must answer tough questions about the current and future program at each decision point • What missions must be flown to calibrate for/handoff to the NPOESS follow-on in 2025? • What new lines of inquiry have been opened up by the discoveries we have made? • Are each of the themes currently categorized appropriately in their phases of Exploration, Continuous Awareness, and Perspectives? Typical decision questions may be: • Has the atmospheric chemistry flagship mission launched and is it preparing measurements for handover to NOAA • Have the current clusters made the expected progress towards operational use for decision support? • Have society’s priorities shifted, and what are the implications for the ordering of our clusters? • Is the Water cycle (the next cluster) prepared to enter the multi-mission continuous awareness decade? • What missions have slipped in our projected timeline and how does that affect our clustering and future mission choices? Many internal and external factors influence the questions we ask, and the answers we give, at this decision point: • External Factors • Administration increased/decreased interest in space activities • Heightened public concern over climate change, air quality, fresh water availability, biodiversity, natural disasters, etc. • Responsibility for Natural hazards or Climate Change assigned to one agency in the US • Joint NASA/NOAA identification of measurements for hand-off to NOAA for 2025 timeframe • Internal Factors • Scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs • NASA strategic focus shifts and budget constraints Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

19. 2015 to 2025: Expanding Our View of Earth and Reach Into Society Achievements and Decision Points Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

20. Exploration Perspective Awareness 2015-2025 Expanding Our View of Earth and Reach Into Society Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

21. Exploration Perspective Awareness 2015-2025 Expanding Our View of Earth and Reach Into Society Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

22. 2025 Modeling & Data Management Accomplishments • Modeling Accomplishments • To be developed • Data Management Accomplishments • Data from the operating US IEOS and emerging International Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) data system combined and functional and thematic Climate Data Records (CDRs) generated spanning in some cases 1970 to 2020. • These CDRs used to characterize global variability of for example T, RH, vegetation greenness, sea level, sea ice extent, over the period of record. • These thematic CDRs or the antecedent functional CDRs assimilated into Global and Regional models. • US IEOS data archive successfully transformed from legacy (e.g., circa 2000) media to current 2020 integrated data system. • Universal data discovery implemented across GEOSS Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

23. Possible Decision Points - 2025 We must answer tough questions about the current and future program at each decision point • Is it possible to handoff or plan handoff of Water cycle, Life cycle and/or Solid Earth measurements to a national agency? • What new lines of inquiry have been opened up by the discoveries we have made? • Are each of the themes currently categorized appropriately in their phases of exploration, Continuous Awareness, and Perspectives? Typical decision questions may be: • What are the next generation exploration measurements needed by atmospheric chemistry now that operations are maintained by NOAA? • Will society want NASA to develop missions that help to monitor efforts to mitigate climate change? • Have the current clusters made the expected progress towards operational use for decision support? • Have society’s priorities shifted, and what are the implications for the ordering of our clusters? • Have technologies evolved that enable unanticipated yet much needed measurement capabilities? • Have we shown predictive capability for earthquakes, volcanoes, and other events with InSAR data? • What missions have slipped in our projected timeline and how does that affect our clustering and future mission choices? Many internal and external factors influence the questions we ask, and the answers we give, at this decision point: • External Factors • US initiative to colonize Mars “by the end of this century” • Society starts to plan major population shifts to zones of greater habitability • Society requests solutions for climate control • Internal Factors • Scientific discoveries and technological breakthroughs • NASA strategic focus shifts and budget constraints • US IEOS decision to migrate from LEO observations to MEO or other vantage points to increase coverage, reduce cost Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

24. 2025 to 2035 and Beyond: Evolving a “Nervous System” for Planet Earth Achievements and Decision Points Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

25. Exploration Perspective Awareness 2025-2035 and Beyond Creating a “Nervous System” for Planet Earth Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

26. 2035 Modeling & Data Management Accomplishments • Modeling Accomplishments • To be developed • Data Management Accomplishments • NASA research and technology development to support the U.S. IEOS and International GEOSS data systems • The entire Earth data archive of the GEOSS automatically transitioned to new media on a three year cycle. • Automated or background processes continuously check the health of media and data and transition data to new media in the integrated system. • Users of the GEOSS are completely unaware of storage location, media type, etc., and utilize universal data discovery tools to acquire data from anywhere in the globally distributed data system. • Implementation and operation of these systems will be a national and international partnership Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

27. Roadmap Requirements Key capabilities, dependencies on other roadmaps, assumptions Human capital and infrastructure needs Near-term priorities and gaps that should be addressed in upcoming NASA budget Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

28. (2) Mars Exploration (12) Education/ Outreach (1) Lunar Exploration (3) Solar System Exploration (9) Earth Sci. & Appl. Requirements (4) Search for Earth-like Planets Models Science Results Missions Data products Models Capabilities Cal/Val Science Results Operational Agencies (11) Aeronautics (13) Power and Propulsion Strategic Roadmap Interfaces Science Results System Architectures Capabilities Capabilities (Sensors, IT) Science Results Science Results Capabilities Models Missions Data products (5) Crew Exploration Vehicle Models Capabilities Cal/Val Requirements Data products Science Results UAV Capabilities (6) STS - Return to Flight Science Results System Architectures (10) Sun-Earth System (7) International Space Station (8) Explore the Universe Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

29. Linkage Between Strategic Roadmaps Significant linkages to Lunar, Mars, and Solar System Exploration Roadmaps (SRs 1, 2, and 3) and with the Aeronautic Roadmap (SR 11): Planetary Models Models developed for Earth have application to those developed for Mars and other terrestrial planets. This would include seismic models, geophysical models, meteorological models, atmospheric models, climate models, etc. Understanding Extreme Environments Mars has spectacular features that offer extremes compared to Earth, such as topography and dust storms. Analog sites on Earth can provide remote sensing opportunities for understanding images from Mars. Global Ramifications of Biotic vs Abiotic Processes It’s extremely hard to find an area or process not obfuscated by biology on Earth (such as mineral formation, gas production, and water/nutrient cycling).  Mars may give us a terrestrial planet before adding biology. Common Remote Sensing Instrumentation, Modeling and Data Analysis Infrastructure Earth science approaches and capabilities for measurement, processing of scientific data, and advanced modeling techniques related to data interoperability, can benefit Lunar, Mars and other planetary sciences, and increase scientific return and discovery, prediction, and decision making process. Understanding the Shared Geology and Formation of the Earth and the Moon Earth/Moon formation, early history (esp. before the oldest rocks found on Earth), bombardment record, and other shared events. The moon is a “witness plate” to the environment in which life on the Earth arose and evolved. Uninhabited Aerial Vehicle (UAV) Development Aerospace innovation for a new generation of platforms in support of NASA’s end-to-end science strategy Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

30. Linkage Between Earth & Sun Strategic Roadmaps Significant linkages to the Sun-Solar System Connection Roadmap (SR 10): Understanding Changes in Earth’s Climate Joint investigation of the effects of solar variability on Earth’s climate and upper atmospheric chemistry dynamics include understanding of radiative forcing processes, energy input from dynamic magnetosphere, and solar energetic particle input Understanding Ozone Depletion Joint efforts to understand ozone depletion in the polar winter night as a result of energetic particle precipitation Understanding and Mitigating Societal Impacts of Solar Variability Joint efforts to predict solar variability and local space weather in order to mitigate impacts on society (e.g. communications, power grids, and air traffic routing). Specification aides in evaluating and correlating identified impacts with space weather, while future prediction capabilities will enable impact avoidance and/or mitigation. Understanding Terrestrial Field Sources SR 10 provides specification of space-based sources of magnetic fields to enable isolation and qualification of terrestrial field sources Understanding Seismic Wave Sources SR 10 provides specification of ionospheric state in order to detect and quantify deviations due to seismic wave sources Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

31. Linkages from the Capability Roadmap Teams • Anticipate Capability Roadmap Team proposed linkages from: • Advanced Modeling, Simulation, and Analysis Capability Roadmap Team • For complex systems such as the Earth, our knowledge and understanding is captured through modeling and simulation • Scientific Instruments and Sensors Capability Roadmap Team • Observations from space and supporting Earth-based remote and in situ sensing • Science questions are pushing the limits of spatial and temporal coverage • Active sensing for the third dimension • Autonomous Systems and Robotics Capability Roadmap Team • Automating the sensorweb/ modelweb to observe dynamic phenomena and accelerate the pace of discovery and awareness • Capability Roadmap Team proposed linkages included (in backup) for: • Nanotechnology • Advanced Telescopes & Observatories • High Energy Power and Propulsion Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

32. Key Technical Capability & Infrastructure Needs • Key Technical Capability Need • Capacity to connect multiple observing and modeling systems into synergistic networks/ system of systems • Sensorweb/ modelweb simulators and systems analysis capacity to advance the state-of-the-art in distributed collaborative observing and modeling • Key Infrastructure Need • Full system for gathering data, analyzing data, assimilating data, and distributing data/results to decision makers on time, with the right information. • Assimilation, data storage, data analysis, knowledge discovery from existing/new datasets, data archiving, data accessing, data distribution • Distributed, collaborative modeling of the Earth, its major component systems, and their interactions • Multiple, diverse levels of access and cost to enable and encourage exploratory/ broad use for science, applications, and education Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

33. Other Needs – Research to Operations • The Transition of Research Results to Operational Use is a Strategic Challenge for Both NASA and NOAA • Drivers for NASA – NOAA Research to Operations (R2O) Collaboration • Exploiting NASA R&D for NOAA operational improvements in a constrained fiscal environment yet growing user requirements • Improving/formalizing process for operational requirements/priorities • Evaluating NASA Earth science missions early for potential operations • Rapidly infuse new satellite technologies, capabilities, operational applications • Implementing $4M in FY 2005 to transition NASA ocean-related research into NOAA operations • NASA and NOAA will develop an end-to-end process for: • early identification of operational needs during Phase A, • down-selection criteria during Phase B, • trade-offs during Phase C/D, and • transition planning during Phase E (MO&DA). • Working Group Kickoff Meeting Nov. 2004, Transition Plan by late 2005 Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

34. Top Near-Term Priorities • Begin mission formulation to address the near-term measurement priorities on the Roadmap as identified on timeline • Continue opportunities for Exploration and Discovery through the Earth System Science Pathfinder Program • Modeling and data systems investments for the full information cycle (observation - modeling - analysis - observation tasking) • Advance capability to integrate Earth observations and models across disciplines, institutions, and temporal and spatial scales • Enhance capabilities to effectively locate and link relevant data, information, and metadata • Enhance capabilities for scientific data stewardship, data assimilation, and model reanalysis • Use Atmospheric Composition and Climate "clusters" to define a Sun-Climate Flagship mission for 2015 • Advance the maturity of measurements identified on the timeline • And the maturity of their implementing technological options • Continue Strategy and Roadmap Refinement • NRC Decadal Survey • NASA Advisory Council Summer Study • Expand community involvement • Systems analysis for more rigorous requirements analysis and implementation definition Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

35. Roadmap Summary A graphical depiction of your roadmap and a summary of major options and strategic decisions Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

36. Roadmap Strategy for Implementation Emphasis CONTINUOUS AWARENESS: Integrating “Clusters” of Missions, Modeling, Networking, and Management Attention Solid Earth Atmos. Comp. Climate/ Weather Water Life Frequent Transitions to Operational Partners Process Understanding Helps Build Perspectives Understanding processes through Continuous Awareness Base of “Awareness” Investments that Build towards Future Clusters Frequent Transitions to Operational Partners BUILDING PERSPECTIVES INCREASING OPERATIONAL PARTNER CAPACITY New Discoveries Contribute to Building Long-Term Perspectives Building and Maintaining long-term Perspectives on our planet New Discoveries Contribute to Continuous Awareness Capabilities On-going investments in Exploration and Discovery 2025 2005 2015 2035 Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

37. OCO Glory Operational Cloudsat Calipso Operational LDCM NPP Aquarius Hydros Operational Operational Exploration Selected* … Awareness Perspective Preliminary Investigation Timeline Global Atmos. Composition Global Greenhouse Gases Atmos. Comp. (Cal/val) Tropospheric Composition Aerosols Atmos. Comp. Temperature/ Humidity Change (Cal/Val) Global Tropospheric Winds Ocean Circulation Cloud Feedback Ice Elevation Changes Ice Elevation/ Thickness 3-D Cloud Microphysics OSTM Climate Fresh Water Availability (Cal/val) Surface Water Storage Rain process/ Distribution Time-variable Gravity Global Precipitation Root Zone Soil Moisture Global Soil Moisture Cold Land Processes Water Quality GPM Water Ocean Particle Profiles/Mixed Layer Depth Salinity/ Soil moisture Plant Physiology & Function Type Biomass/ Vegetation structure Ocean Carbon Storage Photosynthetic Efficiency Advanced Land Cover Ocean Carbon Storage Biosignatures Biomass Life Earth Surface Thermal Emission Surface Deformation Surface Deformation Surface Topography Time-varying magnetic field Surface Deformation Solid Earth ESSP ESSP ESSP ESSP ESSP New lines of Inquiry 2005 2025 2015 2035 *The Strategic Roadmap Committee did not discuss the priority of currently funded activities, and was asked to assume their successful completion in planning this 30-year roadmap. Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

38. Missions with strong science connections to other roadmaps OCO Glory Operational Cloudsat Calipso Operational LDCM NPP Aquarius Hydros Operational Operational Exploration Selected* … Awareness Perspective Investigation Timeline with Strategic Connections Global Atmos. Composition Global Greenhouse Gases Atmos. Comp. (Cal/val) Tropospheric Composition Aerosols Atmos. Comp. Temperature/ Humidity Change (Cal/Val) Global Tropospheric Winds Ocean Circulation Cloud Feedback Ice Elevation Changes Ice Elevation/ Thickness 3-D Cloud Microphysics OSTM Climate Fresh Water Availability (Cal/val) Surface Water Storage Rain process/ Distribution Time-variable Gravity Global Precipitation Root Zone Soil Moisture Global Soil Moisture Cold Land Processes Water Quality GPM Water Ocean Particle Profiles/Mixed Layer Depth Salinity/ Soil moisture Plant Physiology & Function Type Biomass/ Vegetation structure Ocean Carbon Storage Photosynthetic Efficiency Advanced Land Cover Ocean Carbon Storage Biosignatures Biomass Life Earth Surface Thermal Emission Surface Deformation Surface Deformation Surface Topography Time-varying magnetic field Surface Deformation Solid Earth ESSP ESSP ESSP ESSP ESSP New lines of Inquiry 2005 2025 2015 2035 *The Strategic Roadmap Committee did not discuss the priority of currently funded activities, and was asked to assume their successful completion in planning this 30-year roadmap. Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

39. a d b b c Timeline Flexibility • Several factors can influence Earth science program timeline • There will be a continual feedback loop on results and progress • Timeline accommodates for flexibility • Impacting event causes a decision point, at which there are several options: • Focus altered within exploration or awareness portions of cluster • New line of inquiry is initiated • Order of clusters changed • Hand-off to operational agency is accelerated Impacting event Operational New track Time 2025 2005 2015 2035 Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

40. Other Information Pointers to any available information on cost of roadmap elements Cooperation possibilities and benefits Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

41. Key Cooperation Opportunities • Multiple Interagency Partnerships through Presidential-level Initiatives • Climate Change Research (June 2001) • Global Earth Observation (July 2003) • U.S. Integrated Earth Observation System • Collaborative Oceans Research (December 2004) • Near-term coordination with operational remote sensing agencies to transition key time series Earth system data records from the research to the operational domain • Global Land Cover Operations through OLI on NPOESS • Global Ocean Color, Vegetation Properties, Surface Temperature, and Atmospheric Properties through VIIRS on NPP and then NPOESS • Bilateral International Partnerships • Framework of the Global Earth Observation System of Systems • Commercial Value of Earth Observations • Presidential Space Policy on Commercial Remote Sensing • Benefits of Competition and the Feedback of the Marketplace Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

42. Educating and Inspiring Future Generations • Earth science and applications from space continues to excite, inform, and educate the general public and enhance our daily lives. • NASA Earth science research offers unique opportunity to engage, inform, and educate the scientists and technologists of tomorrow through missions with direct human relevance, both to life on Earth as well as to our human need to explore and discover. • By revealing the secrets of how the Earth system works in exciting and innovative ways, NASA can ignite a spark that stimulates students to pursue these endeavors by becoming scientists and engineers. • Earth science education community is meeting to define an education roadmap for the next decade, and will also provide input for the 30 yr timeframe of this roadmap. • Earth Science education roadmap highlights the importance of engaging and inspiring the public, partnering with agencies that also contribute to this effort, building on this inspiration to educate students and support educators in their efforts to prepare students for the career paths needed. • The results of the on-going Earth Science Education Roadmap effort, combined with that from the Earth Science and Applications from Space Strategic Roadmap Committee, will be incorporated into the Education Strategic Roadmap, which is only now getting underway. Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

43. Back-up Slides/ Appendix Material Disclaimers Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

44. Disclaimer for the April 15 Interim Presentation • The Earth Science and Applications from Space Strategic Roadmap Committee met on March 16 & 17 and discussed the content and scope of this presentation • The April 15 Presentation represents the work of NASA Staff based upon the editorial and inputs of individual Committee member and the established subcommittees • This Interim report does not represent a consensus position of the Committee, as the schedule did not allow the Committee to meet and discuss as a whole this presentation • The Committee anticipates coming to consensus on the content of this presentation and giving direction from the development of the June 1 document at its next meeting. Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

45. Disclaimer for June 1 Report • The Committee and staff anticipate that the final report developed as a result of its next meeting will identify notional mission priorities and anticipated accomplishments by decade. • The implementation concepts for the measurements identified in this roadmap range in fidelity from carefully studied options to initial notional approaches. • The pace and schedule for the development of this strategic roadmap did not allow for the extensive systems analysis to refine and validate the implementation reflected in the document. • This initial strategic roadmap document represents a recommended conceptual framework for the future of Earth science and applications from space, but will require on-going analysis and validation over the coming years. • This strategic roadmap includes currently funded NASA investigations and their planned accomplishments for information purposes only • NASA asked the Committee to assume that NASA will complete currently funded missions in the first decade of the Roadmap, including: • missions in implementation that NASA has committed to complete • missions in formulation that have yet to pass their Mission Confirmation Review • assuming that NASA will find a flight opportunity for the Glory instrumentation • The Committee did not prioritize or make recommendations concerning currently funded activities Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

46. Back-up Slides/ Appendix Material NASA’s Constituencies and Role Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

47. The Delicate Balance of Cosmos and Earth • The human need to explore is never exhausted. • The compass that today guides this timeless endeavor is scientific inquiry. • science that gazes outward, providing the grand questions that challenge us to journey farther and farther from home. • science that peers inward, asking the practical questions that help us to make Earth safer, protect our citizens, and expand our economy • Knowledge of the Earth drives the economic growth and environmental security that allow us to be an exploring nation • This program must devote equal attention to both questions that underpin our outward desires, and questions that support our inward needs. Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

48. Backup: Significance of the U.S. IEOS • The U.S. government is developing an over-arching strategy for Earth Observation • Previously there were pieces via science programs such as the Climate Change Science Program • The U.S. IEOS provides a coherent, overarching, broader, strategy • The U.S. IEOS Strategic Plan is organized around nine specific societal benefits • The U.S. IEOS provides a coherent and politically compelling rationale of crosscutting societal, scientific, and economic imperatives • The U.S. IEOS Strategic Plan identifies (and recommends to OMB for investment) five specific near-term opportunities • The U.S. IEOS Strategic Plan is being developed by the U.S. government in consultation with the science community • First public workshop held June 16-17, 2004, second scheduled for May 9-10, 2005 • Workshops provide a vehicle to bring the Earth science community together in order to have its views heard Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

49. Programs in Which NASA Has a National-Level Role Backup: Significant National/International Science Programs Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report

50. This is what we mean by “as only NASA can” Science Space Education/ Inspiration Aerospace Innovation Societal Benefits External Constituencies and Corresponding NASA Roles: NASA’s Strength is in the Intersection Understand Explore Inform Strategic Roadmap Committee #9 Interim Status Report