Science data processing for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth observing system

H. Michael Goodman; Kathryn Regner; Helen Conover; Peter Ashcroft; Frank Wentz; Dawn Conway; Elena Lobl; Bruce Beaumont; Lamar Hawkins; Steve Jones

doi:10.1117/12.560548

14 October 2004 Science data processing for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth observing system

H. Michael Goodman, Kathryn Regner, Helen Conover, Peter Ashcroft, Frank Wentz, Dawn Conway, Elena Lobl, Bruce Beaumont, Lamar Hawkins, Steve Jones

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Proceedings Volume 5548, Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization: an End-to-End System Perspective; (2004) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.560548
Event: Optical Science and Technology, the SPIE 49th Annual Meeting, 2004, Denver, Colorado, United States

Abstract

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration established the framework for the Science Investigator-led Processing Systems (SIPS) to enable the Earth science data products to be generated by personnel directly associated with the instrument science team and knowledgeable of the science algorithms. One of the first instantiations implemented for NASA was the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer for the Earth Observing System (AMSR-E) SIPS. The AMSR-E SIPS is a decentralized, geographically distributed ground data processing system composed of two primary components located in California and Alabama. Initial science data processing in the U.S. is conducted at Remote Sensing Systems (RSS) in Santa Rosa, California. RSS ingests antenna temperature orbit data sets from the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency and converts them to calibrated, resampled, geolocated brightness temperatures. The brightness temperatures are sent to the Global Hydrology and Climate Center in Huntsville, Alabama, which generates the geophysical science data products (e.g., water vapor, sea surface temperature, sea ice extent, etc.) suitable for climate research and applications usage. These science products are subsequently sent to the National Snow and Ice Data Center Distributed Active Archive Center in Boulder, Colorado for archival and dissemination to the at-large science community. This paper describes the organization, coordination and production techniques employed by the AMSR-E SIPS in implementing, automating and operating the distributed data processing system.

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H. Michael Goodman, Kathryn Regner, Helen Conover, Peter Ashcroft, Frank Wentz, Dawn Conway, Elena Lobl, Bruce Beaumont, Lamar Hawkins, and Steve Jones "Science data processing for the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-Earth observing system", Proc. SPIE 5548, Atmospheric and Environmental Remote Sensing Data Processing and Utilization: an End-to-End System Perspective, (14 October 2004); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.560548

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