| Document Title | Author | Date Published | Format | Size |
| NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS) Hardware Evolution | Dale Hargrave, Hardware Architect, IDPS
William Sullivan, Integrated Product Team Lead, IDPS | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 839 KB |
| NPOESS: Improving Operational Global Earth Observations From Space | Frank Hinnant - NPOESS Integrated Program Office | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 905 KB |
| Noaa PROducts (integrated) Validation System (NPROVS) | Tony Reale, NOAA/STAR, Washington D.C.
Michael Pettey, Bomin Sun and Franklin H. Tilley, IMSG, Rockville, Maryland | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 403 KB |
| NPOESS' Key to Low Data Latency: SafetyNet™ | Michael L. Jamilkowski, Raytheon Compnay - NPOESS IPO Site Manager
David G. Lubar, Raytheon Company - NPOESS Regulatory Affairs Manager
Paul Koster, Raytheon Company - NPOESS Regulatory Affairs Manager
Geoffrey Cook, NGIST - NPOESS System Architecture Lead | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 547 KB |
| VIIRS Sensor Radiometric Performance Overview | Northrop Grumman Space Technology: David Lewis, Steve Mills, Jim McCarthy, Justin Diehl,
Mau Song Chou, Gary Grimm, Jackie Jaron, Rush Patel
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems: Brendan Robinson | 01-01-2009 | pdf | 304 KB |
| Early Performance of Aeresol Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS Sensor | Heather Kilcoyne, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and B. Reed, NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO), NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
with contributions from Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST) and the NPOESS IPO Aerosol Subject Matter Experts | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 292 KB |
| VIIRS Sensor and EDR Performance Summary and Comparisons to Heritage | Northrop Grumman Space Technology: David Lewis, Clark Snodgrass, Jim McCarthy, Doug Shannon, Nancy Andreas
Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems: Kerry Grant, Brendan Robinson
NPOESS IPO: Bruce Guenther | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 454 KB |
| Advanced Technology Microwave Sound (ATMS) | Christopher Brann - NPOESS Integrated Programm Office | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 577 KB |
| WindSat Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer: Advanced Sensor Products and Risk Reduction for NPOESS MIS | Michael H. Bettenhausen, Ian S. Adams, Li Li and Peter W. Gaiser
Remote Sensing Division, Naval Research Laboratory | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 8.8 MB |
| Effective NPP Data Product Integration Achieved with the NPOESS Community Collaborative Cal/Val Program |
Heather Kilcoyne (IPO Silver Spring), Karen St.Germain (IPO Silver Spring), Carl Hoffman (Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, D.C.), Bonnie Reed (General Dynamics - Advanced Information Systems, Chantilly, VA)
A | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 309 KB |
| Plans for CERES on NPP and NPOESS | Stanley R.Schneider and W. Allan Webb, PhD.
NPOESS Program Executive Office | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 252 KB |
| Early Performance Predictions of Cloud Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS Sensor | Heather Kilcoyne, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, B. Reed, and K. St. Germain, NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO), NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
with contributions from Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST) and the NPOESS IPO Cloud Subject Matter Experts | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 377 KB |
| CrIMSS Retrieval Algorithm Testing with Proxy Data | Degui Gu and Xia-Lin Ma
Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA, USA | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 185 KB |
| Early Performance Predictions of Cross-track Infrared Sounder/Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (CrIMMS) Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project | Bonnie Reed, G. Bingham, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, H. Kilcoyne, G. Mineart, and K. St. Germain, NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO), NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
with contributions from Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST) and the NPOESS IPO CrIMSS Subject Matter Experts | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 290 KB |
| National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Environmental Data Products Quality and Latency | Kerry Grant, Chief Engineer, Ground Segments IPT; Robert Hughes, Algorithms and Data Products Deputy IPT Lead
Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora CO; Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
Nancy Andreas, System Performance Lead; Doug Shannon, Algorithm Latency and Sizing Analysis;
Bud Thompson, Algorithm Scientist
Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA
Ken McConnell, IDPS Performance Lead
Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora CO | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 358 KB |
| Everest: An Integrated Weather Products Testbed for Environmental Remote Sensing Satellite Systems | Bruce Hauss and Merit Shoucri
Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, California, 90278 | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 278 KB |
GRAVITE
Government Resource for Algorithm Verification Independent Testing and Evaluation | K. St. Germain, H. Kilcoyne, R. Ullman
NOAA NPOESS Integrated
Program Office, Silver Spring, MD
M. Denning
Integrity Applications Incorporated
Chantilly, VA
Joe Zajic, J. Henson, S. Thomas
General Dynamics - Advanced Information Systems
Chantilly, VA | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 324 KB |
| National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Interface Data Processing Segment | Daniel Cornell,
IDPS Algorithm Chief Engineer,
Raytheon Company
| 01-29-2009 | pdf | 2.1 MB |
| National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS) Architecture | Kerry Grant, Chief Engineer, Ground Segments IPT
Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora CO
Joe Mulligan, IPO Ground Segments Deputy IPT Lead
Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring MD | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 644 KB |
| Early Performance Predictions of Land and Snow/Ice Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS Sensor | Bonnie Reed, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, H. Kilcoyne, G. Mineart, and K. St. Germain, NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO), NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
with contributions from Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST) and the NPOESS IPO VIIRS Land Subject Matter Experts | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 300 KB |
National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS)
NPOESS Benefits McMurdo Station, Antarctica Science Community | Joseph Paciaroni, Senior System Engeineer, C3 Segment | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 330 KB |
| National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Command, Control and Communications Segment | Paul Koster, Raytheon Company | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 709 KB |
| Performance of the As-delivered
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) CrIS Sensor | Farhang Sabet-Peymana, Phil Moffaa, Degui Gua, Tom Christensena, Ron Glumbb, and Richard Slonakerc
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Northrop Grumman Space Technology Division, bITT Aerospace Communications Division , cNPOESS IPO | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 163 KB |
| Early Performance Predictions of Ocean Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS Sensor | Bonnie Reed, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, H. Kilcoyne, G. Mineart, and K. St. Germain, NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO), NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
with contributions from Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST) and the NPOESS IPO Ocean Subject Matter Experts | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 266 KB |
| Describing the NPOESS Preparatory Project Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) Environmental Data Records | Maria Caponi, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, H. Kilcoyne, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and B. Reed, NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO), NOAA, Silver Spring, MD
with contributions from Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST) and the NPOESS IPO Ozone Subject Matter Experts | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 266 KB |
| OMPS SDR Algorithm Improvements and Verification | Degui Gu, Karen Jordan, and Megan Novicki
Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA, USA | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 161 KB |
| OMPS Sensor Performance and Algorithms | Scott Farrow (NGST), Degui Gu (NGST), Tom Christensen (NGST), Don Fields (NGST), and Quinn Remund (BATC) | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 130 KB |
| Pre-Launch Performance Assessment of the VIIRS Ice Surface
Temperature EDR Using Global Synthetic and MODIS Proxy Data | Justin Ip and Bruce Hauss
Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 164 KB |
| Algorithm Development Program for the NPOESS Space Weather Products | W. F. Denig1, Vince Grano2 and James Manley1,3
1NOAA/NESDIS/National Geophysical Data Center (NGDC), 325 Broadway, Boulder, CO 80305 U.S.A.
2NOAA/NESDIS/Integrated Program Office (IPO), 8455 Colesville Road, Ste 1450, Silver Spring, MD 20910 U.S.A.
3Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado at Boulder, CIRES Bldg. Rm. 318, Boulder, CO 80309-0216 U.S.A. | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 201 KB |
| VIIRS Land Surface Reflectance Algorithm for NPOESS | A. Sei (1Northrop Grumman Space Technology) and E. Vermote (University of Maryland) | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 163 KB |
| A Geometry-Based Approach to Identifying Cloud Shadows
in the VIIRS Cloud Mask Algorithm for NPOESS | Keith D. Hutchison*, Robert L. Mahoney*, Eric Vermote#, Thomas Kopp^, John M. Jackson*, Alain Sei*, and Barbara Iisager*
* Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA;
# University of Maryland;
^The Aerospace Corporation | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 71 KB |
| Early Performance Predictions of Imagery, Could Mask, and Fire Mask Data Products for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS Sensor | Heather Kilcoyne, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and B. Reed, NPOESS Integrated Program Office (IPO), NOAA, Silver Spring, MD with contributions from Northrop Grumman Space Technology (NGST) and the NPOESS IPO Subject Matter Experts | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 330 KB |
| Predicted Performance of NPOESS Aerosol Products | John M. Jackson (Northrop Grumman Space Technology), Eric Vermote (Dept. of Geography, University of MD, College Park)
| 01-29-2009 | pdf | 467 KB |
| VIIRS Gridding and Granulation Algorithms for NPOESS | A. Sei,
Northrop Grumman Space Technology | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 107 KB |
| Pre-Launch Performance Assessment of the VIIRS Ocean Color/Chlorophyll Algorithm | Justin Ip(Northrop Grumman Space Technology), Bruce Hauss(Northrop Grumman Space Technology), and Curtis Mobley(Sequoia Scientific, Inc.) | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 199 KB |
| OMPS - The Next Generation Sensor Suite For Gloabal Ozone Monitoring | Scott Asbury, Lester Farwell, Ken Eastman, Quinn Remund, and Juan Rodriguez | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 1.3 MB |
| National Polar Orbiting Operation Environmental Satellite System Satellites Support Demanding Operation Requirements | Mustufa Bahrain, Jim Morris, Stan Schneider: NPOESS IPO
MaryAnn Chory, Derrick Day, Jim Nelson, Michael Wehner, Andrea Yeiser, Rick Ohlemacher: Northrop Grumman Space Technology | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 2.0 MB |
| National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Field Terminal Segment | Joseph A. Bradley, Raytheon Company | 01-29-2009 | pdf | 14.5 MB |
