DoD User Applications Mr. Ralph Stoffler HQ USAF/A3W 28 April 2015 - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Headquarters U.S. Air Force I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e DoD User Applications Mr. Ralph Stoffler HQ USAF/A3W 28 April 2015 1

DoD Weather Satellite Programs  DMSP  Continuous coverage since 1962  6 satellites on-orbit  Visible/IR imager  Microwave imager/sounder  Space environmental suite  1 satellite preparing for launch  Weather System Follow-on (WSF)  Planned to launch ~2021  May include conical microwave imager I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 2

Final DMSP-13 image DMSP-13  Launched 24 Mar 1995  Experienced an anomaly on 3 Feb 2015 Last Scan Line:  Last data received from our 03 Feb 2015 14:32:46Z tactical site in Kuwait as the satellite ascended over the Arabian Peninsula  Anomaly investigation results pending I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 3

Final DMSP-13 image Ethiopia Yemen After nearly 20 years in operation, DMSP-13 was still providing valuable imagery to tactical users in the field Djibouti 4

Direct read-out capability US Air Force MARK-IVB Network COMS MTSAT GOES METEOSAT Elmendorf AFB Kapaun AS Lajes Kadena AB Hickam AFB Field Ali Al Salem AB Andersen AB Soto Cano AB GEO/LEO S-NPP DMSP LEO NOAA MetOp TERRA AQUA I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 5

Direct read-out capability US Air Force MARK-IVB Network  Prepared to receive Himawari- 8 rebroadcast via ‘ HimawariCast ’  Completed GOES-R rebroadcast analysis – will require upgrades  NOAA/USAF agreement to augment COSMIC-2 collection Yellow Circles: Candidate sites under NOAA consideration Blue Circles: Existing USAF MARK IV-B sites being modified for COSMIC-2 Dashed-Circle: Potential USAF MARK IV-B site I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 6

Day-Night Band  Improves upon a legacy DMSP capability  Enhances detection of low clouds at night  Detection of threats to populations such as power disruptions and wild fires I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 7

Day-Night Band Example DMSP Broadband Visible Channel JPSS VIIRS Day Night Band Both images received by the MARK-IVB site in Hawaii  Improved spatial resolution provides unprecedented details of nighttime activity  NOTE: The mile-long tunnel on the John A. Burns Freeway appears as a break in the lights along H-3 I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 8

Environmental Awareness  Improves upon a legacy DMSP capability  Enhances detection of relevant microscale features  True color imagery enables monitoring of littoral environment  Enhances support to humanitarian assistance and disaster relief operations I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 9

Tropical Cyclone Monitoring  DoD’s Joint Typhoon Guam Warning Center routinely utilizes polar imagery in the Pacific and Indian Oceans  Critical capability for determining tropical cyclone position and intensity fixing  This is a DNB/infrared composite image generated from S-NPP data received by our Typhoon Maysak by moonlight MARK-IVB site on Guam on 30 Mar 2015 I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 10

Global Cloud Analysis/Forecast I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 11

Conclusion  DoD will continue to fly DMSP spacecraft well into the next decade; archived data available from NGDC  Weather System Follow-on is early in the acquisition process  Civil and International METSAT sources such as JPSS will continue to be critical components of DoD’s environmental monitoring mission I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 12

Questions? I n t e g r i t y - S e r v i c e - E x c e l l e n c e 13