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Decoding the energy inputs that drive the upper atmosphere with NASA’s Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC)

NASA’s Geospace Dynamics Constellation (GDC) mission will study the effect of space weather phenomena on Earth’s upper atmosphere ion and neutral gases and, in turn, their impact on human assets. GDC will provide multi-point observations to determine how the Earth’s upper atmosphere is driven to dynamic changes and extremes by the solar wind. Magnetospheric energy input, both kinetic and electromagnetic, will be captured by the Comprehensive Auroral Precipitation Experiment (CAPE), the Thermal Plasma Sensor (TPS), and the Near Earth Magnetometer Instrument in a Small Integrated System (NEMISIS). CAPE captures the complete kinetic energy inputs with observations of the precipitating and upgoing electrons and precipitating ions. TPS captures part of the electromagnetic energy inputs with observations of the thermal plasma velocity that map E-field inputs, and NEMISIS captures the other part of the electromagnetic energy input with measurements of magnetic field variations due to field aligned currents. We use similar observations from the Defense Meteorological Space Platform (DMSP) satellites to demonstrate the balance between the different energy inputs (electron and ion Joule heating and Poynting flux) during the different phases of storms. We explore the local time and spatial structure and the impact they have on atmospheric density and winds with simulations of the Global Ionosphere and Thermosphere Model (GITM) and demonstrate how GDC will enable us to reconstruct those energy inputs locally and regionally

Eftyhia Zesta↗
NASA NTRSDate not supplied

An Initial Assessment of the Impact of System Spectral Response Parameters on Driving Ocean Color Applications for the GeoXO Ocean Color Instrument (OCX)

NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) program is planning to include a hyperspectral ocean color instrument (OCX) in geostationary orbit slated for operations by the early 2030s. Shared international focus has led to a diverse legacy of space-based remote sensing ocean color missions that have and will continue to provide ocean color products into the future at a variety of spatial, temporal, and spectral resolutions. This work reports on an investigation of the impacts of system spectral response parameters on spectral shape and algal bloom detection for the planned OCX instrument. A dataset of high resolution (1 nm spectral sampling) in-situ spectra of red tide collected with an above water spectrometer, and associated K. brevis cell concentrations, were used to simulate OCX observations of varying system spectral response parameters. The OCX Performance Operational Requirements Document (PORD) level spectral resolution and sampling are varied concurrently and the location of band centers is varied independently. The impacts to the spectral shape using hyperspectral signature analysis, as well as the impacts to two heritage multispectral algal bloom detection algorithms – red band difference (RBD) and Karenia brevis bloom index (KBBI) – are assessed considering both changes in resolution/sampling and band center location. This work provides a quantitative assessment of the impacts of system spectral response requirements on both the spectral shape of observations as well as the algal bloom detection to provide insight on how various instrument performance parameters influence science and operational utility of OCX. Future work will seek to expand this analysis to include a larger dataset that considers additional water cases.

Monica Cook↗
NASA NTRSDate not supplied

An Initial Assessment of the Impact of System Spectral Response Parameters on Driving Ocean Color Applications for the GeoXO Ocean Color Instrument (OCX)

NOAA’s Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) program is planning to include a hyperspectral ocean color instrument (OCX) in geostationary orbit slated for operations by the early 2030s. Shared international focus has led to a diverse legacy of space-based remote sensing ocean color missions that have and will continue to provide ocean color products into the future at a variety of spatial, temporal, and spectral resolutions. This work reports on an investigation of the impacts of system spectral response parameters on spectral shape and algal bloom detection for the planned OCX instrument. A dataset of high resolution (1 nm spectral sampling) in-situ spectra of red tide collected with an above water spectrometer, and associated K. brevis cell concentrations, were used to simulate OCX observations of varying system spectral response parameters. The OCX Performance Operational Requirements Document (PORD) level spectral resolution and sampling are varied concurrently and the location of band centers is varied independently. The impacts to the spectral shape using hyperspectral signature analysis, as well as the impacts to two heritage multispectral algal bloom detection algorithms – red band difference (RBD) and Karenia brevis bloom index (KBBI) – are assessed considering both changes in resolution/sampling and band center location. This work provides a quantitative assessment of the impacts of system spectral response requirements on both the spectral shape of observations as well as the algal bloom detection to provide insight on how various instrument performance parameters influence science and operational utility of OCX. Future work will seek to expand this analysis to include a larger dataset that considers additional water cases.

M. Cook↗
NASA NTRS2023

Aura/MLS Observes, and SD-WACCM-X Simulates the Seasonality, Quasi-Biennial Oscillation and El Nino Southern Oscillation of the Migrating Diurnal Tide Driving Upper Mesospheric Co Primarily Through Vertical Advection

This work uses 17 years of upper mesospheric carbon monoxide (CO) and temperature observations by the Microwave Limb Sounder (MLS) on-board the Aura satellite to present and explain the seasonal and interannual variability of the migrating diurnal tide (DW1) component of upper mesospheric CO. This work then compares these observations to simulations by the Specified Dynamics – Whole Atmosphere Community Climate Model with Ionosphere/Thermosphere eXtension (SD-WACCM-X). Results show that, for all seasons, MLS CO local-time perturbations peaks above 85 km and has a latitude structure resembling the (1,1) mode in temperature. On the other hand, SD-WACCM-X DW1 also peaks above 85 km and has a latitude structure resembling the (1,1) mode but it simulates 2 local maximum of the (1,1) mode between 85 km and 92 km. Despite the differences in altitude structure, a tendency analysis and the adiabatic displacement method revealed that, on seasonal and interannual timescales, observed and modelled CO’s (1,1) component can be reproduced solely using vertical advection. It was also found that both observed and modelled CO’s (1,1) component contains interannual oscillations with periodicities close to that of the Quasi-biennial Oscillation and the El Nino Southern Oscillation. From these results, this work concludes that on seasonal and interannual timescales, the observed and modelled (1,1) mode affects the global structure of upper mesospheric CO primarily through vertical advection.

Cornelius Csar Jude H. Salinas↗
NASA NTRSDate not supplied

Technology Drives Exploration: How NASA Is Embracing Additive Manufacturing

NASA has over 60 years of technology development that enabled human space and space science exploration “for the benefit of all humankind”. This presentation will start with the overview of NASA’s organization structure; the roles NASA’s leadership plays as well as 10 regional centers’ focused areas and capabilities. It will also highlight NASA’s Mission Directorates –Science, Human, Aeronautics, and Technology. With the onset of the newer and still evolving procurement business model (NASA being a buyer, instead of maker), a question remains: which is the right framework under which NASA can best integrate the capabilities of commercial, international, and other US government entities into a coherent exploration strategy? Another critical consideration is identifying which critical technologies to invest in NASA and which capabilities are better suited for commercialization as NASA as a buyer. Additive Manufacturing (AM) is certainly changing the space industry and providing new opportunities to travel to low earth orbit and explore our universe. New design opportunities –not previously possible –for new high performance metal alloys, light-weighting, managing thermal, structural, and dynamic loads are being enabled by AM. This presentation will showcase the vast portfolio of NASA’s AM activities in the last 13 years; transportation from Earth to Destination, Habitat at Destination, Lander from Station to Surface, and Science mission spacecrafts. NASA’s technical excellence is being leveraged heavily in the AM and Commercial Space community through collaborative projects, partnership agreements, tech transfer program. Examples of challenges of AM implementation as well as opportunities will be discussed.

Alison Park↗
NASA NTRSDate not supplied

NASA Sensors and Instrumentation: Driving Technologies to Enable an Innovative and Prosperous Future

The NASA Engineering and Safety Center (NESC) stems from the NASA Office of the Chief Engineer and is dedicated to conducting discipline specific gap analyses to identify areas for strategic investment; leading in-depth investigations of the state of the discipline and providing recommendations to senior NASA management on investment, divestment, and consolidation; and providing input to strategic planning and roadmap activities for 20 distinct disciplines, including Sensors and Instrumentation. The Sensors and Instrumentation discipline, which includes optics and photonics, is critical to ensuring the health and safety of NASA’s missions, as well as providing innovative solutions that enable future discovery.

Sensors↗