JCSDA Roadmap (2009-2016) 800KB PDF

Mission:

To accelerate and improve the quantitative use of research and operational satellite data in weather, ocean, climate and environmental analysis and prediction systems.

Science Priorities:

• Radiative transfer modeling
• Preparation for assimilation of data from new instruments
• Assimilation of humidity, clouds, and precipitation observations
• Assimilation of land surface observations
• Assimilation of ocean surface observations
• Atmospheric composition, chemistry and aerosol

Projects Spanning Current and Near-Term Goals:

• POES N18/N19 (AMSU, MHS)
• DMSP
• MetOp-A (AMSU, MHS)
• COSMIC
• GOES-O-P
• JASON

• POES (AVHRR)
• AIRS
• MODIS
• Jason-2

• GOME
• FY3
• GOSAT
• OceanSAT-2
• SMOS

Projects Spanning Near-Term to Long-Term Goals:

• MetOp-B(AMSU, MHS)

• MetOp-B (IASI, ASCAT, AVHRR)
• NPP (ATMS, CrIS, VIIRS)

• Aquarius
• MSG-3
• ADM
• SMAP
• GCOM-W
• Jason-3
• GPM

Projects Spanning Long-Term Goals:

• GOES-R
• MetOp-C (AMSU, MHS)

• MetOp-C (IASI, ASCAT, AVHRR)

• NPOESS (CrIS, ATMS, VIIRS)
• OMPS
• COSMIC Follow-On