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EARTH SCIENCE AND
APPLICATIONS FROM SPACE

A Midterm Assessment of NASA’s Implementation of the Decadal Survey

Committee on the Assessment of NASA’s Earth Science Program

Space Studies Board

Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences

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Cover: “Blue Marble” images of the Western Hemisphere (front cover) and Eastern Hemisphere (back cover) of Earth taken from the Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) instrument aboard NASA’s recently launched Earth-observing satellite, the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (NPP). These composite images use a number of swaths of the Earth’s surface taken on January 4, 2012. VIIRS is the primary imaging instrument onboard NPP, and it acquires data in 22 spectral bands covering visible, near-infrared, and thermal infrared regions of the electromagnetic spectrum. Images courtesy of NASA/NOAA.

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THE NATIONAL ACADEMIES

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OTHER RECENT REPORTS OF THE SPACE STUDIES BOARD

Assessment of a Plan for U.S. Participation in Euclid (Board on Physics and Astronomy [BPA] and Space Studies Board [SSB], 2012)

Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Spacecraft Missions to Icy Solar System Bodies (SSB, 2012)

Report of the Panel on Implementing Recommendations from the New Worlds, New Horizons Decadal Survey (BPA and SSB, 2012; prepublication released in 2010)

Technical Evaluation of the NASA Model for Cancer Risk to Astronauts Due to Space Radiation (SSB, 2012)

Assessment of Impediments to Interagency Collaboration on Space and Earth Science Missions (SSB, 2011)

Panel Reports—New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (BPA and SSB, 2011)

Recapturing a Future for Space Exploration: Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era (SSB, 2011)

Sharing the Adventure with the Public—The Value and Excitement of “Grand Questions” of Space Science and Exploration: Summary of a Workshop (SSB, 2011)

Vision and Voyages for Planetary Science in the Decade 2013-2022 (SSB, 2011)

Capabilities for the Future: An Assessment of NASA Laboratories for Basic Research (Laboratory Assessments Board with SSB and Aeronautics and Space Engineering Board [ASEB], 2010)

Controlling Cost Growth of NASA Earth and Space Science Missions (SSB, 2010)

Defending Planet Earth: Near-Earth-Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies: Final Report (SSB with ASEB, 2010)

An Enabling Foundation for NASA’s Space and Earth Science Missions (SSB, 2010)

Forging the Future of Space Science: The Next 50 Years (SSB, 2010)

Life and Physical Sciences Research for a New Era of Space Exploration: An Interim Report (SSB with ASEB, 2010)

New Worlds, New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics (BPA and SSB, 2010)

Revitalizing NASA’s Suborbital Program: Advancing Science, Driving Innovation, and Developing a Workforce (SSB, 2010)

America’s Future in Space: Aligning the Civil Space Program with National Needs (SSB with ASEB, 2009)

Approaches to Future Space Cooperation and Competition in a Globalizing World: Summary of a Workshop (SSB with ASEB, 2009)

Assessment of Planetary Protection Requirements for Mars Sample Return Missions (SSB, 2009)

Near-Earth Object Surveys and Hazard Mitigation Strategies: Interim Report (SSB with ASEB, 2009)

A Performance Assessment of NASA’s Heliophysics Program (SSB, 2009)

Radioisotope Power Systems: An Imperative for Maintaining U.S. Leadership in Space Exploration (SSB with ASEB, 2009)

Ensuring the Climate Record from the NPOESS and GOES-R Spacecraft: Elements of a Strategy to Recover Measurement Capabilities Lost in Program Restructuring (SSB, 2008)

Launching Science: Science Opportunities Provided by NASA’s Constellation System (SSB with ASEB, 2008)

Opening New Frontiers in Space: Choices for the Next New Frontiers Announcement of Opportunity (SSB, 2008)

Science Opportunities Enabled by NASA’s Constellation System: Interim Report (SSB with ASEB, 2008)

Severe Space Weather Events—Understanding Societal and Economic Impacts: A Workshop Report (SSB, 2008)

Space Science and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations: Summary of a Workshop (SSB, 2008)

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COMMITTEE ON THE ASSESSMENT OF NASA’S EARTH SCIENCE PROGRAM

DENNIS L. HARTMANN, University of Washington, Chair

MARK R. ABBOTT, Oregon State University

RICHARD A. ANTHES, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

PHILIP E. ARDANUY, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems

STACEY W. BOLAND, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

ANTONIO J. BUSALACCHI, JR., University of Maryland

ANNY CAZENAVE, Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales, France

RUTH DeFRIES, Columbia University

LEE-LUENG FU, Jet Propulsion Laboratory

BRADFORD H. HAGER, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

ALLEN HUANG, University of Wisconsin, Madison

ANTHONY C. JANETOS, University of Maryland and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

DENNIS P. LETTENMAIER, University of Washington

JENNIFER A. LOGAN, Harvard University

MOLLY K. MACAULEY, Resources for the Future

ANNE. W. NOLIN, Oregon State University

JOYCE E. PENNER, University of Michigan

MICHAEL J. PRATHER, University of California, Irvine

DAVID S. SCHIMEL, National Ecological Observatory Network, Inc.

WILLIAM F. TOWNSEND, Independent Consultant, Annapolis, Maryland

THOMAS H. VONDER HAAR, Colorado State University

 

Staff

ARTHUR A. CHARO, Senior Program Officer, Study Director

CATHERINE A. GRUBER, Editor

LEWIS B. GROSWALD, Research Associate

LINDA M. WALKER, Senior Project Assistant

DANIELLE PISKORZ, Lloyd V. Berkner Space Policy Intern

MICHAEL H. MOLONEY, Director, Space Studies Board

Suggested Citation:"Front Matter." National Research Council. 2012. Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press. doi: 10.17226/13405.
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SPACE STUDIES BOARD

CHARLES F. KENNEL, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, Chair

JOHN KLINEBERG, Space Systems/Loral (retired), Vice Chair

MARK R. ABBOTT, Oregon State University

STEVEN J. BATTEL, Battel Engineering

YVONNE C. BRILL, Aerospace Consultant

ELIZABETH R. CANTWELL, Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ANDREW B. CHRISTENSEN, Dixie State College and Aerospace Corporation

ALAN DRESSLER, Observatories of the Carnegie Institution

JACK D. FELLOWS, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

HEIDI B. HAMMEL, Space Science Institute

FIONA A. HARRISON, California Institute of Technology

ANTHONY C. JANETOS, University of Maryland

JOAN JOHNSON-FREESE, Naval War College

ROBERT P. LIN, University of California, Berkeley

MOLLY K. MACAULEY, Resources for the Future

JOHN F. MUSTARD, Brown University

ROBERT T. PAPPALARDO, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology

JAMES PAWELCZYK, Pennsylvania State University

MARCIA J. RIEKE, University of Arizona

DAVID N. SPERGEL, Princeton University

WARREN M. WASHINGTON, National Center for Atmospheric Research

CLIFFORD M. WILL, Washington University

THOMAS H. ZURBUCHEN, University of Michigan

MICHAEL H. MOLONEY, Director

CARMELA J. CHAMBERLAIN, Administrative Coordinator

TANJA PILZAK, Manager, Program Operations

CELESTE A. NAYLOR, Information Management Associate

CHRISTINA O. SHIPMAN, Financial Officer

SANDRA WILSON, Financial Assistant

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Preface

Natural and human-induced changes in Earth’s interior, land surface, biosphere, atmosphere, and oceans affect all aspects of life. Understanding these changes and their implications requires a foundation of integrated observations—taken from land-, sea-, air-, and space-based platforms—on which to build credible information products, forecast models, and other tools for making informed decisions.

In 2004, the National Research Council (NRC) received requests from NASA’s Earth Science Division, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) National Environmental Satellite Data and Information Service (NESDIS), and the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Geography Division to conduct a first in its field “decadal survey” that would generate consensus recommendations from the Earth and environmental science and applications communities regarding a systems approach to the space-based and ancillary observations comprised by the research programs of NASA; the related operational programs of NOAA; and associated programs such as Landsat, a joint initiative of the USGS and NASA.

In carrying out the 2007 Earth science and applications from space decadal survey, participants endeavored to set a new agenda for Earth observations from space in which ensuring practical benefits for humankind plays a role equal to that of acquiring new knowledge about Earth. Those benefits range from information for short-term needs, such as weather forecasts and warnings for protection of life and property, to the longer-term scientific understanding necessary for future applications that will benefit society in ways still to be realized. Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation1 and Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond2 were the interim and final reports, respectively, that resulted from this effort.

The 2007 decadal survey called for a set of missions and supporting activities that would advance

1National Research Council, Earth Science and Applications from Space: Urgent Needs and Opportunities to Serve the Nation, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2005.

2National Research Council, Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond, The National Academies Press, Washington, D.C., 2007.

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scientific understanding of key processes in the Earth system and provide information to enhance the management of natural resources, including, for example, improvement in early warnings and other responses to threats posed by natural hazards. Recommendations were directed to NASA, NOAA, and the USGS.

In late 2010, NASA requested that the NRC create an ad hoc committee to review the alignment of NASA’s Earth Science Division’s program with previous NRC advice, primarily that offered in the decadal survey’s 2007 final report, Earth Science and Applications from Space.3 The agency was responding to a provision in Section 301(a) of the 2005 NASA Authorization Act requiring that “the performance of each division in the Science directorate of NASA shall be reviewed and assessed by the National Academy of Sciences at 5-year intervals.” The resulting ad hoc Committee on the Assessment of NASA’s Earth Science Program was asked to assess the following (see Appendix A for the statement of task):

1.  How well NASA’s current program addresses the strategies, goals, and priorities outlined in the 2007 decadal survey and other relevant NRC reports;

2.   Progress toward realizing these strategies, goals, and priorities; and

3.   In the context of current and forecast resources, any actions that could be taken to optimize the science value of the program.

The committee was asked not to revisit or alter the science priorities or mission recommendations in the 2007 decadal survey and related NRC reports. However, the committee was invited to provide guidance about implementing the recommended mission portfolio in preparation for the next decadal survey.

The committee met in Washington, D.C., on April 27-29, 2011; in Seattle, Washington, on July 6-8, 2011; and in Irvine, California, on September 21-23, 2011, to gather information and to develop its response to the study charge. Over the course of its meetings, the committee received briefings from Mary Kicza (NOAA), Bruce Quirk (USGS), Michael Freilich (NASA Headquarters), Waleed Abdalati (NASA Headquarters), Rod Heelis and Stephen Fuselier (former co-chairs of the NRC committee for a midterm assessment of NASA’s heliophysics program), Byron Tapley (University of Texas, Austin; chair, NASA Advisory Committee Earth Science Subcommittee), Graeme Stephens (Jet Propulsion Laboratory), and Bruce Wielicki (NASA Langley Research Center). The committee also received background documents from other agency officials, including Lawrence Friedl (NASA Headquarters). During the intervals between meetings, the committee had regular teleconferences and extensive electronic communications.

Chapter 1 provides background on the 2007 Earth science and applications from space decadal survey, NASA’s Earth science program, and the types of Earth science conducted by NASA, as well as an overview of the benefits society reaps from NASA’s Earth science program. Chapter 2 provides an assessment of the major program elements in NASA’s Earth science program. Chapter 3 summarizes the primary challenges facing NASA’s Earth science program, and it suggests remedies. Chapter 4 provides findings and recommendations to optimize the science value of the program. Chapter 5 identifies lessons learned from the 2007 decadal survey and from the present committee’s assessment of NASA’s current Earth science program, and it describes how these lessons can be applied to future reviews akin to the decadal survey.

3National Research Council, Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond, 2007.

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Acknowledgment of Reviewers

This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the Report Review Committee of the National Research Council (NRC). The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making its published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process. We wish to thank the following individuals for their review of this report:

Susan K. Avery, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution,

Inez Y. Fung, University of California, Berkeley,

Charles F. Kennel, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,

Michael D. King, University of Colorado, Boulder,

Steven R. Nerem, University of Colorado, Boulder,

David T. Sandwell, University of California, San Diego, Scripps Institution of Oceanography,

David L. Skole, Michigan State University,

Kevin E. Trenberth, National Center for Atmospheric Research, and

Carl Wunsch, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Although the reviewers listed above have provided many constructive comments and suggestions, they were not asked to endorse the conclusions or recommendations, nor did they see the final draft of the report before its release. The review of this report was overseen by Elisabeth M. Drake, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Appointed by the NRC, she was responsible for making certain that an independent examination of this report was carried out in accordance with institutional procedures and that all review comments were carefully considered. Responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

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Understanding the effects of natural and human-induced changes on the global environment and their implications requires a foundation of integrated observations of land, sea, air and space, on which to build credible information products, forecast models, and other tools for making informed decisions.

The 2007 National Research Council report on decadal survey called for a renewal of the national commitment to a program of Earth observations in which attention to securing practical benefits for humankind plays an equal role with the quest to acquire new knowledge about the Earth system. NASA responded favorably and aggressively to this survey, embracing its overall recommendations for Earth observations, missions, technology investments, and priorities for the underlying science. As a result, the science and applications communities have made significant progress over the past 5 years.

However, the Committee on Assessment of NASA's Earth Science Program found that the survey vision is being realized at a far slower pace than was recommended, principally because the required budget was not achieved. Exacerbating the budget shortfalls, NASA Earth science programs experienced launch failures and delays and the cost of implementing missions increased substantially as a result of changes in mission scope, increases in launch vehicle costs and/or the lack of availability of a medium-class launch vehicle, under-estimation of costs by the decadal survey, and unfunded programmatic changes that were required by Congress and the Office of Management and Budget. In addition, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has made significant reductions in scope to its future Earth environmental observing satellites as it contends with budget shortfalls.

Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Midterm Assessment of NASA's Implementation of the Decadal Survey recommends a number of steps to better manage existing programs and to implement future programs that will be recommended by the next decadal survey. The report also highlights the urgent need for the Executive Branch to develop and implement an overarching multiagency national strategy for Earth observations from space, a key recommendation of the 2007 decadal survey that remains unfulfilled.

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