IN41B-1698
NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (LANCE): Changing patterns in the use of NRT satellite imagery
Thursday, 17 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Diane Davies1, Karen Michael2, Jeffrey E Schmaltz3, Sherry Harrison4, Feng Ding5, Phillip B Durbin2,5, Ryan A Boller2, Matthew F Cechini6, Pamela Livingstone Rinsland7, Gang Ye2,3 and Edward Mauoka2, (1)Sigma Space Corporation, Lanham, MD, United States, (2)NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (3)Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Lanham, MD, United States, (4)Univ of Alabama Huntsville, Huntsville, AL, United States, (5)ADNET Systems Inc. Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (6)Columbus Technologies and Services Greenbelt, Greenbelt, MD, United States, (7)NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States
Abstract:
NASA’s Land, Atmosphere Near real-time Capability for EOS (Earth Observing System) (LANCE) provides data and imagery approximately 3 hours from satellite observation, to monitor natural events globally and to meet the needs of the near real-time (NRT) applications community. This article describes LANCE, and how the use of NRT data and imagery has evolved. Since 2010 there has been a four-fold increase in both the volume of data and the number of files downloaded. Over the last year there has been a marked shift in the way in which users are accessing NRT imagery; users are gravitating towards Worldview and the Global Imagery Browse Services (GIBS) and away from MODIS Rapid Response, in part due to the increased exposure through social media. In turn this is leading to a broader range of users viewing NASA NRT imagery. This article also describes new, and planned, product enhancements to LANCE. Over the last year, LANCE has expanded to support NRT products from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2), and the Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR). LANCE elements are also planning to ingest and process NRT data from the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS), and the advanced Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) instruments onboard the Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership (S-NPP) satellite in the near future.
