C41C-0709
ICESat-2 Data Management Services and Processes

Thursday, 17 December 2015
Poster Hall (Moscone South)
Steve Tanner1, Douglas K Fowler2, Chris Bond1, Mike Stowe1, Dan Webster2, Amy E Steiker2, Cathy Fowler3 and Molly McAllister4, (1)National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (2)University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO, United States, (3)University of Colorado, CIRES, National Snow and Ice Data Center, Boulder, CO, United States, (4)National Snow and Ice Data Center, CIRES University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, United States
Abstract:
NASA’S Ice, Cloud, and Land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2) will be launching in 2017 and will quickly begin generating an enormous amount of data. Close to a terabyte (TB) of data per day will be associated with the satellite’s Advanced Topographic Laser Altimeter System (ATLAS) instrument. These data will be archived and made available for the public through NASA’s Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) located at the National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) in Boulder, Colorado.

Because of the expected volume of data, NSIDC and its partners are working on new capabilities and preparations that will be required to fully support the user community. These include using new processes and protocols simply to move the data to the NSIDC, as well as new tools for helping users find and download only the data they need. Subsetting, visualization and analysis capabilities across all of the ICESat-2 data products will be critical to dealing with data. This presentation will explore the steps being taken by NSIDC and others to implement and make these capabilities available.

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