Open Source Science for the Earth System Observatory Mission Science Data Processing Study Workshops

We began collecting information with our first virtual two-day workshop on Tuesday, October 19, 2021 (programmatic presentations) and Wednesday, October 20, 2021 (flight project presentations).

The input provided, along with information collected in the second workshop (scheduled for February 2022) on the state-of-the-art in science processing and open science, will be used by the ESO Open Source Processing Study Architecture Working Group to develop and assess potential architectures.

Agenda

Open science is defined as a collaborative culture enabled by technology that empowers the open sharing of data, information and knowledge within the scientific community and the wider public to accelerate scientific research and understanding. Under the guidelines set forth in the 2017 Decadal survey, NASA's new set of Earth-focused missions that form the ESO will adhere to open data, software, algorithm, and publication policies where missions will develop algorithms (in Levels 1–4), software, and documentation in open systems from inception. In order to generate community input and support, this first workshop solicited input from NASA programmatic officials and flight project teams.

Recordings of the workshop are available: ESO Mission: Data Processing Study Workshop.

The workshop report is also available: ESO Mission Data Processing Study - Summary of NASA Program Offices and ESO Missions Requirements, Constraints, Recommendations, and Opportunities

This workshop focused on understanding the state-of-the-art in Big Data processing systems. The workshop was open to the public. A Request For Information (RFI; submission period now closed) sought input from organizations with relevant expertise in Big Data processing and open science to help guide the study and workshop.

Recordings of the workshop are available: ESO Mission: Data Processing Study Workshop.

The workshop report is also available: ESO Mission Data Processing Study: Summary of State-of-the-Practice and State-of-the-Art Mission Data Processing System Architectures

Please direct questions about the Open Source Science for the Earth System Observatory Mission Science Data Processing Study Workshops to: karen.yuen@jpl.nasa.gov or sara.h.lubkin@nasa.gov.

Agenda

Dr. Andrew Bingham has more than 20 years of experience managing and leading teams responsible for delivering science processing, archive, distribution, and analysis systems for Earth and planetary missions. He is the manager for the Science Data and Instrument Operations System Section at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL).

Luke Dahl has more than 20 years of experience as an architect and systems engineer supporting diverse activities ranging from enterprise infrastructure and applications, multi-mission instrument operations, and Earth and planetary science data systems.

Dr. Chelle Gentemann is a senior scientist at the Farallon Institute leading research on open science, cloud computing, remote sensing, and physical oceanography. For more than 20 years, she has worked on every aspect of passive microwave satellite missions, both domestically and internationally, from launch through decommission, including calibration, algorithm development, validation, data distribution, and science applications.

Dr. Sara Lubkin has a broad background in Earth science. She has worked with NASA since 2015 and is a Distributed Active Archive Center (DAAC) Operations Engineer with NASA’s Earth Science Data and Information System (ESDIS) Project at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center.

Andrew Mitchell has multiple years of experience executing the technical and financial management of the science systems of NASA's Earth Observing System Data and Information System (EOSDIS). He is responsible for managing the processing, archiving, and distribution of Earth science data while ensuring scientists and the public have access to these data to enable the study of Earth. He is the project manager for ESDIS at Goddard.

Karen Yuen has 20 years of technical and management experience in science applications, project formulation, system engineering, and communications for multiple NASA missions and programs. She is the Science Data Applications Lead for the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 (OCO-2) and OCO-3 missions.