Northrop Grumman ParticipationGEOSS AIP Sensor Webs & Models

Stefan Falke, Glenn Higgins, Aaron Swanson, Tim Pasierb

Northrop Grumman CorporationInformation Technology

Sensor Webs in Wildfire and Smoke ApplicationsSensor networks of surface, aerial, and surface sensors provide timely data for:• Identifying fire location, fire progression, smoke coverage• Forecasting fire behavior, smoke dispersion, and air quality• Retasking sensors for making new measurements• Retrospective analysis and assessment• Validating forecast models• Issuing public health alerts• Air quality standard violation waivers

GEOSS Common

NASA EO-1

NOAA NESDIS

NASA Ames

USFS AirFire

USFS Bluesky

SmokeForecasts

NGC CALPUFF/

WRF

NASALangley

NOAAARL

SensorObservations S

ensor O

bserva

tion S

ervice / We

b Coverag

e Service

Web C

overage Service

Web C

overage Service

EO-1Smoke

ExtractionService

Obs-ModelComparison

Service

PolicyMaker

Processing & Analysis

Model-ModelComparison

Service

FusedVisualization

Service

DecisionSupport

Analyst

Manager

Public

sensortasking

Wildfire Monitoring & Smoke Forecasting Concept

CEOSS-WGISS Atmos. Comp. Interest Group

Standard interfaces for data inputs

Standard description of algorithms

Standard interfaces for output