ACCP study, workshop planned
The Decadal Survey identified Aerosols (A) and Clouds, Convection and Precipitation (CCP) as high priority Designated Observables (DO) to be addressed. Furthermore, the DS recognized the science merit in combining the A and CCP DOs.
A NASA study is being conducted to explore observing system architectures to address the DO, while honoring the cost caps proposed by the DS report. The goal of the ACCP study is to define science goals and objectives, the desired capabilities associated with these observables, and observing systems approaches to achieve them.
Led by the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), the ACCP study has meaningful and significant multi-NASA-Center participation. Additionally, participation by commercial, university, international and non-NASA USA agencies is sought and encouraged.
A Community Workshop will be held (by invitation only) in Pasadena, CA on 2-4 April 2019 and will introduce the invited participants to the ACCP study framework and content, seeking input from the participants on the draft SATM that will be the underpinning of observing-system architecture studies. The meeting will seek input on the focused science objectives, their relationship to the driving Decadal Survey science goals, and the approaches required to answer these objectives.
Attendance is by invitation-only. Invitations were sent on February 20, 2019. Additional participants may be invited with concurrence from the organizing committee (contact Vickie Moran, ACCP Study Coordinator, vickie.e.moran@nasa.gov). There is no registration fee.
Linked here is a very early draft (Release A) of the ACCP Science and Applications Traceability Matrix (SATM), mapping ACCP goals through geophysical variables. Note that the ‘Enabled Applications’ portion of the SATM has not yet been reviewed by the ACCP Team. You are encouraged to distribute this draft SATM more widely. ACCP SATM Release B, extending the matrix mapping through ‘Observables’, will be distributed on or around 4 March 2019. A Release C will be released one week before the April Workshop, and will be the version for Workshop discussion.
Your comments on the SATM Release A (and later, Release B) are welcome. Please submit your comments by 15 March, in order to expedite Release C.
- For editorial comments and clarifying questions, please send an email to a-ccp-comments@lists.nasa.gov.
- More detailed comments should be submitted via this link: https://goo.gl/forms/RbSbNez4lNjjEjun2
Please don’t include any Proprietary, ITAR, or EAR Sensitive Data in the description of the questions, issues or concerns.
Review of the SATM is best done in presentation mode due to the use of hyperlinks.
