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Enhancements and Evolution of the Real Time Mission MonitorThe Real Time Mission Monitor (RTMM) is a visualization and information system that fuses multiple Earth science data sources, to enable real time decision-making for airborne and ground validation experiments. Developed at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Marshall Space Flight Center, RTMM is a situational awareness, decision-support system that integrates satellite imagery, radar, surface and airborne instrument data sets, model output parameters, lightning location observations, aircraft navigation data, soundings, and other applicable Earth science data sets. The integration and delivery of this information is made possible using data acquisition systems, network communication links, network server resources, and visualizations through the Google Earth virtual globe application. RTMM has proven extremely valuable for optimizing individual Earth science airborne field experiments. Flight planners, mission scientists, instrument scientists and program managers alike appreciate the contributions that RTMM makes to their flight projects. We have received numerous plaudits from a wide variety of scientists who used RTMM during recent field campaigns including the 2006 NASA African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analyses (NAMMA), 2007 Tropical Composition, Cloud, and Climate Coupling (TC4), 2008 Arctic Research of the Composition of the Troposphere from Aircraft and Satellites (ARCTAS) missions, the 2007-2008 NOAA-NASA Aerosonde Hurricane flights and the 2008 Soil Moisture Active-Passive Validation Experiment (SMAP-VEX). Improving and evolving RTMM is a continuous process. RTMM recently integrated the Waypoint Planning Tool, a Java-based application that enables aircraft mission scientists to easily develop a pre-mission flight plan through an interactive point-and-click interface. Individual flight legs are automatically calculated for altitude, latitude, longitude, flight leg distance, cumulative distance, flight leg time, cumulative time, and satellite overpass intersections. The resultant flight plan is then generated in KML and quickly posted to the Google Earth-based RTMM for interested scientists to view the planned flight track and then compare it to the actual real time flight progress. A description of the system architecture, components, and applications along with reviews and animations of RTMM during the field campaigns, plus planned enhancements and future opportunities will be presented.
Document ID
20090014055
Acquisition Source
Marshall Space Flight Center
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Goodman, Michael
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Blakeslee, Richard
(NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Huntsville, AL, United States)
Hardin, Danny
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Hall, John
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
He, Yubin
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Regner, Kathryn
(Alabama Univ. Huntsville, AL, United States)
Date Acquired
August 24, 2013
Publication Date
December 15, 2008
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Report/Patent Number
M09-0093
Meeting Information
Meeting: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting 2008
Location: Boston, MA
Country: United States
Start Date: December 5, 2008
End Date: December 19, 2008
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other

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