Implementation Plan

Introduction

The cycling of energy and water has obvious and significant implications for the health and prosperity of society. NEWS is envisioned to be part of the broader NASA end-to-end Earth science program. The overall program thus includes the transition of research findings and new capabilities to academic/public education and to practical applications, through partnerships with the academic community-at-large, federal agencies that oversee environmental protection and operational applications, and eventually private sector operators.

The ultimate goal of NEWS is a breakthrough improvement in the nation’s energy and water cycle prediction capability. NEWS is expected to demonstrate advanced global observation, data assimilation, and improved representation of physical processes in climate models, better prediction systems that can be used to quantify the hydrologic consequences of climate change and produce useful seasonal and longer-range hydrologic predictions based on observed initial values and changing boundary conditions.

Consistent with the ambitious NEWS challenge and ESE objectives, the timetable for the implementation of NEWS extends over a 15 year period. During this period, NEWS participants are expected to collect, analyze and interpret observational data from archived records and on-going observing systems, contribute to the preparation of new space-flight missions, advance predictive models of the global energy and water cycle, and lay the foundation for future developments (including potential new observing techniques). NEWS participants are also expected to examine and test new application practices in partnership with relevant operational agencies and industry.

NEWS Implementation Plan Executive Summary (January 2007)

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Draft NEWS Implementation Plan

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NEWS/Implementation Plan Team Contacts

NEWS Science Integration Team

Dr. Jared K. Entin NASA Headquarters Code YS 300 E Street, SW Washington DC 20546-0001 jentin@hq.nasa.gov	Dr. Paul R. Houser George Mason University & Center for Research on Environment and Water http://www.water-cycle.org/ 4041 Powder Mill Road, Suite 302 Calverton, MD 20705-3106 Phone: 301-595-7000 phouser@gmu.edu
Dr. Robert A. Schiffer Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center (GEST) University of Maryland, Baltimore County Technology Center, South Campus, Room 3.002 1450 South Rolling Road Baltimore, MD 21227 schiffer@umbc.edu	Dr. C. Adam Schlosser MIT Dept of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences 77 Massachusetts Ave Cambridge, MA 02139 casch@mit.edu
Dr. William M. Lapenta NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center SD60 320 Sparkman Drive Huntsville, AL 35805 bill.lapenta@msfc.nasa.gov	Dr. William B. Rossow NASA/ Goddard Institute for Space Studies 2880 Broadway New York, NY 10025 William.B.Rossow@nasa.gov
Dr. Bing Lin NASA/ Langley Research Center Mail Stop 420 Hampton, VA 23681-2199 Bing.Lin-1@nasa.gov	Dr. Eni G. Njoku Jet Propulsion Laboratory, M/S 300-323 4800 Oak Grove Drive Pasadena, Ca 91109 eni.g.njoku@jpl.nasa.gov
Dr. Parminder S. Ghuman NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center Code 407.0 Greenbelt, MD 20771 Parminder.S.Ghuman@nasa.gov

Contributors

The listed individuals have contributed to the NEWS project (PDF 17k)