Reprocessing Of S-Npp Environmental Data Records Using Enterprise Algorithms: Plans And Preparations

The Suomi National Polar-orbiting Partnership NPP satellite, which was launched in October 2011 as the predecessor to the recently launched Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS-1, November 11, 2017) satellite has been extremely successful in operations for the last six years. In order to realize mission-long products of consistent high quality, the JPSS program at the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) has initiated reprocessing of S-NPP geophysical data products (termed as Environmental Data Records or EDRs) using the most matured enterprise algorithms. The Sensors Data Records (SDRs) needed as inputs to generate the reprocessed EDRs have already been reprocessed for the S-NPP suite of instruments and the EDR science teams are currently assessing improvements in using reprocessed SDRs and EDR enterprise algorithms operating at SNPP Data exploitation (NDE) at the Office of Satellite Product Operations (OSPO). This paper discusses the implementation of enterprise EDR algorithms and their impact on product performance, and outlines the reprocessing efforts, plans, and preparations to generate missing-long S-NPP EDR products.