Events
Upcoming Events
Key Decision Point (KDP) A
TBD (June 2022)
Recent Events
Mission Concept Review
16-May-2022 - 20-May-2022
Pre-Acquisition Strategy Meeting
- 31-Mar-2022
Instrument Technical Management and Cost Reviews
- 31-Mar-2022
Final Preparations for MCR Kickoff
- 31-Mar-2022
24-Feb-2022
Online
In this seminar, invited panelists will discuss their current uses of lidar for applications and the benefits of these instruments for societal decision-making activities. Online
2nd Science Quarterly Meeting
31-Jan-2022 - 02-Feb-2022
102nd AMS Annual Meeting
23-Jan-2022 - 27-Jan-2022
Virtual
The 102nd Annual Meeting of the American Meteorological Society provides an opportunity to bring together world-class experts on extreme weather and climate with researchers in the fields of water quality/scarcity, energy, food, and health/diseases. AOS science will be featured in a number of talks during the 102nd AMS Annual Meeting to be held online on January 23-27, 2022.Virtual
20-Jan-2022
Please join us at the next AOS Applications Seminar Series talk: Could wildfires amplify drought and heatwave through the coupling between aerosols, clouds, precipitation and atmospheric circulation?. Our invited Speaker is Dr. Rong Fu (UCLA).
Presentation (PDF, 5.4 MB)
Study Contract Awards
31-Dec-2021
2021 AGU Fall Meeting
13-Dec-2021 - 17-Dec-2021
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
The American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting is the primary gathering for Earth and space scientists, students, and those in affiliated fields to share scientific findings and identify innovative solutions. Over 45 AOS-related presentations will be given at this year's meeting.New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Design Session for Polar Spacecraft and Instruments
08-Nov-2021 - 19-Nov-2021
LaRC
LaRC
17-Nov-2021
Speakers Emily Berndt (MSFC/SPoRT), Aaron Naeger (UAH/SPoRT), Anita LeRoy (UAH/SPoRT), and Aaron Jacobs (NOAA NWS), will discuss NASA's SPoRT research and application activities as well as application opportunities relevant to the future AOS mission. Presentation (PDF, 11.4 MB)
10-Nov-2021
Members of AOS teams will present the current status of the mission.AOS Community Forum (PDF, 4.3 MB)
1st Science Quarterly Meeting
25-Oct-2021 - 28-Oct-2021
23-Sep-2021
Please join us at the first AOS Applications Seminar Series talk. Invited speaker, Armin Sorooshian (U. of Arizona), will speak about NASA's ACTIVATE program and AOS applications. Email Andrea Portier to register. Members of the Study Management and Executive Science teams will present the current definition of ACCP science objectives and the status of candidate mission architectures that have been studied. Presentation (PDF, 4.8 MB)
Pre-Acquisition Strategy Meeting Dry Run #1
12-May-2021
Mission Design Lab Study
21-Apr-2021 - 06-May-2021
Pre-Phase A All-Hands Meeting
21-Apr-2021
In a series of three half-day virtual meetings, this workshop will focus on current applications and future opportunities of ACCP observations to support air quality and disaster applications. 25-Jan-2021
WebEx
The ACCP Webinar Series leads off with Advances in Aerosol Assimilation and Future Perspectives by Dr. Angela Benedetti, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts.
In a series of half-day virtual meetings (Nov 2 and Nov 4-5), this workshop focused on current applications and future opportunities of NASA precipitation and cloud data products to support transport and logistical activities for aviation, maritime, roads and highway transportation systems. WebEx
22-Jul-2019 - 23-Jul-2019
Earth System Sciences Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland
NASA Global Precipitation Measurement
This two-day workshop will focus on current applications and future opportunities for NASA precipitation, cloud, and aerosol satellite data and products to support numerical weather prediction (NWP) and air quality forecasting activities. Earth System Sciences Interdisciplinary Center, University of Maryland
NASA Global Precipitation Measurement
Agenda (PDF, 53.9 KB)
Archived Events
2nd ACCP Suborbital Workshop
29-Mar-2021 - 16-Apr-2021
The workshop will meet five times from 10AM - 1:30PM ET on Monday March 29, Friday April 2, Wednesday April 7, Friday April 9, and Friday April 16.Architecture Study Wrap-up All Hands Meeting
15-Apr-2021
19-Feb-2021
Please contact Vickie Moran for meeting invitation. Download the Knowledge Capture Matrix.Agenda (PDF, 543 KB)
HQ Preferred Architectures Briefing
05-Feb-2021
Dress Rehearsal Chart Walk-Through HQ Preferred Architectures Briefing
25-Jan-2021
Chart Review/Walk-Through HQ Preferred Architectures Briefing
19-Jan-2021
Chart Review/Walk-Through HQ Preferred Architectures Briefing
13-Jan-2021
Full Team Review Preferred Architecture Score Cards
11-Jan-2021
Telecon: Accommodation of Radar on HP Bus #2
11-Jan-2021
Telecon: Accommodation of Radar on HP Bus #1
07-Jan-2021
Weekly Review of Value Framework Score Cards
04-Jan-2021
Cost Peer Review Part 2
18-Dec-2020
Telecon with CSA
15-Dec-2020
Debrief from SCC AEW #6
14-Dec-2020
Weekly Review of Value Framework Score Cards
14-Dec-2020
Telecon with CNES
14-Dec-2020
CNES Bilateral with HQ
14-Dec-2020
Check-in with HQ
10-Dec-2020
Telecon with JAXA
10-Dec-2020
Final SALT Science & Appl Scoring and Recommendation for Top 3
09-Dec-2020
Weekly Review of Value Framework Score Cards
07-Dec-2020
Cost Peer Review Part 1
07-Dec-2020
Week of 12/7, TBS. 01-Dec-2020 - 03-Dec-2020
WebEx and Telecon
Architecture Evaluation Review #6 (Architecture Science Benefit Scores, Technical Readiness Assessments, Risks, and Costs Frozen) took place during week of December 1-3, 2020. WebEx and Telecon
Cost Peer Review
30-Nov-2020
This workshop brings together experts in simulations and satellite observations of clouds, aerosols and chemistry to discuss (1) past, present and future of cloud and aerosol observations, (2) the future of cloud and aerosol models, and (3) state of the art methods for model-data fusion. Special Topic #4 (Wrap-Up) with HQ
08-Nov-2020
Special Topic #4 (Wrap-Up) with HQ
05-Nov-2020
28-Oct-2020 - 30-Oct-2020
WebEx and Telecon
Architecture Evaluation Review #5 (Lidar Trade Study Independent Review Results) took place October 28-30, 2020.
WebEx and Telecon
Special Topics #1-#3 (TBD) with HQ
29-Oct-2020
Special Topics #1-#3 (TBD) with HQ
26-Oct-2020
ACCP Webinar Series - Dr. Gavin Schmidt
19-Oct-2020
Online
Earth system modeling: can we stay ahead of what's actually happening?
Webinar (MP4, 43.7 MB) »Online
Collaborative Design Center Study #6 of 6
05-Oct-2020 - 09-Oct-2020
Goddard MDL
The Collaborative Design Center Study #6 of 6 - Clean-up of Architectures (Flight Dynamics/Sampling Studies, Ground System and Ride Share/Hosted Payload Opportunities AF, Army, NOAA) met at Goddard Space Flight Center's Mission Design Lab from October 5-9, 2020.Goddard MDL
Special Topics #1-#3 (TBD) with HQ
05-Oct-2020
HQ Annual Review
01-Oct-2020
Reviewed designated observable study progress with HQ Earth Science Division (ESD) Leadership. Attendance was by invitation. 29-Sep-2020
Members of the Study Management and Executive Science teams presented the current definition of ACCP science objectives and the status of candidate mission architectures that have been studied. Agenda (PDF, 75.4 KB)
HQ Special Briefing on ACCP Science Scoring
18-Sep-2020
Final architecture freeze, independent review of Lidar Trade Study results took place on September 1-2, 8-11, and 17, 2020. HQ Special Briefing on ACCP Risk Process
25-Aug-2020
HQ special briefing on ACCP risk process to Charles Webb.HQ Quarterly Review
18-Aug-2020
ACCP Briefings with Karen St. Germain
23-Jul-2020
ACCP Briefings with Karen St. Germain
10-Jul-2020
Architecture Evaluation Workshop #3
16-Jun-2020 - 17-Jun-2020
Collaborative Design Center #4 (Week 2)
01-Jun-2020 - 05-Jun-2020
LaRC
JAXA Special Study Case 2.LaRC
Collaborative Design Center #4 (Week 1)
18-May-2020 - 22-May-2020
LaRC
JAXA Special Study Case 2.LaRC
TRA Assessment Lidar 5, 6, 9 Due
22-May-2020
HQ Quarterly Review
11-May-2020
Lidar06 Contributions to Objective 1
04-May-2020
Space-X Meeting #2
30-Apr-2020
Final Debrief Collaborative Design Center #3
30-Apr-2020
MSFC SmallSats.Follow-Up 3+2 Lidar Direct Observables for Goal 1
30-Apr-2020
Obj 1 and 2 (CNES).Radar TIMs Start (Multiple)
27-Apr-2020
C2OMODO (Radiometer delta t) Presentations by CNES
24-Apr-2020
Deliver MELs Lidar Trade Study (Lidar 5, 6, 9)
24-Apr-2020
Lidar Working Group Follow-Up
24-Apr-2020
3+2 Lidar Contributions to ACCP Goal 1 (Obj 1 and 2) Cloud Feedbacks (CNES Presentation).
Suborbital Workshop Debrief to HQ
17-Apr-2020
Architecture Evaluation Workshop #2
14-Apr-2020 - 17-Apr-2020
Space-X Initial Meeting
08-Apr-2020
Suborbital Workshop #1
11-Mar-2020 - 13-Mar-2020
Collaborative Design Center #4
10-Mar-2020 - 13-Mar-2020
LaRC
JAXA Special Study Case 1.LaRC
Collaborative Design Center #3
10-Mar-2020 - 13-Mar-2020
MSFC Start
Designed SmallSats.MSFC Start
Architecture Evaluation Workshop #1
12-Feb-2020 - 13-Feb-2020
Collaborative Design Center #2
14-Jan-2020 - 30-Jan-2020
JPL Team-X
Designed ESPA Grande Spacecraft. Meetings were held January 14-16 and 28-30, 2020.JPL Team-X
SCC Independent Assessment SATM & Qualitative Scoring for Architectures
04-Dec-2019 - 05-Dec-2019
03-Dec-2019
Fort Collins, CO USA
Team members from the different NASA Centers, JAXA, and CSA are shown at the A-CCP Study Framework meeting in Fort Collins, CO USA. Fort Collins, CO USA
Community Comments SATM Rel E
31-Oct-2019
Collaborative Design Center #1
30-Sep-2019 - 07-Oct-2019
GSFC MDL
Designed Large Spacecraft.GSFC MDL
HQ Annual Review DO Study Teams
24-Sep-2019 - 25-Sep-2019
Architecture Refinement
16-Sep-2019 - 20-Sep-2019
GSFC MDL
GSFC MDL
1st ACCP Quarterly Community Forum
20-Sep-2019
Splinter with SBG on Architectures
17-Sep-2019
SATM Rev E Delivery
16-Sep-2019
Splinter with SBG on Architectures
06-Sep-2019
Preliminary Architecture Evaluation Team Meeting
07-Aug-2019
Selection for 1st Collaborative Design Center
07-Aug-2019
Aerosol Instrument Performance TIM
06-Aug-2019