NPP Science Data Segment

The NPP Science Data Segment (SDS) is a prototype element for future Earth Science Program distributed data systems. The SDS is intended to be a research tool that will use a fully distributed interoperable architecture, with 5 functionally independent elements organized around key Environmental Data Records: atmospheric sounding, ocean, land, ozone, and atmospheric composition products. The SDS will enable Climate Analysis Research Systems (CARS) development that will focus on the following areas: Atmospheric Composition, Climate Change, Carbon/Ecosystems, Solid Earth, Weather, and Water/Energy Cycle.