SEC Milestones, Accomplishments, Programs and Plans

The following pages are intended to give you a look into the business of the Space Environment Center. It presents a long view-over the life of the organization-of the work we do, and also the current status and near-term plans for the Center.

Major Accomplishments -- Describes significant accomplishments over the history of the organization and the results and benefits of major programmatic thrusts.

Quarterly Milestone Plans and Reports

• FY02 4th Quarter Milestone - Complete on-orbit checkout of POES (NOAA 17) Space Environment Monitor (SEM) instruments, including integration into POES archive processing, and make data available for operations and outside users

• FY02 3rd Quarter Milestone - Conduct the space weather community "Space Weather Week" conference in Boulder

• FY02 2nd Quarter Milestone -Complete On-Orbit Checkout for GOES-12 Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) and Ready it for Space Weather Operations

• FY01 4th Quarter Milestone - Transition the Relativistic Electron Forecast Model to Routine Space Weather Operations

• FY01 3rd Quarter Milestones -
  • Implement the Empirical Storm-time Ionospheric Correction Model, in Real-Time, Driven by the a_p Geomagnetic Index

  • Complete development and testing of operational ground data system for GOES-M SXI
    

• FY01 2nd Quarter Milestones -
  • Acquire, configure, and bring online a Beowulf system for advanced model development

  • Deliver final observing sequences for GOES N/Q Solar X-ray Imager (SXI) flight model

• FY01 1st Quarter - No SEC Milestones

• FY00 4th Quarter Milestone - "SEC Techniques Challenge" Completed - Selected Numerical Techniques Begin Evaluation for Transition to Operations

• FY00 3rd Quarter Milestones -
  • Acquisition of IMAGE data enables advanced research leading to advanced ionospheric and magnetospheric predictive capabilities
  • Incorporation of NOAA Continuously Operating Reference Stations Total Electron Content data into the SEC/NSWP Observation Suite

• FY00 2nd Quarter - No SEC Milestones

• FY00 1st Quarter Milestone - Establish Tracking Station in Bangalore For Tracking NOAA's RTSW on ACE Satellite
• FY99 3rd Quarter Milestone - Operational and Predictive Execution of the Magnetospheric Specification Model
• FY99 1st Quarter Milestone - Expand Space Environment Center Forecaster Staffing to 24 Hour Coverage

• FY98 3rd Quarter Milestone - Magnetospheric Specification Model and SEC User Conference
• FY98 2nd Quarter Milestone - Complete requisition of real-time data from the Advanced Composition Explorer
• FY97 4th Quarter Milestone - ACE Satellite Data Acquisition and Usage
• FY97 3rd Quarter Milestone -- Minimal Rapid Prototyping Center
• FY97 2nd Quarter Milestone -- SEC Products on NOAA's Weather Wire
• FY97 1st Quarter Milestone -- Off-the MV
• FY96 Milestones

• FY96-97 Annual Operating Plan
• FY95 Accomplishments and Activities

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