1     INTRODUCTION.. 3

1.1      Scope of the document 3

2     Documentation.. 4

2.1      Science Team.. 4

2.2      TLSCF. 4

2.3      SIPS. 4

2.4      DAAC.. 5

3     Data Management Team Organization.. 7

3.1      Data Management Team Head. 7

3.2      Management Team Components and Tasks. 7

3.2.1       Science Team.. 7

3.2.2       Team Leader Science Computing Facility (TLSCF) 7

3.2.3       Science Investigator-led Processing System (SIPS) 7

3.2.4       National Snow and Ice Data Center (NSIDC) 8

4     SCIENCE MISSION OVERVIEW... 9

5     Data Products. 12

5.1      Science data flow.. 12

5.2      Requirements and Sources for Input Data and Algorithms. 12

5.2.1       AMSR-E Data. 12

5.2.1.1     Level 1A Data. 14

5.2.1.2     Level 2A Data. 15

5.2.1.3     Level 2B and Level 3. 16

5.2.2       Auxiliary Science Data. 18

5.2.3       Processing Algorithms. 18

5.2.4       Input Data for Algorithms. 18

5.2.5       Simulated data. 19

6     Processing at SIPS. 20

6.1      Routine Operations. 20

6.1.1       Reprocessing. 21

6.1.1.1     Routine Reprocessing. 21

6.1.1.2     Replacement of Erroneous Data. 22

6.2      Contingency Plans. 22

6.2.1       Equipment Failures. 22

6.2.2       Return to Service. 22

6.2.3       Inconsistent Data Flow.. 22

6.3      Availability. 22

6.4      Storage and Retention Requirements of Temporary Files. 23

6.5      Operational Quality Assessment 23

6.6      Configuration Management of Algorithms. 23

6.6.1       Science Algorithms Updating Guidelines. 23

7     Data INGEST, Archival AND Distribution – NSIDC DAAC.. 24

7.1      Ingest and Archival of Science Data. 24

7.1.1       AMSR-E Level 0 Products. 24

7.1.2       Level 1A product 24

7.1.3       Level 2 and 3 Products. 25

7.2      Distribution. 25