Action Item 9
Organizational Chart, Who does what
NSIDC DAAC will supply PoDAG with
an organizational chart (in FTEs by
function) by the next PoDAG meeting.
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Some notes on following material
• You may recall that NSIDC has been
undergoing re-organization. The following
chart reports the current status on NSIDC
organizational change.
 Matrixed approach
 3 service groups (Info Technology, Info
Services, Archive Services)
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NSIDC’s latest reporting structure diagram
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Who does what in the DAAC
• The DAAC organizational Structure mirrors NSIDC.
• The DAAC is 65% of the data center and DAAC staff
are imbedded throughout NSIDC.
• In addition to acquiring direct services from the
Service Groups, the DAAC has project management
staff
• Tables and charts presented below are derived data
covering the period July 2002 through June 2003 (the
CU fiscal year)
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Who Works at the DAAC?
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All staff part of the NSIDC staffing matrix
(the DAAC is 65% of the Center)
Senior Management
 DAAC Manager,
 DAAC Scientist,
 DAAC Senior Engineer/Deputy
DAAC Manager
Program/Project Leads
 MODIS, AMSR, GLAS, Heritage
Data
Technical Staff from Service Groups
 Scientific/Application Programmers,
 Operations,
 Systems Administration
 Administration,
 Communications/Writers,
 User Services and Outreach
TFOR Recommended Organizational Structure
Director
NSIDC / WDC
• HR
• Finance
• Office Admin
Deputy Director
(Dr. Clark Judy)
Information
Services Mgr
Archive
Management
Services Mgr
Lead/Senior
Scientist
• Scientists
• Postdocs
• Grad Students
Technical
Services Mgr
DAAC
DAAC Dir.
Raytheon Grp.
• Data Analysis
• USO
• Data
• Writers/ Web
• Library
• Outreach
• Graphics
Operations
• Archive
Adminstration
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(Programmers)
ARCSS
• System &
Sustaining Eng.
• System Admin
NOAA
• Security
AGDC,
ADCC
FGDC
Approximate FTE % by Function or Project
4%
7%
17%
8%
1%
1%
2%
2%
6%
2%
2%
5%
7%
3%
14%
19%
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AMSR
AVHRR
CLP
DSE
ECHO
EDG
GLAS
MGMT
MODIS
PM
S ADMIN
SECURITY
INFO PROD
USERS
HERITAGE
WEB
Staff Roster
Funct
Grp
Average
FTE
Name
GP
Barry, Roger
ADM
M
0.21
Brekke, Cindy
ADM
M
0.29
Green, Linda
ADM
M
0.60
Kohlerschmidt, Daryl
ADM
M
1.00
Takamura, Les
ADM
M
0.91
Weaver, Ron
ADM
M
1.00
Casey, Amy
COM
PM
0.73
Cheshire
COM
SIP
0.08
Geiger Wooten, Nancy
COM
U
0.92
Meshek, Mike
COM
WEB
0.90
Schmidt, Laurie
COM
SIP
0.90
Scott, Michon
COM
SIP
1.00
Unger, Marikje
COM
U
0.69
M = management
PM = passive microwave
SIP = special information products
U = user support
WEB = DAAC web products
G = GLAS
MOD = MODIS
A = AMSR
V = validation
Funct
Grp
Average
FTE
Name
GP
Webster, Keri
COM
G
0.04
Welsh, Robin
COM
SIP
0.07
Wolfe, Jason
COM
MOD
0.83
Yohe, Lyne
COM
A
0.46
Hofman, Pat
USO
U
0.42
Mullins, Teresa
USO
U
0.63
Ballagh, Lisa
OPS
MOD
0.96
Duerr, Ruth
OPS
A
1.00
Maurer, John
OPS
A
1.00
Paserba, Amanda
OPS
G
1.00
Schumacher, Heidi
OPS
MOD
1.00
Wygant, Mike
OPS
V
1.00
Bohlander, Jennifer
PGM
SIP
0.35
Brodzik, Mary Jo
PGM
A
0.58
Haran, Terry
PGM
MOD
0.88
Knowles, Ken
PGM
V
0.94
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Staff Roster, Continued
Name
GP
Funct
Grp
Average
FTE
GP
Funct
Grp
Average
FTE
Raup, Bruce
PGM
MOD
0.08
Name
Savoie, Matt
PGM
A
0.21
Stowe, Mike
SYS
SEC
1.00
Smith, Jeff
PGM
A
0.75
Swick, Ross
SYS
DSE
0.94
Armstrong, Richard
SCI
PM
0.21
Troisi, Vince
SYS
M
1.00
Parsons, Mark
SCI
CLP
0.43
Painter, Tom
SCI
CLP
0.17
Wang, I-Pin
SYS
A
0.92
Scambos, Ted
SCI
AVHRR
0.29
Young, Doug
SYS
SA
0.97
Scharfen, Greg
SCI
MOD
0.29
Zaffino, Paul
SYS
WEB
0.89
Stroeve, Julienne
SCI
PM
0.46
Daniels, Kate
USO
A
0.92
Zhang, Tingjun
SCI
V
0.29
Holm, Michelle
USO
M
1.00
Fowler, Cathy
SYS
MOD
1.00
Machado, Alex
USO
V
0.75
Gentsch, Karen
SYS
ECHO
1.00
Groth, Jeff
SYS
SA
1.00
McLean, Brad
USO
MOD
1.00
Kaminski, Marilyn
SYS
MOD
0.60
Scott, Donna
USO
G
1.00
Marquis, Melinda
SYS
A
1.00
Sheffield, Betsy
USO
U
0.75
Pitre, Rick
SYS
MOD
1.00
Priestley, Tom
SYS
SA
1.00
Soja, Julie
SYS
EDG
0.90
CLP = Cold Lands Processes
ECHO = EOS metadata Clearing House
SA = systems administration
EDG = EOS data gateway
SEC = security coordination
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Approximate FTE % by Resource or Functional Groups
APPROXIMATE FTE PERCENTS BY SERVICE/RESOURCE GROUPS
ADMIN
10%
USO
16%
COM
16%
SYS + ENG
30%
OPS
14%
SCI
5%
PMGR
9%
CU-FY02 (July to June), ~42 FTE
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ADMIN
COM
OPS
PMGR
SCI
SYS + ENG
USO
Quick View: FY2002 actual staffing levels
Data
ADM
COM
OPS
PGM
SYS
ENG
SCI
USO
Grand Total
Sum of Jul-02
4.85
5.75
6
4.35
2.65
12.7
6.5
42.8
Sum of Aug-02
4.75
6.5
6
4.35
2.75
12.9
6.5
43.75
Sum of Sep-02
4
7.25
6
3.85
1.8
12.9
6.5
42.3
Sum of Oct-02
4
7.5
6
3.85
1.8
13.45
6.5
43.1
Sum of Nov-02
4
6.8
6
3.45
1.85
13.45
6.5
42.05
Sum of Dec-02
4
6.8
6
3.45
1.75
13.45
6.5
41.95
Sum of Jan-03
4
6.8
6
2.95
1.75
13.45
6.75
41.7
Sum of Feb-03
3.5
6.3
5.9
3.5
1.45
12.91
6.75
40.31
Sum of Mar-03
3.5
6.3
5.9
4
1.7
13.15
6.75
41.3
Sum of Apr-03
3.5
6.3
5.9
4.25
2.2
13.3
6.75
42.2
Sum of May-03
3.5
6.8
5.9
3.75
3.2
13.4
5.75
42.3
Sum of Jun-03
4.5
6.3
5.9
3.75
2.7
13.6
5.75
42.5
TOTALS
4.0
6.6
6.0
3.8
2.1
13.2
(Add 6 FTE for Raytheon EMD contractor staff)
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6.5
42.2
DAAC FTE by Month CU-FY02
DAAC FTE, CU-FY02
45
44
43
FTE
42
41
40
39
38
Jul-02
Aug-02
Sep-02
Oct-02
Nov-02
Dec-02
Jan-03
Feb-03
Mar-03
DATE
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Apr-03
May-03
Jun-03
How we will organize our work under the new contract
We have transitioned to a new Contract, as of July 1, 2003. Descriptions
that follow are organized by the new contract Basis of Estimate (BOE)
categories, which are part of our new work breakdown structure (WBS)
• WBS categories:
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Management
Infrastructure
User Support
Engineering
Science Operations
o We have several BOES under Science operations, see
following slides
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Science Operations WBS categories
• Passive Microwave
 Special Sensor Microwave Imager (DMSP)
 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (NIMBUS 7)
 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (NIMBUS
• AMSR-E (AQUA),
• AMSR (ADEOS II)
• VIS/IR Moderate Resolution
 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (NOAA series) NOAANASA Pathfinder
• MODIS (TERRA, AQUA) Snow and Ice Products
• Geoscience Laser Altimeter System, L0, L1A, L1B, L2+
• ACTIVE Microwave
 RAMP, limited distribution, Version 2 products
 Digital Elevation Model Products
(Those in red are ECS supported data collections)
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Science Operations (continued)
• IN SITU Data
 see our on-line data catalog
 (for example) Historical Arctic Rawindsonde Time
Series
• VALIDATION
 Campaign data sets
o
Cold Land Processes Experiment
 Instrument
o
o
o
AMSR-E validation data sets
GLAS
MODIS
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Science Operations (continued)
• Special Information Projects
 DAAC Annual
o
Published 5 annual volumes to date
 DAAC Alliance Web site
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Science Operations (continued)
• Special Science Projects
 GLIMS
o
o
DAAC hosts metadata database for GLIMS project
(GLIMS follow-on just funded as a REASON CAN)
 AMSR-E EASE Gridded Brightness Temperatures
o
Planning continuation of this data series, should
funding be unavailable from other sources
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Science Operations (continued)
• DAAC Website Content
 General User Web Content
 State of the Cryosphere (SOTC)
 Catalog-Metadata
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Science Operations (continued)
• Long Term Archival
 Off-site Data Repository
 Data Management Policies published for
internal use
 Continued (low level) discussions with NOAA,
especially NGDC
 Working with NOAA CLASS on CLASS
requirements for ECS data in the W. VA. RDS
facility
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