The Common Operations and Management Portal for Airborne Science Systems (COMPASS) will support the Airborne Science Program (ASP) and the NASA Science Mission Directorate (SMD) Earth Science division by providing a suite of web-based enterprise management capabilities and improved situational awareness tools to support Airborne Science Missions. COMPASS will provide a common operating picture for improved situational awareness for all participants in NASA Airborne Science missions from scientists and engineers, to managers, as well as the general public. The intent of the system is to encourage more responsive and collaborative measurements between instruments on multiple aircraft, satellites, and on the surface in order to increase the scientific value of the measurements, and improve the efficiency and effectiveness of flight missions. At its most basic, the system will provide a means for visualizing the position of the aircraft and instruments during the course of the mission. Such information is made more useful when compared with or overlaid upon other datasets and model outputs used for mission planning and science data analysis. In addition to map-based information, COMPASS will enable communication between mission team members to enable analysis and discussion of multiple data sources in order to plan and execute science missions.
