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THE FOLLOWING DESCRIBES THE THERMOSPHERE IONOSPHERE MESOSPHERE ENERGETICS AND DYNAMICS (TIMED) MISSION'S SOLAR EUV EXPERIMENT (SEE) INSTRUMENT'S TASKS DURING THE EXTENDED MISSION FOR FYI 9-FY21. THE SEE TEAM RESIDES AT THE LABORATORY FOR ATMOSPHERIC AND SPACE PHYSICS (LASP) AT THE UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO (CU). I. THE SEE TEAM WILL GENERATE AND SEND TO THE TIMED PROJECT AT IBU/APL THE SEE COMMANDS AND MEMORY LOADS ON A REGULAR BASIS FOR THE SEE FLIGHT OPERATIONS. THE SEE OPERATIONS WILL BE FROM ITS PAYLOAD OPERATIONS CENTER (POC) LOCATED AT LASP. 2. THE SEE TEAM WILL MONITOR THE HEALTH AND SAFETY OF THE SEE INSTRUMENT THROUGHOUT THE TIMED MISSION USING THE EXISTING SEE DATABASE. 3. THE SEE TEAM WILL PROCESS THE SEE DATA INTO THE SEE DATA PRODUCTS NAMELY THE SOLAR IRRADIANCE VALUES ON A DAILY BASIS. THIS TASK ALSO INCLUDES THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE SEE DATA PRODUCTS TO THE TIMED SCIENCE TEAM AND TO THE PUBLIC USING THE EXISTING SEE DATA PROCESSING SYSTEM AND DATA ACCESS WEB SITE AT LASP. 4. THE SEE TEAM WILL ANALYZE THE SEE SOLAR AND CALIBRATION DATA TO DETERMINE THE FLIGHT INSTRUMENT DEGRADATION AND OTHER CHANGES AND THEN IMPLEMENT THESE CHANGES INTO THE SEE DATA PROCESSING SOFTWARE WITH AN UPDATE PLANNED EVERY TWO YEARS. VERSION 12 IS THE CURRENT SEE DATA PRODUCT VERSION. 5. TWO OF THE SEE SCIENTISTS (WOODS EPARVIER) WILL PERFORM MINIMAL DATA ANALYSIS FOR THE PROPOSED TIMED EXTENDED MISSION SCIENCE GOALS UNDER THIS SUPPORT FOR THE TIMED EXTENDED MISSION. AS THERE IS NO TRAVEL SUPPORT OR PUBLICATION SUPPORT IN THIS SEE BUDGET TO PRESENT THE DATA ANALYSIS RESULTS ADDITIONAL DATA ANALYSIS ACTIVITIES BY THE SEE SCIENCE TEAM WILL BE PURSUED THROUGH ROSES OPPORTUNITIES. 6. .THE SEE TEAM WILL SUPPORT THE ARCHIVE OF SEE DATA INTO NASA'S SPACE PHYSICS DATA FACILITY (SPDF). MU APL IS THE PRIMARY INTERFACE FOR TIMED MISSION TO THE SPACE PHYSICS DATA FACILITY {SPDF).

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