Science Goal Monitor (SGM)

The Science Goal Monitor (http://aaaprod.gsfc.nasa.gov/SGM/) (SGM) team, within the NASA Advanced Architectures and Automation Group, has been working on software that will encapsulate the underlying science goals of a programme, and translate it into observations. They have already developed a system for Earth observation which examines images from the Terra and Aqua satellites, identifies potential regions of interest and requests higher resolution images from the EO-1 satellite. They are also working with Yale University's Small and Moderate Aperture Research Telescope System (SMARTS) to deploy their system for ground based observatories.