21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Program Chairs: Gary B. McWilliams , EUMETSAT ; Satya Kalluri , NOAA/STAR

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Tuesday, 7 January 2025

1:00 PM-2:00 PM: Tuesday, 7 January 2025


Virtual Poster Slam
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the Virtual Posters )

Saturday, 11 January 2025

7:30 PM-10:00 PM: Saturday, 11 January 2025


Twisters Screening - Hosted by the Student Conference
Location: Great Hall A (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )
7:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks

Sunday, 12 January 2025

2:30 PM-3:30 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2025

Recording files available
Newcomers Welcome and Information Exchange
Location: 232 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )
2:30 PM
Welcoming Remarks

4:00 PM-5:15 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2025


Session
Presidential Forum: Physical, Social, Cultural, and Economic Impacts: The Gulf Coast as a Microcosm of Global Change
Location: Great Hall A (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )

5:30 PM-6:15 PM: Sunday, 12 January 2025


Annual Meeting Welcome and Annual Review
Location: Great Hall A (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

Monday, 13 January 2025

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 13 January 2025

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Session 1A
Instruments and Capabilities of the Next Generation GEO Satellites
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Pamela C Sullivan; Candace Carlisle, NASA/GSFC
8:30 AM
1A.1
Update on Development of the GeoXO Imager
Daniel Gall, L3Harris Technologies, FORT WAYNE, IN; and M. Filmer, J. Reinhard, Q. Yao, R. Forkert, H. Thomsen, and L. Roop

8:45 AM
1A.2
LMX, a New Lightning Mapper for the GeoXO Era
Clemens Tillier, Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, CA; and S. Edgington and P. Bitzer

9:00 AM
1A.3
GeoXO Hyperspectral Infrared Sounder (GXS) instrument architecture, performance, and calibration
Mark Vercauteren, BAE Systems, Broomfield, CO; and T. Rogers, E. Donley, G. Kvaran, C. Begeman, M. Young, and M. Ochoa

9:15 AM
1A.4
GeoXO Atmospheric Composition Instrument (ACX) Architecture, Performance, and Calibration
Betsy Farris, BAE Systems Inc., Space and Mission Systems, Broomfield, CO; and S. Schieffer, D. Nicks, T. Delker, E. Frater, D. Sabatke, J. Lasnik, R. Philbrick, L. Aycock, J. Fleming, J. Soto, E. Bannon, M. Dalton, J. Molloy, M. Fouquet, J. Murphy, and F. Quist

9:30 AM
1A.5
OCX, the NASA/NOAA GeoXO Hyperspectral Geostationary Ocean Color Sensor
Hansford Cutlip, BAE Systems Inc., Space and Mission Systems, Broomfield, CO; and L. Aycock, E. Bannon, G. Booren, J. Carr, M. Coon, M. Cowell, E. Donley, T. Drouillard, J. Eskin, M. Fouquet, T. Leisy, L. Lindgren, T. McCracken, J. Murphy, J. Rosser, A. Sexton, K. Smith, S. Stucky, D. Tisdale, H. Warriner, and R. Wilson

9:45 AM
1A.6
Recent Progress on GeoXO Sounder (GXS) Tradeoff Studies
Jinlong Li, CIMSS/SSEC, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, T. J. Schmit, A. Heidinger, and L. Cucurull

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Session 1B
Next Generation Satellite Ground Architecture and Technological Advances
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Raad A Saleh, Dr.; Amber Hill, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP; Liliana Alvarado
8:45 AM
1B.2
The GEO Cloud-based Product Generation Approach and its Prototype Results
Liliana Alvarado, NOAA, Clarksburg, MD; and M. Burnett and M. Santilli

9:00 AM
1B.3
Evolving the NOAA GEO Satellites Ground Station: A Multi-Mission Data Operations Solution in the Cloud
Liliana Alvarado, NOAA, Clarksburg, MD; and M. Burnett and M. Santilli

9:15 AM
1B.4
Cloud-Native Product Processing for Current and Next-Generation Environmental Monitoring Instruments
Wally Bowles, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and B. Brown-Bergtold, J. Faure, G. Schutte, and T. Paullin

9:30 AM
1B.5
Advancements in Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to Improve Detection and Classification of GOES-R Ground System Product Artifacts
Gus Schutte, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and J. Masson, D. Couwenhoven, and D. Matloob

9:45 AM
1B.6
Establishing Space Weather Ground Services within NOAA NESDIS Ground Services Enterprise
Brad Brown-Bergtold, L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Melbourne, FL; L3Harris Technologies, Inc., Melbourne, FL; and T. Bauer, K. Kapp, and K. Hathaway

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J1A
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats for Observations and Measurements of Earth’s Atmosphere Thermodynamic Structure and Processes, Winds, and Water Cycle Processes, and to Improve Climate Monitoring, Weather Forecasting, or Space Weather Prediction
Location: 343 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); and the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Chair: Martin Yapur, 1970
CoChair: Amber Elizabeth Emory, NASA
8:30 AM
J1A.1
Recent Advances in Electronically-Scanning Microwave Sounding and Imaging from Small Satellite Platforms: Design, Development, Testing, and Analysis
William J. Blackwell, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and V. Chandrasekar, C. Kataria, A. Milstein, M. Pieper, W. Moulder, S. C. Reising, and R. Thomas

8:45 AM
J1A.2
Enhanced Temporal Resolution of Observations of Thermodynamic Variables, Clouds and Precipitation: Recent Scientific Results from the Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems (TEMPEST) Missions
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow, V. Chandrasekar, S. T. Brown, C. Radhakrishnan, C. P. Kuo, and R. Schulte

9:00 AM
J1A.3
9:15 AM
J1A.4
Towards Better Estimates of Tropical Cyclone Intensity and Structure Parameters from Microwave Soundings
Galina Chirokova, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria, Z. Ruan, R. T. DeMaria, C. McClelland, D. Molenar, and J. Knaff

9:30 AM
J1A.5
SToRM SAR, A Multi-Static Precipitation Radar Hosted by Micro-Satellites: Airborne Observation Method Demonstration Results
Kevin R. Maschhoff, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH; and M. F. Ryba, J. S. Wood, P. C. Nuccio, V. Chandrasekar, M. Lovato, and P. Kennedy

Handout (2.8 MB)

9:45 AM
J1A.6
New Polarimetric GNSS-R Observations of the Water Cycle from the Muon Space MuSat-2 SmallSat Mission
Dallas Masters, Muon Space, Mountain View, CA; and S. Lowe, L. Tan, M. Roberts, C. Chew, I. Colwell, K. Nordstrom, D. McCleese, and C. S. Ruf

Handout (10.2 MB)

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 13 January 2025


Coffee Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025

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2
Atmospheric Science in a Spectrum Constrained World
Location: La Nouvelle AB (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; and the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Renee A. Leduc, MPP, Narayan Strategy; Jordan J. Gerth, NOAA National Weather Service
Moderator: Renee A. Leduc, MPP, Narayan Strategy
Panelists: Beau Backus, NOAA; John Chapin, NSF; Natalia Donoho, Col USAF Ret and AMS Fellow; David G. Lubar, The Aerospace Corporation
10:45 AM
Panel Discussion

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Session 2A
GOES-R Satellite Series Products and Capabilities
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Dan Lindsey; Michael Jamilkowski, Aerospace Corp.
10:45 AM
2A.1
GOES-19 Transition to Operations
Elizabeth M. Kline, GEO Program, Alexandria, VA; and M. Seybold, J. Fulbright, K. Pitts, M. Dahya, and D. Igli

11:00 AM
2A.2
GEO Science Products: Future Capabilites and the Transition to Cloud Platforms
Maurice McHugh, NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Seybold and C. Burnett

11:15 AM
2A.3
GOES-19 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Post Launch Test Performance and Comparison to GOES-16, GOES-17, and GOES-18
Michael Ramirez, L3Harris Technologies, FORT WAYNE, IN; and L. Roop, D. Gall, J. P. Van Naarden, and P. C. Griffith

11:30 AM
2A.4
Expanding GOES-R’s User-Focused Observational Capabilities
Stephen Superczynski, NOAA, Arnold, MD; and E. M. Kline, M. Seybold, J. Kronenwetter, and B. Reese

11:45 AM
2A.5
Adapting ABI to Operations in Inclined Orbits
Hunter Thomsen, L3Harris Technologies, Fort Wayne, IN; and B. Harting, L. Roop, J. Witulski, M. Miller, R. Forkert, N. Brown, D. Gall, and V. Virgilio

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Session 2B
DoD Weather Satellite Systems I
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Col. Daniel Visosky, The United States Space Force; Janna H. Feeley, Aerospace Corp.
10:45 AM
2B.1
Space Systems Command's Focus on Environmental Monitoring
Col. Daniel Visosky, Senior Material Leader, US Space Force, Space Systems Command, Environmental and Tactical Surveillance Delta, Los Angeles Space Force Base, CA

11:00 AM
2B.2
Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) Mission On-orbit Results
David W. Draper, BAE Systems, Boulder, CO; and H. B. Ellis, B. A. Davis, M. E. Berberich, Q. P. Remund, J. Hahnke, B. Moser Smith, D. Whalen, F. J. Wentz, R. D. Lindsley, C. A. Mears, K. F. Wentz, and J. F. Galantowicz

11:15 AM
2B.3
Weather System Follow-on - Microwave (WSF-M) On-Orbit Calibration/Validation
Ye Hong, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and M. Leon and S. K. Biswas

11:30 AM
2B.4
Weather System Follow-on – Microwave (WSF-M) Microwave Imager (MWI) On-Orbit Performance Assessment
Sayak Krishna Biswas, The Aerospace Corporation, Chantilly, VA; and Y. Hong, D. B. Kunkee, A. M. Kishi, and B. H. Thomas

11:45 AM
2B.5
The Constellation Observing System for Meteorology, Ionosphere and Climate (COSMIC-2): 5 Years of Operational Terrestrial and Space Weather Observations
Paul R Straus, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and J. J. Braun, J. P. Weiss, T. K. Meehan, S. V. Sokolovskiy, D. C. Hunt, J. Tien, and C. Barsoum

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025


Lunch Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 229 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025

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Session 3A
Satellite Algorithm Development, Verification, Calibration, and Validation I
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA NESDIS STAR; Changyong Cao, NOAA/STAR
2:00 PM
3A.2
Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MiRS) Retrieval Products From Recalibrated TROPICS TMS Data
YONG-KEUN LEE, ESSIC, College Park, MD; CISESS, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and J. Yang, C. Grassotti, S. Liu, and Q. Liu

2:15 PM
3A.3
GOES Fundamental Climate Data Record: Historical GOES 8-15
Vrinda D Desai, North Carolina Institute for Climate Studies, Asheville, NC; and K. R. Knapp, J. L. Matthews, A. K. Inamdar, and Y. Rao

2:30 PM
3A.4
Reprocessing the GOES-R ABI L1b Data Record
David Pogorzala, GeoThinkTank LLC, Miami, FL; and F. Padula, E. Bacon, J. Dellomo, B. Tan, A. Pearlman, B. Efremova, G. Dilawari, G. Lin, and D. Lindsey

2:45 PM
3A.5
New Stratospheric Temperature Climate Data Records by Merging SSU with AIRS
Likun Wang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and X. Hao and C. Z. Zou

Recording files available
Session 3B
DoD Weather Satellite Systems II
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: David Andrew Betz; Jared J Lang, The Aerospace Corporation
1:45 PM
3B.1
2:00 PM
3B.2
Radio Occultation Effective Coverage/Refresh Analysis for Ionospheric Specification
Paul R Straus, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and D. Brinkman, A. Tabatabaeenejad, D. Pietrowski, R. Bloom, L. Gelinas, J. J. Cabrera-Guzman, and E. Nossa

2:15 PM
3B.3
The STP-H8 COWVR and TEMPEST-H8 Sensors: Three Years of On-orbit Operations
Spencer Farrar, The Aerospace Corporation, Merritt Island, FL; and S. Swadley, S. T. Brown, D. B. Kunkee, E. Simon, M. G. Morris, G. Poe, K. M. Smith, H. Christophersen, and S. K. Biswas

2:30 PM
3B.4
Phenomenology Imager and Nighttime Observer (PIANO): Low-light Weather Imagery from the ISS
Lynette Gelinas, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA

2:45 PM
3B.5
General on Orbit Sensor Evaluation (GOOSE) Testbed
Cameron Martus, The Aerospace Corportation, El Segundo, CA

3:00 PM-3:40 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025


Monday ePosters
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 34th Conference on Education; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 23rd History Symposium; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; and the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics )
E1
21OESS NOAA-21 Products Update and Enterprise Product Operations in NESDIS Common Cloud Framework
Shuang Qiu, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and J. D. Evans and Z. Cheng

E4
20Society Diurnal and Seasonal Patterns of Convective Weather Hazards across Tennessee and Their Likelihood of Causing Harm
Kelsey N Ellis, Univ. of Tennessee, Knoxville, Knoxville, TN; and C. Hannel, J. First, and D. A. Herrera

E5
33WAF/29NWP Lessons from a Dynamic and Statistical Analysis of Giant Hail Environments in NE Italy
Francesco De Martin, University of Bologna, Bologna, BO, Italy; and A. Manzato, N. Carlon, M. Setvák, and M. M. Miglietta
Manuscript (245.3 kB)

E7
17Aerosol Winter Orographic Cloud Seeding in SNOWIE: Insights from Ensemble Simulation
Sisi Chen, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and Z. Xie, Y. Zhang, L. Xue, PhD, C. Hohman, S. A. Tessendorf, K. Friedrich, J. R. French, B. N. Geerts, T. J. Zaremba, J. K. Wolff, R. M. Rauber, C. Weeks, N. Dawson, and S. Parkinson

E8
16Energy On the Prediction of Future Energy Demands in New York State
Kaiden Patrick Sookdar, SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; and H. Gamarro, J. E. González-Cruz, T. L. Nguyen, R. Kadavil, and H. Hooshyar

E9
15R2O GREMLIN use at the National Weather Service office in Pago Pago, American Samoa
Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and E. LUTU-McMOORE, T. Meredith, J. LaPlante, K. A. Hilburn, E. Jacobsen, L. Cronce, B. Rapp, L. Byerle, and J. K. Zajic

E10
39Hydro Linking Groundwater and Land Surface Processes with the Coupled NASA Land Information System and ParFlow Framework
Fadji Zaouna Maina, USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Rosen, P. Abbaszadeh, C. Yang, S. V. Kumar, PhD, M. Rodell, and R. M. Maxwell

E11
25SMOI The Impact of Urban Heat Island on Precipitation Patterns in the Greater Washington D.C. Region
Neil Crosby, NCAS, College Park, MD; NCAS, Grovetown, GA; and K. L. Pryor and R. K. K. Sakai

E12
17Aerosol On the Prediction of Aerosol-Cloud Interactions within a Data-driven Framework
XIANGYU Li, PNNL, Richland, WA; and H. N. Wang, T. Chakraborty, A. Sorooshian, L. Ziemba, C. Voigt, and K. L. Thornhill

E13
7Tropical Attributing the Impacts of Future Ocean Warming Over the Gulf of Mexico on Landfalling Hurricanes Over the Texas Coast
SHANRU TIAN, University of Texas at Arlington, ARLINGTON, TX; Univ. of Texas at Arlington, Arlington, TX; and Y. Zhang and L. Lu

E14
24AI Downscaling Model Guidance to Support the Gridded Forecast Process in Areas of Complex Terrain in OCONUS
Kirana Olympia Bergstrom, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and E. M. Petrescu and J. Q. Stewart

E16
16Health Mapping the Health Impacts of Urban Heat on Local Populations in the Arid Negev Region of Israel
David Pearlmutter, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Midreshet Ben Gurion, Israel; and M. Eshkoli Pincu

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025


Coffee Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

Formal Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

1
21OESS Posters I
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Chair: Gary B. McWilliams, EUMETSAT
152
EWS Rapid Revisit Optical Cloud Imager (RROCI) Early on-Orbit Demonstration Results
Erich E. Hoover, Orion Space Solutions, Louisville, CO; and S. Jensen, M. R. Schoeberl, and H. Bloom

Handout (1.1 MB)

153
Update on the Geostationary Extended Observations Sounder radiance proxy datasets
Zhenglong Li, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. Li, S. Moeller, A. Heidinger, D. Johnson, and V. G. Anantharaj

154
Annular Eclipse Effects on WRF-YSU Single Column Model Planetary Boundary Layer Structures in Relation to Turner et al., 2018
Wesley Taylor, Millersville Univ., Thomasville, PA; and W. G. Blumberg, PhD, E. Casas, and C. Ward

111A
High Temporal Resolution Observations and Modeling of the Planetary Boundary Layer during the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse
Timothy J. Wagner, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. M. Bals-Elsholz, L. Blind-Doskocil, K. H. Goebbert, T. Heus, G. N. Raghunathan, T. E. Rosenberger, J. M. Simonson, and D. D. Turner

156
Improve the Use of Conical Sensors in U.S. Navy’s Global Weather Prediction System
Hui Christophersen, Navy Research Laboratory, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker, Ph.D., B. K. Blaylock, C. Hartman, S. Swadley, and E. Simon

Handout (3.1 MB)

159
Merged LEO-GEO Tropospheric NO2

Product from TEMPO and TROPOMI Measurements
Thomas Ely, The City College of New York, New York, NY; NOAA Center for Earth System Sciences and Remote Sensing Technologies, New York, NY; and Z. Wei and S. Kondragunta

160
Cloud-Based Mission Platforms: Availability Analysis of the GeoCloud System
Sam Kashefi, NOAA, Greenbelt, MD; Noblis Inc., Reston, VA; and L. Alvarado, S. Grippando, K. Spotz, M. Burnett, and R. Schellhase

3:50 PM-4:30 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025


Monday ePosters
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th AMS Conference for Early Career Professionals; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 34th Conference on Education; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 23rd History Symposium; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; and the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics )
E17
38CVC Validating Hydroclimate Signals Around Sudden Stratospheric Warmings
Jonathan Lee, Cornell University, Forest Hills, NY; and P. Hitchcock, Y. Dai, and F. Lehner

E18
34Education Extending the Science: Examples of Education and Community Engagement during NSF NCAR-Support Field Campaigns
Daniel Zietlow, NSF NCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. A. Wolff, E. B. McUmber, P. S. Tsai, J. A. Aquino, R. Haacker, and L. Medina Luna

E20
41EIPT NOAA Satellite Oceanographic Products Scientific Stewardship and Development at NEDSIS National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI): Data Archival, Public Access and Production based on Machine Learning
Yongsheng Zhang, NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) and ESSIC/CISESS at University of Maryland College Park, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Frech and H. M. Zhang

E21
41EIPT Cloud-Based Time Series Analysis of Extremes: Use Cases and Applications
Suhung Shen, NASA GSFC GESDISC, Greenbelt, MD; and Z. Liu, A. Heath, L. Iredell, M. Hegde, and C. Smit

E23
41EIPT The Field Campaign Explorer (FCX): A Cloud-Based, Three-Dimensional Visualization System for Multiple, Coincident Datasets
Navaneeth Selvaraj, Global Hydrometeorology Resource Center DAAC, Huntsville, AL; and G. T. Stano, I. Sivasamy, W. Ellett, and S. Graves

E24
41EIPT Progress Towards Operational Implementation of Convective Warnings using Hazard Services at the National Weather Service
Emily Elizabeth-Janssen Schlie, CIRA, Alexandria, VA; and C. V. Dreisbach, C. Golden, Y. Guo, D. M. Kingfield, J. Ramer, and S. zhuo

E25
15R2O Impact of Aerosol Forcing on UFS-Based Seasonal-Length Predictions
Benjamin W. Green, CIRES, Boulder, CO; NOAA/OAR/Global Systems Laboratory, Boulder, CO; and S. Sun and W. Wang

E26
15R2O Enhancing Dataset Discovery and Usage Tracking in Earth Sciences: Integrating Knowledge Graphs and Large Language Models
Irina Gerasimov, NASA, Ellicott City, MD; NASA, Greenbelt, MD; ADNET, Bethesda, MD; and A. Mehrabian, J. Alfred, B. KC, A. Savtchenko, PhD, NASA/GSFC/ADNET, K. Gilbert, and J. Wei

E27
15R2O Improvements of Severe Weather Prediction - A Proxy of Next Generation Satellite Sounding Observations
William L. Smith Sr., CIMSS, Madison, WI; and A. DiNorscia, W. L. Smith Jr., S. S. Lindstrom, and A. Heidinger

Handout (3.3 MB)

E28
20Society Audience Perceptions of an Interactive Version of the SPC Convective Outlook
Zoey Rosen, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and S. R. Ernst, B. J. Fellman, M. Krocak, J. Ripberger, and C. Karstens

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025

Recording files available
4
USGEO’s National Plan for Civil Earth Observations: coordinating and improving the Earth Observation Enterprise
Location: La Nouvelle AB (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; and the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Ajay Mehta, NESDIS; Meredith G. Wagner
Moderator: Meredith G. Wagner
Keynote: Ajay Mehta, NESDIS
Panelists: Wayne MacKenzie, NOAA; Shawn W. Miller, NASA; Renee A. Leduc, MPP, Narayan Strategy
4:30 PM
Keynote by Ajay Mehta, NOAA NWS

Recording files available
Session 4A
Satellite Sensing of Extreme or Unusual Weather and Environmental Events
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Poushali Ghosh, University of Wisconsin-Madison; Jason Apke
4:30 PM
4A.1
The Quest for Bioluminescent 'Milky Seas'—What the Smallest Organisms on Earth Have to Tell Us About the Biggest Questions in Earth System Science
Steven D. Miller, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and S. H. D. Haddock, W. C. Straka III, J. Hudson, C. Seaman, C. Combs, M. Wang, W. Shi, and S. Nam

4:45 PM
4A.2
Forecasting Inundation Extent using REOF Analysis (FIER) for VIIRS Water Fraction Forecasting using Bias-corrected National Water Model Data
Amirhossein Rostami, University of Houston, Houston, TX; and H. Lee, H. H. Wan, K. N. Markert, E. J. Nelson, G. Williams, S. Li, W. C. Straka III, S. R. Helfrich, and A. Gutierrez

5:00 PM
4A.3
Detection and Impact Assessment of Heatwave Events Using Satellite Observations
Jingjing Peng, STAR, College Park, MD; and G. L. Wei, P. Yu, K. Y. Wu, R. Yang, and Y. Yu

5:15 PM
4A.4
Evaluating Power Outages and Socioeconomic Disparities through Satellite Data.
Sor Angel Bello Melendez, Office of education, Silver Spring, MD

5:45 PM
4A.6
Imaging the 2024 Total Solar Eclipse Shadow with GOES
Mathew Gunshor, CIMSS, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit and J. P. Nelson III

Recording files available
Session 4B
GEO Special Topics
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Sherrie Secunda Morris, American Meteorological Society; Michael Jamilkowski, Aerospace Corp.
4:30 PM
4B.1
Half A Century of GOES: A Visual Odyssey Through Earth’s Extremes
Mathew Gunshor, CIMSS, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. Robaidek, and J. P. Nelson III

4:45 PM
4B.2
NOAA/NESDIS' Progress on a GOES Fundamental Climate Data Record
Andrew Heidinger, NOAA, Madison, WI; and K. R. Knapp, D. T. Lindsey, J. L. Matthews, J. Robaidek, D. A. Santek, and S. T. Wanzong

Handout (8.1 MB)

5:00 PM
4B.3
Ushering in a New Era of Aquatic Monitoring with Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO)
Ryan Vandermeulen, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Latto, M. Tomlinson, A. Ibrahim, and D. Lindsey

5:15 PM
4B.4
A Study to Assess the Economic Benefit of the Next-Generation Geostationary Satellite Hyperspectral Ocean Color Instrument, the Geostationary Extended Observations (GeoXO) OCX
Michael L. L. Jamilkowski, The Aerospace Corporation, Silver Spring, MD; and D. G. Lubar, T. L. Rouleau, and J. E. Adkins

Handout (3.6 MB)

5:30 PM
4B.5
Global Lightning Mapping with the New Generation of the Geostationary Satellites
Daile Zhang, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and S. D. Rudlosky, S. Goodman, B. Viticchie, S. E. Enno, J. Grandell, and W. Zhang

5:45 PM
4B.6
NOAA’s Space Weather Next Program: Analysis of Benefits
Erin M. Lynch, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Conran

Recording files available
Session 4C
Wildland Fires Observed from Space
Location: 342 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Michael Pavolonis; Lihang Zhou, NOAA
4:30 PM
4C.1
Evaluation of Fire Observations in the Decadal Reprocessed NOAA JPSS VIIRS Active Fire Data Record
Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD; and M. Tsidulko, W. Guo, and Y. Gu

4:45 PM
4C.2
LightningCast Use for Wildfire Situational Awareness
Lena Heuscher, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. A. Otkin, J. Cintineo, J. Sieglaff, and M. J. Pavolonis

5:00 PM
4C.3
Engaging JPSS for Wildland Fire Management in Alaska: Past, Present, and Future
Jennifer Delamere, University of Alaska Fairbanks, Fairbanks, AK; Geographic Information Network of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. Cable, C. Dierking, O. Larson, M. Peterson, B. Stream, B. Buechler, J. Jenkins, M. Pavolonis, J. A. Otkin, and J. Sieglaff

5:15 PM
4C.4
The Next Generation Fire System: Ongoing Development and Testing during the 2024 Wildfire Season
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and M. Pavolonis, R. B. Pierce, J. Sieglaff, S. Batzli, B. Bellon, C. Birdsong, J. Feltz, L. Heuscher, T. Jasmin, A. Kumar, S. S. Lindstrom, D. Parker, C. Schmidt, and F. Wang

5:45 PM
4C.6
Multi-sensor Fusion for Near Real-time Wildland Fire Burn Scar Mapping
Sam Batzli, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and D. Losos, J. A. Villegas Bravo, W. C. Straka III, and R. Michaelides

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025


Exhibit Hall Opening Reception
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 13 January 2025


11th Annual Speed Networking Event [11SPNE]
Location: Rivergate (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

Twisters Screening - In partnership with the WRN Symposium
Location: Great Hall A (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )
8:00 PM
Welcoming Remarks

Tuesday, 14 January 2025

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Recording files available
Session J5A
National and International Program Overviews for Environmental Satellites (Invited)
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; and the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O) )
Cochairs: Natalia Donoho, Col USAF Ret and AMS Fellow; Michael Ford, NASA
8:30 AM
J5A.1
Enabling NOAA’s Observation and Data System for Maximum Societal Benefit
Steve Volz, NOAA-Assistant Administrator for Satellite and Information Services (NESDIS), Silver Spring, MD

8:45 AM
J5A.2
9:00 AM
J5A.3
Recent Progress and the Status of NOAA’s Low Earth Orbiting (LEO) Environmental Programs
Timothy Walsh, NOAA / NESDIS Office of LEO Observations, Greenbelt, MD

9:15 AM
J5A.4
EUMETSAT satellite data across scales and communities.
Paolo Ruti, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, HE, Germany; and B. R. Bojkov, P. Counet, J. Saalmueller, J. Rourke, and J. Schulz

9:30 AM
J5A.5
Status of Himawari-8/9 and their Follow-on Satellite Himawari-10
Kotaro Bessho, JMA, Minato City, Tokyo, Japan; and M. ABE, T. HARADA, K. IKEMOTO, Y. KANAYAMA, K. KATSUYAMA, A. SHIMIZU, Y. SUMIDA, Y. Yamane, and K. YASUI

9:45 AM
J5A.6
KMA's Current and Future Satellite Programs
Yoonjae Kim, KMA, Chungbuk-do, Chungbuk-do, South korea

Recording files available
J5B
Satellite Data Products and Evaluation for Operational and Research Use I
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; and the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O) )
Cochairs: Jason Apke; Bonnie E. Reed, NOAA
8:30 AM
J5B.1
Demonstrating GOES-Derived Lake Effect Snow QPE Product and Improvements for the Great Lakes Region
Alyssa Shih, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL; and M. S. Kulie

Handout (2.2 MB)

9:00 AM
J5B.3
The NOAA Satellite Analysis Branch: Using Satellite Data to Support Disaster Mitigation and Warning Services
Michael J. Erickson, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and J. Kibler, B. Mills, W. Schroeder, M. Turk, and J. Velasco

9:15 AM
J5B.4
Operational Demonstrations from a High-Impact Severe Weather Event During the 2024 Satellite Convective Applications Experiment
Kevin C. Thiel, CIWRO, Norman, OK; SPC, Norman, OK; and J. W. Monroe and J. G. Madden

9:30 AM
J5B.5
An Introduction to OCTANE Optical Flow Sandwich Products and Demonstrations at the 2024 Hazardous Weather Testbed
Jason Apke, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and W. Line, T. Juliano, and S. D. Miller

9:45 AM
J5B.6
Utilizing Optical Flow Tracking-Based Retrievals of Cloud Top Cooling as a Research and Forecasting Tool for Deep Convection
Thomas Michael Juliano, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. Apke and S. D. Miller

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025


Coffee Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025


Lunch Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 229 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025

Recording files available
7A
NOAA's Low Earth Orbit (LEO) Satellites Evolution - Needs, Plans, Opportunities (invited)
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Chair: Satya Kalluri, NOAA/STAR
Moderator: Satya Kalluri, NOAA/STAR
Panelists: Edward Grisby, NOAA; tony McNally; Paolo Ruti
Recording files available
Session 7B
Satellite Algorithm Development, Verification, Calibration, and Validation II
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Ivan A. Csiszar; William C. Straka III
1:45 PM
7B.1
Human-in-the-Loop Radiometric Update Process for GOES-R ABI L1b Products
Jon Fulbright, Vantage Systems, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and X. Wu, Dr., D. Goldberg, H. Qian, F. Yu, and E. M. Kline

2:00 PM
7B.2
A New High Spatial Resolution Cloud Detection Algorithm Based on the NASA Continuity MODIS/VIIRS Cloud Mask
Paolo Veglio, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and R. Holz, S. A. Ackerman, R. Frey, S. Platnick, K. Meyer, and A. Heidinger

2:15 PM
7B.3
An improved NASA MODIS/VIIRS Cloud Continuity Mask using collocated AIRS/CrIS observations
Dongwei Fu, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and R. Holz, S. Platnick, K. Meyer, P. Veglio, R. Kuehn, G. Quinn, A. Gumber, S. Dutcher, W. Sharpe, and E. Borbas

2:30 PM
7B.4
Downscaling the GOES-R Land Surface Temperature
Peng Yu, STAR, Clarksville, MD; University of Maryland, College Park, MD; National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), College Park, MD; and A. Wong, J. Peng, and Y. Yu

2:45 PM
7B.5
Characterizing the Quality of NOAA's Stereo Winds
Jaime M. Daniels, NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and W. Bresky, J. Carr, and H. Madani

3:00 PM-3:40 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025


Tuesday ePosters
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 34th Conference on Education; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 23rd History Symposium; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; and the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics )
E30
FireWx Forecasting Wildfire Emissions within NOAA's Rapid-Refresh Forecasting System Using a Modulated Persistence Approach
Johana Romero-Alvarez, CIRES/NOAA-GSL, Boulder, CO; and H. Li, J. Schnell, E. P. James, S. Bhimireddy, S. Kondragunta, X. Zhang, F. Li, C. Fite, R. Ahmadov, and C. Hartsough

E31
25SMOI Web Platforms for Visualizing Monthly and Daily Land Surface Anomalies
Kenny Yunhui Wu, University of Maryland, Sunnyvale, CA; and P. Yu and J. Peng

E32
7TROPICAL Typhoon Intensification and Nuclear Power Plant Vulnerability in Korea Under Climate Change
Ger Anne Marie Duran, Jeju National University, Jeju City, Jeju, South korea; and I. J. Moon and B. Joseph

E33
24AI Ensemble Uncertainty Visualization Development for Effective Communication of Cold-Stunning Event Threats
Jarett Thomas Woodall, Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi, Tiffin, OH; Texas A&M Univ.-Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi, TX; and M. C. White, P. E. Tissot, and C. Duff

E34
24AI Score based diffusion nowcasting of GOES imagery
Randy J. Chase, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and K. Haynes, J. M. Haynes, and I. Ebert-Uphoff

E35
13JCSDA Application of JEDI to produce a thirty-one year ¼-degree global daily sea level record
James A. Carton, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and L. Chen, T. Sluka, E. Leuliette, and D. A. Byrne

E36
41EIPT Data Quality Anomalies and Phenomena on the WSR-88D
Amy Daniel, National Weather Service, Norman, OK; and C. Payne

E37
2CLOUDPHYS Design of a Convection-Cloud Chamber for Exploring Condensational and Collisional Growth Processes Relevant to Precipitation Formation
Raymond A. Shaw, Michigan Technological Univ., Houghton, MI; and J. C. Anderson, Z. Bakri, J. Bench, G. Bewley, V. Blankenship, W. Cantrell, K. K. Chandrakar, PhD, H. Fahandezh sadi, R. Flagan, J. D. Fuentes, G. Gogos, R. Healey, K. Iyer, G. Kaufman, K. Kim, P. Kollias, S. K. Krueger, K. Lamer, E. Luke, C. Mazzoleni, A. McComiskey, C. Megaridis, A. Mukhopadhyay, D. Niedermeier, M. Oue, M. Ovchinnikov, A. Pal, I. Papailias, M. Rajagopal, Y. Ren, A. Salari, S. Schmalfuss, A. Sedlacek, J. E. Shilling, M. Shrivastava, S. P. Singh, F. Stratmann, Y. M. Sua, L. Thomas, S. V. Sulaiman, A. Wang, F. Yang, J. Yeom, M. A. Zawadowicz, J. Zhang, Z. Zhu, and C. Zuhlke

E38
34EDUCATION Data Lens: A new data literacy campaign using Visual Thinking Strategies and NOAA's SOS Explorer
HILARY PEDDICORD, CIRES/CU Boulder, Boulder, CO; and C. McDougall and K. Semmens

E39
7TROPICAL Reanalysis of the 1970s Atlantic Hurricane Database - Re-discovering "Missing" Tropical Storms and Hurricanes
Christopher W. Landsea, National Hurricane Center, Miami, FL; and S. Delgado, D. Jariwala, and A. Blonsky

E42
7TROPICAL Using Tropical Storm Value Chains to Better Meet End-User Needs
Melissa Johnson, The Aerospace Corporation, Edgewater, MD; and K. A. Hawley

E43
16ENERGY An Adaptive System for Detecting Rotor Layer Turbulence Using Edge Computing
Robert C. Jackson, Argonne National Laboratory, Argonne, IL; and P. Muradyan, B. Raut, S. Park, J. R. O'Brien, M. A. Grover, R. Newsom, R. Krishnamurthy, and R. Kotamarthi

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025


Coffee Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

Formal Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

2
21OESS Posters II
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Chair: Michael Jamilkowski, Aerospace Corp.
439
VuSkew: A Cloud-Based Visualization Solution for an Integrated Sounding Viewer
Paige Alexandria Bartels, Univ. of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Zangara, L. Wichrowski, C. Parker, B. McClure, T. Klintworth, M. Olubode, E. Oh, J. K. Zajic, and L. Byerle

440
Evaluation of Precipitation and TPW Retrieval based on MiRS SNPP/ATMS Reprocessed Data during 2012-present
Shuyan Liu, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Grassotti, Q. Liu, Y. Zhou, Y. K. Lee, J. M. Forsythe, S. J. Fletcher, and T. H. VonderHaar

441
Spatial-temporal Patterns of Sub-seasonal H2O Cover Change Observed from VIIRS
Chengquan Huang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD

442
Investigation of the Discrepancies in Cloud Top/Base Height Retrievals Between Geostationary and Polar-Orbiting Satellites
Cassidy Johnson, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Haynes, Y. J. Noh, and C. White

444
An Overview of the MODIS Collection 7 Cloud Products
Steven Platnick, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. Meyer, G. Wind, N. Amarasinghe, C. Peterson, P. Hubanks, E. Borbas, R. Holz, P. Veglio, and S. A. Ackerman

3:50 PM-4:30 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025


Tuesday ePosters
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 34th Conference on Education; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 23rd History Symposium; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; and the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics )
E46
Radar Cell Mergers, Boundary Interactions, and Convective Systems in Cases of Significant Tornadoes and Hail
Cameron J. Nixon, CIWRO / SPC, Norman, OK; and J. T. Allen, M. Wilson, M. Bunkers, and M. Taszarek

E47
FireWx Wildfire Aerosol Concentrations and Their Impact on Severe Weather in North America: Historical Analysis and AI Predictions
Mayra Ivelisse Oyola-Merced, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and K. Wilson, S. Kluge, M. McKellar, P. A. Bartels, and D. S. Sproles

E51
24AI Hindcasting with Google DeepMind's GraphCast: A 45-Year Retrospective Analysis from 1979 to 2024
Naveen Sudharsan, PhD, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX; and M. Singh, H. Kamath, A. Chavoshi, H. Dashtian, C. Dawson, Z. L. Yang, and D. Niyogi

E52
23Coastal Advancements in NOAA’s STOFS-3D-Atlantic: Enhancing Compound Flood Hazard Prediction for the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts
Fei Ye, Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point, VA; VIMS, Williamsburg, VA; and Y. J. Zhang, H. C. Yu, H. Yoo, L. Cui, Z. Yang, G. Seroka, S. Moghimi, and E. Myers

E54
12Lightning Evaluation of GLM in Southeast Texas via Ground-Sensor and High-Speed Raspberry Pi-Based Camera Network
Adam D Clark, Texas A&M University - College Station, Duncanville, TX; and D. Zhang

E55
12Lightning Creating a Combined Lightning Product for Operational Use in the Multi-Radar/Multi-Sensor System
Sarah M. Stough, The University of Oklahoma and NOAA/OAR National Severe Storms Laboratory, Norman, OK; and V. C. Chmielewski, K. M. Calhoun, and K. Thiel

E56
MeehlSymp Quasi-Stationary Planetary Scale Waves in Modern Climate Models
Curt Covey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Livermore , CA; and R. S. Lindzen, J. T. Fasullo, and K. Taylor

E58
34Education Data Fusion Techniques Applied to Training on NWS Operational Short-fuse Warnings
Daniel E. Bikos, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and J. G. LaDue, K. Christian, and J. Blair

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025

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Session 8A
Overview and Applications of the Next Generation LEO Satellite Series
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Jeremy p Goldstein, NOAA; Lihang Zhou, NOAA
5:00 PM
8A.3
Extending the HIRS data record from NOAA's low earth orbit (LEO) satellites
Anand K. Inamdar, North Carolina State Univ., Asheville, NC; and L. Shi, H. T. Lee, and D. L. Jackson

5:15 PM
8A.4
NOAA-21 Algorithms Ready for Operational Use to Support Weather Forecasting and Environmental Monitoring Applications
Lihang Zhou, NOAA, Lanham, MD; and I. C. Paluch, J. Weinrich, M. G. Divakarla, W. Li, and S. Kalluri

5:30 PM
8A.5
Increasing Occurrence of Severe Weather Justifies Substantial Upgrades to Infrared Sounding from the Polar Orbits of Future Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Observing Systems
Henry E. Revercomb, University of Wiscons-Madison, Madison, WI; and J. Taylor, D. C. Tobin, R. O. Knuteson, G. D. Martin, F. A. Best, W. L. Smith Sr., and M. D. Goldberg

5:45 PM
8A.6
EUMETSAT Polar System - Second Generation (EPS-SG) and Potential Expansion Missions
Rosemary Munro, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Hessen, Germany; and B. R. Bojkov, F. Martinez Fadrique, C. Accadia, T. Flament, A. Canestri, and R. Chalex

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Session 8B
Evaluation and Use of Commercial Data for Terrestrial and Space Weather Research and Applications I
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Natalie Laudier, NESDIS/SAE; Marc R Gasbarro
4:30 PM
8B.1
NOAA NESDIS Commercial Data Program Overview and Status
Natalie Laudier, NESDIS/SAE, Silver Spring, MD; and M. R. Gasbarro, G. Peltzer, R. Deinlein, C. Pan, M. McHugh, and E. C. Grigsby

4:45 PM
8B.2
NOAA Guidance for Engagements with the Commercial Sector on Space-Based Commercial Data Buy Opportunities
Melissa Johnson, The Aerospace Corporation, Edgewater, MD; and D. P. St. Jean, G. Peltzer, T. Lavoi, and N. Laudier

5:00 PM
8B.3
NASA's Commercial SmallSat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program
Frederick Policelli, NASA, Arnold, MD; and M. Martin

5:15 PM
8B.4
Leveraging NASA’s Commercial Smallsat Data Acquisition (CSDA) Program to Support Damage Surveys
Jordan Bell, Marshall Space Flight Center, HUNTSVILLE, AL; and T. J. Stanfield, M. C. Mugrage, K. D. White, T. C. Oram, A. M. Melancon, L. A. Schultz, and R. Lucey

5:30 PM
8B.5
Commercial Space Weather Data Pilot GNSS Data Processing and Product Evaluation
Jan-Peter Weiss, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Braun, I. Cherniak, D. C. Hunt, M. Sleziak-Sallee, S. V. Sokolovskiy, T. Vanhove, and I. Zakharenkova

5:45 PM
8B.6
Consistent Processing of COSMIC-2, COSMIC-1, and Commercial CubeSat RO Missions Using Full Spectrum Inversion Algorithm
Yong Chen, NOAA, College Park, MD; and X. zhou, S. P. Ho, X. Shao, X. Jing, and T. C. Liu

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025


Exhibit Hall Reception
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

7:00 PM-11:00 PM: Tuesday, 14 January 2025


University Night Receptions
Location: Hilton Riverside
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )

Wednesday, 15 January 2025

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025

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Session 9A
Applications of the Next Generation GEO Satellites I
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Bonnie E. Reed, NOAA; Andrew Heidinger, STAR
8:30 AM
9A.1
Preparing for GeoXO: Capabilities of Shortwave Infrared Water Vapor Bands with Low-Level Moisture Boundary Detection and Total Precipitable Water Retrievals
Katurah Zahler, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Haynes, S. D. Miller, and J. Dostalek

8:45 AM
9A.2
Potential Land Applications of Geostationary Spectrometers as Demonstrated with TEMPO
Joanna Joiner, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and Z. Fasnacht, M. Bandel, H. Chong, Y. Yoshida, C. Li, L. N. Lamsal, S. Choi, X. Liu, D. Lindsey, and A. Heidinger

9:00 AM
9A.3
Development of Level-2 Products for the Infrared Sounder on the Himawari-10
Kazuki Shimoji, JMA, Kiyose-Shi, Tokyo, Japan; and Y. Yamada and K. Saito

9:15 AM
9A.4
Exploring the Potential of the Future Geostationary Ocean Color Instruments GLIMR and GeoXO OCX through the Eyes of TEMPO
Zachary Fasnacht, SSAI, Alexandria, VA; and J. Joiner, M. Bandel, A. Ibrahim, A. Heidinger, M. D. Himes, N. A. Krotkov, X. Liu, J. Carr, and H. Chong

9:30 AM
9A.5
The GeoXO Imager and Insights into its Improvements from Meteosat Third Generation
Dan Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and A. Heidinger and J. M. Haynes

9:45 AM
9A.6
Evaluating the Impact of the GeoXO Imager's 5.15 µm Band on Moisture Detection
Nathaniel Miller, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, J. Li, M. Gunshor, T. J. Schmit, and T. S. L'Ecuyer

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Session 9B
Evaluation and Use of Commercial Data for Terrestrial and Space Weather Research and Applications II
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Frederick Policelli, University of Alaska Fairbanks; Marc R Gasbarro
8:30 AM
9B.1
PlanetiQ GNSS RO Capabilities with a Focus on the Lower Troposphere and Boundary Layer
Emil Robert Kursinski, PhD, PlanetiQ, Golden, CO; and J. Brandmeyer and X. Feng

9:00 AM
9B.3
Quality Assessment of Spire GNSS-R Ocean Surface Wind Data: Evaluating Accuracy, Uncertainty, Stability, and GNSS Dependence
Xi Shao, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, Riverdale, MD; and S. P. Ho, T. C. Liu, Y. Chen, and W. J. S. Miller

9:15 AM
9B.4
Temperature-Dependent Soil Dielectric MODEL Applied to Soil Moisture Retrieval from GNSS-R DATA
Ming Li, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder, CO; and J. Zhang, J. P. Weiss, and J. J. Braun

9:30 AM
9B.5
Monitoring Variations in Soil Moisture and Surface Water Extent using Spire GNSS Reflection Observations
Jiahua Zhang, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), Boulder , CO; and W. Gullotta, M. Li, J. P. Weiss, J. J. Braun, and M. Sleziak-Sallee

9:45 AM
9B.6
The Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) Development for Active and Hyperspectral Sensors.
Yingtao Ma, CIRA/CSU@STAR/NESDIS/NOAA, College Park, MD; and Q. Liu, I. Polonsky, M. Chen, B. T. Johnson, and C. Dang

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10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025


Coffee Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025

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Session 10A
Automated Handling of On-Orbit Satellite Anomaly using Artificial Intelligence
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Raad A Saleh, Dr.; Erin M. Lynch, NOAA
10:45 AM
10A.1
11:00 AM
10A.2
Satellite Digital Twins
Zhenping Li, ASRC Federal, Greenbelt, MD; ASRC Federal, Beltsville, MD

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11:30 AM
Discussion

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J10B
Innovations Needed: Tracking RF Interference and its impact on Weather Forecasting
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships )
Cochairs: Renee A. Leduc, MPP, Narayan Strategy; Jordan J. Gerth, NOAA National Weather Service
10:45 AM
J10B.1
Monitoring and Mitigating RF Interference in the GOES DCS Link
Matt Taylor, Microcom Design Inc., Hunt Valley, MD

11:00 AM
J10B.2
Electro-Magnetic Spectrum Environment Changes to Passive Remote Sensing
Beau Backus, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and P. de Matthaeis, R. Díez, and M. L. Tao

11:15 AM
J10B.3
Avoiding Contamination of Vertical Temperature Profiles and Total Cloud Water Measured by Microwave Radiometers
David B. Kunkee, The Aerospace Coorporation, Los Angeles, CA; and D. G. Lubar

11:30 AM
J10B.4
Radio Frequency Interference Resilient Passive Microwave Sensor
Marian Klein, Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology, Boulder, CO; and M. M. Eble and A. C. Madrid

11:45 AM
J10B.5
NOAA-Passive Radiometer Interference Management for Earth-Observing Systems (N-PRIME)
Sidharth Misra, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and M. Ogut, O. Pradhan, A. Mohamed, J. Piepmeier, P. Mohammed, J. Peng, J. johnson, M. Andrews, M. Aksoy, and R. Oliva

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025


Women in Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: Great Hall D (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025


Lunch Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 229 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025

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Session 11A
Use of Global Navigation Satellite System Data for Terrestrial Environment and Space Weather Applications
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Natalie Laudier, NESDIS/SAE; Gerard Peltzer
1:45 PM
11A.1
NOAA NESDIS Global Navigation Satellite System Radio Occultation Planning for the Future
Natalie Laudier, NESDIS/SAE, Silver Spring, MD; and C. Barsoum, W. Gullotta, J. P. Weiss, and S. Schnee

2:00 PM
11A.2
The Radio Occultation Modeling Experiment (ROMEX)
Richard A. Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and C. Marquardt, B. C. Ruston, and H. Shao

2:30 PM
11A.4
Radio Occultation Data Buy Processing and Product Evaluations
Jan-Peter Weiss, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Braun, I. Cherniak, R. Conroy, J. DiMartino, H. Huelsing, D. C. Hunt, J. Sjoberg, E. Lauer, W. Lopez, G. Romero, M. Sleziak-Sallee, S. V. Sokolovskiy, T. Vanhove, I. Zakharenkova, Z. Zeng, N. Laudier, P. A. Weir, M. R. Gasbarro, M. McHugh, and G. Peltzer

2:45 PM
11A.5
Does Assimilating PlanetiQ and Spire GNSS RO Bending Angles Improve HAFS Atlantic Hurricane Forecasts? An Evaluation in Support of the ROMEX Experiment
William J. S. Miller, University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD; University of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD; and Y. Chen, S. P. Ho, and X. Shao

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Session 11B
Satellite Algorithm Development, Verification, Calibration, and Validation III
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Ingrid C. Paluch; Elizabeth M. Kline, NESDIS
1:45 PM
11B.1
From True Color to GeoColor and Beyond: Advanced Concepts Enabling Situational and Hazard Awareness via Imagery
Curtis Seaman, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Fort Collins, CO

2:15 PM
11B.3
Combining Optical Flow and ML Methods for Satellite-based Cloud Nowcasting
Matthew P. King, Colorado State Univ.; United States Air Force, Fort Collins, CO; and J. Apke, S. D. Miller, I. Ebert-Uphoff, R. Chase, J. M. Haynes, and Y. J. Noh

2:30 PM
11B.4
Emulating Daytime Cloud Optical Properties at Night with Machine Learning
Charles White, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and Y. J. Noh, J. M. Haynes, and I. Ebert-Uphoff

2:45 PM
11B.5
Next Generation Geostationary Imager & Sounder Compression Algorithms
Richard Forkert, L3Harris, Fort Wayne, IN; and P. Pfeiffer

3:00 PM-3:40 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025


Wednesday ePosters
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 34th Conference on Education; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 23rd History Symposium; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; and the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics )
E59
39HYDRO Analysis of the Evolution of a Meiyu Frontal Rainstorm Based on Doppler Radar Data Assimilation
Hongli Li, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration, Wuhan, China

E60
39HYDRO Analysis of Cold Season Precipitation Dynamics in Complex Terrain over the Upper Colorado River Basin
Sierra Liotta, University of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and K. Friedrich and J. Kay

E63
24AI Deciphering Heat Wave Mechanisms in Bangladesh: Integrating Meteorological Insights and Machine Learning Techniques
Saurav Dey Shuvo, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH; The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and S. S. Sultana

E64
24AI AI Training in Progress: Challenges and Achievements at Meteorological Service of Canada.
Miguel Tremblay, MSC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and S. Beauregard and A. Dacres

ePoster E66 is now Poster 189A

E69
1FIREWX Flint Hills Prescribed Burn Decision Support
Patrick H. Zahn, Sonoma Technology, Petaluma, CA; and J. J. Beamish, S. Irwin, K. Craig, D. Watson, and J. Prentice

E70
24AI All-weather VIIRS LST: Machine Learning Based Methodology and Experiment
Shuo Xu, University of Maryland, RIVERDALE, MD; and Y. Liu

E71
WAFNWP Dependence of Hurricane Forecasts on the Spectral Representation of Cumulus Convection
Anning Cheng, EMC, College Park, MD; EMC, College Park, MD; and F. Yang

E72
25SMOI A Modernized Cutdown/Letdown Mechanism for Mobile Balloon Launches.
Christopher Schneider, The University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; NSSL, NORMAN, OK; and M. Stock, D. Kennedy, S. M. Waugh, and V. C. Chmielewski

E73
27ATCHEM Exploring Organic Acid Contributions to Cloud Water Chemistry and Aqueous Processing of Organics within Clouds: Insights from Whiteface Mountain Measurements
Archana Tripathy, SUNY Albany, ALBANY, NY; SUNY Albany, Albany, NY; Univ. at Albany, Boulder, CO; and C. E. Lawrence, S. S. Lombardo, P. Casson, R. Patel, L. Hammond, R. Brandt, S. McKim, J. Schlemmer, J. Schwab, H. Khwaja, M. Hussain, E. Yerger, P. Snyder, W. May, D. Kelting, and S. M. Lance

E74
38CVC Extreme Weather Events and School Closures: A Study of Climate Change Effects
Caitlin Finlayson, University of Mary Washington, Fredericksburg, VA

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025


Coffee Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

Formal Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

3
21OESS Posters III
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Chair: Michael Jamilkowski, Aerospace Corp.
767
Daytime Total Precipitable Water from 0.91um
Zheng Ma, CIMSS, Madison, WI; CIMSS, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, T. J. Schmit, A. Heidinger, and D. Lindsey

768
Anomaly Detection and Classification in NOAA Satellite Imagery with Deep Learning
Haibing Sun, NESDIS, West Friendship, MD; NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Esmaili, E. M. Kline, W. W. Wolf, and L. Soulliard

Handout (930.3 kB)

769
The Satellite Book Club Seminar Series: Celebrating 200 Sessions and a Look Ahead
Kashaud Bowman, NESDIS Affiliate (KBR Inc), Chantilly, VA; and E. Maddox, T. Klintworth, L. Byerle, J. K. Zajic, and B. Rapp

770
GOES-R Satellite Data Integration into NWS Operations through TOWR-S Technical Outreach
Emily Maddox, NESDIS, Rockville, MD; and K. Bowman, T. Klintworth, E. Oh, B. Rapp, J. K. Zajic, L. Byerle, and M. Ikemeier

771
GOES-R Cloud-Hosted Products & Algorithm Verification Exercise
Curtiss Burnett, Vantage Systems Inc, Lanham, MD; and E. M. Kline, K. Pitts, and J. Garris

Handout (994.2 kB)

772
NOAA Satellite Snowfall Rate Algorithm and its Applications
Jun Dong, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and H. Meng, Y. Fan, Y. Hong, P. Xie, A. Jacobs, C. Dierking, E. B. Berndt, K. D. White, and R. Ferraro

772A
Updates on the NOAA NESDIS Integrated Product List
John Patrick Kilgo, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and X. Zhu and L. Zhao

3:50 PM-4:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025


Wednesday ePosters
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 34th Conference on Education; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 23rd History Symposium; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; and the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics )
E76
21OESS Value Tree Assessment of Low Earth Orbit Observations for the Dynamic Arctic Region
Andrew Lomax, MS, JPSS, Lanham, MD; and J. P. Goldstein, J. Dissen, S. Kalluri, K. A. Hawley, and C. Y. Wu

E77
27AtChem Evaluation of a WRF-Chem-HYSPLIT modeling framework to simulate smoke-taint conditions in the western US.
Ana Carla Fernandez Valdes, Washington State University, Pullman, WA; and V. P. Walden, M. Vahidi Ghazvini, and J. Meng

E79
24Airsea Simulating Cloud Radiative Forcing with WRF During Arctic Winter Sea Ice Extremes
Valerie Elizabeth Gorden, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. T. Strey

E82
FireWx Development and Application of an Hourly Wildfire Potential Index for Predicting Wildfire Activity
Craig Hartsough, CIRES at NOAA/GSL, Fort Collins, CO; and E. P. James, R. Ahmadov, J. Romero-Alvarez, J. Schnell, S. Bhimireddy, and S. S. Weygandt

E83
39Hydro Evolutionary Mechanism of Cloud Clusters Moving Eastward from the Qinghai Tibet Plateau
Xiaofang Wang, Institute of Heavy Rain, China Meteorological Administration,Wuhan, Wuhan, Hubei, China

E84
39Hydro Merging and Downscaling of Satellite and Model Soil Moisture over Taiwan
Chia-Jeng Chen, National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, Taiwan; and Y. R. Ciou

E85
39Hydro Drought Prediction over the U.S. Using a Statistical Model of Groundwater and Land-Atmosphere Stable States
Joshua K. Roundy, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence, KS; and P. R. Makhasana, P. Lawston Parker, and J. A. Santanello Jr.

E86
39Hydro Enhancing Water Resource Management in the EEC (Thailand) Using WEAP
Vinitar Khettar, Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency (Public Organization): GISTDA, Lak Si, Bangkok, Thailand; and D. Phoomikiattisak, W. Chansury, J. Kruasilp, P. Faikratok, C. Charoenchim, and P. Petchprayoon

E88
2CloudPhys An Overview of the Cold Air outbreak Experiment in the Sub Arctic Region (CAESAR) campaign
Paquita Zuidema, University of Miami Rosenstiel School, Key Biscayne, FL; and B. Geerts, G. M. McFarquhar, A. Raudzens Bailey, J. J. Cassano, C. Costanza, J. D. Doyle, A. M. Dzambo, S. Ephraim, J. R. French, C. Grasmick, E. Järvinen, T. W. Juliano, M. D. Petters, R. J. Perkins, E. M. Rosky, J. R. Snider, G. Svensson, M. Tjernstrom, F. Tornow, P. R. veres, Y. Wang, S. Woods, and L. Xue, PhD

4:30 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025

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Session 12A
Applications of the Next Generation GEO Satellites II
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Dan Lindsey; Janel R. Fry, NOAA
4:30 PM
12A.1
Future High-Impact Forecast Operations in a GeoXO Sounder World
Frank Alsheimer, NWS, West Columbia, SC

4:45 PM
12A.2
Getting Forecasters Ready for Himawari-10 Advanced Sounder Data
Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson, M. Gunshor, J. J. Gerth, W. B. Aydlett, E. K. L. Lau, T. J. Schmit, A. Heidinger, and Y. Saeki

5:00 PM
12A.3
Sensitivity of Optical Flow-Retrieved Motions to Temporal Input Conditions for Multiple Convective Events
Theodore M. McHardy, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. A. Peterson, J. Apke, and E. J. Hyer

5:15 PM
12A.4
Complementarities of GEO and LEO IR Sounders for Numerical Weather Prediction in an OSSE Framework
Erica McGrath-Spangler, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; Morgan State Univ., Baltimore, MD; and N. Prive, B. Karpowicz, M. J. Kim, and A. Heidinger

5:30 PM
12A.5
Enhancements of Infrared Hyperspectral Spectrometer Spectral Calibration
Owen R. McElhinney, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. M. Coakley, A. Krimchansky, D. Johnson, A. Heidinger, and P. C. Sullivan

5:45 PM
12A.6
Simulations and Information Content of New Water Vapor Bands for the GeoXO Imager
John M. Haynes, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and K. Zahler, J. Dostalek, S. D. Miller, J. Apke, C. Seaman, D. Lindsey, Y. J. Noh, C. Johnson, W. Line, and A. Heidinger

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Session 12B
LEO Special Topics
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: William C. Straka III; Bill Sjoberg, GST Contractor Supporting NOAA's JPSS Program
4:30 PM
12B.1
Arctic Observing Mission (AOM): An update on progress and partnerships
Ray Nassar, Environment and Climate Change Canada, Toronto, ON, Canada; and A. Casey, M. Arkett, D. Dufour, D. T. Nguyen, C. Sioris, J. Mendonca, J. Aparicio, S. E. Qian, I. Jean, and A. Trishchenko

4:45 PM
12B.2
Introduction to the Landsat Next Imager Suite (LandIS)
Jeffrey Yee, RTX, El Segundo, CA; and B. Turk, K. Heideman, D. Campbell, J. Silny, S. Persh, and E. Johnson

5:00 PM
12B.3
PlanetiQ Initial Precipitation Observations via Dual Linear Polarization Radio Occultation Measurements
Emil Robert Kursinski, PhD, PlanetiQ, Golden, CO; and J. Brandmeyer, B. Giesinger, and X. Feng

5:15 PM
12B.4
Blending Land Surface Products for JPSS Mission
Yunyue Yu, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and J. Peng, P. Yu, and C. M. Carter

5:30 PM
12B.5
5:45 PM
12B.6
Polar2Grid and Geo2Grid: Supporting the Direct Broadcast Local Operational Use of Meteorological Satellite Data
Kathleen I. Strabala, SSEC/CIMSS, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and D. J. Hoese

6:00 PM-7:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025

Recording files available
Awards Reception and Ceremony
Location: Great Hall A (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

7:30 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 15 January 2025


Wednesday Night Live
Location: Great Hall A (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 24th Annual Student Conference; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )

Thursday, 16 January 2025

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Thursday, 16 January 2025

Recording files available
Session 13A
Enabling Mission Through Enterprise Common Services I
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Kathryn A. Shontz, NOAA; Heather S. Kilcoyne, JPSS Ground Project Manager
8:45 AM
13A.2
Evolving the NOAA Geostationary Satellite Ground System for Future Satellite Missions
Kevin McMahon, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Grippando, L. Alvarado, K. Spotz, and P. Serengulian, PMP, SAFe 5/6 Practice Consultant, DASM, TOPS, AWS Solutions Architect

9:00 AM
13A.3
Meteorological Data Delivery Utilizing Optical Laser Communications through Proliferated LEO Mesh Networks
Thomas C Leisgang, Axta Space, Scotts Valley, CA; Axta Space, Arlington, VA; and M. Brooks, V. Eyyunni, G. McDonald, and R. Singh

9:15 AM
13A.4
9:30 AM
13A.5
9:45 AM
13A.6
From Stovepipe to Enterprise Prototype: NESDIS Lessons in Enterprise Transition
Preston Jacob Powers, NESDIS, Springfield , NE; NOAA, Madison, WI; NESDIS, BOWIE, MD; and M. Bonadonna

Recording files available
Session 13B
Engaging the Users to Prepare Them for the Operational Application of Data Products
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Katherine A Hawley, NOAA; Andrew Latto
8:30 AM
13B.1
AMS SATMOC Short Courses in 2024
Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and B. Acosta Diaz, J. Galvez, S. J. Kusselson, L. Prince, A. Rostami, J. Cintineo, Q. Wu, J. Torres, B. Sjoberg, G. B. McWilliams, S. S. Morris, and J. Wang

8:45 AM
13B.2
Supporting User Readiness and Transition to New Environmental Satellite Capabilities: A Historical Perspective of COMET’s GOES-R and JPSS Education and Training Activities
Patrick N. Dills, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and A. J. Stevermer, L. A. Simpson, V. Vincente, A. M. Smith, B. Guarente, K. LaConte, L. Goldstein, and A. Hirsch

9:00 AM
13B.3
NODD Enhances User Engagement and Data Accessibility of NOAA Low Earth Orbit (LEO Data)
Jenny Dissen, Asheville, NC; and A. Simonson, P. Keown, K. Szura, O. Brown, J. Brannock, and D. Willett

9:15 AM
13B.4
Addressing Future Needs: The Upcoming GeoXO Satellite Constellation
Andy Latto, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and D. Lindsey and A. Heidinger

9:30 AM
13B.5
NOAA/NESDIS Product Investment Approach
Bonnie E. Reed, NOAA, Springfield, VA

9:45 AM
13B.6
Introduction to the NOAA NESDIS Products Requirement Change Process
Limin Zhao, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and W. W. Wolf

10:00 AM-10:45 AM: Thursday, 16 January 2025


Coffee Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: Hall B (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

10:45 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2025

Recording files available
Session 14A
Enabling Mission through Common Satellite Ground Service II
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Walter W Wolf, NOAA; Ryan Harris
11:00 AM
14A.2
Using an AI-based Open-Architecture and Cloud-Agnostic Framework to Deliver Weather Data Faster
Sarah Tillson Conner, Booz Allen Hamilton, McLean, VA; and J. Minier and R. Harris

11:15 AM
14A.3
Lifecycle Process Culture Change when Migrating to the Cloud
Walter W Wolf, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Zweng, J. R. Fry, and T. Chamberlain

11:30 AM
14A.4
Product Management Activities within NESDIS
Janel R. Fry, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Zweng, B. E. Reed, W. W. Wolf, I. kittle, L. Bi, E. Borders, J. Yang, and J. M. Garcia-Rivera

11:45 AM
14A.5
NOAA Long-term Operational Satellite Climate Data Records: Products, Applications, and Services
Xuepeng Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/National Centers for Environmental Information, Silver Spring, MD; and K. R. Knapp

Handout (3.0 MB)

Recording files available
Session 14B
Exploring Digital Twins for Earth Observations
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Benjamin Smith, JPL; Ramesh Rangachar
10:45 AM
14B.1
Overview and Status of the NOAA Joint Venture Partnerships Program Broad Agency Announcement – Earth Observing Digital Twins
Ramesh Rangachar, The Aerospace Corporation, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Patel, M. Bonadonna, B. Backus, J. Webster, S. L. Bunin, S. Wright, and K. Hayes

11:00 AM
14B.2
AI-Based Earth and Space Observing Digital Twin
Lynn Montgomery, Lockheed Martin, Westminster, CO; Lockheed Martin Space, Boulder, CO; and P. Davis, B. Ballance, G. Hoffmann, A. Linenfelser, J. Stone, T. Kaye, and J. Lance

11:15 AM
14B.3
The Orion Space Solutions Experience with Coupling Satellite and Space Environment Digital Twins for Earth Observations
Jeffrey Lawrence Steward, Orion Space Solutions, Louisville, CO; and R. Nguyen, R. Kelly, J. Furlong, C. Johnstone, R. Stutz, and J. Wilson

11:30 AM
14B.4
NASA Earth System Digital Twins for a Sustainable Future
Jacqueline Le Moigne, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; Earth Science Technology Office, Greenbelt, MD

11:45 AM
14B.5

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2025


Lunch Break
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); and the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation )

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2025


Daily Weather Briefings
Location: 229 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

1:45 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2025

Recording files available
Session 15A
Future and Emerging Observations and Products
Location: 356 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Kathryn A. Shontz, NOAA; Antonia Gambacorta, 14417 Autumncrest Road
1:45 PM
15A.1
The West-coast & Heartland Hyperspectral Microwave Sensor Experiment (WH2yMSIE)
Antonia Gambacorta, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD

2:00 PM
15A.2
2:15 PM
15A.3
Doppler Wind Lidar Compass - Development of a Comparative Assessment Tool for Existing and Potential Space-Based Wind Lidar Technologies
Sara C. Tucker, Ph.D., BAE Systems, BOULDER, CO; and M. Hardesty, D. J. Posselt, PhD, H. Nguyen, and S. Hristova-Veleva

2:30 PM
15A.4
Honeywell Atmospheric Winds Campaign for Space (HAWCS): Updates and Initial Results from Deployments of Ground and Airborne LiDAR Systems
Patrick T Conry, Honeywell Aerospace Technologies, Plymouth, MN; and E. H. Horak, K. gao, R. Anderson, T. J. Dobbins, J. Pendlum, and M. D. Wiebold

2:45 PM
15A.5
Exploring the Synergies Among Active and Passive Measurements for Spaceborne Estimates of Atmospheric Winds
Derek J. Posselt, PhD, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and S. Hristova-Veleva, S. Tucker, X. Zeng, H. Nguyen, I. Yanovsky, L. Wu, and A. Ouyed

Recording files available
15B
Satellite Data Products and Evaluation for Operational and Research Use II
Location: 357 (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Host: 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Jingli Yang; Jennifer Delamere, University of Alaska Fairbanks
1:45 PM
15B.1
Added Value of 3D Winds Derived from Geostationary Hyperspectral IR Sounder on Tropical Cyclone Forecasts
Jing Zheng, NSMC/CMA - National Satellite Meteorological Center, Beijing, Beijing, China; and J. Li, D. Meng, Y. A. Liu, W. Han, H. Wang, and R. Yin

2:00 PM
15B.2
Recent advances on a multi-sensor NASA Program of Record dataset (CLDPROP) for cloud properties from MODIS, VIIRS, and beyond
Kerry Meyer, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Platnick, R. Holz, G. Wind, N. Amarasinghe, C. Peterson, P. Veglio, D. Fu, S. Dutcher, and A. Heidinger

2:15 PM
15B.3
GREMLIN: GOES Radar Estimation via Machine Learning to Inform NWP
Kyle A. Hilburn, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and Y. Lee

2:45 PM
15B.5
The Limb Adjustment of Observations from the TROPICS Microwave Sounder Constellation
Mitchell D. Goldberg, The City College of New York, New York City, NY; and P. Heidary, S. Kalluri, and L. Zhou

3:00 PM-3:40 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2025


Thursday ePosters
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 34th Conference on Education; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 23rd History Symposium; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; and the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics )
E3
7Tropical Observations, Analysis, and Implications from Tropical Cyclone Landfalls in a Near-Shore Environment
James Robert Howard Ph.D, Meteorologist, Ponchatoula, LA; and S. W. Mayberry, S. M. Wingo, S. F. Blair, C. Kelly, C. Cupp, and D. R. Jones

E89
1FIREWX Diagnosing Moisture Anomalies at the Drought-Wildfire Nexus: the Marshall (CO) and Caldor (CA) Fires.
Mike Hobbins, CIRES, Boulder, CO; Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, Boulder, CO; and D. J. McEvoy

E90
41EIPT Polarimetric Radar Data Assimilation With a Parameterized Radar Operator Using MPAS-JEDI
Zhiquan Liu, NSF-NCAR, Lafayette, CO; and H. Xie, T. Sun, and R. Kong

E91
39HYDRO Investigation of Machine Learning Algorithms in Representing Global Flash Drought Patterns
Stuart Galen Edris, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and A. McGovern, J. B. Basara, J. I. Christian, J. C. Furtado, H. O. Olayiwola, and X. Xiao

E92
17AEROSOL New particle formation from isoprene under upper-tropospheric conditions
Jiali Shen, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland; and D. Rusell, J. Kirkby, J. Curtius, and X. C. He

E94
34EDUCATION The Center for Inclusive Climate Communications: Towards A Global Resource for Education, Training, Research, and Service
Bruce N. Walker, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA; and A. S. Bower and I. Martincic

E97
21OESS WxNet: A Next Generation Space-Based Environmental Monitoring Constellation
John Fisher, Brandywine Photonics, West Chester, PA; and C. David, Z. Burns, D. B. Hogan, and J. Predina

E98
24AI Deep Learning based Postprocessing for Freezing Level Forecasting over FIRO Watersheds
Vesta Afzali Gorooh, SIO, La Jolla, CA; Center for Western Weather and Water Extremes, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Univ. of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA; and S. Roj, A. Sengupta, M. Ghazvinian, PhD, J. L. Bano Medina, R. Weihs, D. Axisa, J. F. Kalansky, and L. Delle Monache

E101
24AI Deep Learning-Based Methods for Precipitation Bias Correction
Huiling Yuan, Nanjing Univ., Nanjing, Jiangsu, China; and Z. Zhang

E102
21OESS Delphi: An Infrared Projection System for Next Generation Weather Satellite Testing
Cordelia David, Brandywine Photonics, West Chester, PA; Brandywine Photonics, WEST CHESTER, PA; and J. Fisher

E104
FireWx Integration of the Freitas 1-D Model with NUCAPS for Assessing 2020 California Pyrocumulonimbus Events
Arunas P. Kuciauskas, Retired, Marine Meteorology Division, Naval Research Laboratory, MONTEREY, CA; and L. Wilson, D. V. V. Mallia, T. Wilmot, D. A. Peterson, and J. R. Campbell

3:00 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2025


Coffee Break
Location: Hall B (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

Formal Poster Viewing and Coffee Break
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics; the 34th Conference on Education; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 23rd History Symposium; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Presidential Conference; the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; and the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise )

3:50 PM-4:30 PM: Thursday, 16 January 2025


Thursday ePosters
Location: Hall C (New Orleans Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the Heather Lazrus Symposium; the Gerald A Meehl Symposium; the 41st Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 39th Conference on Hydrology; the 38th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 34th Conference on Education; the 33rd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting (WAF)/29th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP); the 29th Conference of Applied Climatology; the 29th Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 27th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 25th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 25th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 24th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction; the 24th Conference on Artificial Intelligence for Environmental Science; the 23rd Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 23rd History Symposium; the 22nd Conference on Space Weather; the 21st Conference on Major Weather Impacts; the 21st Annual Symposium on Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 20th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the 17th Symposium on Aerosol Cloud Climate Interactions; the 16th Conference on Environment and Health; the 16th Conference on Weather, Water, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the 15th Conference On Transition Of Research To Operations (15R2O); the 15th Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using the Programming Languages of Open Science; the 13th Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation; the 13th Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the 13th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the 13th Symposium on the Madden-Julian Oscillation and Sub-Seasonal Monsoon Variability; the 11th Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the 13th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the 12th Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Tenth Symposium on US-International Partnerships; the Seventh Special Symposium on Tropical Meteorology and Tropical Cyclones; the Sixth Symposium on Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion; the Fourth Symposium on Community Modeling and Innovation; the Fourth Symposium on Mesoscale Processes; the Third Symposium on Environmental Security; the Second Symposium on Cloud Physics; the First Conference on Fire Weather, Technology, and Risk; the Symposium on Radar Research to Operations; the Symposium on Careers in Operational Government Meteorology and Hydrology; and the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics )
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39Hydro Utilizing Satellite Imagery and Machine Learning to Quantify Drought Risk Index in Thailand’s Agricultural Regions
Woranut Chansury, Geo-Informatics and Space Technology Development Agency, Lak si, 10, Thailand; and V. Bonnlerd, P. Nueangjumnong, P. Petchprayoon, Y. Chaweewong, V. KHETTAR, S. Noikeaing, P. Rattanaburi, A. Yutthapan, and S. Rattanasupa

E106
27AtChem TEMPO CLDO4 cloud algorithm and product
Huiqun wang, Harvard-Smithsonian Center For Astrophysics; Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory, Cambridge, MA; and G. Gonzalez Abad, C. R. Nowlan, H. Chong, W. Hou, J. Park, X. Liu, K. Chance, J. Houck, D. E. Flittner, A. Vasilkov, E. S. Yang, J. Joiner, R. J. SPURR, W. Qin, Z. Fasnacht, and K. E. E. Knowland

E108
38CVC The Influence of the North Atlantic Subtropical High on Atmospheric Rivers over the Eastern United States
Julia E. Finkhauser, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and University, Blacksburg, VA

E111
21OESS GOES-19 ABI Imagery at UW-Madison
Mathew Gunshor, CIMSS, Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit and J. P. Nelson III

E112
21OESS Scaling Satellite Ground Systems Leveraging Artificial Intelligence
Carter Long, Cognitive Space, Houston, TX; and J. Edmiston, T. Fleming, and D. Garner
Manuscript (3.6 MB)

E113
21OESS NOAA/NESDIS/GEO Satellite Applications Training and User Engagement
Sherrie Secunda Morris, NOAA, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Lindsey, S. Goodman, S. Superczynski, and A. Latto

E115
13WRN Cleveland Public Library Microclimate Study Initiative
Suzi M Perez, Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland, OH

E116
13WRN Service Equity Conference at WFO Indianapolis: Taking Results and Applying Towards Improvement to Products and Services
David L. Beachler, NWS, Indianapolis, IN; NWS, Indianapolis, IN; and S. L. Lashley