Program: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography (11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)

SUN 14 OCT

Conference Registration

MON 15 OCT

Registration Continues through Thursday, 18 October

Welcome

Keynote Speaker

Conference Keynote Address

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Papers:

8:15 AM

NOAA's current and future environmental satellite programs (Invited Presentation)

Scott B. Gudes, NOAA, Washington, DC

1

Environmental Applications

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

Operational Satellite Oceanography: Developing the Strategic Vision (Invited Presentation)

Marie C. Colton, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

Poster Session 1

Environmental Applications

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Jeff Hawkins, NRL

Papers:

P1.1

Snow emissivity simulated using Mie theory

Banghua Yan, Decision Systems Technologies, Rockville, MD; and F. Weng

P1.2

Snow cover extent over South America derived from passive microwave and visible/infrared observations

Peter Romanov, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Tarpley

P1.3

Retrieval and interpretation of snow cover parameters microwave remote sensing data

Cezar E. Kongoli, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and N. C. Grody

P1.4

Near real time remote sensing of lake surface temperature and ice cover

John H. Marsham, Univ. of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom; and C. J. Merchant

P1.5

Monitoring the Seasonal Decay of First Year Sea Ice at the Canadian Ice Service with NOAA AVHRR

Roger A. De Abreu, MSC/EC/Canadian Ice Service, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and M. Arkett and B. Ramsay

Poster PDF (198.6 kB)

P1.6

Diurnal variation of GOES SST

Xiangqian Wu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel

P1.7

Tropical cyclone forcing in the Gulf of Mexico

Mark A. Bourassa, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and S. L. Morey, J. Zavala, and J. J. O'Brien

P1.8

Using QuikSCAT data to determine the strength of a polar lows

Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE

P1.9

AIR-SEA FLUXES FROM SYNTHETIC APERTURE RADAR: AN UPDATE

Todd D. Sikora, U.S. Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and D. R. Thompson

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P1.10

Realtime remote sensing-based modeling and in situ validation of land surface energy and water fluxes

George R. Diak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski, M. C. Anderson, J. M. Norman, R. D. Torn, and J. Hoss

P1.11

Desert dust storms as detected by Meteosat and SeaWiFS multispectral imagery

Steven D. Miller, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee

P1.12

Characterization of clouds, fires and smoke plumes in hyperspectral images

Michael K. Griffin, MIT Lincoln Lab., Lexington, MA; and S. M. Hsu, H. K. Burke, and J. W. Snow

Poster PDF (351.5 kB)

P1.13

A comparison of the GOES-8 ABBA and INPE AVHRR fire products for South America from 1995�2000

Joleen M. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. M. Prins and A. W. Setzer

Poster PDF (109.3 kB)

P1.14

Principal Component Image analysis of MODIS for volcanic ash

Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Clark

P1.15

Loss of the 12.0 mm "Split Window" band on GOES-M: Impacts on volcanic ash detection

Gary P. Ellrod, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD

P1.16

Recent Monitoring of Suspended Sediment Patterns along Louisiana's Coastal Zone Using ER-2 Based MAS Data and Terra Based MODIS Data.

Christopher C. Moeller, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. M. Gunshor, W. P. Menzel, O. K. Huh, N. D. Walker, and L. J. Rouse

Poster PDF (730.7 kB)

P1.17

Comparisons and Contrasts of AVHRR, SeaWiFS, FY1-C and CODAR Data in Coastal Ocean Research

P1.18

MODIS Ocean color data for studying ocean circulation features

P1.19

TOPEX/POSEIDON ALTIMETRY REVEALS THE VIETNAM SUMMER RECIRCULATION

Eric J. Bayler, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Liu

Poster PDF (148.2 kB)

P1.20

Sea Surface Salinity from Space: Science Goals and measurement Approach

C. J. Koblinsky, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and P. H. Hildebrand, Y. Chao, A. de Charon, W. Edelstein, G. Lagerloef, D. Le Vine, F. Pellerino, Y. Rahmat-Samii, C. Ruf, F. Wentz, W. Wilson, and S. Yueh

Poster PDF (543.5 kB)

P1.21

Accumulation of floating marine debris simulated by surface currents derived from satellite data

P1.22

Spectral Transfer of Humidity and Temperature Correlations for Inhomogeneous Turbulence for Land and Agriculture Processes

Sukaran R. Patel, Univ. Federal da Para�ba, Campina Grande, Brazil

P1.23

Refractive Index Spectral Transfer in Inhomogeneous Turbulence in Atmospheric/Oceanic Surface Layer

Sukaran R. Patel, Univ. Federal da Para�ba, Campina Grande, Brazil

P1.24

Assimilation of Soil Moisture from Satellite-derived Skin Temperature within the PENN State/NCAR Mesoscale Model MM5

Jing Zhang, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK; and J. S. Tilley

Poster PDF (957.0 kB)

P1.25

A synergistic surface BRDF/Albedo retrieval with MODIS and MISR observations 1.INTERCOMPARISION

Yufang Jin, Boston University, Boston, MA; and F. Gao, C. Schaaf, A. Strahler, C. Bruegge, J. Martonchik, and D. Diner

Poster PDF (943.6 kB)

P1.26

Fractional green vegetation cover of the Conterminous USA for use in numerical weather models.

Kevin Gallo, NOAA/NESDIS, Sioux Falls, SD; and D. Tarpley, K. Mitchell, I. Csiszar, T. Owen, and B. Reed

P1.27

Using DMSP imagery and SSM/I data to analyze a von Karman vortex over the Black Sea

Boniface J. Mills, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and P. J. McCrone

P1.28

Study of fog properties using LANDSAT data

Kenneth W. Fischer, Terabeam Labs., Redmond, WA; and M. Nunez, J. Ramaprasad, M. R. Witiw, and J. A. Baars

Poster PDF (269.3 kB)

P1.29

Incorporating data from GOES and POES platforms into an integrated in-flight icing diagnostic algorithm for Alaska

P1.30

Use of GOES Satellite Data in Mesoscale Surface Boundary Conditions for a Desert Region

Elford G. Astling, West Desert Test Center, Salt Lake City, UT

P1.31

On precipitation modification by major urban areas: A new perspective from TRMM

J. Marshall Shepherd, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and H. Pierce

http://rsd.gsfc.nasa.gov/912/urban

Poster PDF (78.0 kB)

P1.32

APPLICATION OF REMOTE-SENSING TECHNOLOGY IN ATMOSPHERIC ENVIRONMENT

Xuemei Wang, Zhongshan Univ., Guangzhou, China

1

Environmental Applications (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Jeff Hawkins, NRL

Papers:

11:15 AM

1.2

An overview of active fire detection and monitoring using meteorological satellites (Invited Presentation)

Elaine M. Prins, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and J. M. Feltz and C. C. Schmidt

Poster PDF (267.3 kB)

11:45 AM

1.3

Hurricane Heat Potential Estimates From Satellite Radar Altimeter Measurements (Invited Presentation)

Lynn K. Shay, RSMAS/Univ. of Miami, Miami, FL

Poster PDF (1.7 MB)

Lunch

2

Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/GHCC

Papers:

1:30 PM

2.1

The Role of Passive Microwave Radiometers in Climate Monitoring (Invited Presentation)

Roy W. Spencer, Univ.of Alabama, Huntsville, AL

Poster PDF (20.9 kB)

Poster Session 2

Climatology and Long-term Satellite Studies

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Gary Jedlovec, NASA/Global Hydrology and Climate Center

Papers:

P2.1

specifying satellite orbits for high accuracy climate monitoring

Daniel B. Kirk-Davidoff, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and R. M. Goody and J. G. Anderson

Poster PDF (577.0 kB)

P2.2

Longwave and window angular distribution models from CERES/TRMM radiance measurements

Natividad Manalo-Smith, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and N. G. Loeb

Poster PDF (86.6 kB)

P2.3

Limb biases in CO₂ cloud height algorithms with respect to high altitude cirrus

R. Lynn Rose, Aeromet, Inc., Tulsa, OK; and M. Bedrick, K. Swanson, and B. Morrison

Poster PDF (81.0 kB)

P2.4

Internal consistency of the NVAP water vapor dataset

Ronnie J. Suggs, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and G. J. Jedlovec

Poster PDF (88.4 kB)

P2.5

Radiative impact of clouds and water vapor variations above 300 mb from long-term NVAP and ISCCP observations.

G. Garrett Campbell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and T. H. Vonder Haar, J. Fosythe, A. Kankiewicz, R. Engelen, and S. Woo

Poster PDF (320.1 kB)

P2.6

Long Term Changes in Cloud Cover Detected in HIRS Data

Donald Wylie, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P2.7

An alternative long term OLR data set

Christopher Collimore, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. E. Waliser, G. L. Smith, T. D. Bess, D. F. Young, D. W. Martin, and K. A. Bush

P2.8

A 10-year climatology of cloud properties and radiation fluxes based on the AVHRR Polar Pathfinder Data Set

Xuanji Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key and M. Pavolonis

P2.9

Climate analysis with the 21-yr HIRS Pathfinder radiance clear-sky data set

Darren L. Jackson, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. J. Bates

Poster PDF (267.6 kB)

P2.10

Comparisons of cloud analyses from independent infrared and sounder retrievals

Robert P. d'Entremont, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. P. Wylie

Poster PDF (128.6 kB)

P2.11

Cloud climate investigations in Scandinavia during the last decade using high-resolution NOAA AVHRR data

P2.12

Initiation of a high resolution tropical cloud climatology

Mary Bedrick, Aeromet, Inc., Tulsa, OK; and K. Swanson, L. Rose, and B. Morrison

Poster PDF (396.3 kB)

P2.13

An analysis of cloud and rainfall distributions over deforested Amazonia using TRMM and GOES measurements

Fr�d�ric J. Chagnon, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and A. J. Negri, J. Wang, L. Xu, R. M. Adler, and R. L. Bras

Poster PDF (35.4 kB)

P2.14

Mesoscale satellite climatologies in costa rica

Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and V. Castro Leon

P2.15

PLUMES ABOVE THUNDERSTORMS ANVILS AND THEIR CONTRIBUTIONS TO CROSS TROPOPAUSE TRANSPORT OF WATER VAPOR IN MIDLATITUDES

Pao K. Wang, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Poster PDF (469.5 kB)

P2.16

Wind regime GOES cloud cover composites for the Wakefield, VA County Warning Area

Cynthia L. Combs, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and N. A. Stuart, M. DeMaria, and T. H. Vonder Haar

P2.17

Investigations of liquid water path spatial variability using MODIS

Robert Wood, University of Washington, Seattle, WA; and D. L. Hartmann

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P2.18

The influence of Antarctic cloud and surface properties on cloud radiative forcing at the surface

Michael J. Pavolonis, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key

Poster PDF (33.9 kB)

P2.19

ENSO in Highly Reflective Cloud: A fresh look

David W. Martin, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. C. Collimore and M. H. Hitchman

P2.20

Development of a climatology of cloud properties derived from GOES over the southeastern Pacific for PACS

J. Kirk Ayers, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, D. F. Young, W. L. Smith Jr., and L. Nguyen

http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (95.3 kB)

P2.21

A prototype Benchmark Thermal Radiance Measurement

John A. Dykema, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA; and J. G. Anderson and R. M. Goody

Poster PDF (65.0 kB)

P2.22

Aerosol optical depth over land from the AVHRR pathfinder atmosphere data set

Kenneth R. Knapp, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD

http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/crad/sat/atm/aerosol/kknapp/

Poster PDF (47.6 kB)

P2.23

Temporal Scales of the Areal Coverage and Precipitation of Monsoonal Convective Cloud Systems Over the Tropical Indian Ocean

Eric M. Wilcox, SIO/Univ. of California, La Jolla, CA

Poster PDF (549.0 kB)

P2.24

Water vapor transport over the tropical oceans during El Ni�o and La Ni�a and its implication for the tropical circulation: A satellite approach

Byung-Ju Sohn, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea; and F. R. Robertson, E. A. Smith, and S. C. Park

Poster PDF (210.5 kB)

P2.25

VARIABILITY IN UTH and Water Cycle Dynamics

John J. Bates, NOAA/ETL, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (70.1 kB)

P2.26

An Assessment of Upper Tropospheric Humidity Measurements from the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Program

Brian J. Soden, NOAA/GFDL, Princeton, NJ; and D. Turner, R. Ferrare, B. Lesht, and J. Goldsmith

P2.27

DIURNAL VARIABILITY OF SATELLITE DERIVED PRECIPITABLE WATER IN THE AMAZON BASIN

Tracy L. DeLiberty, Univ. of Delaware, Newark, DE; and J. A. Callahan

Poster PDF (591.4 kB)

P2.28

Tropical precipitable water climatology for equatorial waves

Paul E. Roundy, Penn State Univ., University Park, PA

P2.29

DIFFERENCES IN THE RESPONSE OF SATELLITE PRECIPITATIONS ESTIMATES TO ENSO

Wesley Berg, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. Kummerow

Poster PDF (271.2 kB)

P2.30

A TRMM-calibrated infrared technique for convective and stratiform rainfall: Analysis and validation

Andrew J. Negri, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Xu and R. F. Adler

Poster PDF (505.9 kB)

P2.31

Global trends (1979 to 2001) in mean and extreme rainfall from a new satellite-gauge merged data set

Scott Curtis, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. J. Huffman, E. J. Nelkin, and D. T. Bolvin

P2.32

Standard Errors of the estimated trend in channel 2 of the microwave sounding unit

David S. Crosby, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and M. D. Goldberg, T. Mo, and Z. Cheng

P2.33

Interannual Variations in HIRS Observations of the Temperature Inversion over the Antarctic Plateau

Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Frey and J. Key

P2.34

Global satellite-based study of the diurnal range of land surface temperature

Ivan Csiszar, CIRA and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and G. Gutman

2

Climatology and Long-Term Satellite Studies (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Gary Jedlovec, NASA/Global Hydrology and Climate Center

Papers:

4:00 PM

2.2

Changes in the Earth's resolved outgoing longwave radiation field as seen from the IRIS and IMG instruments (Invited Presentation)

Helen E. Brindley, Imperial College, London, United Kingdom; and P. J. Sagoo, R. J. Bantges, and J. E. Harries

Poster PDF (184.0 kB)

4:30 PM

2.3

Global precipitation climatologies and the role of satellite observations (Invited Presentation)

Phillip A. Arkin, NOAA/Office of Global Programs, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Xie and J. Janowiak

Sessions end for the day

Ice Breaker w/Exhibit Opening

TUE 16 OCT

3

Operational Applications

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Mary Glackin, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

8:30 AM

3.1

Weather Prediction Improvement Using Advanced Satellite Technology.(Invited Presentation)

Louis Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Einaudi, J. Purdom, D. Rogers, R. Gelaro, J. Dodge, R. Atlas, and S. Lord

Poster Session 3

Operational Applications

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Mary Glackin, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

P3.1

UW-CIMSS Satellite winds algorithm

Gail A. Dengel, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden, T. L. Olander, D. A. Santek, and D. R. Stettner

Poster PDF (600.8 kB)

P3.2

GWINDEX�GOES RAPID-SCAN WINDS EXPERIMENT: APPLICATIONS FOR WEST COAST FORECASTING

Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Stettner, J. Daniels, and W. Bresky

Poster PDF (309.8 kB)

P3.3

Validation of GOES Clear-Air Water Vapor Winds

Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Bresky

P3.4

Water vapor winds in vicinity of convection and winter storms

Robert M. Rabin, NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and J. Brunner, C. Hane, and J. Haynes

http://zonda.ssec.wisc.edu/~rabin/extendedp.pdf

Poster PDF (296.0 kB)

P3.5

Cloud stereo heights and motions from satellites imagery: examples and automation

G. Garrett Campbell, Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and T. H. VonderHaar and K. Eis

P3.6

Evaluating the potential impact of the assimilation of satellite derived products on a mesoscale forecast of PACific landfalling JETs experiment (PACJET) IOP 10

Michael C. Morgan, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. La Casse, D. T. Kleist, H. M. Kim, J. G. McLay, D. J. Posselt, J. R. Mecikalski, C. S. Velden, and D. Stettner

Poster PDF (602.2 kB)

P3.7

Assimilation of GOES rapid-scan winds into an experimental ETA model during Hurricane Keith

Howard I. Berger, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden

Poster PDF (73.3 kB)

P3.8

The Impact Of Satellite Winds On Two Versions of NCEP Global Data Assimilation And Forecast Systems

Xiujuan Su, NOAA/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Derber and S. Lord

Poster PDF (53.0 kB)

P3.9

An impact study of five remotely sensed and five in-situ data types in the ETA data assimilation system

Tom H. Zapotocny, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, J. P. Nelson III, and J. A. Jung

P3.10

Assimilation of GOES Sounder cloud top pressure in NCEP's 48Km Eta Mesoscale Model.

James A. Jung, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune, T. J. Schmit, and T. H. Zapotocny

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/pdf/satconf01_Eta_clouds_P3.10.pdf

Poster PDF (242.3 kB)

P3.11

GPS-derived integrated precipitable water compared with AFWA MM5 model output

Patricia A. Vollmer, Air Force Institute of Technology, Wright-Patterson AFB, OH; and G. R. Huffines

Poster PDF (22.7 kB)

P3.12

Assimilation of GOES Land Surface Data within a Rapid Update Cycle Format: Impact on MM5 Warm Season QPF

P3.13

Utilizing variational methods to incorporate a variety of satellite data in the LAPS moisture analysis

Daniel L. Birkenheuer, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO

Poster PDF (109.5 kB)

P3.14

one dimensional variational assimilation experiments combining GOES sounder and imager radiance data

Dongsoo Kim, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado and NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and D. Devenyi

Poster PDF (59.2 kB)

P3.15

The Assimilation of Satellite Observations with the NRL Atmospheric Variational Data Assimilation System (NAVDAS)

Nancy L. Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. Daley, S. D. Swadley, J. Clark, E. H. Barker, J. S. Goerss, and K. Sashegyi

P3.16

Improvements to U.S. Air Force Cloud Forecast Model, Advect Cloud

Steven J. Storch, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt, NE; and D. G. McDonald

Poster PDF (513.2 kB)

P3.17

Analysis of Subtropical Cyclones using NASA Quikscat data

Paul J. McCrone, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE

Poster PDF (865.0 kB)

P3.18

Status of the UW-CIMSS Objective Dvorak Technique (ODT)

Timothy L. Olander, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden

Poster PDF (20.5 kB)

P3.19

Preliminary objective analyses using the NESDIS/CIRA tropical cyclone infrared imagery PART I: HURRICANE HARMONICS

James P. Kossin, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Poster PDF (3.8 MB)

P3.20

Tropical cyclone surface wind analysis using satellite sensors

Raymond M. Zehr, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Fort Collins, CO

P3.21

Validation of an Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit (AMSU) tropical cyclone intensity and size estimation algorithm

Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and J. L. Demuth and J. A. Knaff

P3.22

TRMM TMI views of tropical cyclones for tactical reconnaissance

Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and F. J. Turk, J. D. Hawkins, and R. T. Edson

P3.23

Mapping tropical cyclone characteristics via passive microwave remote sensing

Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee, J. F. Turk, K. L. Richardson, C. C. Sampson, and J. Kent

P3.24

The realtime value of combined upper tropospheric inertial stability measurements and satellite-derived winds on tropical cyclone and convection forecasting

John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden

P3.25

Satellite applications for tropical wave/tropical cyclone tracking

Jason P. Dunion, NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and C. S. Velden

P3.26

Validation of GMS brightness temperature difference technique for estimate of cumulonimbus in typhoon by TRMM PR data

Kotaro Bessho, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; and Y. Tanaka and T. Nakazawa

http://

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P3.27

An assessment of global models ability to accurately forecast downstream extra-tropical cyclone development in the southern hemisphere winter

Matthew A. Lazzara, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. G. McLay and S. G. Decker

P3.28

Antarctic meteorology: Satellites and weather forecasting

Matthew A. Lazzara, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. M. Keller, C. R. Stearns, J. E. Thom, and G. A. Weidner

Poster PDF (25.0 kB)

P3.29

Cloud-drift and Water Vapor Winds in the Polar Regions from MODIS

Jeffrey R. Key, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and D. Santek, C. S. Velden, and W. P. Menzel

Poster PDF (746.5 kB)

P3.30

Virtual Laboratory for Training in Satellite Meteorology

James F. W. Purdom, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and A. Mostek

P3.31

Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training - Bringing Training to the Forecasters Using VISITview

Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, D. Bikos, B. Motta, B. Zajac, J. Weaver, K. Schrab, B. Grant, and J. LaDue

Poster PDF (376.9 kB)

P3.32

Recent Training from the Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training

Brian Motta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, B. Zajac, S. Bachmeier, T. Whittaker, B. Grant, J. LaDue, S. Jascourt, W. Bua, K. Schrab, M. Schichtel, S. Flood, D. Baumgardt, R. Grumm, P. Wolf, J. Weaver, and R. Zehr

http://visit.cira.colostate.edu

Poster PDF (30.4 kB)

3

Operational Applications (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Mary Glackin, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

11:00 AM

3.2

Uses of satellite data in Air Force Weather (Invited Presentation)

John V. Zapotocny, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE

Poster PDF (840.0 kB)

11:30 AM

3.3

Satellite-based Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation Using NOAA-KLM Series Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU).(Invited Presentation)

Kurt F. Brueske, U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, CO; and C. S. Velden

Poster PDF (732.3 kB)

Lunch

3

Operational Applications (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Thomas F. Lee, NRL

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.4

Recent impact of satellite Data at ECMWF (Invited Presentation)

Graeme A. Kelly, ECMWF, Reading, Berks., United Kingdom

Poster Session 3

Operational Applications (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Thomas F. Lee, NRL

Papers:

P3.33

Atmospheric Instability Parameters Derived from MSG SEVIRI Observations

Marianne Koenig, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, , Germany; and S. A. Tjemkes and J. Kerkmann

Poster PDF (198.0 kB)

P3.34

Assessing the Quality and Utility of Higher Resolution GOES Sounder Retrievals

Gary E. Gray, Raytheon, Lanham, MD; and J. Daniels

P3.35

An assessment of the temporal value of retrieved parameters from the GOES sounder

Robert M. Aune, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/ASPB, Madison, WI; and R. Petersen

P3.36

Case studies using hourly real-time GOES Sounder ozone estimates

Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li and A. J. Wimmers

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/amssatconf2001/ozone_p3.36.html

Poster PDF (147.7 kB)

P3.37

A Validation Study of the GOES Sounder Cloud Top Pressure Product

James A. Hawkinson, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and W. Feltz, T. J. Schmit, A. J. Schreiner, and S. A. Ackerman

Poster PDF (460.5 kB)

P3.38

Is the resolution of GOES sounder data sufficient to support single field of view retrievals and derived products?

Gail M. Bayler, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Wetzel-Seemann, J. Li, and T. J. Schmit

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/pdf/satconf01_sfov_rets_P3.38.pdf

Poster PDF (161.5 kB)

P3.39

An Analysis of Pre-tornadic Low-level Moisture-Flux Convergence and the Utility of GOES and GIFTS Sounder Data

Ralph A. Petersen, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs,, MD; and W. F. Feltz and H. -. L. Huang

P3.40

An evaluation of several years of CIMSS and NESDIS GOES Sounder data

James P. Nelson III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit and W. P. Menzel

Poster PDF (92.2 kB)

P3.41

A Summary of Satellite Data Usage in the NWS Western Region

P3.42

Use of ATOVS and SSMI observations at M�t�o-France

Florence Rabier, M�t�o-France, Toulouse, France; and E. G�rard, Z. Sahlaoui, M. Dahoui, and R. Randriamampianina

P3.43

Application of NOAA Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU) Derived Rain Rates to Synoptic Events over the United States

Ralph Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Pellegrino, F. Weng, and L. Zhao

P3.44

A physically-based Algorithm to Derive Surface Rainfall Rate Using Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit-B (AMSU-B) Measurements

Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Spring, MD; and F. Weng and R. Ferraro

P3.45

Improvements to the experimental Tropical Rainfall Potential (TRaP) technique

Stanley Q. Kidder, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. J. Kusselson, J. A. Knaff, and R. J. Kuligowski

Poster PDF (150.3 kB)

P3.46

Validation of GOES precipitation estimates over Central America

Rosario Alfaro, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. A. Scofield

P3.47

The NESDIS satellite QPE verification program

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Qiu, R. A. Scofield, and A. Gruber

P3.48

The Satellite Imagery Display and Analysis System at Air Force Weather Agency

Charles R. Holliday, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and M. D. Conner

P3.49

Meandering Sea Surface Temperature of April 2001

Serge Hagan-Deschamps, MSC, Dartmouth, NS, Canada

P3.50

Findings from the pre-assimilation of GOES imager channels

Louis Garand, MSC, Dorval, PQ, Canada; and N. Wagneur

Poster PDF (484.2 kB)

P3.51

VALIDATION OF GOES-11 DATA

Xiangqian Wu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P3.52

Life cycle of convective activity in terms of cloud type observed by split window

Toshiro Inoue, MRI, Tsukuba, Irabaki, Japan; and X. Wu and K. Bessho

Poster PDF (99.9 kB)

P3.53

Observations of a Severe Supercell Thunderstorm on 24 July 2000 using GOES-11 Sounder and Imagery

John F. Weaver, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff, D. Bikos, J. M. Daniels, and G. S. Wade

P3.54

A Cloud Model Interpretation of the Enhanced V and Other Signatures atop Severe Thunderstorms

Pao K. Wang, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. M. Lin, S. Natali, S. Bachmeier, and R. Rabin

Poster PDF (248.6 kB)

P3.55

A Satellite Perspective of the Pine Lake, Alberta Tornado Event

A. Scott Bachmeier, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Nelson III

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/misc/000714.html

Poster PDF (420.8 kB)

P3.56

MCS development within continental-scale elongated dry filaments in GOES water vapor images

Edward I. Tollerud, NOAA/FSL, Boulder, CO; and F. Caracena, A. Marroquin, S. E. Koch, J. L. Moody, and A. Wimmers

http://precip.fsl.noaa.gov/AMS/satams_2001.html

Poster PDF (954.4 kB)

P3.57

Operational Cloud Detection in GOES Imagery

Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. Laws

Poster PDF (94.2 kB)

P3.58

A satellite diagnostic of global convection

Frederick R. Mosher, NOAA/NWS/Aviation Weather Center, Kansas City, MO

Poster PDF (143.9 kB)

P3.59

Validation of a new global operational cloud analysis at AFWA

Gary B. Gustafson, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. C. Peduzzi

P3.60

Derived cloud products from the GOES-M Imager

Anthony J. Schreiner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit

Poster PDF (337.4 kB)

P3.61

Upper tropospheric moisture assimilation using GOES observations

William H. Raymond, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. S. Wade

P3.62

Future Satellite Initiatives at Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

Charles E. Skupniewicz, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and J. Cornelius, J. Haferman, J. Vermeulen, and Y. Wang

3

Operational Applications (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Thomas F. Lee, NRL

Papers:

4:00 PM

3.5

Satellite data utilization by U.S. Navy meteorology and oceanography (Invited Presentation)

Don T. Conlee, Naval Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. L. Crout

Poster PDF (3.7 MB)

4:30 PM

3.6

Some new operational applications of MetSat observations (Invited Presentation)

Thomas H. Vonder Haar, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Poster PDF (4.2 kB)

Exhibit Hours

Sessions end for the day

Panel Discussion 1

Panel Discussion: NOAA/NESDIS products from polar satellites: Are we meeting the needs of the atmospheric community?

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Moderator: Tony Reale, NOAA/NESDIS

Panelists: Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS; Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS; William L. Smith, NASA/LARC; Nancy Baker, NRL; John Bates, NOAA/ERL; Jim Purdom, WMO/OPAG/IOS and CIRA

WED 17 OCT

4

Radiances, Clouds, and Retrievals

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Larry Di Girolamo, Univ. of Illinois

Papers:

8:30 AM

4.1

Assimilation of satellite sounding radiances in numerical weather prediction (Invited Presentation)

John Eyre, UK Met Office, Bracknell, Berks., United Kingdom

Poster Session 4

Radiances, Clouds, and Retrievals

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Larry Di Girolamo, Univ. of Illinois

Papers:

P4.1

Atmospheric Radiance Measurements, Calibration, and Intercomparison Based on Multi-Sensor Technology

P4.2

Intercalibration of geostationary and polar-orbiting infrared window and water vapor radiances.

Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit and W. P. Menzel

Poster PDF (111.4 kB)

P4.3

Intercalibration of Meteorological Satellite Imagers Using VIRS, ATSR-2, and MODIS

Louis Nguyen, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, J. K. Ayers, and D. R. Doelling

Poster PDF (55.0 kB)

P4.4

Comparison of MODIS/TERRA radiances with GOES-8, GOES-10, and ARM CART site observations

P4.5

Physical decoupling of near-infrared (3.9um) solar and thermal radiation components through satellite observations of total solar eclipses

Steven D. Miller, NRL, Monterey, CA

P4.6

Advances in the Bias Correction of Satellite Radiance Data

William F. Campbell, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. Baker

P4.7

The AIRS Forward Model and Spectral Response Functions

Larrabee Strow, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland; and S. Hannon and H. Motteler

P4.8

cloud properties from amsu in a semi-arid region

Amy M. Doherty, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P4.9

Effect of cloud and precipitation microphysics on AMSU measurements as simulated using cloud resolving model outputs

Xiaofan Li, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng

P4.10

Polarization of microwave measurements for temperature sounding of the mesosphere

Alan E. Lipton, AER, Lexington, MA

P4.11

Combining radio occultations and IR/MW radiances to derive temperature and moisture profiles: A simulation study

Eva Borbas, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Menzel and J. Li

P4.12

A Simple Diagnosis Method of Moisture Profile from TMI/TPW

Tetsuo Nakazawa, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

Poster PDF (429.2 kB)

P4.13

Use of passive microwave observations in a radar rainfall profiling algorithm

Mircea Grecu, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT; and E. N. Anagnostou

Poster PDF (301.3 kB)

P4.14

Structure and characteristics of precipitation systems observed by TRMM

Steven J. Goodman, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and D. J. Cecil

Poster PDF (173.3 kB)

P4.15

An improved level-3 oceanic rainfall algorithm for the TRMM Microwave Imager (TMI) and the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer (AMSR)

T. T. Wilheit, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and J. Huang, K. W. Jin, D. H. Lee, J. L. Thomas-Stahle, and R. Weitz

Poster PDF (36.5 kB)

P4.16

What are the Benefits of Combining Visible, Infrared, and Microwave Satellite Data in Retrieving Cloud Physical Properties?

Thomas J. Greenwald, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. H. Vonder Haar

Poster PDF (964.1 kB)

P4.17

Determination of liquid water path and effective radius for water clouds using microwave and visible measurements

Guosheng Liu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and H. Shao, M. Tschudi, and J. Haggerty

Poster PDF (179.5 kB)

P4.18

The sensitivity of computed microwave brightness temperatures from precipitating clouds to models of spherical mixed-phase hydrometeors

Benjamin T. Johnson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Petty

Poster PDF (158.5 kB)

P4.19

A near-real time method for deriving cloud and radiation properties from satellites for weather and climate studies

Patrick Minnis, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith Jr., D. F. Young, L. Nguyen, A. D. Rapp, P. W. Heck, S. Sun-Mack, Q. Z. Trepte, and Y. Chen

http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (1.3 MB)

P4.20

VALIDATION OF GOES AND MODIS ATMOSPHERIC PRODUCTS AND RADIANCES USING DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION (DOE ARM) MEASUREMENT DATA

Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. Hawkinson, D. Tobin, and S. Wetzel-Seemann

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/

Poster PDF (95.9 kB)

P4.21

Validation of a global cloud liquid water product from AVHRR

Andrew K. Heidinger, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Washington, DC; and Q. Liu

http://orbit-net.nesdis.noaa.gov/crad/sat/atm/cloud/clavrx

Poster PDF (422.2 kB)

P4.22

Aerosol optical property retrievals from VIS-SWIR data

J. W. Snow, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. K. Griffin, H. K. Burke, and C. A. Upham

Poster PDF (471.2 kB)

P4.23

The Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) Experiment

William L. Smith Jr., NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and T. Charlock, B. A. Wielicki, R. Kahn, J. Vanderlei Martins, C. Gatebe, P. V. Hobbs, G. C. Purgold, J. Redemann, L. Remer, and K. Rutledge

Poster PDF (56.3 kB)

P4.24

Supercooled Liquid Water Cloud Properties Derived from GOES and Comparisons with In-Situ Aircraft Measurements

P4.25

Simultaneous Retrieval of Cloud Height and Effective Emissivity from Hyperspectral Radiance Measurements

Hung-Lung Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and X. Wu, J. Li, P. Antonelli, R. O. Knuteson, E. R. Olson, K. C. Baggett, and B. J. Osborne

Poster PDF (89.7 kB)

P4.26

Retrieval of cirrus ice-water path, particle size, and optical thickness using thermal infrared satellite data

Robert P. d'Entremont, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. L. Mitchell

Poster PDF (108.7 kB)

P4.27

A Bayesian ice cloud properties retrieval algorithm

David A. Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Berger, K. F. Evans, R. Pincus, and S. A. Ackerman

P4.28

Estimating thin cloud properties using an improved CO2 slicing approach

Hong Zhang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel

Poster PDF (582.8 kB)

P4.29

Development of Cirrus Models for MODIS and MISR

Sarah M. Thomas, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum, S. L. Nasiri, A. Heymsfield, P. Yang, E. E. Clothiaux, R. Marchand, and J. Comstock

P4.30

MISR cloud radiation measurements for testing plane-parallel radiative transfer theory

P4.31

Statistical dependence of cloud fraction as a function of view angle derived from MISR data

Guangyu Zhao, University of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo

Poster PDF (97.4 kB)

P4.32

Cloud detection and classification using high-spectral infrared observations

Kyle J. Leesman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, H. Revercomb, and J. Spinhirne

P4.33

Contrail cover and radiative properties from high-resolution satellite data

Rabindra Palikonda, AS&M, Inc., Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, P. W. Heck, S. Sun-Mack, Q. Z. Trepte, and H. Mannstein

http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov/sass.html

Poster PDF (949.0 kB)

P4.34

MOPITT CO Retrievals Under Cloudy Conditions

Juying X. Warner, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Gille, D. Edwards, J. Drummond, M. Deeter, D. Grant, G. Francis, D. Ziskin, M. Smith, J. L. Attie, and J. Chen

P4.35

Cloud overlapping detection algorithm using solar and IR wavelengths

Kazuaki Kawamoto, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis and W. L. Smith Jr.

P4.36

Surface emissivity derived for infrared remote sensing from satellites

Yan Chen, SAIC, Hampton, VA; and S. Sun-Mack, P. Minnis, W. L. Smith Jr., and D. F. Young

Poster PDF (974.6 kB)

P4.37

Intercomparison of GOES-8 Imager and Sounder skin temperature retrievals

Stephanie L. Haines, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and R. J. Suggs and G. J. Jedlovec

Poster PDF (52.0 kB)

P4.38

An aerosol-dependent algorithm for remotely sensed sea surface temperatures from the NOAA AVHRR

Nicholas R. Nalli, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and L. L. Stowe

Poster PDF (728.5 kB)

P4.39

Comparisons of observed and simulated microwave images of extratropical cyclones

Jui-Yuan C. Chiu, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN; and G. W. Petty

Poster PDF (205.9 kB)

4

Radiances, Clouds, and Retrievals (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Larry Di Girolamo, Univ. of Illinois

Papers:

11:00 AM

4.2

Cloud Property Retrievals using Infrared and Far-Infrared Measurements (Invited Presentation)

Steven A. Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

11:30 AM

4.3

Estimating the primary analysis variables, temperature, moisture and wind, from space�Science and cooperation. (Invited Presentation)

John Le Marshall, BMRC, Melbourne, Vic., Australia

Poster PDF (190.6 kB)

Lunch

5

New Technology and Methods

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Robert Plante, Raytheon

Papers:

1:30 PM

5.1

Remote Sensing of Cloud, Aerosol, and Water Vapor Properties from MODIS (Invited Presentation)

Michael D. King, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Poster Session 5

New Technology and Methods

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Robert Plante, Raytheon

Papers:

P5.1

KAISTSAT programs: low-earth orbit microsatellites

P5.1A

The Crosstrack Infrared Sounder (CrIS)

Ronald Glumb, ITT Aerospace and Communications, Fort Wayne, IN; and D. C. Jordan and C. E. Lietzke

P5.2

NPOESS Instruments: The Future of MetSat Observations

John D. Cunningham, NOAA/NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and J. M. Haas and H. Swenson

Poster PDF (223.0 kB)

P5.3

Recommendations from the GOES Users' Conference

James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and G. J. Dittberner

Poster PDF (36.7 kB)

P5.4

NOAA's GOES System�Plans for New Sensors

Gerald J. Dittberner, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD

P5.5

Channel selection for the next generation geostationary Advanced Imagers

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, M. M. Gunshor, and J. P. Nelson III

http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/pdf/satconf01_ABI_P5.5.pdf

Poster PDF (438.9 kB)

P5.6

Channel selection methods for Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer Radiances

Nadia Fourri�, Meteo-France, Toulouse, France; and F. Rabier

P5.8

Measurement Concept Validation Plans for GIFTS

David Tobin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden, N. Pougatchev, and W. L. Smith

Poster PDF (20.6 kB)

P5.9

Simulation of GIFTS Data Cubes

David Tobin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Baggett, R. Garcia, H. Woolf, A. Huang, B. Knuteson, J. Mecikalski, E. Olson, B. Osborne, D. Posselt, and H. Revercomb

Poster PDF (172.9 kB)

P5.10

Validation of the submillimeter cirrus remote sensing technique: Is it ready for space?

K. Franklin Evans, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and I. G. Nolt, M. D. Vanek, and C. Lee

P5.11

Application and Design of Satellite Infrared Spectral Imaging Radiometers with Uncooled Microbolometer Array Detectors

James D. Spinhirne, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. S. Lancaster and K. R. Maschhoff

Poster PDF (100.5 kB)

P5.12

A Proposed Multiangle Satellite Dataset Using GEO, LEO and Triana

Helen Y. Yi, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, L. Nguyen, and D. R. Doelling

http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)

P5.13

Cloud Detection from MISR using a Band-Differenced Angular Signature

Michael Wilson, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL; and L. Di Girolamo

Poster PDF (172.7 kB)

P5.14

MODIS Cloud Mask: an Update and Validation

Richard Frey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, W. P. Menzel, L. Gumley, C. Moeller, and S. Wetzel Seemann

P5.15

Global daytime and nighttime frequencies of cloud thermodynamic phase as a function of cloud temperature using MODIS data

Richard A. Frey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum, S. L. Nasiri, W. P. Menzel, S. A. Ackerman, and L. Gumley

P5.16

High Spectral Resolution Lidar Validation of MODIS Derived Cloud Phase and Altitude

R. E. Holz, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Nasiri, R. E. Kuehn, R. Frey, B. Baum, and E. W. Eloranta

Poster PDF (218.0 kB)

P5.17

Cloud top analysis using cloud model simulations and satellite observations

Stefano Natali, Univ. of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy; and P. K. Wang and H. M. Lin

Poster PDF (88.2 kB)

P5.18

Nighttime Cloud Overlap using MODIS Data

Monica K. Harkey, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum

Poster PDF (1.1 MB)

P5.19

Daytime Cloud Overlap using MODIS Data

Shaima L. Nasiri, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum

P5.20

High spatial resolution surface and cloud type classification from MODIS multi-spectral band measurements

Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Yang, H. L. Huang, W. P. Menzel, R. A. Frey, and S. A. Ackerman

Poster PDF (394.8 kB)

P5.21

Land Surface Albedo, Nadir BRDF-Adjusted Reflectance, and BRDF Products from the MODerate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)

Crystal B. Schaaf, Boston University, Boston, MA; and F. Gao, A. H. Strahler, W. Lucht, X. Li, X. Zhang, Y. Jin, E. Tsvetsinskaya, J. -. P. Muller, P. Lewis, M. Barnsley, G. Roberts, C. Doll, S. Liang, D. Roy, and J. L. Privette

http://geography.bu.edu/brdf/userguide/index.html

Poster PDF (302.8 kB)

P5.22

MODIS statistical structure function analysis

Tomoko Koyama, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. W. Hillger and T. H. Vonder Haar

Poster PDF (396.0 kB)

P5.23

Simulation of GOES-M 5-band Imager Using MODIS Data for volcanic ash

Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Clark

P5.24

Evaluation of MODIS Emissive Band Radiometric Performance Using MAS Data Collected During TX-2001.

Christopher C. Moeller, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. D. LaPorte, W. P. Menzel, and H. E. Revercomb

P5.25

MODIS Direct Broadcast Reception, Products, and Applications

Liam E. Gumley, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. H. L. Huang, T. D. Rink, J. Li, and Z. Yang

P5.26

Correlated Noise Modeling for Satellite Radiance Simulation

Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Crosby

Poster PDF (33.9 kB)

P5.27

CERES/ARM Validation Experiment(CAVE)

David A. Rutan, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and F. G. Rose, N. Smith, and T. P. Charlock

Poster PDF (131.9 kB)

P5.28

INTERCOMPARISON OF CERES SCANNING AND ERBS WFOV NON-SCANNING RADIOMETERS

David A. Rutan, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith, R. B. Lee III, and T. Wong

Poster PDF (219.3 kB)

P5.29

The Calibration of NOAA-AVHRR Visible Radiances with VIRS

David R. Doelling, AS&M, Hampton, VA; and V. Chakrapani, P. Minnis, and L. Nguyen

http://www-pm.larc.nasa.gov

Poster PDF (98.4 kB)

P5.30

Using polarimetric two-stream radiative transfer model to study microwave polarimetric signatures

Quanhua Liu, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and F. Weng

P5.31

A Test of the Petty and Katsaros (1994) Incidence Angle Correction in a Forward Model

Clay B. Blankenship, NRL, Monterey, CA

Poster PDF (16.5 kB)

P5.32

kCARTA: A Fast Pseudo Line-by-Line Radiative Transfer Code with Scattering

Sergio DeSouza-Machado, Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, Maryland; and L. L. Strow, H. E. Motteler, and S. E. Hannon

Poster PDF (78.4 kB)

5

New Technology and Methods (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Robert Plante, Raytheon

Papers:

4:00 PM

5.2

Near real-time QuikScat/SeaWinds wind vector data at NOAA/NESDIS (Invited Presentation)

Paul S. Chang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and L. Connor and E. Legg

4:30 PM

5.3

TRMM: Status of precipitation estimates, science highlights, and 3-hour global, tropical precipitation estimates (Invited Presentation)

Robert F. Adler, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

Exhibit Hours

Sessions end for the day

Special Presentation: Electronic Theater - An evening of Spectacular Visions of Earth

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Moderator: Fritz Hasler, NASA

THUR 18 OCT

5

New Technology and Methods (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Grant W. Petty, Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.4

Combining New Satellite Tools and Models to Examine the Role of Mesoscale Interactions in Formation and Intensification of Tropical Cyclones (Invited Presentation)

Joanne Simpson, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Ritchie, W. T. Liu, C. S. Velden, K. Brueske, H. Pierce, and J. Halverson

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

Poster Session 5

New Technology and Methods (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Grant W. Petty, Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:

P5.33

OMPS�The Next Generation U.S. Operational Ozone Monitor

Hal J. Bloom, NOAA/NPOESS/IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Sanner

P5.34

THE CROSS-TRACK INFRARED/MICROWAVE SOUNDER SUITE (CrIMSS): THE NEXT GENERATION OPERATIONAL POLAR ORBITING SOUNDER SYSTEM

Hal J. Bloom, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Glumb

P5.35

NOAA/NESDIS Operational Advanced-TOVS (ATOVS) Polar Orbiter Sounding Products

Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and A. S. Allegrino

P5.36

Deriving atmospheric temperature and humidity profiles from AMSU-A and AMSU-B measurements using neural network techniques

P5.37

AN OPTIMAL-ESTIMATION ALGORITHM FOR WATER VAPOR PROFILING USING AMSU

Darren S. McKague, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. J. Engelen, J. M. Forsythe, S. Q. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar

Poster PDF (65.5 kB)

P5.38

Retrieval of atmospheric inversions using geostationary high-spectral-resolution sounder radiance information

Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, H. L. Huang, and H. M. Woolf

Poster PDF (67.5 kB)

P5.39

SSMIS Upper Atmosphere Sounding Calibration and Validation Plans

Steven D. Swadley, NRL, Monterey, CA

Poster PDF (367.7 kB)

P5.40

Air Force Weather Agency Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder processing

David M. Paal, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and T. J. Kopp

P5.41

Imagery Interpretation of Microwave Observations from AMSU and TMI over a Complex Tropical Region

Benjamin Ruston, Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and T. H. Vonder Haar and J. M. Forsythe

http://cassiopeia.cira.colostate.edu/AMS2001/

Poster PDF (3.0 MB)

P5.42

EURAINSAT: European Satellite Rainfall Analysis and Monitoring at the Geostationary Scale

Vincenzo Levizzani, Institute of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Bologna, Italy; and P. Bauer, A. Buzzi, D. H. Hinsman, A. Khain, C. Kidd, F. S. Marzano, F. Meneguzzo, A. Mugnai, J. P. V. Poiares-Baptista, F. Prodi, J. F. W. Purdom, D. Rosenfeld, J. Schmetz, E. A. Smith, F. Tampieri, F. J. Turk, and G. A. Vicente

Poster PDF (48.0 kB)

P5.43

Microwave Surface and Precipitation Products System (MSPPS)�an Application of AMSU Data to the Retrieval of Surface Geophysical Products

Huan Meng, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and D. A. Moore, L. Zhao, R. R. Ferraro, F. Weng, and N. Grody

P5.44

Satellite microwave sensors: new tools for monitoring the kinematical, thermodynamical, and cloud microphysical processes in tropical cyclones

Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NWS/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD

P5.45

Motivating the use of remotely-sensed data sources for estimating convective momentum transports

John R. Mecikalski, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

P5.46

Rainfall Retrieval from Lightning and Satellite Infrared Observations adjusted with TRMM Precipitation Radar

Carlos Augusto Morales, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and E. Anagnostou and J. Weinman

P5.47

Tracking Continuous Rain Systems Using A Genetic Based Wavelet Image Registration Technique

Jearanai Vongsaard, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA; and L. S. Chiu, T. El-Ghazawi, J. Weinman, and R. Yang

P5.48

Comparison of instantaneous TMI and PR rainfall data from the TRMM satellite

John E. Stout, George Mason Univ., Fairfax, VA; and R. Meneghini

Poster PDF (106.4 kB)

P5.49

A new fine-scale, quasi-global combined precipitation estimate based on TRMM

George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin

P5.50

Evolution of the NOAA/NESDIS SSM/I Land Rainfall Algorithm into the TRMM and AMSR era

Jeffrey R. McCollum, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA and Univ.of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro

P5.51

Advances in Global Water Cycle Science Made Possible by Global Precipitation Mission (GPM)

Eric A. Smith, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

P5.52

CO AND CH4 COLUMN RETRIEVAL FROM THE SCANNING HIGH RESOLUTION INTERFEROMETER SOUNDER (S-HIS)

Kenneth Vinson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. Revercomb, H. B. Howell, and R. Knuteson

Poster PDF (283.9 kB)

P5.53

THE ROLE OF A PRIORI INFORMATION IN THE RETRIEVAL OF CO PROFILES FROM TERRA-MOPITT MEASUREMENTS

Shu-peng Ho, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Gille, D. P. Edwards, J. L. Attie, M. N. Deeter, J. Warner, G. L. Francis, and D. Ziskin

Poster PDF (81.9 kB)

P5.54

MODIS/TERRA Total precipitable water product evaluation

Suzanne Wetzel-Seemann, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley, J. Li, T. J. Schmit, and W. P. Menzel

P5.55

Application of MODIS data for deriving ocean surface currents

P5.56

Statistical characteristics of QuikSCAT "real-time" ocean surface wind vector retrievals

William H. Gemmill, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

P5.57

Near-realtime Winds and Surface Pressures from SeaWinds

David F. Zierden, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and M. A. Bourassa, J. S. Tongue, J. J. O'Brien, and D. E. Weissman

P5.58

Atmospheric Motion Vectors with Meteosat Second Generation

Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany

Poster PDF (284.5 kB)

P5.59

FURTHER STUDY OF DERIVING SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE FROM FUTURE GOES

Xiangqian Wu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Brisson, P. Le Borgne, A. Marsouin, and W. P. Menzel

Poster PDF (176.0 kB)

P5.60

Infrared Land Surface Emissivity Retrieval from High-spectral Resolution Upwelling Radiance

Robert Knuteson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Osborne, H. Revercomb, D. Tobin, and W. L. Smith

Poster PDF (261.6 kB)

P5.61

Quality Control and Preliminary Data Analysis of the Interferometric Monitor for Greenhouse Gases (IMG) Data Set

Robin L. Tanamachi, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and V. P. Walden, S. A. Ackerman, and R. O. Knuteson

P5.62

VIIRS (Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite): A Next-Generation Operational Environmental Sensor for NPOESS

Carol Welsch, U.S. Air Force and NPOESS/Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Swenson and J. M. Haas

P5.63

Calibration and Initial Results from The OSSE for NPOESS

Michiko Masutani, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Woollen, J. Terry, S. J. Lord, T. J. Kleespies, G. D. Emmitt, S. A. Wood, S. Greco, J. C. Derber, R. Atlas, and M. Goldberg

Poster PDF (1.8 MB)

P5.64

Estimation of Mesoscale Atmospheric Latent Heating Profiles from TRMM Rain Statistics Utilizing a Simple One-Dimensional Model

Robert Iacovazzi Jr., SSAI, Lanham, MD; and C. Prabhakara

P5.65

TRMM Precipitation Radar and Microwave Imager Observations

C. Prabhakara, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Iacovazzi Jr., J. -. M. Yoo, and J. Weinman

5

New Technology and Methods (Continued)

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Grant W. Petty, Univ. of Wisconsin

Papers:

11:00 AM

5.5

Satellite Oceanography in the 21st Century Navy (Invited Presentation)

Walt J. McKeown, Naval Atlantic Meteorological and Oceanographic Center, Norfolk, VA

11:30 AM

5.6

Validation Tools for Future Satellite Observations (Invited Presentation)

H. E. Revercomb, Universtiy of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. C. Tobin, R. O. Knuteson, W. F. Feltz, W. P. Menzel, and W. L. Smith

Lunch

6

Future Activities

Sponsor: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Organizer: Marie Colton, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA

Papers:

1:30 PM

6.5

(Formerly Paper 6.3) Meteosat Second Generation (MSG): Capabilities and Applications (Invited Presentation)

Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Pili, S. Tjemkes, A. Ratier, and S. Rota

Poster PDF (156.1 kB)

2:15 PM

6.6

(Formerly Paper 6.4) WMO Satellite Activities and Perspectives (Invited Presentation)

Donald E. Hinsman, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)

3:00 PM

6.7

(Formerly Paper 6.1) Evolution of NOAA's Civil Environmental Operational Satellite Services (Invited Presentation)

Gregory Withee, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

3:45 PM

6.8

(Formerly Paper 6.2) The Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) (Invited Presentation)

W. L. Smith Sr., NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and F. Harrison, D. Hinton, J. Miller, M. Bythe, D. Zhou, H. Revercomb, F. Best, H. Huang, R. Knuteson, D. Tobin, C. S. Velden, G. Bingham, R. Huppi, A. Thurgood, L. Zollinger, R. Epslin, and R. Petersen

Poster PDF (359.8 kB)

4:30 PM

6.6a

Coffee Break

Conference Ends

Sessions End

Reception (Cash Bar)

Conference Banquet

: 11th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Sunday, 14 October 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 14 October 2001

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 14 October 2001

Monday, 15 October 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

8:00 AM-8:15 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

8:15 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

9:45 AM-11:15 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

11:15 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

2:15 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

Tuesday, 16 October 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

9:15 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

2:15 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

4:30 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

8:00 PM-8:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

Wednesday, 17 October 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

9:15 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

2:15 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

4:30 PM-7:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

7:00 PM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 October 2001

Thursday, 18 October 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 18 October 2001

8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Thursday, 18 October 2001

9:15 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 18 October 2001

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 18 October 2001

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 18 October 2001

1:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 18 October 2001

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 18 October 2001

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Thursday, 18 October 2001

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Thursday, 18 October 2001

Sunday, 14 October 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 14 October 2001

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 14 October 2001

Monday, 15 October 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

8:00 AM-8:15 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

8:15 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

9:45 AM-11:15 AM: Monday, 15 October 2001

11:15 AM-12:15 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

2:15 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 15 October 2001

Tuesday, 16 October 2001

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

8:30 AM-9:15 AM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

9:15 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

1:30 PM-2:15 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

2:15 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

4:30 PM-7:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001

5:00 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 October 2001