Session: Operational Products (13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)

Wednesday, 22 September 2004: 9:30 AM-11:00 AM

Host: 13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography

Chair:

Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA

Papers:

P5.1

Satellite products and imagery with Hurricane Isabel

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

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P5.2

Objective aids used in the analysis of tropical cyclone intensity and rainfall

Michael A. Turk, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD

P5.3

OPERATIONAL APPLICATIONS OF THE AIR FORCE MARK-IV-B TACTICAL SATELLITE NETWORK

Paul J. McCrone, Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE; and C. R. Holliday

P5.4

Over-ocean validation of the Global Convective Diagnostic

David W. Martin, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. A. Kohrs and F. R. Mosher

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P5.5

Operations within the Washington VAAC: using multiple sensors to detect and analyze volcanic ash

Alonzo M. Brown, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

P5.6

The Advanced Satellite Aviation-weather Products (ASAP) initiative at the University of Wisconsin - CIMSS

Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, D. B. Johnson, K. Bedka, S. M. Thomas, A. J. Wimmers, S. A. Ackerman, C. C. Schmidt, M. Richards, and N. Ulhenbrock

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P5.7

The Advanced Satellite Aviation Weather Products (ASAP) initiative: Phase I efforts at the University of Alabama in Huntsville

John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and T. A. Berendes, U. S. Nair, W. F. Feltz, K. M. Bedka, S. J. Paech, J. J. Murray, and D. B. Johnson

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P5.8

Status of the NOAA/NESDIS Operational Satellite Wind Product System: Recent Improvements, New Products, Product Quality, and Future Plans

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

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P5.9

Global satellite mosaics - infrared, visible and water vapor

Frederick R. Mosher, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Kansas City, MO

P5.10

Blended satellite products for operational forecasting

Stanley Q. Kidder, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and A. S. Jones

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P5.11

Advanced-TOVS (ATOVS) sounding products from NOAA operational polar orbiting satellites

Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and M. W. Chalfant, A. S. Allegrino, F. H. Tilley, M. P. Ferguson, and E. Kratz

P5.12

Satellite Upper Air Network (SUAN)

Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. H. Tilley and J. L. Salazar

P5.13

The New Operational GOES Merged Sounder Product System (MSPS) at NOAA/NESDIS

Gary E. Gray, Raytheon Information Technology and Scientific Services, Lanham, MD; and J. M. Daniels, G. Krasowski, Y. Liu, and T. J. Schmit

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P5.14

Using GOES layer average specific humdity (GLASH) and Lagrangian reverse domain filling trajectories to forecast Stratospheric/Tropospheric Exchange (STE)

Jennie L. Moody, Univ. of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA; and R. B. Pierce, A. J. Wimmers, T. D. Fairlie, and E. V. Browell

P5.15

Addressing spectral gaps when using AIRS for intercalibration of operational geostationary imagers

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

Handout (148.6 kB)

P5.16

Geostationary sea surface temperature product validation and retrieval methodology

Eileen Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Merchant, A. Harris, X. Li, and R. Potash

Handout (175.4 kB)

P5.17

Global operational sea surface temperature and aerosol products from AVHRR: Current status, diagnostics, and potential enhancements

Alexander Ignatov, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Sapper, I. Laszlo, N. R. Nalli, A. Harris, W. G. Pichel, A. E. Strong, E. J. Bayler, X. Li, and E. Maturi

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P5.18

A new algorithm for dust detection over water utilizing the AVHRR imager

Amato Evan, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. K. Heidinger and M. J. Pavolonis

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P5.19

Re-calibrating the operational Hydro-Estimator satellite precipitation algorithm

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and J. C. Davenport and R. A. Scofield

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P5.20

Comparison of the Global Precipitation Climatology Project (GPCP) Estimates of Precipitation over Snow Covered Surfaces with Gauges

David J. Salapata, Univ. of Maryland/Earth System Science Disciplinary Center/Cooperative Institute for Climate Studies, College Park, MD; and A. Gruber

P5.21

Monitoring and Validation of NOAA AMSU-based Hydrological Products

Huan Meng, QSS Group, Inc. Lanham, MD and NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and R. R. Ferraro

P5.22

Development and evaluation of the AMSU-based snow water equivalent retrieval algorithm

Cezar Kongoli, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and R. R. Ferraro

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P5.23

An Evaluation of a new AMSU-derived falling snow retrieval algorithm

Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and C. E. Kongoli and P. Pellegrino

Handout (166.1 kB)

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