17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography (Expanded View)

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Sunday, 26 September 2010
5:00 PM-7:00 PM, Sunday, Senate B
Registration Opens
 
Monday, 27 September 2010
7:30 AM-5:00 PM, Monday, Senate B
Registration Continues through September 30, 2010
 
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Monday, Capitol D
Plenary Session 1 Satellite/Air-Sea Interaction/Coastal Triple Conference Plenary (Joint between the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, the 17th Conference on Air Sea Interaction, and the Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes)
8:30 AMPL1.1Air-sea interaction in hurricanes   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Kerry Emanuel, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
9:00 AMPL1.3What is coastal climate?  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Michael C. Kruk, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and D. Levinson, E. Gibney, and P. A. Hennon
9:30 AMPL1.2Surface Wind Modification by Sea-Surface Temperature Fronts: Satellite Observations and Implications for Coupled Air-Sea Interaction Processes   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Larry W. O'Neill, NRL Monterey, Monterey, CA
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Monday, Capitol D
Session 1 Hal Woolf Memorial Session
Chair: William Smith, Sr., Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA
10:30 AMIntroductory Remarks  
10:40 AM1.1A Tribute to a Community-Oriented Satellite Remote Sensing Scientist   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Allen Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
10:55 AM1.2Assimilation of satellite sounder radiances in NWP: the importance of background error specification   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
John Eyre, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom; and F. Hilton
11:10 AM1.3Reprocessing the HIRS data to infer global cloud cover properties and trends   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Paul Menzel, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and E. Olson and B. Baum
11:25 AM1.4Hyperspectral data in numerical weather prediction  
John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Vic., Australia; and J. Jung, R. G. Seecamp, Y. Xiao, J. Lee, P. Gregory, M. Goldberg, C. D. Barnet, and W. W. Wolf
11:40 AM1.5Advances in satellite, airborne, and ground-based IR hyperspectral sounding of the atmosphere   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
William Smith Sr., Hampton Univ., Hampton, VA; and E. Weisz, S. Kireev, J. Yongxiao, A. M. Larar, and H. Revercomb
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Monday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Monday, Capitol D
Session 2 Satellite Research and Algorithm Development in Meteorology
Cochairs: Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX
1:30 PM2.1Land Surface Emissivity Impact on Advanced Infrared Soundings   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Zhigang Yao, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li and J. Li
1:45 PM2.2Landslide hazard assessment using satellite precipitation information   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Dalia Bach Kirschbaum, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD; and C. D. Peters-Lidard, R. F. Adler, Y. Hong, and A. Y. Hou
2:00 PM2.3Retrieval of convective momentum fluxes through satellite-based methods   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Christopher P. Jewett, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski
2:15 PM2.4The Terra/MOPITT mission: current and future products for carbon monoxide   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Merritt N. Deeter, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and D. Edwards, G. Francis, J. Gille, H. Worden, and J. Drummond
2:30 PM2.5Variability and interpretation of satellite derived cloud properties from MODIS   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Brent C. Maddux, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Ackerman, P. Menzel, and S. Platnick
2:45 PM2.6Validation of CloudSat-Based Snowfall Profiles using C-band Ground Radar  
F. Joseph Turk, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and K. Park, P. Rodriguez, D. Hudak, G. Liu, and T. L'Ecuyer
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function
Coffee Break
 
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Monday, Capitol D
Joint Session 1 Measuring the Water Cycle From Space (Joint between the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and the 17th Conference on Air Sea Interaction)
Chair: Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
3:30 PMJ1.1A recently revived dataset of satellite-based global air-sea surface turbulent fluxes (GSSTF2b) – features and applications  
Chung-Lin Shie, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD
4:00 PMJ1.2Inter-annual variations and trends in surface temperature, water vapor and precipitation and the impact of ENSO and volcanoes   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Robert F. Adler, ESSIC, University of Maryland, College Park and NASA/GSFC, College Park, MD; and G. Gu
4:15 PMJ1.3Extreme events in the SeaFlux turbulent flux dataset   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Carol Clayson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and J. B. Roberts, A. S. Bogdanoff, and J. P. Scott
4:30 PMJ1.4The impact of ATOVS radiance in MERRA reanalysis   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Junye Chen, Univ. of Maryland/ESSIC & NASA/GSFC/GMAO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Bosilovich
4:45 PMJ1.5Atmospheric diabatic heating distributions derived from a combination of satellite sensor data  
William S. Olson, Univ of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and T. S. L'Ecuyer, M. Grecu, G. Gu, X. Jiang, and M. G. Bosilovich
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function
Formal Poster Viewing
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function
Joint Poster Session 1 Measuring the Water Cycle from Space - Posters (Joint between the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography and the 17th Conference on Air Sea Interaction)
Chair: Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
 JP1.1NASA Energy and Water cycle Study  
Deborah R. Belvedere, Goddard Earth Sciences & Technology Center, Baltimore, MD; and R. Schiffer, P. R. Houser, and J. Entin
 JP1.2A diurnally varying sea surface temperature dataset using a next generation parameterization  
Alec Setnor Bogdanoff, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and C. A. Clayson
 JP1.3Diagnosis of systematic errors in atmospheric river forecasts using satellite observations of integrated water vapor  
Gary A. Wick, NOAA/ESRL/PSD, Boulder, CO
 JP1.4Intercomparison of water vapor transport datasets  
Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
 JP1.5Description of Remote Sensing Systems version-7 geophysical data products  
Kyle Hilburn, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and F. J. Wentz
 JP1.6A global climatology of extreme precipitation based on satellite data  
George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin
 JP1.7Error Analysis of Satellite-derived SeaFlux Heat and Moisture Fluxes with In Situ-derived Fluxes  
Joel Scott, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and M. Bourassa and C. A. Clayson
 JP1.8Impact of the evolving satellite data record on reanalysis water and energy fluxes during the past 30 years  
F. R. Robertson, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and T. L. Miller, M. G. Bosilovich, and J. Chen
 JP1.9Exploring the relationships between precipitation and surface temperature using satellite-based observations  
Guojun Gu, NASA/GSFC and ESSIC, Univ. of Maryland, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Adler
 
5:30 PM-7:30 PM, Monday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 1 Satellite Research and Algorithm Development in Meteorology - Posters
Cochairs: Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO
 P1.1Performance of temperature and dew point data based on Collection 5 algorithm of MODIS and their applications in numerical modelling of tropical cyclones  extended abstract
P. W. Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, China; and H. Y. Yip
 P1.2An objective methodology for infrared land surface emissivity evaluation  
Zhenglong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, X. Jin, T. J. Schmit, E. Borbas, and M. Goldberg
 P1.3Modeling of inhomogeneous surface properties for the advanced technology microwave sounder  extended abstract
Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
 P1.4An analysis of operational satellite data from historic Baltimore and Washington DC area 2009/2010 winter storms  extended abstract
Bryan Jackson, NOAA/NWSFO, Sterling, VA; and S. Zubrick
 P1.5An update on the GOES-R ABI overshooting top and enhanced-V anvil thermal couplet detection algorithms  
Jason C. Brunner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bedka, W. F. Feltz, R. Dworak, and L. M. Cronce
 P1.6Predicting turbulence by satellite and validating with in situ data: A full-scale analysis with the GOES-R Tropopause Folding Turbulence Product  
Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz
 P1.7Automated Lightning Flash Detection in Nighttime Visible Satellite Data  
Jeremy E. Solbrig, NRL, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Bankert, T. F. Lee, and S. D. Miller
 P1.8Development of a daytime multispectral technique for detecting supercooled liquid water-topped mixed phase clouds  
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and Y. J. Noh and A. K. Heidinger
 P1.9Retrievals of daytime and nighttime cloud macro- and micro-physical properties using infrared satellite observations  
Sarah T. Bedka, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, P. W. Heck, R. Palikonda, D. P. Duda, and K. Khlopenkov
 P1.10Nighttime Retrievals of Ice Cloud Properties from Infrared Radiances at 3.7, 6.7, 11.0 and 12.0 μm  
Gang Hong, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, J. K. Ayers, C. R. Yost, and W. L. Smith Jr.
 P1.11Orographically induced cirrus clouds east of the Southern Appalachian Mountains  
Ryan Ellis, NOAA/NWSFO, Raleigh, NC
 P1.12Infrared Derived Microphysical Properties of Deep Convection  
Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff and A. K. Heidinger
 P1.13Correction of sub-cloud effects on rainfall rate estimation from the Self-Calibrating Multivariate Precipitation Retrieval (SCaMPR) algorithm  
Yaping Li, I. M. Systems Group, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Kuligowski
 P1.14Recent improvements to the TRMM Microwave Imager Land Rainfall algorithm  
Kaushik Gopalan, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and N. Y. Wang, R. R. Ferraro, and C. Liu
 P1.15A passive microwave snowfall rate algorithm  
Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD; and B. Yan, D. Price, and R. R. Ferraro
 P1.16Robust algorithm to retrieve precipitation from space-borne dual frequency radar observations  
Mircea Grecu, University of Maryland, Baltimore County and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and W. S. Olson, L. Tian, and S. Tanelli
 P1.17Parallel GPGPU acceleration algorithms for radiative transfer calculations in the atmosphere  
William F. Godoy, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and X. Liu
 
Tuesday, 28 September 2010
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Tuesday, Capitol D
Session 3 International Satellite Observing Systems and Coordinated Efforts toward Creating a Global Earth Observing System: A Joint EUMETSAT Session
Chair: Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD
8:30 AM3.1Role of the European Operational Meteorological Satellites in the Space-based Global Observing System   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and R. Stuhlmann, D. Klaes, M. Koenig, and P. Schluessel
9:00 AM3.2Global Space-based Inter-Calibration System (GSICS)   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and X. Wu
9:15 AM3.3Polar-GOES-GPSRO multi-platform satellite product inter-comparisons using the NOAA products validation system   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Tilley and B. Sun
9:30 AM3.4Status of the future microwave tropical cyclone monitoring constellation   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jeffrey D. Hawkins, NRL, Monterey, CA; and C. S. Velden and T. F. Lee
9:45 AM3.5Monitoring Eyjafjallajokull Volcano with GOES-R volcanic ash physical property retrievals   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Justin Sieglaff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis
 
10:00 AM-10:25 AM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function
Coffee Break
 
10:25 AM-12:15 PM, Tuesday, Capitol C
Session 4 Satellite Observations of Climate: Research on Processes and Trends
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Reston, VA
10:25 AMIntroductory Remarks  
10:30 AM4.1SAGE III Measurements from ISS   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
M. Patrick McCormick, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and J. Zawodny
10:45 AM4.2Variability, trends and challenges in the long-term global satellite record of water vapor   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Thomas H. Vonder Haar, Science and Technology Corporation, Hampton, VA; and J. M. Forsythe, J. L. Bytheway, and I. Wittmeyer
11:00 AM4.3An update on the NOAA MSU/AMSU/SSU CDR development and its applications   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Cheng-Zhi Zou, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Camp Springs, MD
11:15 AM4.4Monitoring a changing climate for coral reef ecosystems over the next few decades – Signals from the past 25 years   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Alan E. Strong, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Liu, W. Skriving, T. R. L. Christensen, C. M. Eakin, S. F. Heron, and C. Nim
11:30 AM4.5AA 27-year record of AVHRR-derived polar winds for retrospective analyses  
David Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Key, R. Dworak, M. M. Rienecker, R. Gelaro, and N. A. Bearson
 4.5 has been moved. New poster number P4.18  
11:45 AM4.6Changing Arctic Sea Ice, Its Trends and Climatic Impacts over 1982-2004   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Xuanji Wang Sr., CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key and Y. Liu
12:00 PM4.7Climate Trend Analysis of Sea Surface Temperature, Water Vapor and Precipitation   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Song Yang, Naval Researc Lab, Monterey, CA; and F. Weng
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Tuesday, Capitol D
Joint Session 2 Advances in Remote Sensing and in-situ Observational Networks (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Coastal Atmospheric and Oceanic Prediction and Processes and the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
CoChair: Christopher N. K. Mooers, RSMAS, University of Miami, Miami, FL
10:30 AMJ2.1Experimental study of the evolution of the inland vertical structure of a coastal Atmospheric Boundary Layer in the Central Mediterranean using surface and ground-based remote sensing   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Anna Maria Sempreviva, National Council of Research, Lamezia Terme, Italy; and T. Lo Feudo, C. R. Calidonna, R. Wagner, M. S. Courtney, E. Avolio, L. De Leo, and S. Federico
10:45 AMJ2.2Study of radar bright band over a tropical station  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Dr. Rajasri Sen Jaiswal, Sona College of Technology, Salem, Tamil Nadu, India; and S. R Fredrick, M. N. v S, R. Mohammad, and L. Zaveri
11:00 AMJ2.3Synoptic and mesoscale influences on refractivity structure during offshore flow over the Persian Gulf  
Isha Renta, NSWCDD, Dahlgren, VA; and K. Horgan and R. Marshall
11:15 AMJ2.4The National Data Buoy Center Data Assembly Center (NDBC DAC): A Component of the Network of Marine Networks   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Richard L. Crout, National Data Buoy Center, Stennis Space Center, MS; and R. Bouchard, R. Hervey, and B. Burnett
11:30 AMJ2.5The representation of air-sea fluxes in cold air outbreaks in satellite and MERRA data  
Carol Anne Clayson, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL; and R. Hunniford and A. S. Bogdanoff
11:45 AMJ2.6Observing systems and their importance for determining the significance of coastal storms   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Jon K. Miller, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ; and T. O. Herrington
 
12:15 PM-1:30 PM, Tuesday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Tuesday, Capitol D
Session 5 Satellite Observations in Predictive Models of Weather and Climate
Cochairs: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA
1:30 PM5.1Evaluation of deep convective cloud systems in the NASA MERRA reanalysis   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and A. Jongeward and G. L. Potter
1:45 PM5.2The relative impact of clear and cloudy sky infrared brightness temperatures within an ensemble data assimilation system  
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
2:00 PM5.3Assimilation of GOES Hourly Aerosol Optical Depths in a Regional Air Quality Model to Improve PM2.5 Predictions  
Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Q. Zhao
2:15 PM5.4Multi-moment statistics of temperature, water vapor, and cloud properties from the A-train and comparisons to climate models   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Brian H. Kahn, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and J. Teixeira and E. J. Fetzer
2:30 PM5.5Impact of AIRS Thermodynamic Profiles on Regional Weather Forecasting   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Shih-Hung Chou, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and B. Zavodsky and G. Jedlovec
2:45 PM5.6Impact of Satellite Surface Wind Observations on the Tropical Cyclone Track Forecasts in the NRL NAVDAS/COAMPS and NRL NAVDAS-AR/NOGAPS Mesoscale and Global Data Assimilation and NWP Systems   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Li Bi, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. L. Baker and K. D. Sashegyi
 
3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function
Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing
 
3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 2 International Satellite Observing Systems and Coordinated Efforts toward Creating a Global Earth Observing System: A Joint EUMETSAT Session - Posters
Chair: Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD
 P2.1Activities of the National Weather Association's (NWA) Remote Sensing Committee and Potential Synergies with the AMS Committee on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography  extended abstract
Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD
 P2.2Reanalysis of MetOp AVHRR/HIRS IR channel prelaunch calibration  
Aaron J. Pearlman, I.M. Systems Group, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Cao
 
3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 3 Satellite Observations in Predictive Models of Weather and Climate - Posters
Cochairs: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA
 P3.1Exploring the utility of CRTM in assimilating clear and cloudy radiances for forecast model initialization  extended abstract
Tomoko Koyama, CIRES/Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and B. Beechler and D. L. Birkenheuer
 P3.2An evaluation of five WRF-ARW microphysics schemes using synthetic GOES imagery for an atmospheric river event affecting the California coast  
Isidora Jankov, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Boulder, CO; and L. Grasso, M. Sengupta, P. J. Neiman, D. Zupanski, M. Zupanski, D. T. Lindsey, D. W. Hillger, D. L. Birkenheuer, R. Brummer, and H. Yuan
 P3.3The NASA NVAP-MEaSUREs project: a reanalyzed and extended record of global water vapor from 1987-2010  
Thomas H. Vonder Haar, Science and Technology Corporation, Hampton, VA; and J. M. Forsythe, J. L. Bytheway, and I. Wittmeyer
 P3.4A study of a heavy precipitation event associated with a landfalling winter storm using WRF model and satellite observations  
Mei Han, GEST/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Greenbelt, MD; and S. A. Braun and T. Matsui
 P3.5The impact of assimilating hyperspectral infrared water vapor channels in numerical weather prediction  
James A. Jung, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Camp Springs, MD; and J. F. Le Marshall and L. P. Riishojgaard
 P3.6The use of radar altimeter data to diagnose wave model initialization and improve short term wave height forecasting  extended abstract
James D. Clark, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and J. M. Sienkiewicz
 P3.7Improving scatterometer ocean wind vector data assimilation in Environment Canada's global variational analysis and forecast system  extended abstract
Stéphane Laroche, Environment Canada, Dorval, QC, Canada; and R. Tardif, M. Reszka, and J. St-James
 P3.8Diurnal variation appears in cloud-system resolving model and satellite observations  
Toshiro Inoue, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Chiba, Japan; and K. Rajendran, J. Schmetz, M. Satoh, and H. Miura
 P3.9Simulation of observation and Calibration for Joint OSSEs at NOAA  
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Masutani, J. S. Woollen, N. Prive, Y. Xie, T. Zhu, T. J. Kleespies, H. Sun, F. Weng, Y. Han, and S. J. Lord
 P3.10The assimilation of water vapor information from satellite observations and the choice of the analysis variable  extended abstract
Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. Rosmond, K. Hoppel, P. Pauley, B. Ruston, and S. Swadley
 P3.11Bridging the gap between satellite precipitation measurements and NWP forecasts  
Yudong Tian, UMD, College Park, MD; and R. F. Adler and C. Peters-Lidard
 P3.11 has been moved. New poster number P5.14  
 P3.12Examination of Satellite and Model Ocean Wind Differences  
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and K. Hilburn, T. Meissner, and L. Ricciardulli
 P3.13Using the JPL Tropical Cyclone Information System (TCIS) to evaluate physical parameterizations in WRF simulations of hurricanes: Can we find the right set of parameterizations?  
Svetla M. Hristova-Veleva, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and Y. Chao, A. Chau, Z. Haddad, B. Knosp, B. Lambrigtsen, P. Li, W. L. Poulsen, E. Rodriguez, B. Stiles, J. Turk, and Q. Vu
 
3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Tuesday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 4 Satellite Observations of Climate: Research on Processes and Trends - Posters
Cochairs: Kenneth Carey, Noblis, Inc., Falls Church, VA; Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Reston, VA
 P4.1Improving the ISCCP data record for use in climate studies: Retroactive calibration of the narrowband visible imagers  
Laura M. Hinkelman, JISAO/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, NY; and P. W. Stackhouse Jr., W. B. Rossow, D. R. Doelling, T. C. Stone, S. Kato, R. Bhatt, J. J. Ferrier, A. Gopalan, J. C. Mikovitz, and D. Morstad
 P4.2NOAA's efforts of recalibrating Stratospheric Sounding Unit Data towards Climate Data Records  
Likun Wang, Dell Perot System, Camp Spring, MD; and C. Z. Zou and H. Qian
 P4.3Developments of Climate Data Records from Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) using Simultaneous Overpassing Technique  
F. Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Yang and M. Goldberg
 P4.4The Development of AMSU-A Fundamental CDR's  
Wenze Yang, NOAA Corporate Institute for Climate and Satellites, College Park, MD; and H. Meng and R. R. Ferraro
 P4.530-Year land surface trend from AVHRR-based global vegetation health data  
Felix Kogan, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
 P4.6A Climatology-Based Scheme for Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Quality Control: An Application to Monthly Rainfall Rates  extended abstract
Daniel A. Vila, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro and H. Semunegus
 P4.7Analysis of off-nadir bias patterns in NOAA/NESDIS/STAR version 2.0 recalibrated AMSU-A products  
Wenhui Wang, I. M. Systems Group at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and C. Z. Zou
 P4.8Seven years' observation of mid-upper tropospheric CH4 from AIRS  
Xiaozhen Xiong, Dell Psgs Systems Government Services, Fairfax, Virginia, USA and NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and C. D. Barnet, E. Maddy, X. Liu, and J. Wei
 P4.9Validation of TOA broadband shortwave and longwave fluxes derived from MTSAT over the Tropical Western Pacific  
Mandana M. Khaiyer, SSAI, Hampton, VA ; and P. Minnis, D. R. Doelling, M. L. Nordeen, R. Palikonda, D. A. Rutan, and Y. Yi
 P4.10Radiative damping rates and their relations to climate sensitivity  
Eui-Seok Chung, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and B. J. Soden and B. J. Sohn
 P4.11Moving towards an intercalibrated and homogenized SSM/I period of record  
Hilawe Semunegus, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates
 P4.12Globally gridded satellite (GriSat) observations for climate studies  extended abstract
Kenneth R. Knapp, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
 Poster 4.13 has been moved. New paper number 4.5A  
 P4.14Vicarious calibration of long-term AVHRR solar reflectance channels using the desert  
Fangfang Yu, ERT, Inc. @ NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and X. Wu
 P4.15Scales of Temporal and Spatial Variability of Land Surface Temperature  
Konstantin Y. Vinnikov, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Yu, M. Chen, D. Tarpley, and M. Goldberg
 P4.16The development of a Western Hemisphere trend analysis of fires and United States fire potential product from version 6.5 WF_ABBA data  
Jason C. Brunner, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt, R. M. Rabin, E. M. Prins, J. M. Feltz, J. P. Hoffman, and P. D. Bothwell
 P4.1710 Years of MODIS Cloud Products  
Brent C. Maddux, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Platnick, S. A. Ackerman, and P. Menzel
 P4.18A climatology of infrared-based tropical cyclone wind radii, integrated kinetic energy, and damage potential  
Paula Ann Hennon, STG, Inc., Asheville, NC; and K. R. Knapp
 
Wednesday, 29 September 2010
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Wednesday, Capitol D
Session 6 Algorithms Exploiting the Synergy of Multiple Satellite Sensors, Satellite/Model Fusion, and Blended Products
Chair: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
8:30 AM6.1MIMIC-TPW: Seamless advective blending of total precipitable water retrievals from polar orbiting satellites   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden
8:45 AM6.2Statistical extrapolation of vertically resolved cloud information from CloudSat / CALIPSO observations to regional swaths   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, R. L. Bankert, P. T. Partain, and T. H. Vonder Haar
9:00 AM6.3CERES footprint as a base for multi-sensor satellite data fusion and radiative transfer calculations   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Walter F. Miller, Science Systems and Applications Inc, Hampton, VA; and S. Kato, F. G. Rose, S. Sun-Mack, and Y. Chen
9:15 AM6.4A radiative consistency approach to comparing AIRS and MODIS cloud retrievals   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Shaima L. Nasiri, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and V. Dang, B. H. Kahn, M. Schreier, and E. J. Fetzer
9:30 AM6.5Observations of Ice in Maritime Stratiform Clouds from CALIOP/MODIS Observations   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Robert E. Holz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman
9:45 AM6.6A cloud conundrum: optically thick yet invisible ice clouds observed at visible, infrared, and radar wavelengths   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Michael D. Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Wednesday, Capitol D
Session 7 Satellite Research and Algorithm Development in Oceanography
Chair: Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
10:30 AMP6.2NOAA's operational geostatinary and blended sea surface temperature products   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, J. Mittaz, J. Sapper, R. Potash, and W. Meng
10:45 AM7.1All-weather wind measurements from intercalibrated active and passive microwave satellite sensors: The RSS Version 7 ocean suite   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Thomas Meissner, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and L. Ricciardulli and F. J. Wentz
7.2New developments in AVHRR sea surface temperature and derived products  
John Sapper, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov
11:00 AM7.3Hybrid SST Retrieval Algorithm in thermal IR: Combining Regression and Radiative Transfer Model Approaches   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Boris Petrenko, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, IMSG Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov, N. Shabanov, Y. Kihai, and F. Xu
11:15 AM7.4The Systematically Merged Atlantic Regional Temperature and Salinity (SMARTS) Climatology for satellite derived ocean thermal structure   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Patrick C. Meyers, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and L. K. Shay and J. K. Brewster
11:30 AM7.5Ocean surface roughness spectrum and microwave brightness temperature  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Paul Hwang, NRL, Washington, DC; and D. Burrage, D. W. Wang, and J. Wesson
11:45 AM7.6Predicting coral stress by combining surface measurements of temperature and light from NOAA POES and GOES satellites   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
William J. Skirving, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Townsville, Queensland, Australia; and T. F. Burgess, S. Enríquez-Domínguez, J. Hedley, S. Dove, P. Mumby, O. Hoegh-Guldberg, R. Berkelmans, I. Laszlo, T. R. L. Christensen, C. M. Eakin, S. F. Heron, G. Liu, C. J. Nim, A. E. Strong, and R. Iglesias-Prieto
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Wednesday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday, Capitol D
Joint Session 2 Remote Sensing Applied to Air-Sea Interaction (Joint between the 17th Conference on Air Sea Interaction and the 17th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography)
Chair: Todd D. Sikora, Millersville University of Pennsylvania, Millersville, PA
1:30 PMJ2.1Lightning and its association with low pressure systems over the Indian seas  
Mohommad Iqbal Tinmaker, Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, Maharashtra, India; and K. Ali
1:45 PMJ2.2Investigation of surface flux feedbacks for coupled and uncoupled atmosphere-ocean anomalies  
J. Brent Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and F. R. Robertson
2:00 PMJ2.3Comparison of buoy and satellite near-surface wind and sea-surface temperature near ocean fronts   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Larry W. O'Neill, NRL Monterey, Monterey, CA
2:15 PMJ2.4Diagnosing Tropical Cyclone Surface Wind Fields from SAR   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Ralph C. Foster, APL/Univ. of Washington, Seattle, WA; and J. Patoux
2:30 PMJ2.5On polarimetric characteristics of convection in the marine atmospheric boundary layer  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Haiyan Li, Bedford Insitute of Oceanography, Dartmouth, NS, Canada; and W. Perrie
2:45 PMJ2.6Sonar Measurements in the Gulf Stream Front on Southeast Florida Shelf Coordinated with TerraSAR-X Satellite Overpass  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Chris Maingot, Nova Southeastern University Oceanographic Center, Dania Beach, FL; and A. Soloviev, S. Matt, M. Gilman, J. Fenton, D. Velotto, S. Brusch, and S. Lehner
 
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Wednesday, Capitol AB
Session 8 Satellite Measuring/Monitoring of Volcanic Ash, Dust Storms, and Aerosols
Chair: Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI
8.1GlobAEROSOL: a long term global aerosol dataset from European satellite observations  
Oscar Portela, GMV Aerospace and Defence, Madrid, Spain; and Ó. Pérez Navarro, G. E. Thomas, C. A. Poulsen, R. Siddans, R. D. Grainger, B. Kerridge, P. Y. Deschamps, and S. Pinnock
1:30 PM8.2Detection of dust storms from multi-channel satellite imagers   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Xuepeng Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC/RSAD, Asheville, NC
8.3Washington Volcanic Ash Advisory Center: Utilization of Satellites in Operations  
Gregory M. Gallina, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Spring, MD
1:45 PM8.3AAerosol properties from automated shadow analysis   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Brian Belson, NPS, Monterey, CA; and P. A. Durkee and K. E. Nielsen
2:00 PM8.4Demonstrating the MSG Volcanic Ash Detection Algorithm during Large-Scale Volcano Eruptions   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller, J. Solbrig, M. Liu, J. Campbell, D. A. Geiszler, and D. Lary
2:15 PM8.5Volcanic Ash/SO2 Cloud Height Estimation from Combined Satellite Observations and Numerical Modeling Computation   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Gilberto A. Vicente, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Hughes
2:30 PM8.6Advances in Volcanic Cloud Satellite Remote Sensing   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff
 
3:00 PM-3:30 PM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function
Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing
 
3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 5 Algorithms Exploiting the Synergy of Multiple Satellite Sensors, Satellite/Model Fusion, and Blended Products - Posters
Chair: Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
P5.1Advances in research products from combined CALIPSO-CloudSat observations within the A-Train : aerosol and elevated cloud optical depth direct retrieval over ocean, water clouds and land and first seasonal analyses  
Damien B. Josset, NASA Postdoctoral Program/SSAI, Hampton, VA; and Y. Hu, J. Pelon, P. W. Zhai, D. Tanré, R. R. Rogers, P. Lucker, C. Trepte, K. Powell, S. Rodier, and N. Pascal
 P5.2Satellite composites: techniques in combining geostationary and polar orbiting observations  
Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, R. A. Kohrs, N. A. Bearson, J. Robaidek, and S. L. Knuth
 P5.3High latitude atmospheric motion vectors from combined geostationary and polar orbiting observations  
Matthew A. Lazzara, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. A. Santek, R. Dworak, J. R. Key, C. S. Velden, and S. Wanzong
 P5.4Improving High Latitude Precipitation Estimation Using A-Train Observations  
Eric J. Nelkin, SSAI and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, R. F. Adler, and D. T. Bolvin
 P5.5Estimating Polar Precipitation with CloudSat, AIRS and Microwave Radiometers  
Ziad S. Haddad, Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and K. Park, F. J. Turk, and N. Y. Wang
 P5.6Investigating the relationship between CO2 Slicing derived cloud top heights and instrument spectral differences  
Mark A. Smalley, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Holz
 P5.7Highlights of version 7 TRMM Multi-satellite Precipitation Algorithm (TMPA)  
David T. Bolvin, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and G. J. Huffman, E. J. Nelkin, and R. F. Adler
 P5.8A Twelve-Year Tropical Rainfall Climatology Based on a Composite of TRMM Products  
Jian-Jian Wang, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, G. Gu, and G. J. Huffman
 P5.9Updating the GPCP global precipitation datasets  
George J. Huffman, NASA/GSFC and SSAI, Greenbelt, MD; and R. F. Adler, D. T. Bolvin, and E. J. Nelkin
P5.10The NESDIS operational blended Total Precipitable Water products  
Limin Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD/SSD, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Kidder, S. Kusselson, J. Forsythe, A. Jones, J. Paquette, R. R. Ferraro, J. Zhao, P. Keenh, I. Tcherednitchenko, J. Yang, and J. Guo
 P5.11Development of an AQUA based near-surface parameter retrieval  
J. Brent Roberts, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and C. A. Clayson
 P5.12Monitoring soil moisture and drought using a thermal two-source energy balance model  
Christopher R. Hain, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. C. Anderson, J. R. Mecikalski, and W. T. Crow
 P5.13Estimates of Global Biomass Burning Emissions using Fire Radiative Power Retrieved from Multiple Geostationary Satellites  
Xiaoyang Zhang, ERTat NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Kondragunta and C. C. Schmidt
 P5.14A SAR-based NWP error warning product  extended abstract
George S. Young, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA; and N. S. Winstead and T. D. Sikora
 
3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 6 Satellite Research and Algorithm Development in Oceanography - Posters
Chair: Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA
 P6.1Characteristics of ocean surface winds in the lee of Rishiri Island, Japan, observed by synthetic aperture radar  
Osamu Isoguchi, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA), Tsukuba, Japan; and M. Shimada
 Poster 6.2 has been moved. New paper number 7.2A  
 P6.3NOAA's Jason-2/OSTM products  
David R. Donahue, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO/SPSD, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Lillibridge, Y. Zhang, K. Casey, and J. Throwe
 P6.4A parameterized forward model for WindSat ocean vector wind retrievals  
Michael H. Bettenhausen, NRL, Washington, DC; and I. S. Adams and P. W. Gaiser
 P6.5Toward the sea surface temperature climate data record from space: 4km AVHRR Pathfinder SST  
Kenneth S. Casey, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and T. B. Brandon
 P6.6The impact of measurement uncertainty and spatial variability on the accuracy of skin and subsurface regression-based sea surface temperature algorithms  
Sandra L. Castro, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and G. A. Wick, P. J. Minnett, A. T. Jessup, and W. J. Emery
 P6.7Contribution to sampling requirements for future satellite altimetry observations of the Chesapeake Bay  
Jordan S. Borak, Wyle Information Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and M. F. Jasinski and J. R. Moisan
 
3:00 PM-5:00 PM, Wednesday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 7 Satellite Measuring/Monitoring of Volcanic Ash, Dust Storms, and Aerosols - Posters
Chair: Michael Pavolonis, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
 P7.1Retrieval of aerosol optical depths over Hong Kong by using MTSAT-1R  extended abstract
Mijin Kim, Yonsei University, Seoul, South Korea; and J. Kim, J. M. Yoon, P. W. Chan, J. Nichol, and C. Wong
 P7.2 has been moved. New paper number 8.3A  
 
Thursday, 30 September 2010
8:30 AM-10:00 AM, Thursday, Capitol D
Session 9 Operationally-Driven Satellite Research and Application Development
Cochairs: Wayne Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
8:30 AM9.1NOAA / NESDIS satellite operations, product generation and distribution overview   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and B. Hughes
8:45 AM9.2Climate change and coral bleaching: From satellite-derived nowcasts to model-derived forecasts   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
C. Mark Eakin, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and G. Liu, S. D. Donner, J. P. Dunne, L. Matrosova, C. Penland, R. S. Webb, A. Kumar, M. Chen, T. R. L. Christensen, S. F. Heron, J. A. Morgan, W. J. Skirving, A. E. Strong, B. A. A. Parker, T. F. Burgess, P. Delgado, and C. J. Nim
9:00 AM9.3WindSat vector maps as forecaster products   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
T. F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins, M. H. Bettenhausen, I. S. Adams, and P. Gaiser
9:15 AM9.4AWIPS II: platform of choice for next-generation satellite system-of-systems integration and operational use   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Philip E. Ardanuy, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Reston, VA; and P. A. Arkin, M. DeMaria, W. Feltz, R. R. Ferraro, J. Gerth, S. J. Goodman, A. Huang, G. J. Jedlovec, D. Jones, G. Mandt, A. Nappi, and S. D. Miller
9:30 AM9.5Directions in global flood nowcasts and forecasts using satellite precipitation observations   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Robert F. Adler, ESSIC/University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Hong, J. Wang, F. Policelli, Y. Tian, H. Wu, and H. Pierce
9:45 AM9.6A Decision Support System for Diagnosing and Nowcasting Oceanic Convection for Oceanic Aviation Use   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Cathy Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and H. Cai, N. Rehak, D. Megenhardt, M. Steiner, R. Bankert, J. Hawkins, M. Donovan, and E. R. Williams
 
10:00 AM-10:30 AM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function
Coffee Break
 
10:30 AM-12:00 PM, Thursday, Capitol D
Session 10 Next-Generation Satellite Observing Systems
Chair: Steve Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD
10:30 AM10.1The ABI on GOES-R   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka and M. M. Gunshor
10:45 AM10.2Status of Pre-launch Activities for the Joint Polar Satellite System Calibration/Validation Program for the NPOESS Preparatory Project  
Heather Kilcoyne, JPSS Program Office, Silver Spring, MD
11:00 AM10.3Probability of cloud-free lne of sght (PCFLOS) derived from CloudSat cloud profiling radar (CPR) and coincident CALIPSO lidar data  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Donald L. Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. M. Forsythe, K. E. Milberger, and T. H. Vonder Haar
11:15 AM10.4Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Hugh Christian, Ryco Design and Research, Inc, Madison, AL; and S. Edgington and K. Gheno
11:30 AM10.5NOAA's data exploitation of future polar-orbiting operational environmental satellites  extended abstract wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Tom Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin, J. Silva, and G. Goodrum
11:45 AM10.6Earth observation from a highly elliptical orbit: expected benefits for weather prediction   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Louis Garand, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and Y. Rochon
 
12:00 PM-1:30 PM, Thursday
Lunch Break
 
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Thursday, Capitol D
Session 11 Training and Education for Current, New and Future Satellite Observing Systems
Chair: Brian C. Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO
1:30 PM11.1GOES-R proving ground plans for the 2010 hurricane season at the National Hurricane Center (NHC) and the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) spring experiment   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Goodman, T. J. Schmit, C. Siewart, J. L. Beven II, and M. DeMaria
1:45 PM11.2SPoRT - Transitioning NASA Satellite Data into Weather Forecast Operations  
Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL
2:00 PM11.3McIDAS-V: Advances in data analysis and visualization for environmental satellite data   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Thomas H. Achtor, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. D. Rink and T. M. Whittaker
2:15 PM11.4A fifteen year perspective on national and international training directed towards forecasters   wrf recordingRecorded presentation
Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, J. Braun, A. Mostek, and M. DeMaria
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function
Coffee Break with Formal Poster Viewing
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 8 Next-Generation Satellite Observing Systems - Posters
Chair: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD
 P8.1GOES-R ABI spectral sensitivity analysis using hyperspectral observations  
Francis P. Padula, Integrity Applications Incorporated, Chantilly, VA; and C. Cao
 P8.2NOAA Science Test Results from the GOES-14 and -15 Imager and Sounder  
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; and D. W. Hillger, A. S. Bachmeier, and M. M. Gunshor
 P8.3Direct readout from NOAA satellites  
Paul Seymour, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and M. Perkins and K. Metcalf
 P8.4Application of Lightning Measurements to Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensity Change Forecasting  
Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff, R. T. DeMaria, J. Kaplan, and N. W. Demetriades
 P8.5Diagnosing storm intensity using coupled TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor and Meteosat Second Generation in preparation for GOES-R  
Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski
 P8.6GOES-R Risk Reduction Program  
Ingrid Guch, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. DeMaria
 P8.7GOES-R Legacy Atmospheric Profile Retrieval Algorithm For Final Delivery  
Xin Jin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, M. Goldberg, W. Wolf, G. D. Martin, and S. Sampson
 P8.8IDEA as a template for an Air Quality Proving Ground (AQPG) for GOES-R  
Hai Zhang, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and R. M. Hoff and S. Kondragunta
 P8.9Aerosol Detection product with GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) measurements  
Pubu Ciren, Dell PSGS INC., Camp Spring, MD; and S. Kondragunta and I. Laszlo
 P8.10The GOES-R ABI Wild Fire Automated Biomass Burning Algorithm development activities at CIMSS  
Jay P. Hoffman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt and E. M. Prins
 P8.11Ozone estimation with the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager: proxy data studies  
Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Hoffman
 P8.12The GOES-R hydrology algorithms part I: Rainfall rate  
Robert Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Y. Li
 P8.13The GOES-R hydrology algorithms part II: Rainfall potential  
Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and Z. Zhang and V. Lakshmanan
 P8.14The GOES-R hydrology algorithms part III: Probability of rainfall  
Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
 P8.15Footprint matching for the advanced technology microwave sounder  extended abstract
Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
 P8.16Developing Calibration Support for the Space Weather Instruments for GOES-R  
Jonathan M. Darnel, IMSG, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Rowland and C. Cao
 P8.17Evaluation of Space Based Doppler Wind Lidar in Joint OSSEs  
Michiko Masutani, NOAA/NWS/EMC, Camp Springs, MD; and L. P. Riishojgaard, G. D. Emmitt, S. Greco, S. A. Wood, and J. S. Woollen
 P8.18Pre-Launch Characterization of the Sounding Environmental Data Records (EDRs) Performance  
Lihang Zhou, JPSS Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and C. D. Barnet, D. Gu, H. Kilcoyne, J. Feeley, G. Trumbower, C. Hoffman, G. A. Bingham, and K. St Germain
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 9 Operationally-Driven Satellite Research and Application Development - Posters
Cochairs: Wayne F. Feltz, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; Christopher Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
 P9.1Operational Tropical Cyclone Satellite Products Available from NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD  
Matthew Seybold, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Turk, M. DeMaria, J. Knaff, A. Schumacher, C. Velden, T. Olander, E. Ebert, S. Kidder, and R. Kuligowski
 P9.2Utilizing SSM/I Data for Tropical Cyclone Intensity Estimation  
Richard L. Bankert, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins
 P9.3Enhancing FAA tactical forecasts of convective initiation and growth  
John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr., H. Iskendarian, and D. Botes
 P9.4Validation of University of Wisconsin Convective Initiation (UWCI) algorithm  
Justin Sieglaff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. M. Cronce, W. Feltz, K. Bedka, M. J. Pavolonis, and A. K. Heidinger
 P9.5Updated method for nowcasting convective initiation using satellite data applications  
John Walker, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr. and J. R. Mecikalski
 P9.6Comparisons Between GOES-12 Overshooting Top Detections, WSR-88D Radar Reflectivity, and Severe Storm Reports  
Richard Dworak, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Brunner, K. Bedka, and W. Feltz
 P9.7Recent developments in microburst nowcasting using GOES  extended abstract
Kenneth L. Pryor, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
 P9.8Objective short-range forecasts of the convective environment using Geostationary satellite data  
Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune and T. D. Rink
 P9.9UW-CIMSS GOES-R Proving Ground Participation in Storm Prediction Center Hazardous Weather Testbed  
Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bah, K. Bedka, L. M. Cronce, J. Gerth, J. S. Kain, S. S. Lindstrom, J. A. Otkin, T. J. Schmit, J. Sieglaff, C. W. Siewert, and R. M. Rabin
 P9.10Progress toward satellite-based atmospheric turbulence interest field detection  
Wayne Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. Bedka, A. Wimmers, R. D. Sharman, and J. K. Williams
 P9.11Using satellite-based lightning products to enhance aviation decision support systems: A feasibility study  extended abstract
Cathy J. Kessinger, NCAR, Boulder, Colorado; and W. Deierling, J. K. Williams, and R. Sharman
 P9.12The Satellite Analysis Branch Hazard Mitigation Programs  
Jamie Kibler, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD, Camp Springs, MD
 P9.13The global geostationary Wildfire ABBA fire monitoring network  
Elaine M. Prins, UW-Madison SSEC/CIMSS - Consultant, Grass Valley, CA; and C. C. Schmidt, J. C. Brunner, J. P. Hoffman, S. S. Lindstrom, and J. M. Feltz
 P9.14Tracking Smoke Plumes Using GOES Imagery  
Jian Zeng, ERT associated with NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Kondragunta
 P9.15LaRC Real-Time Satellite-Derived Products – Applications and Limitations  
Rabindra Palikonda, SSAI / NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, D. A. Spangenberg, T. L. Chee, B. Shan, and W. L. Smith Jr.
 P9.16An effort to improve marine stratus forecasts using satellite cloud climatologies for the Eureka, CA region  extended abstract
Cynthia L. Combs, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Mazur, J. V. Clark, M. K. Nordquist, and D. A. Molenar
 P9.17Using SAR Winds to Evaluate Synoptic and Mesoscale Features in Forecast Operations  extended abstract
Kenneth K.C. Chan, EC, Vancouver, BC, Canada; and B. J. Snyder and L. Neil
 P9.18Application of remotely sensed ccean surface vector winds to determine wave generation areas  extended abstract
Joseph M. Sienkiewicz, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD; and G. McFadden
 P9.19Recent improvements to the NESDIS SST Quality Monitor (SQUAM)  
Prasanjit Dash, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov, Y. Kihai, and J. Sapper
 P9.20Transition of research to operations for satellite observations  
John Pereira, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Mamula and D. Hermreck
 P9.21Variability of the sub-polar front in the Japan/East Sea during winter 2009-2010  extended abstract
Emil T. Petruncio, United States Naval Academy, Annapolis, MD; and S. Cho
 P9.22Access to real-time weather satellite products from desktops and mobile devices through a Web Map Service  
David Santek, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Dengel, D. Parker, S. Batzli, N. A. Bearson, and W. Feltz
 P9.23The Validation of the Operational AMSU Snowfall Identification Product  extended abstract
Ralph R. Ferraro, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. R. P. Sapiano, M. Nichols, H. Meng, and L. Zhao
P9.23Operational Application of Satellite Remote Sensing for Hydrological Prediction in Ungauged African Basins  
Sadiq Khan, University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and Y. Hong, R. F. Adler, F. Pollicelli, and D. Irwin
 P9.24CloudSat Data Processing Center – update on CloudSat data processing and new version 05 products  
Donald L. Reinke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and P. T. Partain, D. G. Reinke, K. E. Milberger, and S. D. Miller
 P9.25Operational DMSP SSMIS Sounding Products at FNMOC  
Yiping Wang, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and J. Tesmer, J. Vermeulen, P. McCrone, and S. Swadley
 
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Thursday, ABC Pre-Function
Poster Session 10 Training and Education for Current, New and Future Satellite Observing Systems - Posters
Chair: Brian C. Motta, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO
 P10.1NexSat: Reaching out to users within and outside of the US  
Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee, S. D. Miller, J. E. Solbrig, M. Surratt, K. Richardson, J. E. Kent, and J. D. Hawkins
 P10.2The COMET Program and satellite meteorology education resources: Preparing for the next generation meteorological satellites  
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Abshire, M. Weingroff, and B. Guarente
 P10.3Confronting data delivery challenges of the future via the GOES-R Proving Ground  extended abstract
Jordan Gerth, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
 

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