15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Program Chairs: Gary McWilliams , NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation ; Michael L. Jamilkowski , Col USAF Ret and AMS Fellow ; Satya Kalluri , NOAA/NESDIS/STAR ; Timothy J. Schmit , NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research ; Stephen A. Mango , NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis Affiliate ; Kathryn W. Mozer , NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO ; Mitchell Goldberg , NOAA/NESDIS/JPSSO

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Saturday, 5 January 2019

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7:30 AM-8:00 PM: Saturday, 5 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Saturday)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration for Short Courses and Student Conference
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Saturday, 5 January 2019


18th Annual Student Conference
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Sunday, 6 January 2019

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7:00 AM-12:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


CANCELLED: Scout Event
Location: Hall 1 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 AM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Registration (Sunday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:30 AM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Sunday)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto and Presidential Forum Speakers
Location: North Ballroom Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:00 AM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Seventh Conference for Early Career Professionals
Location: North 124B (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Guest Welcome Desk
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:00 PM-3:45 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Speaker Ready Room (Sunday)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:00 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Poster Hall (Sunday)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

2:30 PM-3:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Newcomer's Welcome and Information Exchange
Location: North 127ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

4:00 PM-6:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Presidential Forum and Annual Meeting Welcome
Location: North Ballroom 120CD (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

6:30 PM-7:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Welcome Reception Honoring Newly Elected Fellows and Featured Award Winners
Location: North Ballroom (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


AMS Career Fair
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Student Conference Poster Session
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


CoRioLis Reception
Location: Sheraton Hotel

8:30 PM-10:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Colour of Weather Networking Reception
Location: Sheraton Hotel

9:00 PM-11:00 PM: Sunday, 6 January 2019


Early Career Professional Reception
Location: Encanto B (Sheraton Hotel )

Monday, 7 January 2019

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7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Monday)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Quiet Room (Monday)
Location: West 206 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration (Monday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Speaker Ready Room (Monday)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:00 AM-9:00 AM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Guest Welcome Desk
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 7 January 2019

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part I
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Second Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats; and the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Martin Yapur, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Robert Bauer, NASA Earth Science Technology Office
8:30 AM
J1.1
NASA CYGNSS Mission Science Highlights
Derek J. Posselt, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. S. Ruf, R. Atlas, N. L. Baker, D. Burrage, J. A. Crespo, J. T. Johnson, T. J. Lang, M. Moghaddam, E. D. Maloney, D. McKague, M. Morris, Z. Pu, E. M. Riley Dellaripa, and D. E. Waliser
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
J1.2
IceCube’s 16-Month Spaceflight: Implication for Earth Decadal Survey Sciences
Dong L. Wu, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

9:00 AM
J1.3
RainCube, the First Spaceborne Precipitation Radar in a 6U CubeSat: From Concept to Mission
Simone Tanelli, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and E. Peral, T. Imken, S. Statham, J. Sauder, D. Price, N. Chahat, S. S. Joshi, and A. Williams
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
J1.4
Status of the CubeSat Radiometer Radio Frequency Interference Technology Validation (CubeRRT) Mission
Chris Ball, Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and C. C. Chen, C. McKelvey, G. Smith, M. Andrews, A. O'Brien, L. Garry, J. Johnson, S. Misra, R. Jarnot, S. Brown, R. Bendig, C. Felten, J. Kocz, D. Bradley, P. Mohammed, J. Lucey, K. Horgan, Q. Bonds, C. Duran-Aviles, M. Solly, M. Fritts, J. R. Piepmeier, M. Pallas, E. Krauss, and D. Laczkowski
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
J1.5
Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Technology Demonstration (TEMPEST-D) 6U CubeSat Mission: Initial Results and Potential for Earth Science
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. C. Gaier, S. T. Brown, S. Padmanabhan, C. Kummerow, V. Chandrasekar, C. Heneghan, B. H. Lim, W. Berg, R. Schulte, C. Radhakrishnan, and M. Pallas
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
J1.6
Tropospheric Water and Cloud ICE (TWICE) 6U CubeSat Instrument to Enable Observations of Cloud Ice Particle Size and Water Vapor Sounding in the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere
Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Ogut, Y. Goncharenko, B. Kilmer, P. Kangaslahti, E. Schlecht, X. Bosch-Lluis, J. Jiang, A. Skalare, R. Cofield, N. Chahat, S. Padmanabhan, S. T. Brown, W. Deal, A. Zamora, K. Leong, S. Shih, and G. Mei

Recording files available
Session 1
Special Session on JPSS Series Satellite System—Part I
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
CoChair: Nadia Smith, Science and Technology Corporation
8:30 AM
1.1
The Evolution of Joint Polar Satellite System: How Polar Satellites Transformed Weather Forecasting
Mitchell D. Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and A. Layns, B. Sjoberg, and S. S. Nandi
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
1.2
The Promise of JPSS
Dave Jones, StormCenter Communications, Inc., Halethorpe, MD
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
1.3
Monitoring the Kilauea Eruption with Next Generation Meteorological Satellites
Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff and J. L. Cintineo

9:30 AM
1.4
Maturity of Sensor Data Records from NOAA-20 (JPSS-1)
Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and C. T. Beck, C. Cao, Q. Liu, and L. Zhou

9:45 AM
1.5
CSPP LEO: Open Source Polar Orbiter Satellite Software in Support of Environmental Decision-Makers
Kathleen I. Strabala, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley, A. Huang, S. Mindock, J. Davies, G. Cureton, N. Bearson, G. Martin, R. Garcia, and J. Braun
Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM
Advanced Planning and System Architectures for Next Generation Weather Enterprise, Ground Architecture -- Scott Kern
Recorded Presentation

10:15 AM
Wildfire smoke in Metropolitan areas -- Amy Huff
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Guest Coffee (Monday)
Location: Camelback A (Sheraton Hotel )

9:00 AM-7:30 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Poster Hall (Monday)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 7 January 2019


AM Coffee Break (Monday)
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Member Services Desk (Monday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Session 2
CANCELED: Special Session on GOES Series Satellite System—Part I
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Pam Sullivan, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES Program Office; Dan Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR
2.1
The GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imager Anomaly Mission Recovery

2.2
Optimization of GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imager to Recover and Maximize Performance with Degraded Thermal System

2.3
Ensuring Continuity of Meteorological Data in Response to the GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Anomaly

2.4
Assessment of the User Impacts to the GOES-17 ABI Anomaly

2.6
NWS GOES-16 Operational Test and Evaluation (OT&E) and Forecaster User Survey Results

Recording files available
Session 2A
Special Session on GOES Series Satellite System
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Chair: Ryan Williams, Stellar Solutions, Inc.
10:30 AM
2A.1A
Monitoring Tropical Cyclones from Satellite: Improvements from 1966 to 2018
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Madison, WI; and M. M. Gunshor, J. M. Daniels, D. T. Lindsey, J. J. Gerth, S. S. Lindstrom, and C. S. Velden
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
2A.2AA
GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Performance Comparison to GOES-16
Paul C. Griffith, Harris, Fort Wayne, IN; and J. Van Naarden and D. Gall

2A.2A
GOES-R Series Products and Future Applications

11:15 AM
2A.3A
Direct Broadcast User Contributions to NOAA's GOES-R Series Satellite Data Operations
James McNitt, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and S. Clevenstine and G. Martin
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
2A.4A
Recent Developments in CSPP Geo Software for Direct Broadcast
Graeme Martin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and L. Gumley, N. Bearson, J. Braun, G. Cureton, A. De Smet, T. Jasmin, S. Mindock, E. Schiffer, and K. Strabala
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
2A.5A
The GOES Portfolio: Enabling Continuity of Science Products by Amalgamation
Matthew Seybold, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Satellite and Product Operations, Suitland, MD; and E. Kline, W. M. MacKenzie Jr., K. W. Mozer, and R. Williams

Recording files available
Joint Session 3
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part II
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Second Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats )
Cochairs: Robert Bauer, NASA Earth Science Technology Office; Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
10:30 AM
J3.1
MISTiC Winds, a Micro-Satellite Constellation Approach to High Resolution Observations of the Atmosphere Using Infrared Sounding and 3D Winds Measurements-Airborne Demonstration Observations
K. R. Maschhoff, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH; and J. J. Polizotti, H. H. Aumann, and J. Susskind
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
J3.2
Status of Grating Spectrometer IR Sounder Technology Development at NASA JPL
Thomas Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
J3.3
Advances in Microwave Limb Sounding—An Update on the Compact AdaptableMicrowave Limb Sounder (CAMLS) Project
Nathaniel Livesey, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. Chattopadhyay, A. J. Tang, J. Kooi, R. Stachnik, and R. Jarnot

11:15 AM
J3.4
CubeSat-Based High-Resolution Hyperspectral Imagers for Atmospheric Trace Gas Monitoring
Steven P. Love, LANL, Los Alamos, NM; and L. A. Ott, J. P. Theiler, B. R. Foy, C. L. Safi, M. E. Dale, C. G. Peterson, A. A. Guthrie, N. Dallmann, K. G. Boyd, P. Stein, J. A. Wren, M. C. Proicou, and M. Dubey
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
J3.5
Microwave Atmospheric Sounding CubeSats: From MicroMAS-2 to TROPICS and Beyond
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. V. Leslie, S. A. Braun, R. Bennartz, C. S. Velden, T. Greenwald, D. C. Herndon, M. DeMaria, G. Chirokova, R. Atlas, J. P. Dunion, F. D. Marks Jr., R. Rogers, H. Christophersen, B. Annane, and B. A. Dahl
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
J3.6
Assimilation of Simulated TROPICS Radiance Observations in a Regional OSSE
Brittany A. Dahl, Cooperative Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Studies/Univ. of Miami and NOAA/AOML/HRD, Miami, FL; and H. Christophersen, W. J. Blackwell, S. A. Braun, R. Atlas, R. Bennartz, R. F. Rogers, F. D. Marks Jr., and J. P. Dunion
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Lunch Break (Monday)

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Daily Weather Briefings (Monday)
Location: North 132ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

2:00 PM-3:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


How to Become a Better Presenter
Location: North 231C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

2:00 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 3
Innovative Developmental and Operational Applications of NOAA’s Satellite Systems
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
CoChair: Steven Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ.
2:00 PM
3.1
Results from the 2018 Satellite Proving Ground Experiment in the Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT)
Michael A. Bowlan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
3.2
On the Origin of Rotation Observed in Super Rapid Scan Geostationary Satellite Data over Severe Deep Convection
Jason Apke, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and J. R. Mecikalski and S. D. Miller
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
3.4A
Observing Hail Swaths Using the GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager
Dillon V. Blount, ; and P. N. Schumacher
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
3.6
JPSS Arctic Initiative—Supporting Sea Ice Analysis and Forecasting
Bonnie Reed, JPSS, Suitland, MD; and A. Layns
Recorded Presentation

3.4
Use of GOES East Products in the Support of Wildfire Decision Support Services

3:00 PM
3.7
Why Operational Meteorologists Need More Satellite Soundings
Nadia Smith, Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD; and C. D. Barnet, E. Berndt, and M. Goldberg
Recorded Presentation

3.5
Examining the Relevancy of NUCAPS Toward Its Ability to Adequately Profile Summertime Saharan Air Layer Outbreaks over the North Tropical Atlantic Basin

3:15 PM
3.8
Generating Sounder Products at Imager Spatial and Temporal Resolution
W. Paul Menzel, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and E. Weisz, E. Borbas, and B. A. Baum
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
3.3
The Use of Visible and IR-Based Probabilistic Overshooting Cloud Top Detection in the Verification of Global Forecasts of Convective Hazards
Laura Melling, CIRES, Boulder, CO; and K. M. Bedka, M. S. Wandishin, and M. A. Petty
Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM
3.5A
Stratospheric Air Intrusions and Rapid Cyclogenesis over the North Pacific
Deirdre E. Dolan, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and M. J. Folmer, L. J. Phillips, and J. M. Sienkiewicz
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science, Weather Forecasting, Space Weather Prediction, Hydrology Studies, or Climate Monitoring—Part III
Location: North 230 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Second Conference on Earth Observing SmallSats )
Cochairs: Margaret Caulfield; Thomas Pagano, JPL/California Institute of Technology
2:00 PM
J4.1
The Compact TIM (CTIM) Instrument
Dave Harber, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and G. Drake, S. Van Dreser, K. Heuerman, J. Sprunck, C. Straatsma, I. Wanamaker, W. Zheng, G. Kopp, E. Richard, P. Pilewskie, N. Tomlin, M. Stephens, C. Yung, M. White, and J. Lehman
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
J4.2
Maintaining Continuity of the Solar Spectral Irradiance Data Record in the 21st Century: On-Orbit Validation of Future Observational Strategies
Erik Richard, Univ. of Colorado Boulder, Boulder, CO; and D. Harber, G. Drake, O. Coddington, S. Beland, S. Mauceri, and P. Pilewskie

2:30 PM
J4.3
Modeling the 3-D Geomagnetic Field Using Satellite Scalar Field Observations
Morgan E. Schneider, Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and P. Alken and A. Chulliat
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
J4.4
ReCON: Regional Coastal Oceanography with Nanosatellites
Sean McCarthy, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and M. Lewis, J. Jolliff, R. W. Gould, S. Ladner, and A. Lawson
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM
J4.5
Vicarious Calibration of Earth Observing Nanosatellite Sensors
Mark Lewis, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and S. McCarthy, R. W. Gould, J. Jolliff, S. Ladner, A. Lawson, and P. Martinolich
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
J4.6
Optimization of Future SmallSats Constellations through OSSE: A Test Case of Assessing the Value of Deploying EON-MW in High- and Low-Inclination Orbits
Yan Zhou, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. A. Boukabara, K. Ide, N. Shahroudi, T. Zhu, R. N. Hoffman, R. Atlas, and F. Iturbide-Sanchez
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
J4.7
Deployable W-Band Antennas for CubeSats, NanoSats, and SmallSats
Tristen Hohman, Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology, Boulder, CO; and J. Fay, C. Dunlap, and M. Klein
Recorded Presentation

Handout (4.5 MB)

3:45 PM
J4.8
Microwave Radiometer Sensors for Economical Satellite Constellations
Marian Klein, Boulder Environmental Sciences and Technology, Boulder, CO; and C. Dunlap, Z. Wang, T. Hohman, and K. Ramsdale
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


2019 NWA/AMS Research Operations Nexus (RON) Meetup-Honoring the Legacy of Ronald W. Przybylinski
Location: North Ballroom 120AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Formal Poster Viewing Reception
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 1
GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session—Part I
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
223
Current Status of Cloud Properties from VIIRS on JPSS-1 for CERES
Sunny Sun-Mack, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith Jr., P. Minnis, Y. Chen, G. Hong, F. L. Chang, Q. Z. Trepte, C. R. Yost, R. A. Smith, C. Chu, R. R. Brown, and E. C. Heckert

Handout (4.4 MB)

224
Comparison of the Geolocation Accuracy between ATMS on board JPSS-1 and SNPP
Jun Zhou, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and H. Yang, N. Sun, and J. X. Yang

225
NPP and N20 CrIS Full Spectral Resolution Detector Differences Derived from the NCEP Global Data Assimilation System
James A. Jung, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, College Park, MD; and A. Lim, W. McCarty, Y. Ling, and M. Goldberg
Manuscript (1012.8 kB)

Handout (1.6 MB)

226
Preliminary Case Study of Geostationary IR Sounding Data from FY-4A GIIRS
Jessica M. Gartzke, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson, W. L. Smith Sr., E. Weisz, H. Revercomb, and P. Menzel
Manuscript (870.2 kB)

Handout (1.4 MB)

227
Analysis and Applications of Water Vapor–Derived Multispectral Composites for Geostationary Satellites
Emily B. Berndt, NASA/Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville, AL; and G. Jedlovec, K. K. Fuell, F. J. LaFontaine, and N. J. Elmer

Handout (2.0 MB)

228
NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System's (JPSS's) Proving Ground and Risk Reduction (PGRR) Program—The Success of the PGRR Fire and Smoke Initiative in Positioning JPSS Capabilities to Enable Effective Response to U.S. Wildfires
Bill Sjoberg, GST/JPSS Program Office, Lanham, MD; and M. Goldberg

229
An Algorithm for Estimating Heat Index, Based on GOES and MODIS Satellite Data
Nazario D. Ramirez-Beltran, Univ. of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez, Puerto Rico; and J. M. Castro, J. E. Gonzalez, and R. Pokhrel

230
Statistical Analysis of the Existence of Thundersnow and Snow-to-Liquid Ratios
Sebastian S. Harkema, The Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and E. B. Berndt

231
Evaluation of GOES-16 RGB Imagery and Convective Products for Convective Heavy Rainfall Events
Eric M. Goldenstern, Valparaiso Univ., Valparaiso, IN; and M. J. Folmer, M. Klein, J. A. Nelson Jr., and A. Orrison

Poster 232 is now paper 3.5A

233
High Spectral Resolution Infrared and Advanced Microwave Sounders (CrIS/ATMS) Data Products Generated at NOAA/NESDIS
Awdhesh Sharma, NOAA, College Park, MD

Handout (6.2 MB)

234
Helping to Prepare Users for the GOES-R Era: ABI Imagery and Products
Mathew M. Gunshor, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. J. Gerth, S. S. Lindstrom, S. C. Moeller, C. C. Schmidt, and T. J. Schmit

235
ABI Imagery: From Beta to Full Maturity
Mathew M. Gunshor, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit and J. P. Nelson III

236
Routine Validation of the STAR Multisatellite Processing System Framework
William Straka, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and W. W. Wolf, S. Sampson, R. Garcia, G. Martin, A. Li, E. Schiffer, M. Fan, and J. Daniels

237
Himawari Support in the CSPP-GEO Direct Broadcast Package
Geoff Cureton, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI

238
Analysis of the Gálvez–Davison Index for Convective Forecasts in Africa Using the GALWEM
William A. Hanson, AFIT, Dayton, OH

239
Comparison of Sea Ice Products from MiRS ATMS and VIIRS
Yong-Keun Lee, STAR, College Park, MD; and C. Grassotti, Q. Liu, S. Liu, and R. Honeyager

240
Assessing and Comparing JPSS ATMS against Suomi NPP ATMS
John Xun Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and H. Yang

241
Radiometric Assessment for FY-3D HIRAS Provisional Sensor Data Records
Chunqiang Wu, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and C. Qi, X. Hu, H. Xu, L. Li, M. Gu, F. Zhou, T. Yang, C. Shao, Y. Lv, and M. Yuan

242
Toward Continuity in IR Absorption Radiances from HIRS and MODIS to VIIRS
Bryan A. Baum, Science and Technology Corporation, Madison, WI; and E. Weisz and P. Menzel

243
JPSS Products, Applications, and Training Resources
Jorel Torres, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. H. Connell and S. D. Miller

244
GOES-17 Postlaunch Testing Summary and Results
Elizabeth M. Kline, Science and Technology Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Seybold, J. Fulbright, and D. Pogorzala

Handout (3.1 MB)

245
Characterizing the Fraction of Light Observed by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper

6:00 PM-8:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Exhibits Opening and Reception
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Ribbon Cutting, Opening Reception, and Corporate Patron Recognition
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:00 PM-10:00 PM: Monday, 7 January 2019


Fifth Annual Speed Networking Event for Students and Early Career Professionals
Location: North Ballroom 120AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Tuesday, 8 January 2019

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7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Tuesday)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Member Services Desk (Tuesday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Quiet Room (Tuesday)
Location: West 206 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration (Tuesday)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Speaker Ready Room (Tuesday)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Recording files available
Joint Session 9
National and International Program Overviews for Environmental Satellites (Invited)
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the Seventh AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Cochairs: Bill Sjoberg, GST/JPSS Program Office; Jamie Hawkins
J9.1
The Role of Satellite Observations in Building Resilience through National and International Partnerships

8:30 AM
J9.1A
GOES-R Series Update
Tim Gasparrini, Lockheed Martin

J9.2
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS): The Suomi NPP and NOAA-20 Successes Assure a Bright Future for NOAA’s Support to Its Key Stakeholders

J9.3
The GOES-R Series: Earth in High Definition

9:00 AM
J9.4
Status of EUMETSAT's Satellite Programmes and Preparing for the Future
Kenneth Holmlund, Chief Scientist - European Organisation for Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany; and B. Bojkov, P. Schluessel, J. Grandell, R. Munro, and D. Klaes
Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM
J9.5
Status of the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA) Program
Jong Seok Kim, KMA, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and H. Park
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
Fengyun Meteorological Satellites and Consideration on Calibration Issues
Peng Zhang, National Satellite Meteorological Center, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China
Recorded Presentation

Handout (8.2 MB)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Guest Coffee (Tuesday)
Location: Hospitality Suite 428 (Sheraton Hotel )

9:00 AM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Sedona Red Rocks Tours

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Exhibit Hall (Tuesday)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Hall (Tuesday)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


AM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto (Tuesday)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Recording files available
Joint Session 6
Communicating with Data Users and the Public: Bridging the Valley of Death
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 24th Conference on Applied Climatology; the 14th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Seventh Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation )
CoChair: Helen Greatrex, IRI
10:30 AM
J6.1
Building an Effective Warning System: Bridging the Five Valleys of Death
Brian W. Golding, Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
J6.2
POP Problem: Understanding Public Perception and Confusion
Jacob Ryan Reed, Univ. of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL; and J. C. Senkbeil
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
J6.3
The Use of Temperature and Water Vapor Profiles for Tropical Cyclone Weather Applications: Recent Activities within the NOAA/JPSS Proving Ground Sounding Initiative
Christopher D. Barnet, Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD; and N. Smith, M. J. Folmer, J. P. Dunion, J. Zawislak, A. Layns, and M. D. Goldberg
Recorded Presentation

J6.4
Lessons Learned from JPSS Operational Products and Proving Ground

11:15 AM
J6.4A
Better Together: Integrating Communications in Climate Project Planning
Elisabeth Gawthrop, IRI, Palisades, NY

11:30 AM
J6.5A
Communication from an industry perspective: the case of Accuweather
Jonathan Porter, AccuWeather, Inc, State College, PA

J6.5
In the Middle of It All: Communicating with a Wide Spectrum of Data Users from the Testbed and Proving Ground Perspective

11:45 AM
J6.6
Bridging the Gap between Applied Climatologists and Weather-Sensitive Decision-Makers: Lessons Learned from Experiences in an Educational Setting
David Changnon, Northern Illinois Univ., DeKalb, IL
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM
Beyond Promo: What Your Communications Specialist Can Do for You -- Elisabeth Gawthrop
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Lunch Break (Tuesday)

Women in Atmospheric Sciences Luncheon
Location: North Ballroom 120AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Exceptional Undergraduate Presentations
Location: North 122BC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Recording files available
Building Resiliency to Extreme Weather Events through International Partnerships with the Application of Advanced Satellite Technology
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Side Panels; the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Seventh AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; and the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Organizer: Gary McWilliams, NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation
Panelists: Louis W. Uccellini, Director, NOAA/NWS; Florence Rabier, Director General - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF); Kenneth Holmlund, Chief Scientist - European Organisation for Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT); Naoyuki Hasegawa, Director General - Observation Department, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA); Hoon Park, Director-General - National Meteorological Satellite Center, Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA)
Moderator: Lars Peter Riishojgaard, WMO
Facilitator: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
Louis Uccellini Director, NOAA National Weather Service (NWS), Silver Spring, MD, USA

Florence Rabier Director General, European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, Berkshire, U.K.
Recorded Presentation

Kenneth Holmlund Chief Scientist, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT), Darmstadt, Germany
Recorded Presentation

Naoyuki Hasegawa Director General, Observation Department, Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA), Tokyo, Japan
Recorded Presentation

Hoon Park Director-General, National Meteorological Satellite Center, Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), Jincheon, Republic of South Korea
Recorded Presentation

12:15 PM
Bios -- Steve Mango
Recorded Presentation

12:30 PM
Coming Next -- Steve Mango
Recorded Presentation

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Daily Weather Briefings (Tuesday)
Location: North 132ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 11
GOES-16/17 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Sensor Performance, Data Products, and User Applications—Part I
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Ninth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data )
CoChair: Geoffrey T. Stano, NASA/SPoRT/ENSCO, Inc.
1:30 PM
TJ11.1
The First Stereo Views of Lightning from Space: Double the GLMs, Double the Fun
Clemens E. Tillier, Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, CA; and S. F. Edgington, H. J. Christian Jr., and P. M. Bitzer
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
TJ11.2
Geostationary Lightning Mapper Performance
Scott D. Rudlosky, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and W. J. Koshak and P. Meyers
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
TJ11.3
Cross-Referencing GLM and ISS-LIS with Ground-Based Lightning Networks
Katrina S. Virts, NASA, Huntsville, AL; and R. Blakeslee and W. J. Koshak
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
TJ11.4
The Impact of GOES-16 GLM Lightning Observations on the RAP/HRRR Assimilation and Forecasts
Guoqing Ge, CIRES and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. Weygandt, and C. Alexander
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


PM Coffee Break (Tuesday)
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019

Recording files available
Joint Session 5
Student Research Enabling or Demonstrating the Transition of Research to Operations
Location: North 232C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Thanh Vo Dinh, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis; Lauraleen O'Connor, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning and Analysis
3:00 PM
J5.1
Temporal and Spatial Frequency of Warm-Season Stationary Fronts in the Eastern and Central United States
Peyton K. Capute, Univ. at Albany, SUNY, Albany, NY; and J. O. Piersante, N. D. Metz, and E. G. Hoffman
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
J5.2
Soil Moisture and Temperature Response Differences in Bare Soil and Perennial Grasses, Central North Carolina, USA
Timothy Andrew Henderson, State Climate Office of North Carolina, Raleigh, NC; and S. P. Heuser
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
J5.3
HPAC 6.5 Model Validation: A Look into EPA Sensor Data Collected during the Lackawanna Steel Fire
Leann Anthony, Applied Research Associates (ARA), Alexandria, VA; and Y. Luna-Cruz and S. Runyon
Recorded Presentation

J5.4
Estimating Relative Humidity Using GOES-16 and MODIS Satellites for an Urbanized Area

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 14
GOES-16/17 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Sensor Performance, Data Products, and User Applications—Part II
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Ninth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data )
CoChair: Eric Bruning, Texas Tech Univ.
3:00 PM
TJ14.1
Operational Use, Analysis, and Applications of Geostationary Lightning Mapper Data in the Hazardous Weather Testbed
Kristin M. Calhoun, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. C. Meyer, E. C. Bruning, C. J. Schultz, G. T. Stano, P. A. Campbell, J. K. Zajic, and S. D. Rudlosky
Recorded Presentation

3:15 PM
TJ14.2
Early Operational Applications of Geostationary Lightning Mapper Data for National Weather Service Operations
Christopher J. Stumpf, NOAA/NWSFO, Huntsville, AL; and K. D. White, C. M. Gravelle, and G. T. Stano
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
TJ14.3
Characterization of Wildfire-Producing Storms Utilizing Satellite, Radar, and Lightning Datasets
Douglas Kahn, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and C. J. Schultz
Recorded Presentation

TJ14.4
Exploring the Relationship between Continuing Current in Lightning and Wildfire Initiation

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Book Talks @ Authors Corner (Tues)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Tues)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 2
GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session—Part II
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
559
On the Application of Participatory Design for a Drought Recovery Website
Michael C. Kruk, Earth Resources Technology, Inc., Asheville, NC; and R. S. Vose

560
The Art and Beauty of GOES-16 Images
Frederick Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and C. Herbster
Manuscript (1.5 MB)

Handout (3.8 MB)

561
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), NOAA's Proving Ground Initiative on Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Impact Studies and Critical Weather Applications
Chowdhury Nazmi, JPSS/NOAA/STC, Lanham, MD; and L. J. Dunlap and M. Goldberg

562
The New CERES FluxByCldTyp Data and Its Simulator: Algorithm, Validation, and Application
Moguo Sun, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling, Z. Eitzen, L. T. C. N. Nguyen, J. Wilkins, and P. E. Mlynczak

563
Observing Hail Swaths Using the GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager. Part II: Use in Detection and Verification
Philip N. Schumacher, NWS, Sioux Falls, SD; and D. V. Blount and K. Gallo

564
Observing Hail Swaths Using the GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager. Part I: Methodology
Dillon V. Blount, Univ. of South Alabama, Mobile, AL; and P. N. Schumacher and K. Gallo

565
NOAA Soil Moisture Operational Product System (SMOPS): Version 3.1 Updates and Validation
Jicheng Liu, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and X. Zhan, L. Zhao, J. Yin, L. Fang, M. A. Schull, and A. Adeyeye

566
Additional Performance Evaluation for NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture (NSOSA) Study

567
Risk Reduction Strategies in NOAA's New Space Architecture
Frank W. Gallagher III, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. St. Germain and M. W. Maier

568
Exploring GOES-16 Data to Improve Aircraft Icing Diagnoses

569
Toward Consistent Land Long-Term Climate Data Records from Large Field-of-View Polar-Orbiting Earth Observation Satellites
Eric Vermote, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and J. C. Roger, B. Franch, C. O. Justice, I. Csiszar, S. Devadiga, and E. Masuoka

570
GOES-R Series 3.9-μm Channel Artificially Cold Pixels: Causes and Mitigation Strategies
David Pogorzala, Integrity Applications Incorporated, Chantilly, VA; and E. M. Kline, J. Fulbright, and M. Seybold

571
Blended VIIRS and AMSR2 Sea Ice Concentration
Richard Dworak, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and Y. Liu

572
Lessons Learned from the NOAA-20 Prelaunch Test Data for JPSS-2 Prelaunch Characterization and Testing
Murty G. Divakarla, IMSG, Rockville, MD; and L. Zhou and X. Liu

Poster 573 will also be presented as paper 9A.4A

574
Toward Site Atmospheric State Best Estimate (SASBE) over Maryland Using Radiosonde and Remote Sensing Measurements
Ricardo K. Sakai, Howard Univ., Beltsville, MD; and A. Flores, B. B. Demoz, M. K. Lataille, M. Hicks, J. Fitzgibbon, B. Sun, T. Reale, N. Nalli, and H. J. Diamond

575
Validation of the GOES-R Fractional Snow Cover Product
Yinghui Liu, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. Key

576
Status and Validation of S-NPP and NOAA-20 VIIRS Ice Products
Yinghui Liu, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. Key, X. Wang, and R. Dworak

577
Cal/Val of ATMS Snowfall Rate Product for S-NPP and NOAA-20
Jun Dong, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD

578
Validation of Operational NOAA-20 OMPS Environmental Data Records
Zhihua Zhang, IMSG @NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and L. Flynn, J. Niu, and E. Beach

579
Algorithm Updates for Ground System Validation of GOES-16/17 Products
Paul A. Van Rompay, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and E. J. Kennelly

580
Double Difference Method for the Thermal Band Calibration Comparison between LEO-LEO Sensors and between GEO-GEO Sensors

Poster 581 has been moved. New paper number is 6.2A in the TCSYMP.

6:00 PM-10:00 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


University Night Receptions

6:30 PM-8:30 PM: Tuesday, 8 January 2019


Inez Fung Dinner
Location: West 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Wednesday, 9 January 2019

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7:25 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Quiet Room (Wednesday)
Location: West 206 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Wed)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Member Services Desk (Wed)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration (Wed)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Speaker Ready Room (Wed)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 4B
Highlights of Operational Forecasting in the Era of a Robust Satellite Enterprise
Location: North 231C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Bill Sjoberg, GST/JPSS Program Office; Aaron Letterly, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS
8:30 AM
4B.1
Latest Status of National and International Low-Earth Orbiting (LEO) Satellites—NOAA Updates on Data Processing, Distribution, and Product Generation to Users
Jason Taylor, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Satellite and Product Operations, College Park, MD; and C. Gliniak and C. Sisko
Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.9 MB)

8:45 AM
Support for Burned Area Debris Flow Forecasting Using VIIRS NDVI
Sam Batzli, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM
4B.3
NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System’s (JPSS’s) Proving Ground and Risk Reduction (PGRR) Program—PGRR Initiatives Show They are Ready to Respond to Natural or Man-Made Disasters through the International Charter Program
Bill Sjoberg, GST/JPSS Program Office, Lanham, MD; and M. Goldberg and W. Straka III
Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM
4B.4
Addressing Marine Weather Challenges Using the Next Generation of Weather Satellites
Michael J. Folmer, Univ. of Maryland College Park, College Park, MD; and C. Clark-Robertson, D. E. Dolan, J. M. Sienkiewicz, L. J. Phillips, J. D. Clark, S. D. Rudlosky, D. T. Lindsey, and M. Goldberg

9:30 AM
4B.5
Monitoring Wildfire Growth Using the JPSS Constellation
Daniel C. Cumpton, Raytheon Intelligence, Information, and Services, Aurora, CO; and C. van Poollen, K. M. Bergeron, E. Greene, and S. M. Kern
Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM
4B.6
A Blended Ice Motion Product from VIIRS, AMSR2, and SAR
Aaron Letterly, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. R. Key and Y. Liu
Recorded Presentation

4B.2
Use of 1-Minute Satellite Imagery in NWS/WFO Operations

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Guest Coffee (Wed)
Location: Hospitality Suite 428 (Sheraton Hotel )

9:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Exhibit Hall (Wed)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Hall (Wednesday)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:30 AM-12:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Tree Planting Guest Volunteer Project

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


AM Coffee Break (Wed)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto (Wed)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Session 5A
CANCELLED: Advanced Planning and System Architectures for Next Generation Weather Enterprise, Space Architecture
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Karen St. Germain, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP; Frank Gallagher, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP
5A.1
Progress on the NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture Study and the Way Ahead

5A.2
NOAA/ESA Cooperation on Space-Based Space Weather Observing System

5A.3
Analysis of the Value of Future Satellite Environmental Remote Sensing Measurements

5A.4
New Capabilities Being Considered in NOAA's New Space Architecture

Recording files available
Session 5B
Special Session on JPSS Series Satellite System—Part II
Location: North 231C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Jason Taylor, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Satellite and Product Operations; Scott Lindstrom, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS
10:30 AM
5B.1
The JPSS Advocacy Channel
Scott S. Lindstrom, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. J. Gerth and W. C. Straka III
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
5B.2
The Evolution of Gridded NUCAPS: Transition of Research to Operations
Nadia Smith, Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD; and J. E. Burks, K. D. White, and E. Berndt
Recorded Presentation

5B.3
Use of High-Resolution Polar-Orbiter Imagery and Evaluation of JPSS Ice Products in Sea Ice Analysis and Forecasting

11:00 AM
5B.3A
Elements of a Scalable Infrastructure for Weather Forecaster Access to Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Data
John D. Evans, Global Science & Technology, Inc., Greenbelt, MD
Recorded Presentation

Handout (21.6 MB)

11:15 AM
5B.4
Observing Geophysical Phenomena from Polar-Orbiting Satellites Using the New JSTAR Mapper
Thomas Atkins, IMSG, College Park, MD; and R. C. Smith, C. Brown, L. K. Brown, and L. Zhou
Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM
5B.5
Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MiRS) and NOAA-20: Calibration/Validation and Science Developments One Year Post Launch
Christopher Grassotti, STAR, College Park, MD; and S. Liu, R. Honeyager, Y. K. Lee, and Q. Liu
Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM
5B.6
Utilizing Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Coverage to Monitor Meteorological Conditions in the Alaska Region
Ryan C. Smith, IMSG, College Park, MD; and T. Atkins, L. K. Brown, C. Brown, and L. Zhou
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Anthes Luncheon
Location: West 213AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Lunch Break (Wed)

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Daily Weather Briefings (Wed)
Location: North 132ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Robert E. Horton Lecture
Recording files available
Panel Discussion 1
Connecting NESDIS/GOES-R to the NWS through the Operations Proving Ground
Location: North 231C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Moderator: Matt Seybold, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO
Panelists: Kathryn Mozer, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Kim J. Runk, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground; Chad M. Gravelle, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground; Elizabeth Kline, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R; Philip N. Schumacher, NWS
1:30 PM
PD1.1
Connecting NESDIS/GOES-R to the NWS through the Operations Proving Ground
Chad M. Gravelle, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO
Recorded Presentation


Session 6
CANCELLED: Advanced Planning and System Architectures for Next Generation Weather Enterprise, Ground Architecture
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Frank Gallagher, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP; Ramesh Rangachar, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP The Aerospace Corporation
6.1
Integrated Ground Enterprise (IGE) Considerations to Support NOAA Satellite Observing System Architecture (NSOSA) Trades

1:45 PM
Paper 6.2 is now paper 5B.3A

6.3
A Data Processing System Designed for the Cloud

Handout (1.5 MB)

6.4
Next Generation IT Architecture for NOAA Ground Processing

Recording files available
Session 7B
Spectrum Management, Passive Sensing, and User Benefits
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: David Lubar, Aerospace Corporation; Jordan Gerth, NOAA and Space Science and Engineering Center/Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison
1:30 PM
7B.1
A Myriad of Proposed Radio Spectrum Changes—Collectively Can They Impact Operational Meteorology?
David G. Lubar, Aerospace Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO; and B. R. Castello, T. J. Fagan, and J. J. Crossin
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
Q&A

7B.2
Remote Sensing and Proposed Federal Spectrum Actions: Will Microwave Remote Sensing Be Affected?

2:00 PM
7B.4
User Benefits from New Generation Features of the GOES-R Products and Services
Michael L. Jamilkowski, Aerospace Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and D. G. Lubar
Recorded Presentation

7B.3
A Strategic Approach to Developing a Radio Frequency Interference Monitoring System (RFIMS)

2:30 PM-3:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


PM Coffee Break (Wed)
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 7A
Special Topics—Part I
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Chair: Andrew Royle, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
3:00 PM
7A.1
Modernization of the Weather Value Chain
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO
Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM
7A.2A
Sky Cover during the 2017 Solar Eclipse
Jordan Gerth, NOAA and Space Science and Engineering Center/Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI
Recorded Presentation

7A.2
Policy Innovation Needed to Enable NOAA's Future Architecture

3:45 PM
7A.3
GOES-R Series ABI Mesoscale Domain Sector Request Process for Research and International Users
Kathryn W. Mozer, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Seybold, M. J. Bettwy, E. M. Guillot, B. Gockel, and C. M. Gravelle
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM-6:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Book Talks @ Authors Corner (Wed)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Formal Poster Viewing Reception (Wed)
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Poster Session 3
GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session—Part III
Location: Hall 4 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
1011
Algorithm Scientific Software Integration and System Transition Team (ASSISTT) in Transition from Research to Operations
Priya R. Pillai, IMSG, College Park, MD; and H. Xie, E. McWilliams, K. Neely, J. Lindeman, K. Allen, A. Li, V. Jose, S. Sampson, and W. Wolf

1010
Noise and Relative Responsivity Trends of the JPSS-1/NOAA-20 and SNPP CrIS Interferometers

1012
GOES-17 Advanced Baseline Imager Signal-to-Noise Performance and Impact on Downstream Products Using Optimized Sensor Configuration
Joel McCorkel, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Efremova, M. M. Coakley, A. Krimchansky, and D. T. Lindsey

1013
Lessons Learned in the First Year of Delivering GOES-16 Imagery to the Public
Lori Brown, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and B. Keffer, M. Jochum, D. Lindsey, and P. Keehn

1014
Early Results from the RELAMPAGO Lightning Mapping Array
Timothy J. Lang, NASA MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and R. J. Blakeslee, J. Burchfield, M. T. Wingo, L. Carey, S. J. Goodman, and W. Deierling

Handout (827.2 kB)

1015
An Analysis of the Lightning Jump Algorithm Using the GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper
Nathan Curtis, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and L. D. Carey and C. J. Schultz

1016
Applications of a Lightning Energy Metric Using Satellite Instrumentation and Monte Carlo Simulations
Kelcy N. Brunner, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and P. M. Bitzer

1017
Comparison of GOES-16 Geostationary Lightning Mapper Data to Lightning Mapping Array Data
Stephanie A. Weiss, Texas Tech Univ., Lubbock, TX; and E. C. Bruning

1018
A Radar Investigation of Storm Morphology and Precipitation Processes during Discrepancies between GOES-16 GLM and LMA Observed Lightning Flash Rates and Jumps
Lawrence D. Carey, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and N. Curtis, S. M. Stough, C. J. Schultz, and P. M. Bitzer

Handout (5.6 MB)

1019
Total Lightning Climatology in the Caribbean Region
Sen Chiao, San Jose State Univ., San Jose, CA; and D. Melendez, K. Sanchez, and A. Jordan

Handout (16.7 MB)

1020
The JPSS CrIS Instrument: First Year on Orbit
Ronald J. Glumb, Exelis, Inc., Fort Wayne, IN; and L. Suwinski, S. Wells, and R. Malloy

1021
CSPP SDR 3.1 Quality Level 1 Data from SNPP and J01
Scott Mindock, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and G. D. Martin, R. K. Garcia, L. E. Gumley, K. Strabala, and A. Huang

1022
JPSS ATMS On-Orbit SDR Data Product Status
Ninghai Sun, ERT, Inc., College Park, MD; and H. Yang and Q. Liu

1023
Suomi-NPP Sensor and Environmental Data Products: Summary on Product Performance Accuracy, Precision, and Uncertainties
Xingpin Liu, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and L. Zhou and M. Divakarla

1024
Simplified Workflows for Visualizing, Analyzing, and Sharing JPSS Data
Daniel P. Pisut, Esri, Redlands, CA; and S. Shrestha

Poster 1024 will also be presented as paper 11B.3A

1025
Operational Status of GOES-16 and GOES-17 L2-Derived Products
Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Daniels, E. M. Kline, M. Seybold, K. W. Mozer, and T. Feroli

1026
Early Orbit Performance Evaluation of FY-3D MERSI-II and HIRAS Using GSICS  Methods
Xiuqing Hu, NSMC/China Meteorological Adiministration, Beijing, China

1027
An Image Striping Mitigation Strategy for GOES-16 and GOES-17 ABI Developed Using Desert Monitoring Special Collections
Monica J. Cook, GeoThinkTank LLC, Washington, DC; and F. P. Padula, A. J. Pearlman, D. Pogorzala, J. McCorkel, C. Cao, and D. T. Lindsey

1028
Evaluation of Dynamic Aerosol Model Selection over Land in the VIIRS AOD Algorithm

1030
Developing an Aerosol Retrieval for Land, Ocean, and  Littoral Zones Using the Next Generation Geostationary Observations
Min Oo, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and R. Holz, A. Walther, A. Heidinger, R. Levy, and S. D. Miller

1031
In-Flight NOAA-20 OMPS Sensor Data Calibration
Chunhui Pan, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and L. Zhou, C. Cao, L. Flynn, C. T. Beck, and X. Xiong

1032
ESPDS Product Distribution and Access—Making the Most of the ESPDS PDA User Portal
George Wilkinson, Solers, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Baker, T. Kowalski, D. M. Beall, R. Niemann, and S. Walsh

1033
Calibration for Tandem PAIR of ATMS Instruments Using Lunar Observations
Hu Yang, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and N. Sun and Q. Liu

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


Awards Banquet Reception
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 9 January 2019


99th AMS Awards Banquet
Location: North Ballroom (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Thursday, 10 January 2019

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7:30 AM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


AMS Information Desk (Thurs)
Location: North 100 Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Member Services Desk (Thurs)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Quiet Room (Thursday)
Location: West 206 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

Registration (Thurs)
Location: North Lower Level Prefunction (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

7:30 AM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Speaker Ready Room (Thurs)
Location: North 121A (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

8:30 AM-9:30 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Recording files available
Joint Panel Discussion 1
The Wizard Behind the Curtain?—The Important, Diverse, and Often Hidden Role of Spectrum Allocation for Current and Future Environmental Satellites and Water, Weather, and Climate
Location: North 231C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 33rd Conference on Hydrology )
Moderator: Renee A. Leduc Clarke, Narayan Strategy
Panelists: Jordan J. Gerth, Univ. of Wisconsin- Madison/CIMSS; Sidharth Misra, JPL; Ron Marotto, Ventura County Watershed Protection District
8:30 AM
Panelist -- Ron Marotto
Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM
Panelist -- Sidharth Misra
Recorded Presentation

8:30 AM
Panelist -- Jordan Gerth
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 8
Algorithm Development and New Science Innovation—Part I
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Chair: John Forsythe, CIRA/Colorado State Univ.
8:30 AM
8.1
GOES-16 Mesoscale Rapid Scan in Southeastern Brazil: A Hailstorm Case Study
Luiz A. T. Machado, INPE, Cachoeira Paulista, Brazil; and B. Z. Ribeiro, J. H. H. Chinchay, R. G. Negri, T. S. Biscaro, J. F. Ribaud, W. M. MacKenzie Jr., and K. W. Mozer
Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM
8.2
Development of the PCRTM-Based All-Sky, Single Field Retrieval Algorithm for Multiplatform, Long-Term Applications
Wan Wu, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and X. Liu, Q. Yang, D. K. Zhou, A. M. Larar, S. Kizer, M. Zhao, and L. Zhou

9:00 AM
8.3
GOES-16 Magnetometers Anomaly Solar-Angle-Based Characterization and Correction
Delano Carter, Thearality, Inc., Baltimore, MD; and D. Early, J. Kronenwetter, M. Grotenhuis, R. Schnurr, and M. Todirita
Recorded Presentation

8.4
A Closer Look at GOES-16 Atmospheric Motion Vectors Derived from the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)

9:15 AM
8.4A
Towards continuity in IR absorption radiances from HIRS and MODIS to VIIRS
Bryan A. Baum, Science and Technology Corporation, Madison, WI
Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Meeting with Sustainable Cities Network of Arizona
Location: Estrella (Sheraton Hotel )

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Exhibit Hall (Thurs)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

9:30 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Exhibit Hall Breakfast
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Meet President Roger M. Wakimoto (Thurs)
Location: Hall 5-6 (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

10:30 AM-11:45 AM: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 9A
Calibration and Validation—Part I
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
CoChair: T. Scott Zaccheo, AER
10:30 AM
9A.1
Validating VIIRS Imagery from NOAA-20
Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and T. J. Kopp, C. J. Seaman, S. D. Miller, D. A. Molenar, and J. Torres
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
9A.2
Performance of NOAA-20 CrIS Sensor Data Record
Yong Chen, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, College Park, MD; and L. Wang, C. Cao, and F. Iturbide-Sanchez
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
9A.3
Cross-Calibration of Water Vapor Absorption Bands from International Geostationary Satellites for Consistency with IASI
Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, M. Gunshor, S. C. Moeller, and W. McCarty
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
9A.4A
Cross-Track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Sensor Data Record Bias Monitoring in the STAR Integrated Calibration and Validation System (ICVS)
Jingfeng Huang, ERT Inc., NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and B. Yan, N. Sun, X. Jin, X. Liang, D. Liang, and W. Porter
Recorded Presentation

9A.5
The Joint Polar Satellite System: Providing Operational Science Data Products to Improve Weather Forecasting and Near-Real-Time Applications

11:30 AM
9A.5A
GOES-16 ABI L1b Product Maturity beyond Full Product Validation
Jon Fulbright, Arctic Slope Technical Services, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Pogorzala, E. M. Kline, and X. Wu

9A.6
Update of JPSS-2 VIIRS Prelaunch Calibration and Characterization Performance

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 9B
National and International Education, Training, and User Readiness Activities for the New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Location: North 231C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
CoChair: Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET
9B.1
Introducing the JPSS Training Initiative

9B.2
NOAA/NWS Satellite Training—Transitioning from User Readiness to Continuous Learning

10:30 AM
9B.3
COMET's MetEd Learning Resources for GOES-R+ and JPSS User Readiness
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and A. Stevermer and E. M. Page

10:45 AM
9B.4
GOES-R Series International Training Efforts in the Americas
Janel R. Thomas, Science and Technology Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and S. S. Lindstrom, B. H. Connell, M. J. Folmer, A. Stevermer, E. Madsen, J. Peronto, M. Medina, N. Donoho, and S. J. Goodman
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
9B.5
Strengthening National and International Training Activities by Utilizing Similarities and Differences
Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and E. L. Dagg, L. Veeck, and K. A. Caesar
Recorded Presentation

Handout (2.1 MB)

11:15 AM
9B.6
GEONETCast Americas: Overview and Methods for Accessing NOAA Satellite Data
Natalia Donoho, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and D. Souza, E. Madsen, and P. Seymour

11:30 AM
9B.7A
Torres
Jorel Torres, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

11:45 AM
GINA -- John Pace
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM
NWS Training Resources Available for JPSS Data Products -- Jorel Torres
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 20
GOES-16/17 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Sensor Performance, Data Products, and User Applications, Part III
Location: North 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; and the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Chair: Kristin M. Calhoun, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL
10:30 AM
TJ20.1
Documenting a 400+ km Long Mesoscale Lightning Flash in an MCS Trailing Stratiform Region Using GLM, NLDN, and OKLMA Data
Walter A. Lyons, WeatherVideoHD.TV, Fort Collins, CO; and E. C. Bruning, S. F. Edgington, C. E. Tillier, D. R. MacGorman, T. A. Warner, T. E. Nelson, J. C. S. Souza, and K. M. Calhoun
Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM
TJ20.2
Ground- and Space-Based Observations of Horizontally Extensive Lightning Flashes
Daile Zhang, The Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ; and K. L. Cummins and P. M. Bitzer
Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM
TJ20.3
The Applications of Feng Yun 4 A Satellite Products for Weather Monitoring over the Asian Regions
Ying Wa Chan, Hong Kong Observatory, Hong Kong, Hong Kong; and C. K. So
Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM
TJ20.4
Do Forecasters Add Value to Machine Learning Algorithms of Cloud-to-Ground Lightning?
Cara Gregg, The Ohio State Univ., Columbus, OH; and T. C. Meyer and K. M. Calhoun
Recorded Presentation

TJ20.5
Using Space-Based Lightning Observations to Enhance Geostationary Satellite Rainfall Estimation

11:45 AM
TJ20.6
Classification of GLM Flashes Using Random Forest Method
Jacquelyn Ringhausen, Univ. of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and P. M. Bitzer and C. J. Schultz
Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Lunch Break (Thurs)

12:45 PM-1:05 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Daily Weather Briefings (Thurs)
Location: North 132ABC (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

1:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Excursion

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


Walter Orr Robert Lecture

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 10A
Calibration and Validation—Part II
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
CoChair: Robert Knuteson, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS
1:30 PM
10A.1
NUCAPS: The NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System for the JPSS Series of Hyper Spectral Thermal Polar-Orbiting Sounders
Antonia Gambacorta, IMSG, College Park, MD; and N. R. Nalli, C. Tan, M. Wilson, J. X. Warner, and L. Zhou
Recorded Presentation

10A.2
Extensive Validation of FENGYUN-4A AGRI Layer Water Vapor Products

1:45 PM
10A.2A
FengYun-3D HIRAS Overview and On-Orbit Performance
Chengli Qi, China Meteorological Administration, Beijing, China; and C. Wu, X. Hu, H. Xu, L. Li, M. Gu, F. Zhou, T. Yang, C. Shao, Y. Lv, and M. Yuan

2:00 PM
10A.3
Calibration and Validation of NUCAPS Infrared Surface Emissivity
Robert Knuteson, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and C. Bloch, J. M. Gartzke, E. Borbas, M. Feltz, A. Gambacorta, and L. Zhou
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
10A.4
Calibration Validation of GOES-16 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) with the Airborne Scanning High-Resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS)
Joe K. Taylor, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and D. C. Tobin, H. E. Revercomb, F. A. Best, R. K. Garcia, R. O. Knuteson, M. Feltz, F. P. Padula, and S. J. Goodman
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
10A.5
Validation of NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS) Carbon Trace Gas EDRs
Nicholas R. Nalli, IMSG, College Park, MD; and A. Gambacorta, C. Tan, J. X. Warner, Z. Wei, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, and L. Zhou
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
10A.6
Salar de Uyuni Field Campaign for Independent GOES-17 ABI Solar Reflective Channel Radiance/Reflectance Validation
Joel McCorkel, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and B. Efremova

Recording files available
Session 10B
Nighttime Environmental Monitoring
Location: North 231C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Steve Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ.; William Straka III, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS
1:30 PM
10B.1
Return to the Dark Side: Visible Applications in Dark Environments, Revisited (VADER)
Steven D. Miller, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and W. Straka, C. J. Seaman, Y. J. Noh, L. D. Grasso, J. E. Solbrig, and C. Combs
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
10B.2
Usage of the VIIRS Day–Night Band and Other Channels in Disaster Response and Monitoring
William Straka III, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and S. D. Miller, C. J. Seaman, M. Goldberg, and B. Sjoberg
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
10B.3
Improvement of Nocturnal Cloud Base Height and Vertical Layer Retrievals in High Latitudes
Yoo-Jeong Noh, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller, J. M. Haynes, J. M. Forsythe, C. J. Seaman, A. Heidinger, and Y. Li
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
10B.4
Color Day–Night Visible GOES Satellite Images
Frederick Mosher, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical Univ., Daytona Beach, FL; and C. Herbster
Recorded Presentation Manuscript (978.1 kB)

2:30 PM
10B.5
Application of VIIRS DNB Data for Monitoring Surface PM2.5 and Fire: From Radiative Transfer Calculations to Case Studies
Jun Wang, Univ. of Iowa, Iowa City, IA; and S. Roudini, M. Zhou, X. Xu, E. J. Hyer, J. Zeng, and J. Leitch

10B.6
Estimation of VIIRS Cloud Transparency for the Indonesian Fishing Fleet—Preliminary Results

2:45 PM
10B.6A
Polar Slider: Website for Viewing Global VIIRS Imagery
Curtis J. Seaman, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Themed Joint Session 21
GOES-16/17 Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Sensor Performance, Data Products, and User Applications, Part IV
Location: North 225AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; and the 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Chair: Geoffrey T. Stano, NASA/SPoRT/ENSCO, Inc.
1:30 PM
TJ21.1
Design and Implementation of GLM Gridded Imagery for Operations and Research
Eric C. Bruning, Texas Tech Univ, Lubbock, TX; and C. E. Tillier, S. F. Edgington, J. K. Zajic, S. D. Rudlosky, K. M. Calhoun, C. M. Gravelle, and M. Foster
Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM
TJ21.2
Quantifying the Geostationary Lightning Mapper Gridded Products in the Advanced Weather Interactive Processing System
Alexandra C. Mazurek, The Univ. of Georgia, Athens, GA; and S. D. Rudlosky
Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM
TJ21.3
Evaluation of GOES-16 GLM to Lightning Mapping Arrays
Kyle Hilburn, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and B. Fuchs and S. A. Rutledge
Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM
TJ21.4
Evaluation of the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Using Ground-Based Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) Observations
Ronald J. Thomas, New Mexico Tech., Socorro, NM; and P. R. Krehbiel, W. Rison, D. R. MacGorman, E. C. Bruning, and M. A. Stanley
Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM
TJ21.5
Displaying Near-Real-Time Imagery from the Geostationary Lightning Mapper
Tyler Ryan Richman, CICS, College Park, MD; and S. D. Rudlosky and M. Peterson
Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM
TJ21.6
Analysis of Geostationary Lightning Mapper Events Using VHF Broadband Interferometers
Mark A. Stanley, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM; and W. Rison, P. R. Krehbiel, R. J. Thomas, R. G. Sonnenfeld, D. P. Jensen, L. Contreras-Vidal, D. Rodeheffer, H. E. Edens, D. R. MacGorman, D. Kennedy, J. Belz, and R. Abbasi
Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


PM Coffee Break (Thurs)
Location: Meeting room foyers (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019

Recording files available
Session 11A
Algorithm Development and New Science Innovation—Part II
Location: North 231AB (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: William Straka, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison; Christopher C. Schmidt, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS
3:30 PM
11A.1
Recent Enhancements of the NOAA VIIRS Active Fire Product Suite
Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. Tsidulko, W. Schroeder, R. Ahmadov, E. P. James, and G. Pereira

3:45 PM
11A.2
Cloud Geometric Thickness and Improved Cloud Boundary Detection with the GOES ABI
John M. Haynes, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and Y. J. Noh, S. D. Miller, A. Heidinger, and J. M. Forsythe
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
11A.3
Evaluating Radiometric Stability of SNPP/ATMS for Climate Change Monitoring
Cheng-Zhi Zou, NESDIS, College Park, MD

4:15 PM
11A.4
Algorithm Improvements of Convective Cloud Information Product Using Himawari-8/AHI
Hiroshi Suzue, JMA, Madison, WI
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
11A.5
Is GOES-R Seeing "Hottish" Convective Towers in Hurricanes?
Christopher J. Slocum, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and J. Knaff
Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM
11A.6
Improving, Validating, and Teaching ABI Fire Detection
Christopher C. Schmidt, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI
Recorded Presentation

Recording files available
Session 11B
Special Topics—Part II
Location: North 231C (Phoenix Convention Center - West and North Buildings)
Host: 15th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Jeffrey Weinrich, JPSS Program Office/Global Science & Technology, Inc.; Chowdhury Nazmi, JPSS/NOAA/STC
3:30 PM
11B.1
Cloud Property Retrievals for CERES from Suomi NPP and JPSS-1 VIIRS to Continue a Long-Term Cloud and Radiation Climate Data Record
Patrick Minnis, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith Jr., S. Sun-Mack, Q. Z. Trepte, G. Hong, C. R. Yost, Y. Chen, and P. W. Heck
Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM
11B.2
Challenges and Progress in Extending the NASA EOS Imager Cloud Climate Data Record from MODIS to VIIRS
Kerry Meyer, NASA GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Platnick, R. E. Holz, S. A. Ackerman, A. K. Heidinger, N. Amarasinghe, G. Wind, C. Wang, B. Marchant, and R. Frey
Recorded Presentation

11B.4
It’s Dusty Out There: New Satellite Products to Monitor the Saharan Air Layer

4:15 PM
11B.5
Using the New Capabilities of GOES-R to Improve Blended, Multisensor Total Precipitable Water Products for Forecasters
John M. Forsythe, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. Q. Kidder, A. S. Jones, D. Bikos, E. J. Szoke, and L. Grasso
Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM
11B.6A
TIROS-1 and the History of the First Decade of Weather Satellites.
Gerald Dittberner, CIRA/Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO
Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 10 January 2019


99th AMS Annual Meeting Adjourns
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