Session Applying JPSS Data Products to Better Forecast Challenging Weather Events

Sunday, 6 January 2019: 8:00 AM-3:45 PM
Room 222C (Phoenix Convention Center)
Host: Short Course
Instructors:
Mitchell Goldberg, JPSS, JPSS Program Scientist, Lanham, MD; Nadia Smith, Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD; Jorel Torres, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; Kathleen I. Strabala, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, CIMSS - Unverisity of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, WI; Eric Stevens, Univ. of Alaska, GINA, Fairbanks, AK; Lihang Zhou, NOAA, NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; Evan Ellicott, University of Maryland, Department of Geographical Sciences, College Park, MD; Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD and Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA/OAR/ESRL, Global Systems Division, Boulder, CO
Organizer:
Gary McWilliams, NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation, Lanham, MD

This short course will provide information on the status of post launch activities for NOAA-20 and the status of NOAA-20 and Suomi NPP instruments.  Background will be provided on JPSS’ improved observational capabilities, methods for accessing JPSS data and data products, and on-line resources available for training.  The course will focus on instructing and demonstrating how JPSS data products can be applied to a variety of operational forecasting scenarios.  Participants will have an opportunity for hands-on experiences using data from both Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20 to observe and forecast major environmental events.

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