Program: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology (21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology/20th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction)

Location: Registration Area 3/4 (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Joint Session 1

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology; and the 20th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction )

Cochairs: Steve A. Ackerman, CIMSS; Larry W. O'Neill, Oregon State University

8:50 AM

Welcoming Remarks

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J1.2

Potential Importance of a Midlatitude SST Front for the Annular-Mode Variability: Inter-Basin Differences in the Southern Annular-Mode Signatures

Hisashi Nakamura, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J1.3

Advances in Day/Night Band Science and Applications: Making Good on Promises of the Moon

Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Combs, W. C. Straka III, C. J. Seaman, M. Setvak, A. Heidinger, A. Walther, Y. J. Noh, and J. Solbrig

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Capitol Promenade (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Session 1

Celebrating the Nation's Operational Environmental Satellites: Past, Present and Future—A Special Session Honoring Gregory ("Greg") Mandt

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office; Mitch Goldberg, JPSS

10:30 AM

1.1

The Future of NOAA Satellites: The NOAA Observing System Architecture Study (Invited Presentation)

Stephen M. Volz, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and K. St. Germain

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

1.2

From LEO to GEO—A Joyful Career with Weather Satellites (Invited Presentation)

Greg Mandt, JPSS, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

1.3

Joint Polar Satellite System: The United States Next Generation Civilian Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (Invited Presentation)

Harry Cikanek, JPSS, Lanham, MD; and A. Mehta and M. Goldberg

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.4

R2O with GOES: Remembering GIMPAP & GOES-R Risk Reduction (Invited Presentation)

Paul Menzel, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

1.5

Preparing for the onset of GOES-R ABI data through development and training (Invited Presentation)

Bill Ward, NWS, Honolulu, HI

Recorded Presentation

1.6

Cooperation Between NOAA’s and Europe’s Geostationary Meteorological Satellite Programs (Invited Presentation)

Lunch Break

Session 2

How Satellite Data Are Being Used to Advance Our Understanding of Fundamental Weather and Climate Processes in the Atmosphere, Oceans, Land Surface, and Cryosphere Part I

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Philip E. Ardanuy, INNOVIM; Ethan L. Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1:30 PM

2.1

Leveraging A-Train Observations to Examine Arctic Cloud Processes in the Community Earth System Model

Elin A. McIlhattan, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

Recent Improvements and Observations of Super Rapid Scan Mesoscale Atmospheric Motion Vector Flow Fields over Deep Convection

Jason Apke, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski, C. P. Jewett, E. W. McCaul Jr., and L. D. Carey

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

2.3

Latent Heat Release from Warm Rain over the Global Oceans and its Connection to the Large-Scale Environment

Ethan L. Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

Observed Changes in the Morphology of TRMM Precipitation Features in the ITCZ

Kyle Robert Wodzicki, Texas A&M, College Station, TX; and A. D. Rapp

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

2.5

The Influence of Tropical Convection on the Transport and Removal of Saharan Dust

Kathryn Sauter, Univ. of Wisconsin , Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

2.6

Unique multispectral cloud properties of cyclones entrained with large amounts of desert dust

George P. Kablick III, NRL, Washington, DC; and M. Fromm

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Poster Session 1

Monday/Tuesday Satellite Meteorology Poster Session

Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

23

NOAA Operational Satellite Derived Oceanic Heat Content Products

Eileen Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD

24

Regional and Semi-Global Distribution of Albedo and Absorbed Solar Radiation at the Top of Atmosphere

Maksim Yu. Cherviakov, National research Saratov State University, Saratov, Russian Federation; and A. I. Kotuma and M. B. Bogdanov

Manuscript (147.8 kB)

25

Geostationary satellite-based 6.7 µm band best water vapor information layer analysis over the Tibetan Plateau

Yufei Ai, CIMSS/SSEC, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and D. Di, J. Li, W. Shi, and N. Lu

26

Deep Convective Cloud Identifications from both Broadband and Hyperspectral Infrared Measurements

Yufei Ai, CIMSS/SSEC, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and W. Shi and J. Li

27

Refining the CLARREO Mission By Correlating Ozone and Temperature Profiles With IASA Five-Year Variances Infrared Brightness Temperature Spectra

Ester Nikolla, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson, M. Feltz, and H. E. Revercomb

Manuscript (1.5 MB)

Handout (5.6 MB)

28

Impact of satellite radiance observations in high resolution data assimilation systems

Joel Bedard, EC, Dorval, QC, Canada; and M. Buehner and J. F. Caron

29

Satellite retrieval of convective thermals and updraft speeds at cloud base

Youtong Zheng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. Rosenfeld and Z. Li

Manuscript (1.5 MB)

30

NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System's Proving Ground and Risk Reduction (PGRR) Program – PGRR Projects Ready to Aid in Responding to Current and Future Severe Environmental Events

Bill Sjoberg, NOAA/NWS, Lanham, MD; and D. M. Goldberg

31

Near Real-Time Earth Radiation Budgets using the FLASH CERES Data

David P. Kratz, NASA, Hampton, VA; and P. Stackhouse Jr., P. K. Sawaengphokhai, S. K. Gupta, and A. C. Wilber

32

Effect Analysis of ATMS and CrIS Data Assimilation for Weather Element Forecasts over Tibetan Plateau

Tong Xue, NUIST, Nanjing, China; and Z. Guan, J. Xu, and M. Shao

33

Impact of Enhanced Atmospheric Motion Vectors on Forecasts of Rapid Intensification of Hurricane Gonzalo with HWRF

Shixuan Zhang, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu and C. S. Velden

34

NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System's (JPSS) Proving Ground and Risk Reduction (PGRR) Program – JPSS Products Being Used to Address NOAA's Weather, Ocean and Climate Challenges

Bill Sjoberg, NOAA/NWS, Lanham, MD; and D. M. Goldberg

35

GeoIPS: Next Generation Satellite Data Processing Capability at NRL

Mindy Surratt, NRL, Monterey, CA; and K. Richardson, J. Cossuth, A. P. Kuciauskas, and R. Bankert

36

The Effect of Cloud Type on Earth's Energy Balance

Yun Hang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer

37

CrIMSS Temperature and Water Vapor Retrieval Validation Using ARM Site Atmospheric State Best Estimates and GPS RO COSMIC

Lori A. Borg, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and M. L. Feltz, D. C. tobin, R. O. Knuteson, T. Reale, D. J. Holdridge, J. H. Mather, and Q. Liu

38

CrIS Cloud clearing using VIIRS and application to Hurricane forecast

Zhenglong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, P. Wang, X. gong, H. Liu, A. Collard, and M. Goldberg

Manuscript (42.4 kB)

39

Detection and Inventory of Intense Pyroconvection in Western North America using GOES-15 Daytime Infrared Data

David A. Peterson, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Solbrig, E. Hyer, M. Fromm, M. Surratt, and J. R. Campbell

40

Towards Continuity in Cloud Top Height from MODIS to the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Polar-Orbiting Sensors

Bryan A. Baum, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and P. Menzel, A. Heidinger, and I. Gladkova

41

Polar2Grid: Reprojecting Satellite Data Made Easy

David Hoese, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and K. Strabala

42

Deriving CERES fluxes from geostationary radiances

Forrest J. Wrenn IV, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling, L. T. C. Nguyen, and R. Rajalekshmy

43

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Data Products – End-to-End Product Lifecycle

Arron Layns, JPSS, Lanham, MD

44

African Dust Property Retrieval and Cloud Detection from Hyperspectral Infrared Radiances using Optimal Estimation

45

Uniqueness of JPSS products for NWS decision support activities

Jorel Torres, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. H. Connell and S. D. Miller

47

Aqua and Terra Direct Broadcast Processing at CIMSS/SSEC Using a Merged Pass System

Jessica Braun, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and L. Gumley, K. Strabala, B. M. Flynn, and M. Rogal

48

The VIIRS Fast Radiative Transfer Model (VFRTM)

Aronne Merrelli, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and B. Baum, P. Yang, and Y. Ding

Handout (2.0 MB)

49

Client-side Data Processing and Training for Multispectral Imagery Applications in the GOES-R Era

Kevin K. Fuell, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and C. M. Gravelle, J. E. Burks, E. Berndt, L. A. Schultz, A. L. Molthan, and A. LeRoy

50

Intercomparison of Cloud Heights for AMV Generation

Steve Wanzong, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and A. Heidinger, R. Borde, P. Watts, J. Daniels, and W. Bresky

51

JPSS-1, CSPP SDR and ADL Block 2

Scott Mindock, SSEC /CIMSS, Madison, WI; and K. Strabala, G. Martin, R. Garcia, L. Gumley, and G. Cureton

52

Can we observe the atmosphere by street lamps? Examining the potential for use of anthropogenic light emissions in atmospheric retrievals

Jeremy E. Solbrig, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller, J. Zhang, and T. M. McHardy

53

Performance of the NOAA Enterprise AWG Cloud Height Algorithm in Multi-layer Scenes

Andrew Heidinger, STAR, Madison, WI; and Y. Li and S. Wanzong

54

A Multi-format Client-agnostic Server for Satellite Data

David Santek, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. O. Robaidek, D. Parker, C. Suplinski, and R. A. Kohrs

55

Enterprise Solutions for Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Science Products Algorithms and Calibration/Validation

Lihang Zhou, NOAA STAR, College Park, MD

56

An Operational Algorithm for the Retrieval of Water Quality Parameters in the Great Lakes from Satellite Data

George Leshkevich, NOAA/Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory, Ann Arbor, MI; and R. A. Shuchman, M. Sayers, and R. Sawtel

Handout (8.1 MB)

57

Exploring the Scattering Signal of GMI's 166GHz Channel

Samantha A. Tushaus, Space Science and Engineering Center, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie and G. W. Petty

58

Joint Polar Satellite System Environmental Satellite Processing Center Data Products

Bonnie Reed, JPSS, Suitland, MD; and T. Schott, S. L. Bunin, and A. Layns

59

The Documentation and Investigation of Pyrocumulonimbus Events

Annastasia V Sienko, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and S. Bachmeier and B. Baum

60

Uncertainties in Satellite Passive Microwave Observations of Cloud Liquid Water Path

Tom Greenwald, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz, M. Lebsock, and C. O'Dell

61

Polar Satellite Composite Imagery: A Useful Tool from Operations to Research

David E. Mikolajczyk, Antarctic Meteorological Research Center/ Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. A. Lazzara, R. A. Kohrs, J. Key, L. M. Keller, J. Nettesheim, and M. Tsukernik

62

The assimilation of layer precipitable water and the impacts on weather forecasting in a regional NWP model

Pei Wang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, Y. K. Lee, Z. Li, J. Li, Z. Liu, T. J. Schmit, and S. Ackerman

Handout (2.0 MB)

63

Reprocessing the “Top Ten” Most Intense Historical Tropical Cyclones in the Satellite Era Using the Advanced Dvorak Technique

Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. L. Olander, D. C. Herndon, and J. P. Kossin

Characterization of the Saharan Air Layer with a Combination of Decade-long Aerosol Reanalysis, Satellite Products and In Situ Observations

64

Life Cycle of Deep Convection Observed from Satellite and Represented in NICAM

Toshiro Inoue, Atmosphere and Ocean Research Institute, University of Tokyo, Kashiwa, Japan

65

Using Satellites to Measure Temperature Trends on the Greenland Ice Sheet

Genevieve M. Burgess, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson and E. Borbas

66

Clouds & The Earths Radiant Energy System (CERES) Synoptic (SYN1deg) Data Product Validation Using Buoys & Ship Borne Radiometers

David A. Rutan, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling, F. G. Rose, and S. Kato

Handout (8.5 MB)

67

Climate Impacts of African Biomass Burning Aerosols

Alexander Matus, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer

Handout (1.9 MB)

68

Investigation of Favorable Atmospheric Conditions for PyroCb (Pyrocumulonimbus) Events using Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) Measurements and Retrieval Products

Rebecca E Schultz, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum and E. Weisz

69

Sensitivity analysis of a novel hyper-spectral infrared cloud and atmosphere property retrieval based on an optimal estimation framework

Paolo Veglio, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. E. Holz

Handout (3.5 MB)

70

Using PATMOS-x product for studying waves in the equatorial region

71

Quantifying the Indirect Effect in Warm Marine Stratocumulus

Alyson Rose Douglas, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

72

CSPP CLAVR-x

Nick Bearson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Heidinger

73

Investigating Precipitation and Aerosols Over Southeast Asia Using a Collocated CloudSat-CALIOP-MODIS-NAAPS Dataset

Alexa Ross, CIMSS, Madison, WI

74

Cloud Mask Performance Comparison

Denis Botambekov, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and A. Walther and A. Heidinger

Synthetic G0ES-13 3.9 µm Imagery of the new P3 microphysics in WRF-ARW

75

A Quantitative Analysis of Satellite-Observable Storm Top Features

Kai-Yuan Cheng, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. K. Wang

Session 3

Using Satellite Data to Assess Convection and Convective Potential

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Wayne Feltz, CIMSS; Christopher Velden, CIMSS

4:30 PM

3.1

Using NUCAPS Retrievals to Diagnose Pre-Convective Environments over the United States

John F. Dostalek, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and D. T. Lindsey and J. M. Haynes

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.2

Short Range Forecasts of Convective Destabilization Using Information from the Advanced Himawari Imager

Robert M. Aune, NESDIS, Madison, WI; and L. M. Cronce and R. A. Petersen

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

3.3

Evaluation of Microphysics and Cumulus Parameterization Schemes in the HWRF Model Using Satellite Infrared Brightness Temperatures

Jason Otkin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. E. Lewis, A. L. Lenzen, B. McNoldy, and S. J. Majumdar

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.4

Using Passive Microwave Imagery to Develop Objective Tropical Cyclone Structure and Intensity Analysis and Improved Near-Realtime Products

Joshua Cossuth, Monterey, CA; and R. L. Bankert and K. Richardson

Recorded Presentation

Icebreaker Reception

Location: Community Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Registration

Location: Registration Area 3/4 (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Session 4

Development of Applications and Innovative Methods of Processing, Combining, Assimilating and Analyzing Satellite Observations of the Land, Ocean/Water, and Atmosphere Part I

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS; Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology, Inc.

8:30 AM

4.1

Making Satellite Retrievals Compatible with NWP Background Fields for NWP Data Assimilation

William L. Smith Sr., University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and E. Weisz

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

4.2

New Satellite Observations for Monitoring and Forecasting Hurricanes and Severe Storms

Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

4.3

The Impact of Assimilation of GPM Clear Sky Radiance on HWRF Hurricane Track and Intensity Forecasts

Chau Lam Yu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and Z. Pu

Recorded Presentation

4.4

Implementation of a Global Dust Physical Sea Surface Temperature Retrieval For Numerical Weather Prediction Applications

9:30 AM

4.5

Assimilation of Satellite Track Wind and GNOS Bending Angle Data in Rainy Environment

Gang Ma Sr., NSMC, Beijing 100081, China

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

4.6

Improving Satellite Derived Rainfall Products: Bayesian Approach

Margaret Kimani, Enschede, Netherlands

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Session 5

JPSS

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Mitch Goldberg, JPSS; Andrew Heidinger, NOAA

10:30 AM

5.1

Society Benefiting from a Global Constellation of Polar-orbiting Satellites

Mitchell Goldberg, JPSS, Lanham, MD; and F. Kogan, I. Csiszar, S. Kondragunta, and C. Elvidge

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

5.2

Preparing for VIIRS Imagery from JPSS-1

Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and T. J. Kopp, S. D. Miller, C. J. Seaman, J. Torres, and D. T. Lindsey

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

5.3

Consistency of reflected moonlight based nighttime cloud properties and precipitation product with its daytime equivalent

Andi Walther, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and S. D. Miller and A. Heidinger

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

5.4

Hyper-spectral Infrared Sensor CrIS Sensor Data Record Long-term Radiometric and Spectral Accuracy and Stability

Yong Chen, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Han and F. Weng

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

5.5

Estimation of Tropical Cyclone Intensity Using the CIMSS ATMS Tropical Cyclone Intensity Algorithm

Derrick Herndon, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and C. S. Velden

Recorded Presentation

5.6

Improving Snowfall Rate Retrieval by Incorporating the Effect of Supercooled Cloud Liquid Water

11:45 AM

5.6A

Integration, Monitoring and Applications of the NOAA Operational VIIRS Active Fire Product

Marina Tsidulko, IMSG, College Park, MD; and I. A. Csiszar, L. Giglio, and W. Schroeder

Recorded Presentation

Microsatellites and Nanosatellites

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology; and the 20th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction )

Moderator: William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory

Session 6

Potential of New Generation Satellite Systems to Improve Weather, Climate, and Other Environmental Data Products; Enhance User Application and Services, and Contribute to Blended and Fused Satellite Datasets Part I

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Song Yang, NRL; Christopher Velden, CIMSS

1:30 PM

6.1

Environmental Information in Every Decision

Philip E. Ardanuy, INNOVIM, Greenbelt, MD; and D. S. Green, G. Komar, S. Marley, P. P. Neilley, and C. Schueler

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

6.2

Absolute Radiance Interferometer (ARI) for the CLARREO Pathfinder: Overview and Status (Part-1)

Henry. E. Revercomb, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and F. A. Best, J. K. Taylor, P. J. Gero, D. C. Tobin, R. O. Knuteson, D. Adler, C. Pettersen, M. Mulligan, J. Wong, M. Schwarz, and D. Thielman

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

6.3

Absolute Radiance Interferometer (ARI) for the CLARREO Pathfinder: On-Orbit Verification and Test (Part-2)

Fred A. Best, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and H. E. Revercomb, J. K. Taylor, P. J. Gero, D. Adler, C. Pettersen, R. O. Knuteson, D. Tobin, J. Wong, M. Schwarz, D. Thielman, M. Mulligan, and J. A. Dykema

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

6.4

Measuring Earth's Radiation Imbalance using Cubesat Constellations

William D. Collins, LBNL, BERKELEY, CA; and D. Feldman, S. Lorentz, L. Dyrud, and T. J. Immel

2:30 PM

6.5

The TROPICS smallsat tropical cyclone mission: High temporal resolution microwave imagery as part of NASA's third Earth Venture-Instrument (EVI-3) program

William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and S. A. Braun, R. Bennartz, C. S. Velden, M. DeMaria, R. Atlas, J. P. Dunion, F. D. Marks Jr., and R. Rogers

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

6.6

Impact Analysis of LEO Hyperspectral Sensor IFOV size on the next generation high-resolution NWP model forecast performance

Agnes Lim, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Li, J. A. Jung, H. L. Huang, J. Woollen, F. W. Nagle, G. Quinn, S. B. Healy, J. Otkin, M. Goldberg, and R. Atlas

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Joint Session 2

Satellite Measurements of Air-Sea Interaction Processes

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology; and the 20th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction )

Chair: Marie C. Colton, Harris

4:30 PM

J2.1

Difference Between Ocean Surface Wind and Stress Variability

W. Timothy Liu, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and X. Xie

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J2.2

The Salinity Processes in the Upper Ocean Regional Study-2 (SPURS-2) Mission, Observing the Effects of Precipitation on the Salinity Structure

Aaron Paget, University of Connecticut, Groton, CT; and J. B. Edson and C. A. Clayson

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J2.3

Postfrontal Convective Snow: A Local to Global Observational Perspective

Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. Pettersen and J. Lenters

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

J2.4

Passive microwave remote sensing of surface turbulent fluxes: the role of clouds and statistics

J. Brent Roberts, NASA MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and C. A. Clayson and C. B. Blankenship

Recorded Presentation

Registration

Location: Registration Area 3/4 (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Session 7

Development of Applications and Innovative Methods Part II

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS; Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology, Inc.

8:30 AM

7.1

RealEarth: Real-time Access to Global Satellite Data and Derived Products

David A. Santek, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Parker, R. Dengel, S. Batzli, N. Bearson, and T. Jasmin

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

7.2

Advancements in Morphological Compositing of Polar-Orbiting Satellite Imagery

Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and C. Velden and A. Heidinger

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

7.3

Assessing the Information Content of AIRS and MODIS Radiances for Retrieving Ice Cloud Properties

Kai-Wei Chang, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and T. S. L'Ecuyer, B. H. Kahn, and V. Natraj

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

7.4

Bayesian Retrievals of Vertically Resolved Cloud Particle Size Distribution Properties

Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and G. G. Mace and J. Kessler

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

7.5

Exploring Detection of Multilayer Clouds and Retrieval of Their Properties Using Multispectral Satellite Data in an Artificial Neural Network Approach

Patrick Minnis, LRC, Hampton, VA; and G. Hong, S. Sun-Mack, W. L. Smith, Jr., and Y. Chen

Recorded Presentation

Handout (25.0 MB)

9:45 AM

7.6

Satellite dual-frequency millimeter-wave radar retrieval algorithm

Mircea Grecu, Morgan State University, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Tian and G. M. Heymsfield

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Session 8

GOES-R Part I

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Steven J. Goodman; Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA

10:30 AM

8.1

The GOES-R Post Launch Test Field Campaign

Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and F. P. Padula

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

8.2

Getting Ready for the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on the GOES-R series

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Madison, WI; and M. M. Gunshor, R. B. Pierce, J. J. Gerth, S. S. Lindstrom, J. M. Daniels, and S. J. Goodman

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

8.3

Himawari-8 AHI Proves “Instrumental” in Preparations for Enhanced GOES-R ABI Imagery Applications

Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. T. Lindsey, C. J. Seaman, T. J. Schmit, M. M. Gunshor, D. W. Hillger, Y. Sumida, and L. D. Grasso

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

8.4

Wildfire Detection Notifications for Impact-based Decision Support Services in Oklahoma Using Geostationary Super Rapid Scan Satellite Imagery

Vivek N. Mahale, NOAA/NWS, Norman, OK; and W. Line, T. T. Lindley, A. Anderson, and S. Curl

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

8.5

Preparing the End User Community for the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper

Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO, Inc. / NASA SPoRT, Huntsville, AL; and J. E. Burks and K. M. McGrath

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

8.6

Asynchronous Assimilation of High Temporal Infrared Imaging for Wind Profile Retrieval – A Pilot Study

Allen Huang, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and A. Lim and S. Wu

Recorded Presentation

Evolution of the United States satellite-based observations

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology; and the 20th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction )

Moderator: Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin

Session 9

Potential of New Generation Satellite Systems Part II

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Song Yang, NRL; Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin

1:30 PM

9.1

The ABI-Based Combined Sounder/Imager (CSI)

Ronald J. Glumb, Harris Corporation, Fort Wayne, IN; and P. C. Griffith, P. Mantica, and D. Jordan

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

9.2

The Importance of Satellite-based Predictors in the NOAA/CIMSS ProbSevere Model

Justin Sieglaff, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis and J. L. Cintineo

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

9.3

Volcanic Cloud Identification, Tracking, and Characterization with Next Generation Satellites

Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff and J. L. Cintineo

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

9.4

Satellite Data Applications for Oceanic Aviation Weather

Haig Iskenderian, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. S. Veillette, C. J. Mattioli, P. M. Lamey, E. P. Hassey, J. R. Mecikalski, G. T. Stano, and R. Bass

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

9.5

Addressing Forecast Challenges at the Satellite Proving Ground for Marine, Precipitation, and Satellite Analysis

Michael J. Folmer, CICS, College Park, MD; and J. D. Clark, J. M. Sienkiewicz, A. Orrison, M. Klein, J. A. Nelson Jr., J. Kibler, N. A. Ramos, H. D. Cobb III, M. DeMaria, E. Berndt, M. D. Goldberg, and S. J. Goodman

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

9.6

The success story of Himawari-8: Does R2O really mean “Risks to Overcome”?

Jordan J. Gerth, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and B. Ward

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Poster Session 2

Wednesday/Thursday Satellite Meteorology Poster Session

Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

CIRA Support to Improving CRTM Brightness Temperatures at 3.9 ìm

76

Global Broadband Infrared Surface Emissivity Computed from Combined ASTER and MODIS Emissivity over Land (CAMEL)

Michelle Feltz, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and E. Borbas, R. Knuteson, G. Hulley, and S. Hook

Manuscript (646.5 kB)

Handout (18.2 MB)

77

Preparing for GOES-R: Data Distribution Paths and Plans

Kathryn W. Miretzky, Science and Technology Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr., M. Seybold, E. J. McMichael, and J. Fulbright

78

A Climatology of the Precipitation over the Southern Ocean based on the Surface and Satellite Observations

Zhan Wang, Melbourne, Australia; and S. T. Siems, D. Belusic, M. J. Manton, and Y. Huang

79

ISCCP H-Series data production at NCEI: Updating the iconic ISCCP data

Alisa Holley Young, NCEI, Boulder, CO; and W. B. Rossow, K. R. Knapp, W. Hankins, and A. K. Inamdar

80

COMPARATIVE IMPACT OF OCEAN SURFACE WIND VECTORS AND OCEAN SURFACE WIND SPEED FOR GLOBAL NWP

Nancy L. Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Swadley and J. Tsu

81

ABI Band Fact Sheets for User Readiness

Bill Ward, NWS, Honolulu, HI; and T. Schmit and J. Gerth

Synthetic Imagery Generation over Alaska and Hawaii from the NAM nests for GOES-R Product Development

82

Latest Improvements of ATMS TDR/SDR Sciences and Algorithms for Reprocessing

Hu Yang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and F. Weng

83

Calibration of Historical Visible Geostationary Data for ISCCP and Other Applications

Anand K. Inamdar, North Carolina State Univ., Asheville, NC; and K. R. Knapp, A. H. Young, W. Hankins, and W. B. Rossow

84

A Method For Calculating The Height Of Overshooting Convective Cloud Tops Using Satellite-Based IR Imager and CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar Observations

Sarah M. Griffin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. M. Bedka and C. S. Velden

85

Visualizing Cold Air Aloft with Radio Occultation and Hyperspectral Infrared Sounders: Investigating Aviation Safety Purposes

Michelle Feltz, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson, J. M. Feltz, S. Ackerman, W. Feltz, D. Hoese, K. Strabala, N. Smith, and E. Weisz

Manuscript (410.3 kB)

Handout (7.5 MB)

86

Identification of Hazardous Weather for Offshore Forecasting

Patrick C. Meyers, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and S. Rudlosky, R. Ferraro, M. J. Pavolonis, J. L. Cintineo, and N. Y. Wang

Poster 87 will also be presented as 15.5A. Reprocessing GOES GVAR Data . K. R. Knapp, NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Asheville, NC; and J. L. Matthews

88

GOES-R Training Plan for NOAA National Weather Service (NWS) Forecasters

LeRoy Spayd Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD

Handout (1.2 MB)

89

CIRA's current and future contributions to the GOES-R Proving Ground as we approach the launch of GOES-R

Ed Szoke, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and D. Bikos, R. Brummer, H. Gosden, S. D. Miller, D. W. Hillger, B. H. Connell, D. A. Molenar, C. J. Seaman, and D. T. Lindsey

90

Suomi-NPP VIIRS Recalibration in the Reflective Solar Bands and Day Night Band

Taeyoung Choi, NOAA, College Park, MD; and C. Cao, N. Sun, and F. Weng

91

GOES-R End-to-End Readiness at the University of Wisconsin - Madison Space Science and Engineering Center Data Center

Richard A. Kohrs, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. O. Robaidek and D. Forrest

92

GOES-R ABI Post-Launch Calibration and Validation

Xiangqian Wu, NOAA, College Park, MD; and C. Cao, F. Yu, F. P. Padula, B. Efremova, V. Kondratovich, R. A. Iacovazzi Jr., A. J. Pearlman, X. shao, R. Datla, H. yoo, and L. Zhu

93

The UW-CIMSS Advanced Dvorak Technique (ADT)

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

94

Assimilation and Forecast Impact of Combined-Platform Leo/Geo AMVs in the GDAS/GFS

Brett T. Hoover, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and D. Santek and M. M. Madsen

95

USING THE HIRS DATA TO RECORD MORE THAN THREE DECADES OF GLOBAL CLOUD AND MOISTURE PROPERTIES

Eva Borbas, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, R. A. Frey, B. A. Baum, G. Cureton, and N. Bearson

96

Advances in Suomi NPP ATMS SDR Life Cycle Reprocessing

Ninghai Sun, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division, College Park, MD; and F. Weng and W. Chen

97

Relationship between latent heating and tropical cyclone warm core structure analyzed using satellite-based products

Ryo Oyama, MRI, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan

98

Using GOES Brightness Temperatures to Assess the Accuracy of Short-Range Forecasts from the High-Resolution Rapid Refresh (HRRR) Model

Jason Otkin, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. M. Griffin, C. M. Rozoff, J. Sieglaff, L. Cronce, and C. R. Alexander

99

Development and Optimization of Mesoscale Atmospheric Motion Vectors Using Novel GOES-R Processing Algorithms on 1-5 Minute SRSO Proxy Data, and Demonstration of Readiness for GOES-R Applications via Impact Studies in Mesoscale/Hurricane Data Assimilation and NWP Systems

Dave Stettner, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and C. Velden, W. E. Lewis, W. Bresky, J. Daniels, and S. Wanzong

100

SUOMI-NPP OMPS SDR REPROCESSING FOR NADIR SENSORS

Ding Liang, SMCD, College Park, MD; and F. Weng, C. Pan, and N. Sun

101

Coherent Cloudiness Variability from the Mountains to the Sea in the Western U.S

Edwin Sumargo, SIO, San Diego, CA; and D. R. Cayan

102

SIFT: Satellite Information Familiarization Tool

David Hoese, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and R. K. Garcia, J. J. Gerth, K. Strabala, and S. Lindstrom

103

Sensitivity of Longwave Fluxes to Clouds and Meteorology: Establishing Uncertainties for GEWEX SRB Longwave Release 4

J. Colleen Mikovitz, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Stackhouse Jr., S. K. Gupta, S. J. Cox, and T. Zhang

Handout (7.1 MB)

104

Helping Prepare Users for the GOES-R Series

Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. J. Gerth, S. S. Lindstrom, C. Schmidt, K. I. Strabala, and A. S. Bachmeier

105

Evaluation of cloud properties in RCA4 CORDEX Africa ensemble

Arun Rana, SMHI, Norrköping, Sweden; and A. Devasthale, G. Nikulin, and U. Willén

Handout (2.3 MB)

106

Assessing Calibration Improvements for the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Instrument

Natividad M. Smith, Science Systems and Applications Inc (SSAI), Hampton, VA; and N. Loeb, K. J. Priestley, S. Thomas, D. R. Walikainen, M. Shankar, and Z. P. Szewczyk

107

SSEC SDI GRB Appliance - Easy GOES-R Data

Scott Mindock, SSEC /CIMSS, Madison, WI; and D. Santek, D. Parker, N. Bearson, and R. Dengel

108

Recent Updates to the Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP) for three NOAA Operational Algorithms

James E. Davies, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and K. Strabala, L. Gumley, A. Huang, C. Grassotti, X. Zhan, C. D. Barnet, A. Gambacorta, T. King, and J. Stroup

109

Applying Satellite Aerosol Retrievals for Lightning Prediction in Northern Alabama

Tong Ren, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and A. D. Rapp, J. R. Mecikalski, J. Apke, L. D. Carey, and S. L. Nasiri

110

ISCCP Data QC and Processing: Transitioning Production Between Institutions

William Hankins, NCEI, Laurel, MD; and K. R. Knapp, A. H. Young, A. K. Inamdar, and W. B. Rossow

111

Using Infrared Hyperspectral Measurements to Analyze Tropical Cyclone Ioke

Youri Plokhenko, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson, W. P. Menzel, and H. E. Revercomb

112

A Look on the S-NPP CrIS Life Cycle Data Reprocessing

Miao Tian, Earth Resources Technology Inc., College Park, MD; and N. Sun, W. Chen, Y. Han, and F. Weng

113

GOES-R Imagery: Readiness and Quality Assurance

James P. Nelson III, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. M. Feltz, K. Bah, M. M. Gunshor, and T. J. Schmit

114

Product Updates to International MODIS/AIRS Processing Package (IMAPP) and Transition to JPSS

James E. Davies, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and K. Strabala, N. Smith, E. Weisz, R. M. Cintineo, E. Schiffer, R. B. Pierce, A. Huang, D. Hoese, D. Parker, M. J. Pavlonis, C. Calvert, and G. Martin

115

GPM Snowfall Retrievals: Information Gained from Day 1 GPROF Empirical Databases

Marian E. Mateling, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie and T. S. L'Ecuyer

116

Challenges & Opportunities for Using GOES R+ Lightning Mapper Data in NWS

Brian C. Motta, NWS, Boulder, CO; and P. Roohr, M. Elliott, J. Jordan, B. Meier, S. J. Goodman, S. D. Rudlosky, W. Line, and D. Melendez

117

You Used Polar Orbiter Direct Broadcast Data for What?

Kathleen I. Strabala, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. Gumley, J. Davies, S. Mindock, D. Hoese, R. Garcia, G. Martin, G. Cureton, N. A. Bearson, B. Pierce, E. Weisz, J. Braun, and H. L. Huang

118

Enhancing Weather Monitoring and Forecasting with Polar-orbiting High Spectral Resolution Infrared Sounders

Elisabeth Weisz, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. L. Smith Sr., R. E. Schultz, K. Strabala, and A. Huang

Handout (9.7 MB)

119

Using Polar-Orbiting Satellites to Monitor the Upper Atmosphere for Cold Air Pockets that are Potentially Dangerous to Passenger Aircraft

John F. Dostalek, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and J. Torres, S. D. Miller, and R. Brummer

120

CSPP GEO Quick-looks - Verifying data and More

Scott Mindock, SSEC /CIMSS, Madison, WI; and G. Martin, R. Garcia, K. I. Strabala, N. A. Bearson, and G. Cureton

121

CSPP Geo GRB: GOES-R Rebroadcast Reconstruction for Everyone

Tommy Jasmin, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and N. Bearson, S. Mindock, J. Braun, and G. Martin

122

Satellite User Readiness through Training: VISIT, SHyMet, WMO VLab and a Liaison

Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, E. Szoke, S. Bachmeier, S. Lindstrom, A. Mostek, B. C. Motta, L. Veeck, and J. Torres

123

Routine Validation of the GOES-R Multi-Satellite Processing System Framework

William Straka III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. Wolf, S. Sampson, R. Garcia, G. Quinn, G. Martin, A. Li, M. Fan, R. Rollins, J. M. Daniels, and E. Schiffer

124

Himawari Support In The CSPP-GEO Direct Broadcast Package

Geoff Cureton, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Mindock, G. Martin, N. Bearson, and J. Braun

125

Finding Fires: The Next Generation

Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS, Madison, WI

126

A Prototype Method for Diagnosing High Ice Water Content in Near-Real-Time Using Passive Satellite Imagery

Christopher R. Yost, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, K. Bedka, L. Nguyen, R. Palikonda, and D. Spangenberg

Handout (4.8 MB)

127

An Extension of the Python SHARPpy GUI to Display NASA AIRS Satellite Sounding Profiles and CAPE in Near-Real Time

Grace Przybyl, CIMSS, Madison, WI, WI; and R. Knuteson, J. M. Gartzke, K. T. Halbert, and W. G. Blumberg

Manuscript (1.6 MB)

Handout (4.1 MB)

Joint Session 3

Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology; and the 20th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction )

Chair: Derek J. Posselt, JPL

4:30 PM

J3.1

CYGNSS Tropical Cyclone Wind Structure Science Data Products

Mary Morris, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. S. Ruf

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J3.2

Tropical Cyclone Diurnal Cycle Property From Satellite Passive Microwave Observations

Song Yang, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Cossuth, K. Richardson, and R. Bankert

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J3.3

Impact of CYGNSS Data on Hurricane Analyses and Forecast in Regional OSSEs with HWRF Model

Zhaoxia Pu, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and S. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

J3.4

Exploring the use of CYGNSS for Surface Flux Estimation in Extratropical Cyclones

Juan A. Crespo, Univ. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and D. J. Posselt

Recorded Presentation

Registration

Location: Registration Area 3/4 (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Session 10

How Satellite Data are Being Used Part II

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Philip E. Ardanuy, INNOVIM; Ethan L. Nelson, University of Wisconsin-Madison

8:30 AM

10.1A

Analysis Of Severe Convective Storms Using Super-Rapid Scan Satellite Imager, Dual-Polarization Radar, And Total Lightning Observations In Preparation For GOES-R

Kristopher Bedka, LRC, Hampton, VA; and C. R. Homeyer, J. R. Mecikalski, B. Scarino, T. Sandmael, J. Apke, and C. P. Jewett

Recorded Presentation

10.1

Characterization of Diurnal Aerosol Phenomena using Geostationary Retrievals of Aerosol Optical Depth

8:45 AM

10.2

Dust-infused Baroclinic Cyclone Storm Clouds: the Evidence, Meteorology, and Implications

Michael D. Fromm, NRL, Washington, DC; and G. P. Kablick III and P. F. Caffrey

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

10.3

Interactions of South Pacific Tropical Cyclones Pam and Winston with Underlying Warm Ocean Features

Jodi K. Brewster, RSMAS, Miami, FL; and L. K. Shay

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

10.4

New Products and Perspectives from the Global Precipitation Measurement (GPM) Mission

Christian Kummerow, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and D. Randel

9:30 AM

10.5

Passive microwave and visible/near infrared retrievals of boundary layer cloud physical properties

Ralf Bennartz, Vanderbilt Univ., Nashville, TN

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

10.6

Using A-Train Observations to Study Cloud Processes in Frontal Regions

Derek J. Posselt, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; and C. Naud and S. van den Heever

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Session 11

Research and Operational Satellite Data Applications for Weather, Ocean, and Climate Monitoring and Forecasting Part I

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Jordan J. Gerth, CIMSS; Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA

10:30 AM

11.1

Visualizing multi-spectral satellite imagery in different color spaces

Jordan J. Gerth, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

11.2

Operational Techniques for Oil Detection on the Ocean's Surface with Satellite Imagery

William D. Boll, NOAA, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

11.3

Accounting for cloud vertical structure to improve parameterizations and applications for passive satellite cloud parameters

William L. Smith Jr., NASA, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, C. Wang, D. A. Spangenberg, S. Sun-Mack, and Y. Chen

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

11.4

Regime dependence of precipitating cloud radiative efficiencies using CloudSat/CALIPSO

Anita D. Rapp, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and L. Sun and T. S. L'Ecuyer

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

11.5

An Empirical Relationship between Water Vapor and Precipitation using Satellite Observations for Near-Real Time Forecasting Applications

Jacola A. Roman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. O. Knuteson, S. Hubbard, S. Ackerman, and H. Revercomb

11:45 AM

11.6

El Nino Impact on the Earth's Radiation Budget: A Satellite Analysis

Parnchai K. Sawaengphokhai, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. W. Stackhouse, D. P. Kratz, S. K. Gupta, and A. C. Wilber

Recorded Presentation

User Readiness for New-Generation Satellites

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Hosts: (Joint between the 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology; and the 20th Conference on Air-Sea Interaction )

Moderator: Bill Ward, NWS

Session 12

Research and Operational Satellite Data Applications for Weather, Ocean, and Climate Monitoring and Forecasting Part II

Location: Madison Ballroom CD (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Host: 21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Cochairs: Jordan J. Gerth, CIMSS; James J. Gurka, NOAA

1:30 PM

12.1

Satellite Remote Sensing of Snowfall

Guosheng Liu, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

12.2

Sea Ice Thickness from Satellite Data and Its Recent Trends in Polar Regions

Xuanji Wang, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. Key

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

12.3

Measurement of Ocean Surface Wind by AMSR2 on GCOM-W1

Naoto Ebuchi, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

12.4

Results from GOES-R and JPSS Proving Ground Demonstrations at the HWT 2016 Spring Experiment

William Line, NWS, Pueblo, CO

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

12.5

Development of a Coupled GOES-R Legacy Sounding NearCast with Convective Initiation Products to Improve Convective Weather Nowcasts

Lee M. Cronce, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and R. A. Petersen, J. R. Mecikalski, and C. P. Jewett

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

12.6

Nowcasting 0–2 hour Storm Intensity within the GOES-R Convective Initiation modeling Framework

John R. Mecikalski, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and C. P. Jewett and J. Apke

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Grand Terrace (Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center)

Session 13

21st Conference on Satellite Meteorology

Sunday, 14 August 2016

5:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 14 August 2016

Monday, 15 August 2016

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 August 2016

8:50 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 15 August 2016

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Tuesday, 16 August 2016

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 August 2016

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Thursday, 18 August 2016

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Sunday, 14 August 2016

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Monday, 15 August 2016

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