Program: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites (87th AMS Annual Meeting)

Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

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Sunday, 14 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007

Sun 14 Jan

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 14 January 2007

Short Course Registration

Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 14 January 2007

Conference Registration

Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Monday, 15 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Mon 15 Jan

7:30 AM-6:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Registration continues through Thursday, 18 January

Location: East Registration (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:15 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Plenary Session for the Presidential Forum (Presidential Forum will then run parallel to other sessions throughout the day)

Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

10:15 AM-10:45 AM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Coffee Break

Location: Meeting Room Foyer (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Lunch Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Sessions end for the day

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 15 January 2007

Formal Opening of Exhibits with Reception (Cash Bar)

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Tuesday, 16 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Tue 16 Jan

8:30 AM-8:55 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Keynote Speaker Session 1

3rd Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Speaker: Louis W. Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP

Papers:

8:30 AM

1.1

Use of Satellite Data in Numerical Weather Prediction: Present Status and Future Challenges

Louis Uccellini, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded presentation

9:00 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

NPOESS Overview and Status

Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Carl Hoffman, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS

Papers:

9:00 AM

1.1

National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Program Status

Dan Stockton, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and D. Ryan

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Poster Session 1

Applications and Exploitation of NPOESS and GOES-R Data Products I

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Gary Mineart, Mitretek Systems, Inc.

Papers:

P1.1

User Interaction with the GOES-R Series of Weather Satellites

August J. Ryberg Jr., NOAA/NESDIS/Mitretek Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and P. Nguyen and L. Shipley

P1.2

The WindSat passive microwave radiometer: forecaster applications

Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and F. J. Turk, J. D. Hawkins, S. D. Miller, J. Goerss, M. H. Bettenhausen, and Z. Jelenak

P1.3

The Virtual GOES-R Observing Experiment System (VGOES) - A strategy to accelerate GOES development and benefits

Jeffery T. Sroga, Lockheed Martin, Newtown, NJ; and J. A. Dutton, J. Ross, D. A. Bennett, S. Richardson, R. Miehle, A. Feingold, D. Bevis, J. Walmsley, N. Larsen, and D. Powell

P1.4

The trade study for Hyperspectral Environmental Suite (HES) on GOES-R

Jinlong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, W. P. Menzel, and J. J. Gurka

P1.5

The GOES-R Hydrology Algorithm Team: Progress and plans

Robert J. Kuligowski, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

P1.6

The EPS/MetOp system: overview and first Results

K. Dieter Klaes, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany; and Y. Buhler, M. Cohen, J. Schmetz, P. Edwards, and T. Phulpin

P1.7

Surface emissivity retrieved from satellite IR hyperspectral data and its impact on other retrieval products

Daniel K. Zhou, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, VA; and A. M. Larar, X. Liu, and W. L. Smith Sr.

P1.8

Solar sails and artificial Lagrange orbits for remote sensing, telecommunications, and space weather applications

Benjamin Diedrich, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and P. Mulligan

P1.9

Snow cover assessment and updating for denied areas using AVHRR and SSM/I

Steven F. Daly, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Hanover, NH; and E. Ochs, S. Newman, J. Hardy, C. Vuyovich, J. Gagnon, and B. Tracy

P1.10

Simulated GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager Measurements for Hurricane Katrina

Min-Jeong Kim, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and T. Zhu

P1.11

NPOESS Data Exploitation Plans for Product Processing

Tom Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin

P1.12

NOAA Product Processing from Metop Satellites

Tom Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin

P1.13

Modelling and Simulation of the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Instrument Performance

James Bergstrom, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp, Boulder, CO; and D. Down, S. Hagerty, T. Updike, and S. J. Varlese

P1.14

Model analyses towards a robust and accurate physical-statistical Sea Surface Temperature (SST) algorithm for the use with the current and future satellite IR sensors

Alexander Ignatov, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Dash and Y. Kihai

P1.15

Lossless compression studies for NOAA GOES-R hyperspectral environmental suite

Bormin Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and A. Ahuja, Y. Sriraja, H. L. Huang, M. D. Goldberg, T. J. Schmit, and R. W. Heymann

P1.16

Improved aviation weather diagnostics and forecasting using future generation GOES-R data

Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. M. Bedka, M. J. Pavolonis, J. R. Mecikalski, J. J. Murray, D. B. Johnson, C. S. Velden, and S. A. Ackerman

P1.17

GOES-R Proxy data for Mesoscale weather systems

Tong Zhu, Colorado State Univ./CIRA at NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng

P1.18

GOES-R color product development

Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NEDSIS/StAR/RAMM Branch, Fort Collins, CO CO; and M. DeMaria

P1.19

GOES-R AWG Integration Team: Interface with the System Prime

Walter Wolf, QSS Group, Inc., Lanham, MD; and L. Zhou and M. Goldberg

P1.20

GOES-R AWG Integration Team: Interface with the AWG Application Teams

Lihang Zhou, QSS Group Inc., Lanham, MD; and W. W. Wolf and M. Goldberg

P1.21

GOES-R Algorithm Working Group: Space Weather Team Update

S. Hill, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and H. J. Singer, T. Onsager, R. Viereck, D. Biesecker, C. C. Balch, and D. C. Wilkinson

P1.22

GOES-R Algorithm Working Group Sounding Application Team

P1.23

GOES Satellite Data Distribution: Past, Present, and Future

Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Paquette

P1.24

GOES Infrared Sounders - the future perspective from the current applications

Jun Li, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, W. P. Menzel, and J. J. Gurka

P1.25

Evaluation of simulated GOES-R HES and ABI thermal radiance measurements

Thomas Greenwald, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and H. L. Huang, D. Tobin, P. Yang, J. Otkin, E. R. Olson, and L. Moy

P1.26

Determining cloud type and freezing thresholds

Richard Anstett, Lockheed Martin Integrated Systems & Solutions, King of Prussia, PA

P1.27

Climate requirements for future national operational environmental satellite systems: bridging the weather-climate gap

John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. R. Barkstrom and J. Privette

P1.28

Clear sky atmospheric motion vectors derived from the GOES Sounder and simulated GOES-R hyperspectral moisture retrievals

Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. Wanzong, I. Genkova, D. A. Santek, J. Li, E. R. Olson, and J. A. Otkin

P1.29

CLASS Vision

Rick Vizbulis, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and R. Rank

P1.30

Class and NOAA's national data centers - partnering to strengthen the understanding of climate and oceans

Rick Vizbulis, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and R. Rank

P1.31

An Overview of the GOES-13 Science Test

Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NEDSIS/StAR/RAMM Branch, Fort Collins, CO CO; and T. J. Schmit

P1.32

Advancing short-term satellite-based convective nowcasting into the GOES-R era

John R. Mecikalski, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. Mackenzie, Jr., K. M. Bedka, and W. F. Feltz

P1.33

Adapting operational GOES-SST algorithms to Meteosat Second Generation-SEVIRI for GOES-R Risk Reduction

Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris, W. Smith Sr., and J. Mittaz

P1.34

A validation for retrieving cloud optical and microphysical properties in the IR region with MODIS and AIRS

Kevin J. Garrett, I. M. Systems Group, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Yang and S. L. Nasiri

P1.35

A methodology study of estimating ice cloud geometrical thickness from satellite infrared and visible measurements

Gang Hong, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Yang

P1.36

A Geostationary Microwave Sounder: Design and Applications

Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and A. Tanner, T. Gaier, P. Kangaslahti, and S. Brown

P1.37

Baseline instruments for the GOES-R series

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. J. Gurka, T. M. Renkevens, M. M. Gunshor, and J. Li

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Keynote Speaker Session 2

GOES-R Overview and Status

Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Michael Crison, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

11:00 AM

2.1

Keynote Speaker: NOAA Satellite and Information Service: Looking Ahead

Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

11:30 AM

2.2

GOES Program Status

Mark Mulholland, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

11:45 AM

2.3

GOES-R Program Overview

Anthony Comberiate, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Exhibits Open

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Lunch Break

12:00 PM-1:45 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Arakawa Symposium Luncheon

Location: Marriott Rivercenter

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Polar Observations

Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Mike Haas, NPOESS IPO/Aerospace Corp.

Papers:

1:30 PM

3.1

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Sensor Suite

Hal Bloom, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD

1:45 PM

3.2

The National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Data Products

Michael Bonadonna, Office of the Federal Coordinator for Meteorology, Silver Spring, MD

2:00 PM

3.3

The EUMETSAT Polar System: First Results from MetOp-A

K. Dieter Klaes, European Organisation for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites, Darmstadt, Germany; and M. Cohen, J. Schmetz, and L. Sarlo

2:15 PM

3.4

The EUMETSAT's Network of Satellite Application Facilities

Lothar Schueller, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and L. Sarlo

2:30 PM

3.5

NESDIS Polar Data Exploitation

Gene Legg, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

GOES-R Observations

Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD

Papers:

3:30 PM

4.1

The ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) on GOES-R

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and W. P. Menzel, J. Gurka, and M. M. Gunshor

Recorded presentation

4:00 PM

4.2

The Next GOES Sounder

Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. J. Gurka, and J. Li

4:30 PM

4.3

Washington D.C. Lightning Mapping Array Demonstration Project Risk Reduction for GOES Lightning Mapper Data

Stephan B. Smith, NOAA/NWS/OST, Silver Spring, MD; and S. J. Goodman and P. R. Krehbiel

4:45 PM

4.4

Oceanic Applications of Geostationary products - NOAA GOES and EUMETSAT Meteosat Second Generation (MSG)

Richard Legeckis, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

5:00 PM

4.5

Understanding the Space Environment with GOES-R Solar and Space Environment Data

S. Hill, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and H. J. Singer, T. G. Onsager, R. Viereck, and D. Biesecker

5:15 PM

4.6

GOES-R Data Distribution and Products

Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS/OSDPD, Camp Springs, MD

5:30 PM-5:00 PM: Tuesday, 16 January 2007

Sessions end for the day

Wednesday, 17 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Wed 17 Jan

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Satellite Data Applications

Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS

Papers:

8:30 AM

5.1A

Introduction and Overview

Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded presentation

8:35 AM

5.1

AFWA Cloud Forecasting

John B. Eylander, Headquarters Air Force Weather Agency, Offutt AFB, NE

Recorded presentation

8:50 AM

5.2

Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center Operations Update

Michael Clancy, FNMOC, Monterey, CA

Recorded presentation

9:20 AM

5.3

The Transition of NASA EOS Datasets to WFO Operations: A Model for Future Technology Transfer

Christopher B. Darden, NOAA/NWS, Huntsville, AL; and J. E. Burks, G. J. Jedlovec, and S. L. Haines

Recorded presentation

9:35 AM

5.4

Satellite Applications for TC Analysis and Forecasting at NOAA/NHC

Lixion A. Avila, NOAA/NWS/TPC, Miami, FL

Recorded presentation

9:50 AM

5.5

Critical Dependences of Space Weather Services on Current and Future Operational Environmental Satellites

Thomas J. Bogdan, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, Boulder, CO

Recorded presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Coffee Break

Location: Meeting Room Foyer (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Climate and Science Implications

Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Grant Aufderhaar, Department of Defense/Aerospace Corp.

Papers:

10:30 AM

6.1A

Introduction and Overview

Grant Aufderhaar, Department of Defense/Aerospace Corp.

Recorded presentation

6.1

U.S. Climate Change Program: An Update on Progress and Future Challenges

10:50 AM

6.2

Climate Capabilites with Restructured NPOESS

Thomas R. Karl, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. J. Bates, B. R. Barkstrom, C. J. Koblinsky, and M. D. Goldberg

Recorded presentation

11:20 AM

6.3

From EOS, through NPP, to NPOESS: The Satellite Climate Data Record

James Gleason, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Butler

Recorded presentation

11:50 AM

6.4

The Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (JCSDA) - Helping to Improve Climate, Weather, Ocean and Air Quality Forecasts and the Accuracy of Climate Data Sets

John F. LeMarshall, JCSDA, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Lord, M. M. Rienecker, P. Phoebus, J. Jung, J. Derber, M. Goldberg, F. Weng, L. P. Riishojgaard, and J. G. Yoe

Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:45 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Exhibits Open

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:00 PM-1:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Panel Discussion 1

The Intersection of Congress, Satellites, and the User Community-Luncheon Speaker

Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Speaker: Eric Webster, ITT Corp

Papers:

12:00 PM

The Intersection of Congress, Satellites, and the User Community

Eric Webster, ITT Corp, Vienna, VA

Recorded presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

Location: Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Poster Session 2

Applications and Exploitation of NPOESS and GOES-R Data Products II

Location: 217D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Sponsor: Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellites

Chair: Gary Mineart, Mitretek Systems, Inc.

Papers:

P2.1

Validation of mesoscale model output with satellite observations

Manajit Sengupta, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and L. Grasso, D. T. Lindsey, and M. DeMaria

Poster PDF (245.6 kB)

P2.2

Using regression models to enhance signals in a dispersive radiative field: Reducing stray light corruption in the limb profiler of the Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite (OMPS)

John W. Bergman, Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO; and L. E. Flynn, J. Hornstein, and J. Lumpe

P2.3

The VIIRS Fire Mask

Alain Sei, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. B. Hogan, T. Kennely, and S. Zaccheo

P2.4

The VIIRS cloud mask

Keith Hutchison, Center for Space Research, Austin, TX; and B. Lisager, J. M. Jackson, J. K. Roskovensky, A. K. Heidinger, M. J. Pavolonis, T. J. Kopp, and R. A. Frey

P2.5

The NPOESS field terminal segment

James Jensen, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Omaha, NE; and J. Bradley

P2.6

Synthetic GOES-R and NPOESS imagery of mesoscale weather events

Lewis Grasso, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. Sengupta and J. F. Dostalek

Poster PDF (95.7 kB)

P2.7

Status of the NPOESS VIIRS Instrument

Gary Ross, NOAA/NESDIS/NPOESS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. R. Swenson

P2.8

Simulation and test of the VIIRS sensor data record (SDR) algorithm for NPOESS

Stephen Mills, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. Lamoureux

P2.9

Sea surface temperature measurements from the VIIRS instrument during NPOESS

John M. Jackson, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and W. J. Emery

P2.10

Retrieval of sea ice age and concentration using the VIIRS sea ice characterization algorithm: preliminary tests with MODIS proxy data

Robert Mahoney, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and I. Appel and M. Kowitt

P2.11

Operational Cloud Detection Systems in the NPOESS GOES-R Era

Gilberto A. Vicente, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and A. K. Heidinger

P2.12

Operational and scientific applications of ozone data from NPP and NPOESS

John Hornstein, NPOESS IPO/NRL, Washington, DC; and L. E. Flynn, C. S. Long, R. McPeters, D. Gu, and D. Durnford

P2.13

OMPS - The Next Generation Sensor Suite for Global Ozone Monitoring

Scott C. Asbury, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and J. Sneary, Q. Remund, and J. Rodriguez

P2.14

NSIPS: A Hub for NPOESS Cal/Val support

Bonnie Reed, General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, Arlington, VA; and J. Zajic, C. Wang, A. Harrington, M. Wong, J. Bowser, J. Bay, C. Johnson, M. Johnson, and M. Echeverri

P2.15

NPOESS system architecture

Frank Hinnant, Eagle Consulting, LLC, Lansing, NC

P2.16

NPOESS storage area network (san)/fiber channel interface

James Austin, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Inc., Aurora, CO

P2.17

NPOESS soil moisture satellite data assimilation research using windsat data

Andrew Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. L. Combs, S. Longmore, D. Rapp, T. H. Vonder Harr, T. Vukicevic, G. Mason, G. McWilliams, and M. Mungiole

P2.18

NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Science Data Segment (SDS)

Robert J. Schweiss, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

P2.19

NPOESS interface data processing segment

Kerry Grant, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO

P2.20

NPOESS environmental data records

Mike Haas, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD

P2.21

NPOESS Command, Control, and Communications Segment (C3S)

Bill Sullivan, Raytheon, Aurora, CO

P2.22

Neural Network Retrievals of Precipitation and Atmospheric Temperature and Moisture Profiles from ATMS and CRIS

William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and F. Chen

P2.23

Modeling GOES-R 6.185�10.35 �m brightness temperature differences above cold thunderstorm tops

Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/RAMMB, Fort Collins, CO., Fort Collins, CO; and L. Grasso

P2.24

Mixed Phase Detection and Cloud Property Retrievals during NPOESS

Denise Hagan, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and S. Q. Kidder, A. Kankiewicz, T. H. Vonder Haar, and M. Mussetto

P2.25

Improvements to NPOESS temperature and moisture sounding by combining sounder and imaging instrument data

Richard J. Lynch, AER, Inc., Lexington, MA; and C. Richard, H. E. Snell, D. B. Hogan, A. Huang, D. Hagan, and M. Mussetto

P2.26

GOES-R transition from GOES Variable Format (GVAR) to GOES Rebroadcast Data

John W. Linn III, Mitretek Systems, Falls Church, VA; and L. Shipley

P2.27

Differentiating between clouds and aerosol during the NPOESS era

Keith Hutchison, Center for Space Research, Austin, TX; and B. Isager and J. M. Jackson

P2.28

Development and testing of the VIIRS land surface temperature using global modis proxy data and global synthetic data

Justin Ip, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss

P2.29

Coastal waters imaging: instrument and data utility issues

Stephanie R. Sandor-Leahy, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and P. Bissett, B. Hauss, and C. Mobley

P2.30

Cloud top temperatures of cirrus clouds retrieved from radiances in the NPOESS/VIIRS 8.55-�m and 12.0-�m Bandpasses

Eric Wong, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach., CA; and K. D. Hutchison, S. C. Ou, and K. N. Liou

P2.31

Analysis of Adjacency Effects for Two Lambertian Half-Spaces

Alain Sei, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA

P2.32

Air quality products from noaa's GOES-R advanced baseline imager (ABI) and hyperspectral environmental sounder (HES)

Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. Goldberg

P2.33

Aerosol Measurements from the VIIRS Instrument During NPOESS

Eric Shettle, NRL, Washington, DC; and R. Halthore, E. Vermote, and J. M. Jackson

P2.34

A theoretical study of the uncertainties in the remote sensing of ice cloud optical thickness and effective size using high spectral resolution satellite observations

Zhibo Zhang, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and P. Yang, H. L. Huang, and J. Li

P2.35

WRF-simulated atmospheric profile datasets used to support GOES-R research activities

Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/SSEC, Madison, WI; and H. L. Huang, E. R. Olson, and S. Wanzong

P2.36

The GOES-R ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) and continuation of GOES-N class sounder products

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka, J. Li, and K. Schrab

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Sessions end for the day

5:30 PM-6:45 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

7:00 PM-9:30 PM: Wednesday, 17 January 2007

AMS Annual Awards Banquet

Location: Ballroom C123 (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

Thursday, 18 January 2007

12:00 AM-12:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Thur 18 Jan

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall C (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

11:00 AM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Exhibits Open

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Lunch Break (Cash & Carry available in the Exhibit Hall)

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall and Raffle

Location: Exhibit Hall D (Henry B. Gonzalez Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Registration Desk Closes

4:00 PM-4:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Exhibits Close

5:30 PM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Conference Ends

6:00 PM-9:00 PM: Thursday, 18 January 2007

Rasmusson Symposium Banquet

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