88th Annual Meeting (20-24 January 2008)

Poster Session 1: 4th NPOESS Symposium Poster Session

Tuesday, 22 January 2008: 9:45 AM-11:00 AM
Exhibit Hall B (Ernest N. Morial Convention Center)
Papers:
 
A lunar spectral flux database for quantitative VIIRS Day/Night Band environmental applications
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and R. Turner

Poster PDF (507.7 kB)
 
Validation of daily global land surface albedo and anisotropy products from VIIRS
Miguel O. Román III, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Boston University, Boston, MA; and C. B. Schaaf, J. Liu, Y. Shuai, A. H. Strahler, C. K. Gatebe, and O. Coddington

 
Restoration of NPOESS climate capabilities - climate data records
Jeff L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and B. R. Barkstrom, J. J. Bates, M. Bonadonna, K. Boyd, D. Cecil, B. Cramer, G. K. Davis, T. R. Karl, J. A. Kaye, C. Koblinsky, M. Tanner, and D. F. Young

Poster PDF (83.1 kB)
 
Restoration of NPOESS climate capabilities - a mission roadmap
Jeff L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and D. F. Young, M. Tanner, C. Koblinsky, J. A. Kaye, T. R. Karl, G. K. Davis, B. Cramer, D. Cecil, K. Boyd, M. Bonadonna, J. J. Bates, and B. R. Barkstrom

 
NESDIS integrated product validation in preparation for NPOESS
Tony Reale, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Suitland, MD; and B. Sun and M. Pettey

 
P1.7
Optical Properties of Aerosols and Clouds as seen from the JPL Galileo probe in 1990

 
NOAA/NESDIS process to transition satellite products from research to operations
Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Goodman, H. Drahos, T. Schott, D. Benner, A. Irving, and T. Smith

 
CrIS SDR Error Analysis
Nikita S. Pougatchev, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT; and G. E. Bingham, M. P. Esplin, G. W. Cantwell, V. V. Zavyalov, and D. A. Fegruson

 
P1.10
Global and seasonal comparisons of VIIRS and MODIS cloud masks to CALIPSO cloud indications

 
Dissemination and Use of NPOESS Data in AWIPS II
Gary J. Jedlovec, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and J. E. Burks

 
NPOESS Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) retrieval characteristics defined using proxy Infrared Atmospheric Sounding Interferometer (IASI) measurements
Daniel K. Zhou, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and X. Liu, A. M. Larar, W. L. Smith Sr., P. Schluessel, L. L. Strow, S. A. Mango, and K. St.Germain

 
Benchmark measurements for achieving societal objectives
John A. Dykema, Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA; and R. Holz, D. Tobin, D. B. Kirk-Davidoff, S. S. Leroy, R. O. Knuteson, F. A. Best, H. E. Revercomb, and J. G. Anderson

 
Supporting the Environmental Satellite Systems Journey from Research to Operations through Training and Education
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and M. Weingroff and W. Schreiber-Abshire

http://www.meted.ucar.edu/topics_satellite.php

Poster PDF (2.6 MB)
 
NPOESS System Architecture
Frank Hinnant, Eagle Consulting, LLC, Lansing, NC

 
An NPOESS Feasibility Study to Retrieve Deep Soil Moisture Using WindSat Data and a Temporal Variational Data Assimilation Method
Andrew Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. Lakhankar, C. L. Combs, S. Longmore, G. Mason, G. McWilliams, M. Mungiole, M. Sengupta, and T. H. Vonder Haar

 
The Joint Airborne IASI Validation Experiment (JAIVEx) and Select Contributions from NAST-I
Allen M. Larar, NASA Langley Researc Center, Hampton, VA; and W. L. Smith Sr., H. E. Revercomb, D. K. Zhou, X. Liu, D. Tobin, J. P. Taylor, P. Schlüssel, and S. A. Mango

 
MIS Soil Moisture Algorithm Risk Reduction Study Using WindSat Data
Li Li, NRL, Washington, DC; and P. Gaiser and G. McWilliams

 
NPOESS Space Weather Data Products and Archive Within NOAA
William F. Denig, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO; and D. C. Wilkinson and R. Viereck

 
Tropical Cyclone Applications of NPOESS Soundings
Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Ft. Collins, CO; and R. T. DeMaria, D. W. Hillger, and R. Mazur

 
Atmospheric Temperature and Moisture Profile Retrievals Using more than Eight Thousand Channels
Xu Liu, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA 23681, Hampton, VA; and D. K. Zhou, A. M. Larar, W. L. Smith Sr., P. Schlüssel, J. P. Taylor, H. Revercomb, and S. A. Mango

 
Real-time satellite-derived ocean surface specific humidity
Neil Van de Voorde, Planning Systems, Inc., Stennis Space Center, MS; and C. Rowley

 
High Vertically Resolved Atmospheric State Revealed with IASI Single FOV Retrievals under all Weather Conditions
Daniel K. Zhou, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and X. Liu, A. M. Larar, W. L. Smith Sr., J. P. Taylor, P. Schlüssel, L. L. Strow, and S. A. Mango

 
NPOESS Command, Control, and Communications Segment (C3S)
Paul B. Koster, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO

 
COMET Online Training: Monitoring the Wildland Fire Lifecycle
Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and A. P. Kuciauskas, M. Weingroff, P. Dills, and D. M. Moore

 
NPOESS Environmental Data Record (EDR) Production
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and R. Hughes

 
NPOESS/VIIRS Cloud Top Temperature - Algorithm Performance Case Study
Eric Wong, Northrup Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach., CA; and S. C. Ou

 
NPOESS Field Terminal Segment
Joseph Bradley, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Omaha, NE

 
The NOAA/NESDIS NPOESS/MetOp Derived Cloud Products System
Gilberto A. Vicente, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and A. K. Heidinger

http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/PSB/Pclavr/clavrxgridcell/daily/index.html

 
WindSat Space Borne Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer: Sensor Capability and NPOESS Risk Reduction
Peter W. Gaiser, NRL, Washington, DC; and M. H. Bettenhausen, L. Li, I. S. Adams, and W. Johnston

 
Detection of Mineral Dust Using MODIS Thermal Infrared Window Data: Application to the NPOESS Program
Richard A. Hansell Jr., Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and S. C. Ou, K. N. Liou, J. K. Roskovensky, S. Tsay, C. Hsu, and Q. Ji

 
NPOESS Interface Data Processing Segment
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO

 
NPOESS Interface Data Processing Segment Hardware
William J. Sullivan, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO

 
International Polar Orbiter Processing Package (IPOPP)
John Overton, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Thomas, P. Coronado, K. Brentzel, and L. E. Gumley

 
Estimation of cloud height and emissivity from METOP/AVHRR and VIIRS
Andrew K. Heidinger, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis and C. G. Calvert

 
OMPS - The Next Generation Sensor Suite for Global Ozone Monitoring
Scott C. Asbury, Ball Aerospace & Technologies Corp., Boulder, CO; and S. Cass, L. Farwell, K. Eastman, Q. Remund, and J. Rodriguez

 
Removing Stray Light Contamination from the OMPS Limb Profiler
John W. Bergman, Computational Physics, Inc., Boulder, CO; and D. F. Rault, J. Hornstein, and J. Lumpe

 
A Blended Total Water Vapor Product for the Analysis and Forecast of Weather Hazards
Sheldon J. Kusselson, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Q. Kidder and J. M. Forsythe

 
NOAA's NPOESS Data Exploitation (NDE) Products: Transitioning from Research to Operations
Tom Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin and J. G. Yoe

 
NPP Science Data Segment
Robert J. Schweiss, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD

 
P1.43
IDPS Software and Sustainment Philosophy

 
Pre-Flight CrIS SDR Algorithm Performance Assessment
Vladimir Zavyalov, Space Dynamics Laboratory, Logan, UT; and G. Bingham, H. Johnson, N. S. Pougatchev, M. P. Esplin, G. W. Cantwell, D. Ferguson, and L. Chidester

 
NPOESS Data Formats
Richard Ullman, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD

 
Retrievals of Mixed-Phase Cloud Properties During NPOESS
S. C. Ou, Univ. of California, Los Angeles, CA; and X. Wang, D. Hagan, A. W. Dybdahl, M. Mussetto, L. D. Carey, K. N. Liou, J. Niu, J. A. Kankiewicz, S. Kidder, and T. H. Vonder Haar

 
NPOESS' Key to Low Data Latency: SafetyNetTM
Michael L. Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Cook, D. G. Lubar, and P. Azarewicz

 
Algorithm for Flagging High-Scatter Pixels on VIIRS
Stephen Mills, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. Lamoureux Christiansen and K. Jordan

 
Remote Sensing of Cirrus Vertical Size Profile Using MODIS Data
Xingjuan Wang, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA; and K. N. Liou, S. C. Ou, G. Mace, and M. Deng

 
Optimization of NPOESS CrIMSS EDR Algorithm
Richard J. Lynch, AER, Inc., Cambridge, MA; and Y. He, G. Uymin, D. B. Hogan, H. E. Snell, D. Hagan, and M. Mussetto

 
CrIS preflight testing
M. P. Esplin, Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT; and G. E. Bingham

 
NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) Sensor Definition and Trade Studies
David Kunkee, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and C. Brann

 
CLASS Vision
Robert Rank, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and F. Vizbulis

 
CrIMSS Pre-launch Calibration Activities and On-Orbit Validation Plans
Denise Hagan, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Tremblay, J. Predina, G. Kratz, P. Lee, and C. Wang

 
Retrieval of Precipitation Using NPOESS Microwave Sensors
Frederick W. Chen, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and L. J. Bickmeier, W. J. Blackwell, L. G. Jairam, and R. V. Leslie

 
Aerosol Measurements from the VIIRS Instrument During NPOESS
John M. Jackson, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and E. Vermote and E. Shettle

 
Sea Surface Temperature Measurements from the VIIRS Instrument During NPOESS
John M. Jackson, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and R. Evans, D. May, and P. J. Minnett

 
Predicted Performance of the VIIRS Cloud Mask Algorithm
Keith Hutchison, Center for Space Research, Austin, TX; and B. Iisager, J. M. Jackson, J. K. Roskovensky, T. J. Kopp, A. K. Heidinger, and R. A. Frey

 
Preparation for NPOESS/NPP Early On Orbit Cross Comparison with Other Satellite Instruments
Zi-Ping Sun, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and C. Cao

 
The NPOESS Spacecraft Earth Observing Platform
MaryAnn Chory, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Adkins, M. Bahrain, and M. Wehner

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
 
Impact of the VIIRS 8.5 Micron Channel on Cloud Products
Andrew Heidinger, NOAA, Madison, WI

 
Accessing and Using NPOESS Data Products
Suzanna Diener, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO

 
 
The NPOESS Ozone Mapping and Profiling Suite (OMPS) Calibration & Validation Plans
James Done, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and T. Samec, P. Lee, and R. Buss

 
Ocean Color Remote Sensing: Validation Approaches for the Coming Decades
Patty Pratt, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA