89th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting

Joint Poster Session 3: Npoess

Tuesday, 13 January 2009: 9:45 AM-11:00 AM
Hall 5 (Phoenix Convention Center)
Cochairs:  Frank Hinnant, Eagle Consulting, LLC and Jane Whitcomb, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
Papers:
 
NPOESS spacecraft and sensor performance
Derrick Day, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA

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

 
NPOESS' Key to Low Data Latency: SafetyNetTM
David G. Lubar, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and G. Cook and M. L. Jamilkowski

 
NPOESS Benefits McMurdo Station, Antarctica Science Community
Joseph Paciaroni, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO

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

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

 
NPOESS Interface Data Processing Segment (IDPS) Hardware
William J. Sullivan, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and C. R. Bergeron and D. A. Hargrave

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

 
Accessing and Using NPOESS Data Products
Daniel Cornell, Raytheon Company, Omaha, NE

 
JP3.11
Status and activities of the NPOESS Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) in preparation for delivery to the NPP spacecraft

 
VIIRS Sensor and EDR Performance Summary and Comparisons to Heritage
David Lewis, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and C. Snodgrass, J. McCarthy, D. Shannon, N. Andreas, M. Mussetto, K. D. Grant, P. Smit, and B. Guenther

 
VIIRS Gridding and Granulation Algorithms for NPOESS
Alain Sei, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)
 
VIIRS sensor radiometric performance overview
David Lewis, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and S. Mills, J. McCarthy, M. S. Chou, J. Diehl, G. Grimm, R. Patel, and J. Jaron

 
Early performance predictions of Cloud Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS sensor
Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and B. Reed

 
Early performance predictions of Imagery, Cloud Mask, and Fire Mask data products for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS sensor
Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and B. Reed

 
A geometry-based approach to identifying cloud shadows in the VIIRS cloud mask algorithm for NPOESS
Keith D. Hutchison, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA CA; and R. Mahoney, E. Vermote, T. J. Kopp, J. M. Jackson, B. Iisager, and A. Sei

Poster PDF (691.9 kB)
 
JP3.18
Assessment of the NPOESS/VIIRS Nighttime Infrared Cloud Optical Properties Algorithms

 
JP3.19
Solar channel calibration using deep convective clouds

 
Early performance predictions of Aerosol Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS sensor
Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and B. Reed

 
Predicted performance of NPOESS aerosol products
John M. Jackson, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and E. Vermote and C. F. Quist

Poster PDF (2.4 MB)
 
Early performance predictions of Ocean Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS sensor
Bonnie Reed, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and H. Kilcoyne

 
Pre-launch performance assessment of the VIIRS ocean color/chlorophyll algorithm
Justin Ip, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss and C. Mobley

Poster PDF (1005.2 kB)
 
Pre-launch performance assessment of the VIIRS ice surface temperature algorithm
Justin Ip, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)
 
Early performance predictions of Land Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project VIIRS sensor
Bonnie Reed, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and H. Kilcoyne

 
VIIRS Land Surface Reflectance Algorithm for NPOESS
Alain Sei, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and E. Vermote

 
Daily Albedo and Reflectance Anisotropy Products
Crystal B. Schaaf, Center for Remote Sensing, Boston University, Boston, MA; and M. Román, Q. Zhang, Y. Shuai, A. Strahler, D. Roy, G. Anderson, and J. L. Privette

 
Performance of the as-delivered NPP CrIS sensor
Richard Slonaker, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and F. Sabet-Peyman, P. Moffa, D. Gu, T. Christensen, and R. Glumb

 
Early performance predictions of Cross-track Infrared Sounder/Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (CrIMSS) Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project
Bonnie Reed, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and G. A. Bingham, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and H. Kilcoyne

 
CrIMSS Retrieval Algorithm Testing with Proxy Data
Degui Gu, Northrop-Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA; and X. L. Ma

Poster PDF (2.3 MB)
 
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

 
Early performance predictions of Ozone Environmental Data Records for the NPOESS Preparatory Project OMPS sensor
Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and M. Caponi, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and B. Reed

 
OMPS SDR Algorithm Improvements and Verification
Degui Gu, Northrop-Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA; and K. Jordan and M. Novicki

Poster PDF (2.9 MB)
 
OMPS sensor performance and algorithm description
Scott Farrow, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Gu, T. Christensen, D. Fields, and Q. Remund

 
The OMPS Limb Profiler instrument: Data analysis and retrieval algorithm
Didier F. Rault, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and R. Loughman

 
Status of the CERES Instruments for NPP and NPOESS
Stan Schneider, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Webb

 
WindSat Polarimetric Microwave Radiometer: Advanced Sensor Products and Risk Reduction for NPOESS MIS
Michael H. Bettenhausen, NRL, Washington, DC; and I. S. Adams, L. Li, and P. W. Gaiser

 
Contributions of the NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) Sensor to data continuity for operations
David Kunkee, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and C. Brann and R. Hamilton

 
Algorithm development program for NPOESS Space Weather products
William F. Denig, NOAA/NESDIS, Boulder, CO; and V. Grano and J. Manley

 
NPP Cal/Val program and data product mission integration
Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, G. Mineart, K. St. Germain, and B. Reed

 
GRAVITE—central technical support infrastructure for the IPO NPP Calibration and Validation program
Joseph Zajic, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and V. Gonzalez

 
EVEREST: An Integrated Weather Products Testbed for Environmental Remote Sensing Satellite Systems
Merit Shoucri, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss

Poster PDF (2.2 MB)
 
McIDAS-V applications: multi- and hyper-spectral analysis and visualization
Thomas D. Rink, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

 
NexSat: Reaching out to the weather satellite community
Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and T. F. Lee, S. D. Miller, F. J. Turk, K. Richardson, J. E. Kent, and J. Hawkins

 
Interactive 4D Visualization and Analysis
Michael C. Lampel, Raytheon Company, Pasadena, CA; and K. Yau, I. Strickland, and P. Li

Poster PDF (1.5 MB)