6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R

Program Chairs: Gary McWilliams , NPOESS Integrated Program Office/Army Research Laboratory ; John Furgerson , NPOESS Integrated Program Office ; James J. Gurka , NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office ; Timothy J. Schmit , NOAA/NESDIS/ORA ; Rick Ohlemacher , Northrup Grumman ; Michael L. Jamilkowski , Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems

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Sunday, 17 January 2010

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7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Short Course Registration

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Registration Begins

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Weatherfest

3:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


First-Time Attendee Briefing
Location: B314 (GWCC)

5:00 PM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Annual Meeting Review and Fellows Awards
Location: B314 (GWCC)

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 17 January 2010


Fellows Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Monday, 18 January 2010

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7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Registration Open

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Presidential Forum
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1 and 2 (GWCC)

10:30 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Lunch Break

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 18 January 2010


Opening of the Exhibit Hall with Reception
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

Tuesday, 19 January 2010

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8:15 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Joint Session 4
Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead (I)
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: From 50 Years Ago to 15 Years Ahead; the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R )
Cochairs: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS; W. Paul Menzel, NOAA/NESDIS
  8:15 AM
J4.1
Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead Introduction
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and W. P. Menzel

  8:30 AM
J4.2
Earth Science Applications from Space—An Update on the Decadal Survey
Richard A. Anthes, UCAR, Boulder, CO
Recorded presentation

  8:45 AM
J4.3
NASA's Earth Science Satellite Observation Program
Michael H. Freilich, NASA, Washington, DC
Recorded presentation

  9:00 AM
J4.4
NOAA Plans for Next Generation, Space-based, Operational Earth
Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
Recorded presentation

  9:15 AM
J4.5
IR Imaging Sounders for Geosynchronous orbit: A key capability for future multi-national observing systems
Henry Revercomb, SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Recorded presentation

  9:30 AM
J4.6
Preparing for a space-based Doppler wind lidar as a key observing system for weather and climate applications
G. D. Emmitt, Simpson Weather Associates, Charlottesville, VA
Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Joint Session 7
Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: …to 15 Years Ahead (II)
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the Meteorological and Environmental Satellite Observing Systems: From 50 Years Ago to 15 Years Ahead; the 14th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); and the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R )
Cochairs: Robert Atlas, NOAA/AOML; Timothy L. Miller, NASA/MSFC
  11:00 AM
J7.1
NASA's Soil Moisture Active Passive (SMAP) Mission Applications in the Atmospheric and Hydrologic Sciences
Dara Entekhabi, MIT, Cambridge, MA; and E. Njoku and P. O’Neill

  11:15 AM
J7.2
Ice Cloud and land Elevation Satellite-2 (ICESat-2): Science and implementation
Waleed Abdalati, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO
Recorded presentation

  11:30 AM
J7.3
The Deformation, Ecosystem Structure, and Dynamics of Ice
Paul A. Rosen, JPL, Pasadena, CA
Recorded presentation

  11:45 AM
J7.4
CLARREO: Cornerstone of the Future Climate Observing System
David F. Young, NASA/LaRC, Hampton, Va
Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Exhibits Open
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 1
Satellite Program Overviews and Status
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: Mike Haas, NPOESS IPO/Aerospace Corp.; Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD
  1:30 PM
1.1
An overview of the GOES-R program
Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD
Recorded presentation

  2:00 PM
1.2
NPP/NPOESS Status
Dan Stockton, Program Executive Office, NPOESS Program, Silver Spring, MD
Recorded presentation

  2:30 PM
1.3
Update on EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Programmes
Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and D. Klaes, R. Stuhlmann, P. Schlussel, L. Sarlo, K. Holmlund, S. Rota, and M. Cohen
Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010


Coffee Break in Exhibit Hall
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 19 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 2
Algorithm Development
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: Karen St. Germain, NPOESS IPO; Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS
  3:30 PM
2.1
Towards an Enhanced Active Fire Product from VIIRS
Ivan Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Ellicott, L. Giglio, and C. O. Justice
Recorded presentation

  3:45 PM
2.2
'Shedding New Light' on Nighttime Satellite Remote Sensing Capabilities via the NPOESS/VIIRS Day/Night Band Low-Light Visible Sensor
Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. F. Lee, R. Turner, C. Combs, S. Kidder, and C. Elvidge
Recorded presentation

  4:00 PM
2.3
Cloud Detection and Typing in the NPOESS Era: Addressing the Numerous Operational Requirements with the Single VIIRS Cloud Mask Algorithm
Keith D. Hutchison, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Iisager, J. M. Jackson, T. J. Kopp, A. K. Heidinger, R. A. Frey, and M. J. Pavolonis
Recorded presentation

  4:15 PM
2.4
Pre-flight Characterization and Fast Radiative Transfer Forward Model Development for the NPOESS Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) for Use in Operational Numerical Weather Prediction and Data Assimilation Systems
Steven D. Swadley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and G. Poe, W. J. Blackwell, P. Van Delst, G. De Amici, and L. Childester
Recorded presentation

  4:30 PM
2.5
GOES-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG)
Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. M. Daniels, W. Wolf, and K. H. Lowe
Recorded presentation

  4:45 PM
2.6
Developments and Applications of Proxy Data Sets for GOES-R
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and T. Zhu, M. D. Goldberg, A. Huang, B. Pierce, and M. DeMaria
Recorded presentation

  5:00 PM
2.7
GRAFIIR – An Efficient End-to-End Semi-Automated GOES-R ABI Algorithm Performance, Analysis, and Implementation Verification System
Allen Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Recorded presentation

  5:15 PM
2.8
GOES-R Risk Reduction Program
Ingrid Guch, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. DeMaria
Recorded presentation

Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

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Session 3
Sensors and Sensor Performance
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: Tim Walsh, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program Office; James Morris, NPOESS IPO
  8:30 AM
3.1
GOES-R spacecraft/instrument overview
Tim Walsh, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD
Recorded presentation

  8:45 AM
3.2
ABI Development Status
Paul Griffith, ITT Space Systems Division, Fort Wayne, IN
Recorded presentation

  9:00 AM
3.3
The GOES-R geostationary lightning mapper
Bert T. Dixon, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD
Recorded presentation

  9:15 AM
3.4
The NPOESS VIIRS Sensor as the Follow-On to the EOS MODIS Sensor
Bruce Guenther, JPSS Program Office, Lanham, MD; and J. Xiong, R. Murphy, F. J. DeLuccia, and E. Johnson
Recorded presentation

  9:30 AM
3.5
The NPOESS Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) and Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) as a Companion to the New Generation AIRS/AMSU and IASI/AMSU Sounder Suites
Gail A. Bingham, Utah State Univ./SDL, Logan, UT; and N. S. Pougatchev, M. P. Esplin, W. J. Blackwell, and C. D. Barnet
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (829.9 kB)

  9:45 AM
3.6
NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) Sensor Development for NPOESS C2
David Kunkee, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA; and C. Brann
Recorded presentation

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 4
Expected Operational Improvements from NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R Data
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Nancy Baker, NRL
  10:30 AM
4.1
The ABI on GOES-R
Timothy J. Schmit, ORA, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka and M. M. Gunshor
Recorded presentation

  10:45 AM
4.2
The Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) for GOES-R: A new operational capability to improve storm forecasts and warnings
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and R. Blakeslee, W. J. Koshak, W. A. Petersen, L. Carey, and D. Mach
Recorded presentation

  11:00 AM
4.3
GOES-R and the mainstreaming of space weather
S. M. Hill, NOAA/NWS/SWPC, Boulder, CO; and J. Green, T. Onsager, H. J. Singer, R. Viereck, M. Shouldis, L. Mayer, E. J. Rigler, and J. V. Rodriguez
Recorded presentation

  11:15 AM
4.4
Expected Operational Cloud Observation Improvements with VIIRS on NPP/NPOESS
Andrew K. Heidinger, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and B. A. Baum, S. Platnick, P. Yang, and S. Berthier
Recorded presentation

  11:30 AM
4.5
The Expected Impacts of NPOESS Infrared Sounder Radiances on Operational Numerical Weather Prediction and Data Assimilation Systems
Nancy Baker, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. C. Derber, A. Collard, F. Hilton, and B. Ruston
Recorded presentation

  11:45 AM
4.6
The Expected Impacts of NPOESS Microwave Radiances on Operational Numerical Weather Prediction and Data Assimilation Systems
Steven D. Swadley, NRL, Monterey, CA; and N. Baker, B. Ruston, W. Bell, B. Candy, and T. J. Kleespies
Recorded presentation

11:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Exhibits Open

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Lunch Break (Cash and Carry in Exhibit Hall)
Recording files available
Joint Panel Discussion 1
Panel Discussion - NPOESS and GOES-R User Community (DoD, NOAA, NASA) Applications
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Hosts: (Joint between the 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R; and the 8th Users Forum on Weather and Climate Impacts )
Moderator: William Hooke, AMS
Panelists: Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS; Robert Winokur, Oceanographer of the Navy; Fred Lewis, Director of Weather, Air Force Pentagon; Dr. Jack Hayes, NOAA/NWS; Lars Peter Riishojgaard, JCSDA; Lars Prahm, EUMETSAT
Cochairs: Michael L. Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems; Hal Bloom, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office
  12:00 PM
JPD1.1
Satellite User Community
Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD
Recorded presentation

  12:15 PM
JPD1.2
NPOESS
Robert Winokur, Oceanographer of the Navy, Washington, D.C., DC
Recorded presentation

  12:30 PM
JPD1.3
NPOESS & GOES-R User Community Applications Panel
John Hayes, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD
Recorded presentation

  12:45 PM
JPD1.4
NPOESS: Panel Discussion
Lars Peter Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD
Recorded presentation

  1:00 PM
JPD1.5
EUMETSAT
Lars Prahm, EUMETSAT, D-64205 Darmstadt, Germany
Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 5
Calibration and Validation Plans for NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Laurie Rokke, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD
  1:30 PM
5.1
NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite
Thomas J. Kopp, The Aerospace Corporation, Bellevue, NE; and R. Arnone, K. D. Hutchison, J. M. Jackson, H. Kilcoyne, M. Plonski, J. L. Privette, B. Reed, A. Sei, D. O. Starr, and E. Wong
Recorded presentation

  1:45 PM
5.2
NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder
Christopher D. Barnet, STC, Columbia, MD; and N. R. Nalli and D. Gu
Recorded presentation

  2:00 PM
5.3
The GOES-R SDR Calibration/Validation Plan
Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and R. A. Iacovazzi Jr.
Recorded presentation

  2:15 PM
5.4
GOES-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) Level-2 Product Validation Activities
Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Goldberg, W. Wolf, Z. Cheng, and K. H. Lowe

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

Poster Session
Poster Session - GOES-R
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Chair: Dick Reynolds, Short and Associates
 
301
GOES-R AWG product processing system framework: implementing algorithms
Walter W. Wolf, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Sampson, Z. Cheng, P. Keehn, Q. Guo, S. Qiu, and M. Goldberg

 
302
Validation of Community Radiative Transfer Model through hyperspectral Infrared brightness temperature comparison over thin cirrus cloud region
Yong-Keun Lee, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Greenwald and A. Huang

 
303
Convective Initiation Algorithm for GOES-R
Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Walker and J. R. Mecikalski

 
304
An algorithm for deriving absorbed solar radiation at the surface from GOES-R
Hye-Yun Kim, IMSG at NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and I. Laszlo and H. Liu

 
305
GOES-R ABI Fire Detection and Characterization Algorithm Assessment Using MODIS and ASTER Data
Wilfrid Schroeder, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. C. Schmidt, S. S. Lindstrom, I. Csiszar, and J. P. Hoffman

 
306
Integrated cloud mask and quality control for GOES-R ABI SST: prototyping with MSG/SEVIRI
Nikolay Shabanov, NOAA/NESDIS, IMSG Inc, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov, B. Petrenko, Y. Kihai, and A. Heidinger

Handout (2.1 MB)

 
307
Prototyping GOES-R ABI Hybrid SST Retrieval Algorithm with MSG/SEVIRI: Combining Regression and Radiative Transfer Model Approaches

 
308
Model-derived proxy ABI radiance datasets used for GOES-R research and demonstration activities
Jason A. Otkin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff, T. Greenwald, and A. Huang

 
309
Merits of the GOES-R ABI 13.3-μm Data for Inferring Upper-Troposphere Cloud Top Locations in the Presence of Multilayered Clouds
Fu-Lung Chang, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and P. Minnis, J. K. Ayers, M. Khaiyer, L. Nguyen, R. Palikonda, and D. A. Spangenberg

 
310
A Weather Event Simulator (WES) for the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; and K. Bah, J. Gerth, M. Cronce, J. Otkin, and J. Sieglaff

 
311
A novel approach for improving the lightning detection efficiency of the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper
Yuanming Suo, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL; and L. D. Carey

 
312
Hyperspectral microwave atmospheric sounding from geostationary orbit: The GeoMAS concept
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and L. J. Bickmeier, R. V. Leslie, C. A. Upham, and C. Surussavadee

 
313
GeoSTAR - A hurricane observatory
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA

 
314
Application of GOES and MSG data in NWP models
Tong Zhu, CIRA/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and F. Weng, J. Derber, R. L. Vogel, G. Krasowski, and M. Goldberg

 
315
GOES-R mesoscale product development at CIRA and STAR/RAMMB
Renate Brummer, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and C. Combs, B. H. Connell, M. DeMaria, R. T. DeMaria, J. F. Dostalek, L. Grasso, D. W. Hillger, J. Knaff, D. Zupanski, and D. T. Lindsey

 
316
Development of a statistical hail prediction product for the GOES-R proving ground
Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and C. W. Siewert

 
317
Forward morphing of passive microwave derived precipitation field with adjusted intensity from GOES information
Ali Behrangi, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and K. Hsu, B. Imam, and S. Sorooshian

 
318
A Nested Tracking Approach for Reducing the Slow Speed Bias Associated with Atmospheric Motion Vectors (AMVs)
Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Bresky

 
319
Mountain wave detection as an aviation hazard awareness tool for GOES-R
Anthony Wimmers, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. F. Feltz

 
320
High impact weather study using advanced IR sounding data
Jinlong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, H. Liu, and T. J. Schmit

 
321
A new ultra high resolution sea surface temperature analysis from GOES-R ABI and NPOESS VIIRS
Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris and J. Mittaz

Handout (75.1 kB)

 
322
Quality Assurance (QA) in the GOES-R AWG Product Processing System
Zhaohui Cheng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. W. Wolf, S. Qiu, S. Sampson, X. Liu, and M. Goldberg

 
323
Intercalibration activities at CIMSS in preparation for the GOES-R era
Mathew M. Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, T. J. Schmit, and W. P. Menzel

 
324
Using McIDAS-V in preparation for the GOES-R ABI
Kaba Bah, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, T. Achtor, T. Rink, W. Wolf, J. Otkin, J. Sieglaff, and J. Feltz

Handout (2.9 MB)

 
325
McIDAS-V – data analysis and visualization development for the NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R programs
Thomas H. Achtor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. D. Rink and T. M. Whittaker

 
380
Performance modeling of the GOES R-series ground segment product generation function
Julie McNeil, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and A. J. Ryberg Jr. and J. Gurka


Poster Session
Poster Session - NPOESS
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Chair: Jane Whitcomb, NPOESS Integrated Program Office
 
326
NPOESS Architecture Overview
Frank Hinnant, Eagle Consulting, LLC, Lansing, NC

 
327
NPOESS Satellites Support Demanding Operational Requirements
Derrick Day, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and M. Chory, M. Perz, J. Nelson, and J. Burdin

 
328
NPOESS Contributions to Climate Observations
Derrick Day, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and R. Ohlemacher and M. Mussetto

 
329
NPOESS Electrical Engineering Model Test Bed Reduces Risk for Satellite Integration and Test
MaryAnn Chory, Northrop Grumman Space Technology, Redondo Beach, CA; and M. Perz, L. Padmore, J. Spolidoro, T. Lee, R. Auten, S. Schneider, and D. Day

 
330
Features of the Deployed NPOESS Ground System
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and G. Heckmann, G. Route, J. Mulligan, and M. M. Ripley

 
331
NPOESS C3S Expandability: SafetyNetTM and McMurdo Improvements
Joseph Paciaroni, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and M. L. Jamilkowski

 
332
Direct Readout – A Transformation from Research to Operations
John Overton, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Ullman

 
333
NPOESS Field Terminal Updates
Gary Heckmann, Raytheon Intelligence & Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and G. Route

 
334
NPOESS Environmental Data Records
Gary Mineart, Mitretek Systems, Inc., Silver Spring, MD; and M. Haas, F. Eastman, and J. Whitcomb

 
335
NPOESS Environmental Data Record (EDR) Production
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and R. Hughes

 
336
NPOESS Tools for Rapid Algorithm Updates
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and R. Hughes, B. Reed, and G. Route

 
337
Testing the VIIRS operational code with a proxy data stream
Bruce Hauss, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA

 
338
NPOESS/NPP VIIRS Cryosphere Algorithms
Robert Mahoney, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and K. Hutchison, J. Ip, B. Iisager, J. Jackson, S. Mills, M. Plonski, A. Sei, M. Shoucri, and E. Wong

 
339
Preparation of NPOESS CrIS in the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)
Yong Chen, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR and CSU/CIRA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, Y. Han, and P. Van Delst

 
340
Single FOV Sounding Retrieval in Cloudy Atmospheres Using Hyperspectral Infrared Measurements
Elisabeth Weisz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, J. Li, and H. L. Huang

 
341
An Improved FAST Microwave Sea Surface Emissivity Model, FASTEM4
Quanhua Liu, Dell Inc., Camp Springs, MD; and S. English and F. Weng

 
342
CrIMSS retrieval algorithm testing with proxy data
Degui Gu, Northrop-Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA; and X. L. Ma

 
343
Retrieval of Cloud Ice Water Path from Special Sensor Microwave Imager/Sounder (SSMIS)
Ninghai Sun, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng

 
344
The OMPS Limb Profiler instrument: Data analysis and retrieval algorithm
Didier F. Rault, NASA, Hampton, VA; and R. Loughman and G. Taha

 
345
OMPS TC EDR Algorithm: Improvement and Verification
Megan Novicki, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Sen, D. Gu, K. Jordan, J. Qu, and X. Hao

 
346
A Comparison Between AVHRR, MODIS, and VIIRS
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and M. Mussetto and N. Andreas

 
347
VIIRS (Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite): a next-generation polar-orbiting operational environmental sensor
Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and E. Johnson, R. Valeri, P. Hayman, E. Jacobson, E. Kinder, J. McCarthy, B. Guenther, and P. Sullivan

 
348
NPP Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) Radiometric Calibration - Tested Performance
Eric Johnson, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and K. Galang, C. Ranshaw, and B. Robinson

 
349
Operation and Characterization of the Day/Night Band (DNB) for the NPP Visible/Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)
Eric Jacobson, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and A. Ibara, M. Lucas, R. Menzel, H. Murphey, F. Yin, and K. Yokoyama

Handout (1.5 MB)

 
350
NPOESS VIIRS on NPP: radiometric and spectral performance
Lushalan Liao, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and R. Patel, M. S. Chou, G. Grimm, J. Diehl, and S. Jackson

 
351
NPOESS VIIRS on NPP: spatial and pointing performance
Lushalan Liao, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and R. Kutina

 
352
Polarization Sensitivity of the VIIRS instrument on NPP - outcome of the various sensor test data
Patty Pratt, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and V. Kulkarny

 
353
NPOESS VIIRS polarization dependent optical crosstalk
Mau-Song Chou, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. McCarthy, J. C. Donovan, and R. C. Patel

Handout (2.9 MB)

 
354
VIIRS polarization sensitivity tolerance and impact on Ocean Color
Vijay A. Kulkarny, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss, P. Pratt, and G. Mineart

 
355
Performance of the NPP CrIS Sensor
Scott Farrow, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Gu, C. Wang, D. Hagan, and F. Sabet-Peyman

 
356
NPP Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS): Sensor calibration and preliminary data product performance
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and L. J. Bickmeier, L. G. Jairam, and R. V. Leslie

 
357
STATUS OF THE SPACE ENVIRONMENT MONITOR FOR NPOESS (SEM-N)
William F. Denig, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and T. Sotirelis, V. Grano, R. Hamilton, K. Wolfram, C. Brann, and J. Manley

 
358
Modelling the sidelobe contributions to ATMS measurements
Giovanni De Amici, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems (NGAS), Redondo Beach, California

 
359
NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) Sensor
Christopher Brann, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and R. Hamilton and D. Kunkee

 
360
Soil Moisture Performance Prediction for the NPOESS Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS)
Li Li, NRL, Washington, DC; and G. McWilliams and A. S. Jones

 
361
NPOESS Preparatory Project Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite – Expected Performance
M. Caponi, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Hornstein, L. E. Flynn, S. Janz, and A. Segura

 
362
OMPS Sensor Performance and Algorithm Description
Scott Farrow, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Sen, M. Novicki, M. Branham, and B. Baker

 
363
Operational concept for observation-based forecasting of clear sky condition
Timothy J. Hall, The Aerospace Corporation, Silver Spring, MD; and C. N. Mutchler, G. J. Bloy, R. N. Thessin, S. K. Gaffney, and J. J. Lareau

Handout (669.6 kB)

 
364
The upper tropospheric storm-scale signatures from hyperspectral infrared soundings
Chian-Yi Liu, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, and S. Ackerman

 
365
Reevaluating Passive Ocean Vector Winds
Michael H. Bettenhausen, NRL, Washington, DC; and I. S. Adams and P. W. Gaiser

 
366
Implementation of a Temporal Variational Data Assimilation Method to Retrieve Deep Soil Moisture
Andrew S. Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and J. Cogan, G. Mason, and G. McWilliams

 
367
Enhancements to the Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) ground test, data downlink and processing for Climate Monitoring including Trace Gas Retrievals
Scott Farrow, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Gu, C. Wang, D. Hagan, and F. Sabet-Peyman

 
368
The NPOESS Community Collaborative Calibration/Validation Program for the NPOESS Preparatory Project
Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and J. Feeley, B. Guenther, C. Hoffman, B. Reed, K. St Germain, L. Zhou, M. Plonski, and B. Hauss

 
369
The NPP Community Collaborative Calibration and Validation Data Management System
Richard Ullman, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and B. Reed, J. Zajic, and S. Thomas

 
370
Providing pre-Launch VIIRS, CrIS, and ATMS Proxy Datasets to facilitate NPP Validation Activities
Richard Ullman, NPOESS IPO, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Zajic, V. Gonzalez, and D. Sushon

 
371
Contributions of the SDR Task Network tool to Calibration and Validation of the NPOESS Preparatory Project instruments
Janna Feeley, Aerospace Corporation, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Zajic, A. Metcalf, and T. Baucom

 
372
NPOESS/NPP VIIRS SDR calibration and validation plan
Lushalan Liao, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and S. Mills

 
373
NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for Atmospheric Data Products from VIIRS
David O'C. Starr, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and E. Wong

 
374
NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Imagery and Cloud Mask Data Products from the Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite
Thomas J. Kopp, The Aerospace Corporation, Bellevue, NE; and K. D. Hutchison

 
375
NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for Ocean Data Products from VIIRS
Robert Arnone, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS; and J. M. Jackson

 
376
Validating NPP Ocean Color with Optical Closure using HydroLight-BRDF
Patty Pratt, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss

 
377
Cross-Track Infrared Sounder Science Data Record Pre-launch Calibration and On-Orbit Validation Plans
Denise Hagan, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and F. Sabet-Peyman, C. Wang, G. Di Amici, S. Farrow, M. Plonski, J. Hohn, D. Gu, G. Bingham, M. Esplin, V. Zavyalov, C. Fish, J. Predina, R. Glumb, S. Wells, L. Suwinski, J. Strong, C. Behrens, H. Kilkoyne, J. Feeley, G. Kratz, and D. Tremblay

Handout (2.7 MB)

 
378
NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Atmospheric Profile Data Products
Christopher D. Barnet, STC, Columbia, MD; and D. Gu and N. Nalli

 
379
OMPS SDR Calibration and Validation
Bhaswar Sen, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and J. Done, R. Buss, G. Jaross, and T. Kelly

Handout (635.2 kB)

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 6
Preparing the User Community for the Next Generation of LEO and GEO Environmental Satellites
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office; Steve Warren, NOAA/NWS
  4:00 PM
6.1
Satellite Meteorology Education Resources: New Modules and Initiatives
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Abshire, M. Weingroff, and B. Guarente
Recorded presentation

  4:15 PM
6.2
The GOES-R ground segment project update
Vanessa Griffin, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD
Recorded presentation

  4:30 PM
6.3
EUMETSAT's approach towards an optimization of training for its current and future satellite systems
Volker Karl Gaertner, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, , Germany
Recorded presentation

  4:45 PM
6.4
Applications and Training for Next-Generation Imagers
Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins, A. P. Kuciauskas, and S. D. Miller
Recorded presentation

  5:00 PM
6.5
GOES-R proving ground: ensuring user readiness
James J. Gurka, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Goodman, T. J. Schmit, A. Mostek, S. D. Miller, A. S. Bachmeier, and M. DeMaria
Recorded presentation

  5:15 PM
6.6
The ESRC: A Web-based Environmental Satellite Resource Center
Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and B. Guarente and P. Dills
Recorded presentation

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


Reception in Exhibit Hall (Cash Bar)
Location: Exhibit Hall B1 (GWCC)

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Wednesday, 20 January 2010


AMS Annual Awards Banquet
Location: Thomas Murphy Ballroom 1-4 (GWCC)

Thursday, 21 January 2010

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7:30 AM-8:30 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Washington Symposium Breakfast
Location: B208 (GWCC)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 7
Algorithm Development - II
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: Karen St. Germain, NPOESS IPO; Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS
  8:30 AM
7.1
An Overview on the JCSDA Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) Version 2
Yong Han, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Van Delst, F. Weng, Q. Liu, D. Groff, B. Yan, Y. Chen, and R. L. Vogel
Recorded presentation

  8:45 AM
7.2
A new infrared land surface emissivity database for the Community Radiative Transfer Model
Ronald L. Vogel, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and Q. Liu, B. Ruston, Y. Han, and F. Weng
Recorded presentation

  9:00 AM
7.3
A New Algorithm for Retrieving Hyperspectral Land Emissivity
Hu Yang, University of Maryland, College park, MD; and F. Weng and B. Yan
Recorded presentation

  9:15 AM
7.4
Sub-field-of-view radiative transfer for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder
Thomas J. Kleespies, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (271.9 kB)

  9:30 AM
7.5
WindSat passive microwave ocean wind and precipitation retrieval in hurricanes
Amanda M. Mims, AER, College Park, MD; and R. Kroodsma, C. S. Ruf, and D. McKague
Recorded presentation

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break
Location: Exhibit Hall B2 (GWCC)

9:45 AM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Exhibits Open

11:00 AM-12:15 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 8
Preparing the User Community for the Next Generation of LEO and GEO Environmental Satellites - II
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: James Gurka, NESDIS GOES-R Program Office; Steve Warren, NOAA/NWS
  11:00 AM
8.1
The GOES-R Proving Ground at NOAA's Storm Prediction Center and Hazardous Weather Testbed
Christopher W. Siewert, NOAA/Storm Prediction Center and CIMMS, Norman, OK; and R. S. Schneider, S. J. Goodman, E. C. Bruning, R. M. Rabin, and J. J. Gurka
Recorded presentation

  11:15 AM
8.2
NASA SPoRT GOES-R proving ground activities
Geoffrey T. Stano, NASA SPoRT, Huntsville, AL; and K. K. Fuell and G. J. Jedlovec
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (337.4 kB)

  11:30 AM
8.3
NOAA's near-real time data products from NPP and NPOESS
Thomas B. Schott, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. L. Bunin, J. G. Yoe, G. Goodrum, and J. Silva
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (746.9 kB)

  11:45 AM
8.4
Sustained coordinate processing of essential climate variables at the national and international levels
John J. Bates, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. Privette and D. Saunders
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (74.5 kB)

  12:00 PM
8.5
Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) Cross Calibration and Impact on Water Vapor, Precipitation and Climate Trend
Song Yang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, N. Sun, B. Yan, and M. Goldberg
Recorded presentation

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 9
Calibration and Validation Plans for NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R - II
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Laurie Rokke, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD
  1:30 PM
9.1
GOES-R satellite mission: land product development, validation and applications
Yunyue Yu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Goldberg and I. Csiszar
Recorded presentation

  1:45 PM
9.2
The NOAA products validation system (NPROVS) and archive summary system (NARCSS) for real-time and long-term monitoring of environmental satellite products
Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Pettey and B. Sun
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (326.7 kB)

  2:00 PM
9.3
Validating VIIRS land and cryosphere products from the NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP)
Jeff L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (27.2 kB)

  2:15 PM
9.4
Calibration of the VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB)
Stephen Mills, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and S. Weiss, T. Ohnuki, D. Searcy, M. Plonski, E. Jacobson, J. McCarthy, and J. Jaron
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (490.8 kB)

  2:30 PM
9.5
Evaluation and Quality Control of in situ SSTs for Use in the Calibration and Validation of Satellite Retrievals at NESDIS
Feng Xu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Ignatov
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (580.6 kB)

  2:45 PM
9.6
NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
Lawrence E. Flynn, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and D. F. Rault, S. Janz, I. Petropavlovskikh, C. S. Long, S. K. Yang, and S. Farrow
Recorded presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


Coffee Break in Meeting Room Foyer

3:30 PM-5:00 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010

Recording files available
Session 10
Expected Operational Improvements from NPP/NPOESS and GOES-R Data - II
Location: B313 (GWCC)
Host: 6th Annual Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems-NPOESS and GOES-R
Cochairs: Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Nancy Baker, NRL
  3:30 PM
10.1
Improving Weather and Climate Prediction with the AIRS on Aqua
Thomas S. Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and M. Chahine
Recorded presentation

  3:45 PM
10.2
Assimilation of cloud affected radiances in NCEP GDAS
Min-Jeong Kim, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng

  4:00 PM
10.3
Multi-spectral cloud classification for precipitation estimation
Ali Behrangi, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA; and K. Hsu, B. Imam, and S. Sorooshian
Recorded presentation

  4:15 PM
10.4
Hydrometeor assimilation using hourly-updated satellite cloud retrievals over North America in the Rapid Refresh
Stan Benjamin, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and M. Hu, S. S. Weygandt, J. M. Brown, P. Minnis, and W. L. Smith Jr.
Recorded presentation

  4:30 PM
10.5
Potential Impacts of Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) and Microwave Imager/Sounder (MIS) in NCEP Global Forecast System
Banghua Yan Sr., University of Maryland/ESSIC, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng and J. Derber
Recorded presentation

Presentation PDF (1.1 MB)

  4:45 PM
10.6
NOAA's Microwave Integrated Retrieval System in the NPP/NPOESS era
Kevin J. Garrett, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and S. A. Boukabara, W. Chen, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, C. Grassotti, and F. Weng

  4:55 PM
Concluding Remarks

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 21 January 2010


AMS 90th Annual Meeting Adjourns
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