Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Program Chairs: Gary McWilliams , NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation ; Timothy J. Schmit , NOAA/NESDIS/STAR ; James J. Gurka , NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office ; Michael L. Jamilkowski , Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems ; John Furgerson , NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS

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Saturday, 22 January 2011

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 22 January 2011


Registration for Student Conference and Short Course

Sunday, 23 January 2011

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


Short Course Registration

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


WeatherFest

6:00 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 23 January 2011


Welcome Reception Honoring Newly Elected Fellows
Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center)

Monday, 24 January 2011

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Registration continues through January 27

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Plenary Session
Presidential Forum: Communicating Weather and Climate
Location: 6AB (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Events; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology; the IMPACTS: Weather 2010; and the 14th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International )

Panel Discussion
Communicating Weather and Climate
Location: 6AB (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 11th Presidential Forum: Communicating Weather and Climate; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology; and the IMPACTS: Weather 2010 )
Panelists: Thomas E. Skilling, WGN-TV/Chicago Tribune; Claire Martin, CBC News: Weather Centre; Doyle Rice, USA Today; Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council
Moderator: Robert T. Ryan, NBC4 TV
9:00 AM
Panelist: Thomas E. Skilling
Thomas E. Skilling, WGN-TV, Chicago, IL

9:10 AM
Panelist: Claire Martin
Claire Martin, CBC News: Weather Centre, Vancouver, BC, Canada

9:20 AM
Panelist: Doyle Rice
Doyle Rice, USA Today, Washington, DC

9:30 AM
Panelist: Martin Storksdieck
Martin Storksdieck, National Academy of Sciences / National Research Council, Washington, DC

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Session 1
Communicating with Technology (Themed Joint Session)
Location: 604 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Symposium on Education; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth History Symposium; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )
Chair: Rajul Pandya, UCAR
4:00 PM
J1.1
Integrating air quality tools with the Wildland Fire Decision Support System
Narasimhan Larkin, USDA Forest Service, Seattle, WA; and M. Rorig, T. Strand, T. J. Brown, S. Raffuse, P. Lahm, and T. Zimmerman

4:15 PM
J1.2
Using YouTube Videos to Communicate Science
Nancy N. Soreide, NOAA/PMEL, Seattle, WA; and T. Nakamura and M. Dunlap
4:30 PM
J1.3
Commuicating Climate Science fo the General Public
Andrew Freedman, Climate Central, Princeton, NJ; and H. Cullen and M. McGuirk
4:45 PM
J1.4
Utility of 2D/3D visualization methods in analyzing and disseminating flood information
Jamie L. Dyer, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; and P. Amburn, D. Reed, and D. Welch
5:00 PM
J1.5A

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Reception and Exhibits Opening

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Monday, 24 January 2011


Forecast: Communicating Weather and Climate Art Show

Tuesday, 25 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 1
Satellite Program Status
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: John Furgerson, JPSS Program Office; Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office
8:30 AM
1.1
Update on EUMETSAT Meteorological Satellite Programmes
Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and D. Klaes, R. Stuhlmann, P. Schlüssel, L. Sarlo, K. Holmlund, S. Rota, and M. Cohen
8:55 AM
Welcoming and Introductory Remarks

9:00 AM
1.2
9:15 AM
1.3
NPP/JPSS Status
Gary K. Davis, NOAA/NESDIS/OSD, Silver Spring, MD
9:30 AM
1.4
Defense Weather Satellite System (DWSS) Status
Ibrahim Awwad, Space and Missile Systems Center, El Segundo, CA

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

9:30 AM-6:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Bernhard Haurwitz Lecture
Recording files available
Session 2
Sensor Performance
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS; Pamela Sullivan, JPSS Flight Project
11:00 AM
2.1
The improved imagery of the ABI on GOES-R
Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka and M. M. Gunshor
11:15 AM
2.2
NPP CrIS Sensor Performance Review and Cal/Val Plan Overview
Gail A. Bingham, Utah State Univ./SDL, Logan, UT; and C. Fish, M. Esplin, V. Zavyalov, M. Greenman, and T. Nielsen
11:30 AM
2.3
GOES-R space weather observations and products
S. M. Hill, NOAA/NWS/SWPC, Boulder, CO; and R. Rutledge, J. C. Green, T. Onsager, H. J. Singer, R. Viereck, M. Shouldis, P. loto'Aniu, L. Mayer, E. J. Rigler, and J. V. Rodriguez
11:45 AM
2.4
The GOES-R Series Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)
Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and R. J. Blakeslee, W. J. Koshak, and D. M. Mach

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Joint Panel Discussion 2
Communicating with Each Other: The Challenges and Rewards of Expanding Atmospheric Science’s Professional Partners(Themed Joint Session)
Location: 4C-4 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Ninth History Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; and the Second Symposium on Environment and Health )
Panelists: Ankur R. Desai, Univ. of Wisconsin; Robert Henson, UCAR; Eve Gruntfest, Univ. of Oklahoma; Roger D. Turner, Univ. of Pennsylvania
1:30 PM
JPD2.1
Communicating with Each Other: The Challenges and Rewards of Expanding Atmospheric Science’s Professional Partners
Ankur R. Desai, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Henson, E. Gruntfest, and R. D. Turner
2:00 PM
Recording files available
Session 3
Sensors and Algorithm Development
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: T. J. Schmit, NOAA; Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS
1:30 PM
3.1
1:45 PM
3.2
DWSS Microwave Instrument
Ibrahim Awwad, Space and Missile Systems Center, El Segundo, CA; and D. Kunkee and C. D. Reimer
2:00 PM
3.3
GOES-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG)
Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Daniels, W. Wolf, L. Rokke, Z. Cheng, and K. H. Lowe
2:45 PM
3.5
Recording files available
Joint Session 11
Information System Technologies for Communication and Interpretation of Satellite Data
Location: 606 (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); and the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )
Cochairs: Gerald Dittberner, Harris Corporation; Dongsoo Kim, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC
1:30 PM
J11.1
Transition of GOES Enterprise Managed System (GEMS) to Operations
Subir Vasanth, Avaya Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and A. Agarwal, R. Dahmani, S. Tehranian, and K. McKenzie
1:45 PM
J11.2
Consolidating GOES analysis workstations using virtualization and Thin-Client technology
Subir Vasanth, Avaya Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and A. Agarwal, R. Dahmani, S. Tehranian, and K. McKenzie
2:00 PM
J11.3
An Enterprise Backup Solution for GOES Operations Ground Equipment (OGE) and Space Support Ground System (SSGS)
Abhishek Agarwal, Avaya Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and R. Dahmani, S. Tehranian, and K. McKenzie
2:15 PM
J11.4
An Enterprise Backup Solution for the Ocean Surface Topography (OSTM)/Jason-2 Mission
Abhishek Agarwal, Avaya Government Solutions, Lanham, MD; and R. Dahmani, S. Tehranian, and K. McKenzie
2:30 PM
J11.5
TRMM Data Service Update
Zhong Liu, George Mason University/CSISS, Fairfax, VA and NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Ostrenga and G. Leptoukh

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011


Coffee Break

Meet the President
Location: 601 (Washington State Convention Center)

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 25 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 4
Expected Operational Improvements from Future Sensors
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Michael W. Johnson, NOAA/NWS; Bruce Guenther, JPSS Program Office
3:30 PM
4.1
NWS preparation for future satellite systems
Michael W. Johnson, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and K. Schrab, J. Heil, B. Sjoberg, W. H. Campbell, and B. Reed
3:45 PM
4.2
GOES-R overview of aviation algorithms and applications
Wayne F. Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. L. Pryor, M. J. Pavolonis, K. Bedka, A. Wimmers, W. L. Smith Jr., B. Pierce, J. R. Mecikalski, and W. M. MacKenzie Jr.
4:00 PM
4.3
GOES Land Line Data Distribution - Present and Future
Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and R. Lawrence
4:15 PM
4.4
4:30 PM
4.5
Improvements to Ozone measurements Expected from the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite for Weather and Climate
M. Caponi, NPOESS Integrated Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and L. E. Flynn, J. Hornstein, C. Long, and D. F. Rault
4:45 PM
4.6
5:00 PM
4.7
5:15 PM
4.8
Space Situational Awareness Environmental Monitoring (SSAEM)
Donald J. Boucher, The Aerospace Corporation, Los Angeles, CA

Wednesday, 26 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 5
Preparing the User Communities I
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: James J. Gurka, GSFC; Gary McWilliams, NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation
8:30 AM
5.1
GOES-R proving ground: plans for 2011 and beyond
James J. Gurka, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Goodman, T. J. Schmit, A. Mostek, S. D. Miller, A. S. Bachmeier, M. DeMaria, and B. Reed
8:45 AM
5.2
New Features in COMET's Environmental Satellite Resource Center V2.0
Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, COMET, Boulder, CO; and B. Guarente and P. Dills
9:00 AM
5.3
Satellite meteorology education resources from COMET: what's new?
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Schreiber-Abshire and M. Weingroff
9:15 AM
5.4
NASA SPoRT prepares for the Geostationary Lightning Mapper
Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO/SPoRT, Huntsville, AL; and K. K. Fuell and G. J. Jedlovec
9:30 AM
5.5
The GOES-R Proving Ground 2010 Spring Experiment at NOAA's Hazardous Weather Testbed and Storm Prediction Center
Christopher W. Siewert, Univ. of Oklahoma/CIMMS, Norman, OK; and K. M. Kuhlman, B. Reed, D. Reynolds, R. S. Schneider, and S. J. Goodman
9:45 AM
5.6
The Global Impact of Polar Orbiter Direct Broadcast Data
Kathleen I. Strabala, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. E. Gumley and A. Huang

8:30 AM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Poster Session 1
Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Location: Washington State Convention Center
Host: Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Vince Grano, JPSS Program Office; James J. Gurka, GSFC; Dick Reynolds, Short and Associates
563A
GOES-R Ocean Dynamics Algorithm
Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and A. Harris and I. Appel

564
From GOES and POES to GOES-R and JPSS: Improvements in Operational Volcanic Cloud Monitoring
Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and J. Sieglaff

565
Retrieval of Total Precipitable Water and Cloud Liquid Water Path from Jason-2 AMR Observations
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA, College Park, MD; and W. Yu and N. Sun
Manuscript (438.8 kB)

Handout (749.8 kB)

566
Developing a product validation and inter-calibration system for GOES-R using advanced collocation methods
Greg Quinn, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. E. Holz, F. W. Nagle, W. Wolf, and H. Sun

567
NOAA PROducts Validation System (NPROVS) status and integration into next generation NPP/JPSS
Anthony L. Reale, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and B. Sun

568
GOES-R ABI true-color capability
Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NEDSIS, Fort Collins, CO CO; and L. Grasso, R. Brummer, and R. T. DeMaria

Handout (1.6 MB)

569
Detection and characterization of biomass burning in the GOES-R era
Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Hoffman and E. M. Prins

570
Ozone estimation with the ABI
Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. P. Hoffman

571
Validation of CrIMSS EDR products with matched ECMWF analysis, RAOB Measurements, and IASI retrievals
Murty G. Divakarla, IM Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, MD; and C. D. Barnet, M. Goldberg, D. Gu, X. Liu, W. J. Blackwell, E. Maddy, S. Kizer, G. Guo, X. L. Ma, A. Gambocorta, T. King, N. Nalli, and K. Zhang
Manuscript (3.0 MB)

Handout (1.3 MB)

572
Land surface product development for GOES-R satellite mission
Yunyue Yu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Goldberg and I. Csiszar

573
Improving GOES derived Rain Areal Coverage Estimate by using a Hybrid WSR-88D and GOES Classification for Deep Convective Systems
Zhe Feng, University of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and X. Dong, B. Xi, P. Minnis, and M. Khaiyer

Handout (5.7 MB)

574
NPOESS Lessons Evaluation
Timothy J. Hall, The Aerospace Corporation, Silver Spring, MD

575
GOES-R Air Quality Proving Ground
Hai Zhang, JCET/Univ. of Maryland, Baltimore, MD; and R. M. Hoff, S. Kondragunta, A. K. Huff, M. C. Green, S. A. Christopher, B. Pierce, and B. Gross

Handout (3.5 MB)

576
Assimilation of cloud affected radiances in NCEP GDAS
Min-Jeong Kim, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng

577
Recent Improvements to the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)
Yong Han, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and P. Van Delst, F. Weng, Q. Liu, D. Groff, B. Yan, and Y. Chen

578
Efficient access to raw measurements and processing coefficients for NPOESS preparatory project (NPP) and joint polar satellite system (JPSS) sensor data
Drew Saunders, NOAA/National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC; and J. Biard, J. L. Privette, D. Baldwin, and A. Burden
Manuscript (52.1 kB)

Handout (1.6 MB)

579
CrIS Flight Model 1 delivered performance
Ron Glumb, ITT Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and J. Bobilya, S. Wells, L. Suwinski, R. Frain, J. Predina, B. Fluegeman, and A. Lane

580
Use and evaluation of GOES‐R Proving Ground products at WFO Omaha and WFO Milwaukee
Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA, Valley, NE; and J. Gerth and J. Craven

581
Updated version of a convective initiation nowcasting algorithm
John R. Walker, Cherokee Nation Technologies, LLC, Huntsville, AL; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr. and J. R. Mecikalski

582
Preparation for use of GOES-R Advance Baseline Image (ABI)
Kaba Bah, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, J. Gerth, M. R. Cronce, and J. A. Otkin

Handout (12.5 MB)

583
ITT's Hyperspectral Imaging Test Bed (HITB)
Ronald J. Glumb, ITT Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and G. White, J. Strong, J. P. Predina, J. Richcreek, L. Barry, D. Wickholm, G. Davis, A. D'Souza, and F. Grandmont

584
Planck weighted transmittance and correction of solar reflection for broadband infrared satellite channels
Yong Chen, CIRA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, Y. Han, and Q. Liu

Handout (1.6 MB)

585
ABI PTM Performance
Alan D. Bell, ITT Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and P. C. Griffith

586
High impact weather nowcasting and short range forecasting using advanced IR soundings
Jun Li, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. Li, H. Liu, J. Otkin, and T. J. Schmit

588
Sub-pixel fractional area of wildfires from satellite measurements: retrieval, validation, and potential applications
David A. Peterson, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. Wang and C. Ichoku

Handout (3.6 MB)

589
Atmospheric Applications From The Advanced Baseline Imager
Rachel Fitzhugh, ITT Corp, Rochester, NY

590
GOES-R AWG product processing system framework: algorithm rollbacks
Walter W. Wolf, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and S. Sampson, R. Garcia, G. D. Martin, Z. Cheng, G. Fu, T. Yu, W. Straka III, S. Qiu, A. Li, E. Schiffer, and M. Goldberg

591
NOAA's product processing from future polar-orbiting environmental satellites
Stacy L. Bunin, Noblis, Falls Church, VA; and T. B. Schott and J. Silva
Manuscript (587.1 kB)

592
Preliminary Demonstration of Thematic Climate Data Records from MSU/AMSU/ATMS
Fuzhong Weng, NOAA, College Park, MD; and X. Zou and P. Wang

593
Preparation of CRTM for NPP/JPSS and GOES-R
Yong Chen, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, Y. Han, P. Van Delst, Q. Liu, and D. Groff

Handout (6.3 MB)

594
Plan of Use of IR emissivity data to improve assimilation of GOES-R ABI in GFS
Tong Zhu, CIRA/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and F. Weng

595
Improve microwave snow emissivity model using QCA/DMRT
Ding Liang, I. M. Systems Group, Camp Spring, MD; and F. Weng and B. Yan

596
Geosynchronous Ocean-color Hyperspectral Imager
Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and J. Silny, L. Cook, and E. Kim

597
Land surface emissivity from high temporal resolution geostationary infrared imager radiances
Zhenglong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, X. Jin, T. J. Schmit, L. Zhou, and M. Goldberg

598
McIDAS-V, Visualization and Data Analysis for GOES-R
W. Straka III, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. D. Rink and T. H. Achtor

599
The Ground Segment architecture for GOES-R
Dennis Hansen, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and S. Kalluri, J. Bristow, G. Dittberner, and A. Weiner

600
The GOES-R Product Generation architecture
Gerald Dittberner, Harris Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Kalluri, A. Weiner, and A. Tarpley

601
Ensuring the SI Traceability of Satellite Measurements from the Next Generation Geostationary Imager GOES-R/ABI
Changyong Cao, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and E. Shirley, R. Datla, J. Rice, C. Johnson, S. Brown, K. Lykke, J. Fraser, M. Weinreb, J. Clarke, D. F. Young, B. A. Wielicki, J. Xiong, K. J. Thome, D. C. Tobin, D. Chesters, B. B. Pfarr, M. Goldberg, and S. Goodman

602
GeoSTAR – The geosynchronous hurricane observatory
Bjorn H. Lambrigtsen, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Gaier, A. Tanner, P. Kangaslahti, B. Lim, and C. S. Ruf

Handout (5.0 MB)

603
The Global Space-based InterCalibration System (GSICS) for GOES-R and JPSS
Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, X. Wu, F. Yu, L. Wang, D. C. Tobin, and M. M. Gunshor

604
Reference Inter-Calibration Ability of the CLARREO Reflected Solar Spectrometer and JPSS Sensors
Constantine Lukashin, NASA, Hampton, VA; and C. M. Roithmayr, P. W. Speth, and B. A. Wielicki

Handout (2.5 MB)

605
Recommendations from the Science Community Workshop on Polar Orbiting IR and MW Sounders
Thomas S. Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and C. D. Barnet, J. Susskind, K. Bowman, and E. Fetzer

Handout (1.2 MB)

606
Quantitative evaluation of active fire detection capabilities from VIIRS
Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Schroeder, L. Giglio, C. O. Justice, and E. Ellicott

Handout (1.9 MB)

607
McIDAS-V support for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) program
Thomas D. Rink, SSEC/CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Jasmin and T. Achtor

608
STAR Integrated CalVal System (ICVS) and Global Bias Monitoring System (GBMS) for JPSS/METOP/GOES-R
N. Sun, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and F. Weng, C. Cao, and M. Goldberg

609
Updated analysis of lossless compression techniques for the GOES-R Rebroadcasting (GRB) sub-system
Peter M Finocchio, Univ. of Miami/RSMAS, Miami, FL; and Y. He, D. B. Hogan, D. Hunt, and T. S. Zaccheo
Manuscript (252.0 kB)

610
End-to-end design and development of GOES-R level 2 algorithms: Cloud pathfinder algorithm case study
Andra Ivan, AER, Lexington, MA; and P. A. Van Rompay, E. Hughes, and X. Papadakis

611
GOES-R Algorithm Library Services, an extensible framework for executing next generation environmental data products
Alexander Werbos, AER, Lexington, MA; and J. L. Baldwin, J. Donboch, J. Downer, M. Sze, A. Tarpley, and T. S. Zaccheo

612
NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite
Lawrence E. Flynn, NOAA/NESDIS/ORA, Camp Springs, MD; and I. Petropavlovskikh, D. F. Rault, C. S. Long, W. Yu, E. Beach, D. Swales, and J. Niu

613
Development of a Combined Precipitation Estimation Algorithm for the GOES-R/GPM era
Ali Behrangi, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and B. H. Lambrigtsen

614
Integration of VIIRS data into AWIPS and AWIPS II
Matthew Smith, University of Alabama in Huntsville, Huntsville, AL

615
Planned Tools and correlative data for the Execution of NPP Calibration and Validation
Janna Feeley, Aerospace Corporation, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Kilcoyne

616
GRAVITE Transfer Protocol support of the NPP Cal/Val Process
John Henson, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and J. Feeley and J. Zajic

618
JPSS CGS Tools for Rapid Algorithm Updates
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and R. Hughes and G. Route

619
NPP Environmental Products
Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and R. Hughes and N. Andreas

620
Features of the Deployed NPP-JPSS-DWSS Common Ground System
Gary Heckmann, Raytheon Intelligence & Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and G. Route, K. D. Grant, and J. Mulligan

621
JPSS CGS C3S Expandability: Distributed Receptor Network and McMurdo Improvements
Joseph Paciaroni, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and F. Pela and M. L. Jamilkowski

622
JPSS CGS C3 Segment McMurdo Multimission Communications System
Joseph Paciaroni, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and C. Higgins and M. L. Jamilkowski

623
GRAFIIR – an efficient end-to-end semi automated GOES-R ABI algorithm performance analysis and implementation verification system
Hong Zhang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Gunshor, W. Straka, G. Martin, S. Wanzong, E. Schiffer, R. Garcia, and A. Huang

Handout (2.2 MB)

624
Preparing for the next generation of direct broadcast
Hae-Yong Shin, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and K. Friedman Dubey, E. Baptiste, K. Prasad, and D. Lawrence

Handout (1.0 MB)

625
A comparison of forward radiative transfer models used in the production of simulated proxy data for the GOES-R ABI
James E. Davies, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and T. Greenwald, J. A. Otkin, Y. K. Lee, J. Sieglaff, and A. Huang

626
Training for GOES-R directed towards forecasters
B. H. Connell, CIRA, Ft. Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, J. Braun, A. S. Bachmeier, S. S. Lindstrom, A. Mostek, M. DeMaria, and T. J. Schmit

Handout (1.9 MB)

628
New forecaster training paradigm for GOES-R?
B. H. Connell, CIRA, Ft. Collins, CO; and L. Veeck

Handout (1.7 MB)

632
2010 NOAA Aerosol and Ocean Science Expedition (AEROSE) CrIMSS marine proxy dataset
Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and C. D. Barnet, E. Joseph, V. R. Morris, G. Guo, M. G. Divakarla, H. Xie, D. E. Wolfe, and P. J. Minnett

Handout (1.1 MB)

633
NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Cross-track Infrared Sounder
Nicholas Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and C. D. Barnet and L. Zhou

Handout (1.2 MB)

635
An overview of CIRA's contribution to the GOES-R Proving Ground
Edward J. Szoke, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/GSD, Boulder, CO; and R. Brummer, H. Gosden, S. D. Miller, M. DeMaria, and D. A. Molenar
Manuscript (2.1 MB)

Handout (10.5 MB)

637
Intercalibration activities at CIMSS in preparation for the GOES-R era
M. M. Gunshor, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. J. Schmit, D. Tobin, and P. Menzel

638
NPP Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS): Sensor description and preliminary data product performance
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. V. Leslie, M. L. Pieper, and J. E. Samra

639
Improved Calibration of Space-based Passive Microwave Cross-track Sounders
William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and R. V. Leslie

640
NOAA science test results from the GOES-14 and -15 imager and sounder
Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NEDSIS, Fort Collins, CO CO; and T. J. Schmit, A. S. Bachmeier, M. M. Gunshor, J. A. Knaff, and D. T. Lindsey

Handout (2.4 MB)

641
Initial Test Results using a Temporal Variational Data Assimilation Method to Retrieve Deep Soil Moisture
Andrew S. Jones, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and S. J. Fletcher, J. Cogan, G. Mason, and G. McWilliams

Handout (2.3 MB)

642
Pre-Launch Characterization of Cross-track Infrared Sounder/Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (CrIMSS) Environmental Data Records (EDRs)' Performance
Lihang Zhou, JPSS Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and C. D. Barnet, N. Nalli, H. Kilcoyne, and K. St. Germain

643
The calibration of GOES visible sensors using MODIS as a reference to provide consistent clouds and fluxes for CERES
David R. Doelling, LRC, Hampton, VA; and R. Bhatt, D. Morstad, and A. Gopalan

644
Exploring urban surface effects for GOES-R aerosol retrieval
Julia He, City College of New York NOAA CREST, New York, US Virgin Islands; and B. Madhavan, B. Gross, F. Moshary, and S. Ahmed

645
The role of CLARREO as an IR intercalibration reference for JPSS and GOES-R
D. C. Tobin, Space Science and Engeering Center, Univ.of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Holz

646
647
NOAA ENTERPRISE ARCHIVE ACCESS TOOL (NEAAT):ACCELERATED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT (XAD)
Robert Rank, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. McCormick and C. Cremidis

648
649
Mesoscale soundings using combined GOES-R and JPSS spectral radiances
William L. Smith Sr., Univ. of Wisconsin, Seaford, VA; and S. Kireev, E. Weisz, and J. Li

650
CrIS Sensor Cal-Val Readiness for NPP Satellite Mission
Denise Hagan, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Gu, G. Kratz, D. Tremblay, C. Wang, G. De Amici, and X. L. Ma
Manuscript (2.7 MB)

651
Spectral Calibration of the CrIS Instrument On-Orbit
Denise Hagan, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and D. Gu, J. Predina, G. Kratz, D. Tremblay, and X. L. Ma
Manuscript (934.4 kB)

652
VIIRS SDR Algorithm Three-Phase Performance Test Approach for Radiometric Calibration
Steve Mills, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and L. Liao, T. Ohnuki, and Z. P. Sun

653
Testing and Tuning CrIMSS EDR Algorithm with Proxy Data in Preparation for NPP Post-launch EDR Product Validation
Degui Gu, Northrop-Grumman, Redondo Beach, CA; and X. L. Ma, D. Hagan, and A. Foo

654
A Case Study Assessing the Impact of GOES Imager Data Assimilation on Precipitation Forecast
Zhengkun Qin, Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology, Nanjing, China; and X. Zou, F. Weng, and T. Zhu

Handout (2.7 MB)

656
CrIS SDR & EDR algorithms & data products
Joseph P. Predina, ITT Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and R. J. Glumb, L. Suwinski, R. Frain, C. Buttles, D. Hagan, C. Wang, and D. Gu

Handout (4.1 MB) Handout (4.4 MB)

657
Speeding up the GOES-R Legacy Atmospheric Sounding Algorithm: a Blend of the CRTM Forward Model and the Fast Analytical Jacobian Scheme
Xin Jin, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Li, T. J. Schmit, S. Sampson, G. D. Martin, W. Wolf, and M. Goldberg

658
Data fusion of Radarsat and MODIS images for Arctic sea ice mapping
Yi Luo, EC, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and R. De Abreu

Handout (11.7 MB)

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Coffee Break

Meet the President

10:00 AM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 6
Preparing the User Communities II
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Wendy Abshire, UCAR/COMET; John Furgerson, JPSS Program Office
10:30 AM
6.1
Polar Orbiting Weather Satellite Proving Ground: Facilitating Broad and Optimal Use of Global Direct Broadcast Data
Allen Huang, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. I. Strabala and L. E. Gumley
10:45 AM
6.2
Future remote sensing with NexSat
Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller, T. F. Lee, J. Hawkins, J. E. Solbrig, K. Richardson, M. Surratt, and J. Kent
11:15 AM
6.3
Planning and Opportunities for Community Participation in the NPP Measurement Validation Activities
Bruce Guenther, JPSS Program Office, Lanham, MD; and H. Kilcoyne and J. Feeley
11:45 AM
6.4

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Lunch Break

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011

Recording files available
Session 7
NPP Users Seminar I
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Carl Hoffman, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Lihang Zhou, JPSS Program Office
1:30 PM
7.1
User Readiness for the National Polar-Orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System Preparatory Project (NPP)
Lihang Zhou, JPSS Program Office, Silver Spring, MD; and H. Kilcoyne, L. Rokke, and K. St. Germain

2:00 PM
7.2
Accessing NPP data from CLASS, a tutorial
Drew Saunders, NOAA/National Climatic Data Center, Asheville, NC; and N. Ritchey and R. Rank

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Session 8
NPP Users Seminar II
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)
Host: Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems
Cochairs: Lihang Zhou, JPSS Program Office; Carl Hoffman, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS
4:00 PM
8.1
Using the McIDAS-V scientific data software system to visualize and analyze NPP data
Tommy Jasmin, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Rink and T. Achtor

4:45 PM
8.2
HDF5 FOR NPP SENSORS AND ENVIRONMENTAL DATA RECORDS
Richard E. Ullman, NASA, Lanham, MD; and M. J. Denning
Manuscript (16.0 kB)

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 26 January 2011


91st AMS Awards Banquet
Location: 6ABCD (Washington State Convention Center)

Thursday, 27 January 2011

8:00 AM-5:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Michio Yanai Symposium

Weather Video Preview Theater
Location: 303 (Washington State Convention Center)

9:30 AM-12:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Exhibit Hours

12:15 PM-1:15 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011

Recording files available
Session
Presidential Town Hall Meeting
Location: 6A (Washington State Convention Center)
Hosts: (Joint between the Town Hall Meetings; the Events; the 14th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the Michio Yanai Symposium; the 27th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 25th Conference on Hydrology; the 24th Conference on Weather and Forecasting/20th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 23rd Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 20th Symposium on Education; the 18th Conference on Planned and Inadvertent Weather Modification; the 16th Conference on Middle Atmosphere; the 15th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 13th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Ninth Conference on Artificial Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the Ninth History Symposium; the 8th Conference on Space Weather; the Seventh Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Sixth Symposium on Policy and Socio-economic Research; the Fifth Conference on the Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data; the 5th Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Fourth Annual CCM Forum; the Third Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Second Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the Second Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy; the Second Symposium on Environment and Health; the First Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans and Challenges; the Special Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the More Effectively Communicating the Science of Tropical Climate and Tropical Cyclones; and the Special Symposium on Applications of Air Pollution Meteorology )
12:15 PM
Ensuring Integrity in the Doing and Using of Science
Ralph Cicerone, National Academy of Sciences, Washington, DC

12:15 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Michio Yanai Symposium Luncheon
Location: 4C-1 (Washington State Convention Center)

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


Meet the President

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 27 January 2011


AMS 91st Annual Meeting Adjourns