Session: Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems (91st American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

563

Expected Sounding Performances from a 1DVAR Retrieval Algorithm Applied to Simulated ATMS Observations over Precipitating Conditions

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)

587

Enhancement of CrIMSS EDR retrievals through the bias-tuning procedures

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

617

Quality Assurance (QA) in the GOES-R AWG Product Processing System

Shuang Qiu, PSGS, Suitland, MD

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)

627

NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for Atmosphere Data Products from the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

David O'C. Starr, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and K. S. Kuo

628

New forecaster training paradigm for GOES-R?

B. H. Connell, CIRA, Ft. Collins, CO; and L. Veeck

Handout (1.7 MB)

629

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

630

NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for Land Data Products from the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

Jeffrey L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

Handout (6.5 MB)

631

NPOESS Preparatory Project Validation Program for the Ocean Data Products from the Visibile Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS)

Robert Arnone, NRL, Stennis Space Center, MS

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)

636

Validation of WRF simulated weather environment through hyperspectral Infrared brightness temperature comparison over thin cirrus cloud region

Yong-Keun Lee, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Greenwald

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

634

2010 NOAA Aerosol and Ocean Science Expedition (AEROSE) CrIMSS Ocean Proxy Dataset

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

The use of desert sites to validate the current CERES geostationary calibration approach based on MODIS

R. Bhatt, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling and D. Morstad

647

NOAA ENTERPRISE ARCHIVE ACCESS TOOL (NEAAT):ACCELERATED APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT (XAD)

Robert Rank, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. McCormick and C. Cremidis

648

Comprehensive Large Array-data Stewardship System:Infrastructure and Architecture Improvements for NPP and GOES-R

Robert Rank, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD; and S. McCormick and C. Cremidis

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)

655

Microwave Sounding and EDR Products for Operational NWP at FNMOC

Poster Session 1 Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems