Program: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems (92nd American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting (January 22-26, 2012))

Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Program Chairs: Timothy J. Schmit , NOAA/NESDIS/STAR ; James J. Gurka , GSFC ; Michael L. Jamilkowski , Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems ; John Furgerson , NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS ; Gary McWilliams , JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory

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Saturday, 21 January 2012

7:30 AM-10:00 AM: Saturday, 21 January 2012

Registration for Student Conference and Short Course

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

Sunday, 22 January 2012

7:30 AM-9:00 AM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

Short Course Registration

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

9:00 AM-6:00 PM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

Registration Open for Annual Meeting

Location: New Orleans Convention Center

12:00 PM-4:00 PM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

WeatherFest

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

92nd Annual Review and Fellows Awards

5:30 PM-7:00 PM: Sunday, 22 January 2012

Welcome Reception Honoring the Newly Elected Fellows

Monday, 23 January 2012

7:30 AM-5:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Registration Continues Through January 25

9:00 AM-10:30 AM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Session 1

12th Presidential Forum: Technology In Research and Operations—How We Got Here and Where We’Re Going

Location: La Nouvelle B-C (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Symposium on Policy and Socio-Economic Research; the 17th Conference on Air Pollution Meteorology with the A&WMA; the 12th Presidential Forum: Technology in Research and Operations—How We Got Here and Where We’re Going; the 26th Conference on Hydrology; the Special Symposium on Technological Advances: Impacts on Hurricane Research and Forecast Improvements; the Second Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the 10th History Symposium; the 28th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS); the 21st Symposium on Education; the Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 24th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 16th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS); the 21st Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences; the 14th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the Fourth Symposium on Aerosol-Cloud-Climate Interactions; the Third Aviation, Range and Aerospace Meteorology Special Symposium on Weather-Air Traffic Management Integration; the 10th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 10th Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science; the 16th Symposium on Meteorological Observation and Instrumentation; the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference; the Ninth Conference on Space Weather; the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges; the Third Symposium on Environment and Health; and the Third Conference on Weather, Climate, and the New Energy Economy )

9:00 AM

Scientific research and operational environmental services are profoundly affected by the introduction and application of new technologies and it seems as though these advances are now accelerating, challenging our community to constantly become better at what we do and to serve society in new and more powerful ways. We welcome two highly distinguished keynote speakers for our Presidential Forum and each will address the theme of our 92nd Annual Meeting from his and her uniquely personal perspectives.

9:15 AM

Welcoming remarks and introductions by Jonathan T. Malay, AMS President

Recorded Presentation

9:20 AM

PL1.1

The Future of Weather and Global Change Services: What can our science and technology provide

Warren M. Washington, NCAR, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

PL1.2

Technology for a Weather-Ready Nation

Kathryn Sullivan, NOAA, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation

10:10 AM

President Malay will then be joined by Mr. George J. Komar, Director, NASA Earth Science Technology Office, Science Mission Directorate, and they will briefly discuss their thoughts about changes in the AMS community’s technological capabilities and in society twenty years and more into the future. They will then engage with the audience in an interactive dialog which should be an exciting and stimulating exercise of envisioning our future.

Recorded Presentation

5:30 PM-7:30 PM: Monday, 23 January 2012

Reception and Exhibits Opening

Tuesday, 24 January 2012

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Panel Discussion 1

Expected Improvements From New Satellite Technology on Operational Capabilities At the NWS, Navy, and AF(Invited abstracts only)

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Moderator: Richard Spinrad, Oregon State Univ.

8:30 AM

James Pettigrew: Bio

8:45 AM

Navy: James Pettigrew

Recorded Presentation Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

John Egentowich: Bio

9:15 AM

Air Force: John Egentowich

Recorded Presentation Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

John Hayes: Bio

9:45 AM

National Weather Service: John Hayes

Recorded Presentation Recorded Presentation

10:00 AM

Richard Spinrad: Bio

10:15 AM

Panel discussion with Dr. John Hayes, Director of the National Weather Service, Silver Spring, MD;Col John Egentowich, Deputy Director of Weather, Air Force Pentagon, Washington, DC; Captain James Pettigrew, Navy Meteorology and Oceanography Command, Stennis Space Center, MS. U. S. weather agency directors will discuss how their agencies plan to 1) utilize new satellite systems which promise to produce data with much improved spatial, spectral, and temporal resolutions and 2) meet the challenge of finding ways to effectively handle and use large increases in data volume and fidelity from the new satellites and to integrate these data with other data sources to provide optimal value to their customers.

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Spouses' Coffee

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Poster Session 1

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Vince Grano, JPSS Program Office; Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

288

Impact of Cycled 3DVAR Assimilation of COSMIC Observations on Simulated Dynamical and Thermodynamical Structures in Nor'easters

Stephen D. Nicholls, Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, NJ; and S. G. Decker

289

GOES-R Ocean Dynamics Algorithm

Eileen Maria Maturi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD

290

TeraScan® Direct Reception of NPP: Post-Launch Results

Karen Friedman Dubey, SeaSpace Corporation, Poway, CA; and E. Baptiste, K. Prasad, and H. Y. Shin

291

New Developments in NOAA's Comprehensive Large Array-Data Stewardship System

Dean Carter, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC

292

Developing Operational Land Surface Temperature Product From Current GOES Satellites

Yunyue Yu, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and D. Sun and L. Fang

293

New Operational Algorithms for Charged Particle Data From Low-Altitude Polar-Orbiting Satellites

Janet L. Machol, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and J. C. Green, J. V. Rodriguez, T. G. Onsager, W. F. Denig, and P. N. Purcell

Data Fusion Demonstrations At the GOES-R Proving Ground Using Satellites, in-Situ Data and Weather Forecast Models

294

Predicting Where Convective Clouds Will Form with the GOES-R ABI

Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and L. Grasso

Evaluation of Ice Characterization From NPP VIIRS

295

Real-Time Polar Orbiting Satellite Bias Monitoring System for the Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder and the Advanced Microwave Sounder Unit

Li Bi, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Srpings, MD 20746, MD; and F. Weng and N. Sun

296

Analysis of Surface Urban Heat Island in Makurdi, Nigeria

Bernard Tarza Tyubee, Benue State Univ., Makurdi, Nigeria; and R. N. C. Anyadike

Poster PDF (334.6 kB)

297

Evaluating Storm Intensity Using Coupled TRMM Lightning Imaging Sensor and Meteosat Second Generation in Preparation for GOES-R

Christopher P. Jewett, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and A. LeRoy, J. R. Mecikalski, and J. R. Walker

298

Validation of Cirrus Infrared Scattering Properties Used in the Production of Simulated GOES-R ABI Proxy Data

Tom Greenwald, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Y. K. Lee and A. Huang

Poster PDF (203.0 kB)

299

Convective Storm Forecasting 1-6 Hours Prior to Initiation

John R. Mecikalski, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and D. T. Lindsey, C. S. Velden, B. L. Vant-Hull, and R. M. Rabin

300

The Ground Segment Architecture for GOES-R

Dennis Hansen, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and S. Kalluri, J. Bistrow, G. Dittberner, A. Weiner, and S. Marley

301

Development of RGB Composite Imagery for Operational Weather Forecasting Applications

Andrew L. Molthan, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and K. K. Fuell, H. K. Oswald, and J. A. Knaff

302

Satellite-Based Identification of Tropical Cyclone Core Features with Respect to Intensity Change

Joshua Cossuth, Florida State Univ., Tallahassee, FL; and R. E. Hart

303

Evaluation of VIIRS Vegetation Index EDR Produced Under the Algorithm Development Library

303A

Testing GOES-R Product Performance: The Reproducibility of Research Baseline Results in Implemented Algorithms

Edward J. Kennelly, AER, Lexington, MA; and C. Botos, E. Steinfelt, and R. Khana

304

Characterization of the Clouds and the Earth's Radiant Energy System (CERES) Flight Model 5 (FM5) Sensors on NPP Mission

Susan Thomas, Science Systems and Application Inc, Hampton, VA; and K. J. Priestley, M. Shankar, P. C. Hess, N. P. Smith, and M. G. Timcoe

305

Arctic Region Communications Small Satellites (ARC-Sat): Multiagency Effort for Enhanced Arctic Regional Communications, Maritime Domain Awareness and Data-Extraction

Gina Wade, Von Braun Center for Science & Innovation, Huntsville, AL; and J. Casas, M. Kress, H. Moore, and S. Spehn

306

A Sub-Pixel-Based Calculation of Fire Radiative Power From MODIS Observations: Retrieval, Validation, and Sensitivity Analysis

David A. Peterson, Univ. of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE; and J. Wang, C. Ichoku, E. J. Hyer, and V. Ambrosia

Poster PDF (6.8 MB)

307

The 2011 HPC/OPC/SAB GOES-R Proving Ground Demonstration

Michael J. Folmer, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and B. Reed, S. Goodman, J. M. Sienkiewicz, E. Danaher, J. Kibler, and D. R. Novak

308

NPP/JPSS Instrumental Performance Trending and Bias Monitoring in STAR Integrated Cal/Val System (ICVS)

Ninghai Sun, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD; and F. Weng, T. Mo, Y. Han, L. Bi, X. Jin, and M. Fuentes

309

EnKF Assimilation of Cloud Properties Retrieved From GOES

Thomas A. Jones, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK; and D. J. Stensrud

Manuscript (1.1 MB)

Poster PDF (1.2 MB)

310

A Quantitative Fog/Low Stratus Detection Algorithm for GOES-R

Corey G. Calvert, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. J. Pavolonis

311

PERFORMANCE Assessments of the CROSS-TRACK Infrared and Microwave Sounder Suite (CRIMSS) ENVIRONMENTAL DATA RECORDS (EDR)' Products

Lihang Zhou, NOAA, Camp Spring, MD; and C. D. Barnet, D. Gu, N. R. Nalli, and M. G. Divakarla

312

Methodology for the Validation of Water Vapor Profile Environmental Data Records (EDRs) From the Cross-Track Infrared Microwave Sounding Suite (CrIMSS): Experience with the DOE ARM Water Vapor Raman Lidar

Robert Knuteson, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. Tobin, A. Sorce, J. Roman, S. Ackerman, H. Revercomb, and D. D. Turner

Manuscript (962.0 kB)

Poster PDF (3.2 MB)

313

Methodology for the Validation of Temperature Profile Environmental Data Records (EDRs) From the Cross-Track Infrared Microwave Sounding Suite (CrIMSS): Experience with GPS Radio Occultation From COSMIC

Michelle Feltz, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Knuteson, D. Tobin, S. Ackerman, H. Revercomb, and A. Reale

Manuscript (3.4 MB)

314

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

315

Air Quality Proving Ground: Evaluating GOES-R ABI Products with Proxy Data

Alexandra St. Pé, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and R. M. Hoff, H. Zhang, A. Huff, S. Kondragunta, C. Xu, P. Ciren, E. S. Yang, and S. A. Christopher

316

A Fast Physical Algorithm for Hyperspectral Sounding Retrieval

Zhenglong Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Li, E. Weisz, and J. Li

317

Preparation for Use of the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)

Kaba Bah, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Achtor, T. D. Rink, T. J. Schmit, J. Otkin, and J. Gerth

318

McIDAS-V, Visualization and Data Analysis for GOES-R

William C. Straka III, Space Science and Engineering Center/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. D. Rink, T. H. Achtor, T. J. Schmit, and K. Bah

319

Validation of GOES-R LAP Algorithm with GOES-13 Sounder

Yong-Keun Lee, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and Z. Li and J. Li

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Session 1

Satellite Program Overviews and Status

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS; Kevin J. Schrab, NOAA/NWS/Office of Science and Technology

11:00 AM

1.1

The Nation’s Operational Satellite System

Mary E. Kicza, NOAA/NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

GOES-R Program Overview

Greg Mandt, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD

11:30 AM

1.3

NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System and the NPP Satellite Providing the Next Generation of Environmental Earth Observations

Ajay Mehta, NOAA/NESDIS, Lanham, MD; and M. Watkins, M. D. Goldberg, C. Hoffman, J. Gleason, R. Murphy, and J. Furgerson

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

Status of Future and Current EUMETSAT Satellite Programmes

Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and R. Stuhlmann, D. Klaes, P. Schlüssel, L. Sarlo, S. Rota, and M. Cohen

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Lunch Break

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Session 2

From Sensors to Data Products I

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: James J. Gurka, NESDIS GOES-R Program Office; Kevin Berberich, NOAA/NESDIS

1:30 PM

2.1

NPP VIIRS Instrument Characteristics, Measurements and Sensor Data Record Production

Frank J. DeLuccia, JPSS/Aerospace Corp, Los Angeles, CA; and C. Cao

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

End-to-End Ozone Mapper Profiler Suite (OMPS) Mission Data Modeling and Simulation

Angela W. Li, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Chen, C. J. roberts, G. Smith, and L. Boyce

2:00 PM

2.3

The Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS): New Capabilities for Atmospheric Sensing

William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and C. F. Cull, R. N. Czerwinski, R. V. Leslie, and I. A. Osaretin

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

2.4

The ABI (Advanced Baseline Imager) on the GOES-R Series

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Madison, WI; and J. Gurka, M. Gunshor, and K. Bah

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

2.5

Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM), Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite R-Series (GOES-R)

Karen Gheno, Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, CA; and S. Edgington and E. Aamodt

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

2.6

An Approach for Interference Analysis

Richard Kelley Jr., Alion Science and Technology, Suitland, MD; and B. Daniels and D. Furlong

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

3:30 PM-5:30 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Session 3

Algorithm Development and Cal/Val I

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS; Thomas M. Renkevens, NOAA/NESDIS

3:30 PM

3.1

Overview of GOES-R Level-2 Products

Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and M. Goldberg

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

3.2

An Overview and Progress Update on GOES-R Calibration/Validation

Changyong Cao, NOAA, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (2.1 MB)

4:00 PM

3.3

Overview of NPP/JPSS Environmental Data Products and Algorithm Development

Ivan Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and C. D. Barnet, R. Ferraro, L. E. Flynn, A. K. Heidinger, D. W. Hillger, A. Ignatov, J. Key, S. Kondragunta, I. Laszlo, and M. Wang

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

3.4

Joint Polar Satellite System Calibration and Validation Overview

Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

3.5

NOAA Operational Calibration Support to NPP/JPSS Program

Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

3.6

NPP VIIRS SST Algorithm and Cal/Val Activities At NOAA/NESDIS

Alexander Ignatov, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and X. Liang, P. Dash, J. Stroup, Y. Kihai, B. Petrenko, F. Xu, J. Sapper, R. Arnone, S. Jackson, and P. DiGiacomo

5:00 PM

3.7

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Cross-Track Infrared Microwave Sounding Suite (CrIMSS) Environmental Data Record Cal/Val Status

Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and C. D. Barnet, L. Zhou, M. G. Divakarla, and D. Gu

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

3.8

Pre-Launch to Post-Launch Transition and Evaluation of CrIMSS EDR Algorithm and Products

Murty G. Divakarla, IM Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, MD; and C. D. Barnet, M. Goldberg, D. Gu, X. Liu, T. King, W. J. Blackwell, X. Xiong, E. Maddy, N. R. Nalli, A. Gambacorta, G. Guo, X. L. Ma, S. Kizer, H. Xie, and K. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

7:00 PM-9:00 PM: Tuesday, 24 January 2012

Aksel Wiin-Nielsen Symposium Banquet

Wednesday, 25 January 2012

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Session 4

From Sensors to Data Products II

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS; Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS

8:30 AM

4.1

Initial Results From Pre-Launch Algorithm Development and Testing for the GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)

Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD

8:45 AM

4.2

GOES-R Space Weather Observations and Products

Steven Hill, NOAA/SWPC, Boulder, CO; and B. Gordon, R. Viereck, M. Shouldis, E. J. Rigler, and J. Vickroy

9:00 AM

4.3

New Quantitative Volcanic Cloud and Fog Products for GOES-R

Michael J. Pavolonis, NOAA/NESDIS, Madison, WI; and C. G. Calvert and J. Sieglaff

9:15 AM

4.4

JPSS Interface Data Processing System Product Generation

David C. Smith, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and K. D. Grant

9:30 AM

4.5

CrIS NPP Full Spectral Resolution Test

Mark Esplin, Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT; and L. L. Strow, G. Bingham, V. Zavyalov, D. K. Scott, and C. Fish

9:45 AM

4.6

First Images and Products From VIIRS on NPP

Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and T. J. Kopp

9:00 AM-11:00 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Spouses' Coffee

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Coffee Break

Meet the President

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

10:00 AM-6:15 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Exhibit Hours

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Themed Joint Session 15

Research to Operations Pathway for Satellite Data Algorithms and Products

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Second Conference on Transition of Research to Operations: Successes, Plans, and Challenges )

Cochairs: John E. Ogren, NOAA/NWS; Alfred Powell, NOAA/NESDIS

10:30 AM

TJ15.1

From Research and Development to Operations and Applications

Johannes Schmetz, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and L. Sarlo, L. Schüller, K. Holmlund, R. Stuhlmann, D. Klaes, and P. Schlüssel

10:45 AM

TJ15.2

A Review of Improvements and Outstanding Challenges in Data Management and Stewardship by the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) in Support of the NPOESS Preparatory Program (NPP) Satellite Launch

Kathryn Shontz, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and I. Guch, A. Jelenak, K. H. Hughes, and Y. S. Kim

11:00 AM

TJ15.3

Joint Polar Satellite System Support for NOAA Satellite Proving Ground

Mitch Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and J. Furgerson, H. Kilcoyne, G. McWilliams, and C. Hoffman

11:15 AM

TJ15.4

The GOES-R Proving Ground: 2012 Update

James J. Gurka, NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD; and S. Goodman, T. J. Schmit, M. DeMaria, A. Mostek, C. W. Siewert, and B. Reed

11:30 AM

TJ15.5

NWS Decision Support Services and An Operations Proving Ground

John E. Ogren, NOAA/NWS, Kansas City, MO

11:45 AM

TJ15.6

Operationalizing a Research Sensor: MODIS to VIIRS

Jeffery J. Puschell, Raytheon Space and Airborne Systems, El Segundo, CA; and K. D. Grant and D. C. Smith

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Lunch Break

Location: Room 242 (New Orleans Convention Center )

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Themed Joint Session 16

Use of Advanced Sensor Technology to Improve Forecasts

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the 18th Conference on Satellite Meteorology, Oceanography and Climatology/ First Joint AMS-Asia Satellite Meteorology Conference )

Cochairs: Carl Hoffman, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

1:30 PM

TJ16.1

Preliminary Results From Assimilation of AIRS SFOV Retrieval Profiles in the Rapid Refresh Model System

Stephen S. Weygandt, NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and H. Lin, M. Hu, S. G. Benjamin, J. Li, J. Li, T. J. Schmit, and P. Hofmann

1:45 PM

TJ16.2

Evaluation and Application of JPSS Products Through Assimilation in Regional NWP Models

Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. D. Goldberg, J. Li, H. Liu, J. Zheng, T. J. Schmit, C. D. Barnet, L. Zhou, and A. Huang

2:00 PM

TJ16.3

Tests of Objective Short-Range Forecasts of the Pre-Convective Environment Using Geostationary Satellite Data

Ralph A. Petersen, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. M. Aune

2:15 PM

TJ16.4

NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System Climate Sensors

Stephen Walters, NOAA OSD, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Goldberg, J. Gleason, and J. Furgerson

2:30 PM-4:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Poster Session 2

Location: Hall E (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Joseph Mulligan, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; David Miller, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS

486

JPSS System Architecture

Glenn Trumbower, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD

487

Satellite Training Activities: VISIT, SHyMet and WMO VLab Focus Group

Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Ft. Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, J. Braun, A. S. Bachmeier, S. Lindstrom, A. Mostek, M. Davison, K. A. Caesar, V. Castro, L. Veeck, M. DeMaria, and T. J. Schmit

Poster PDF (1.4 MB)

488

Impact of Vegetation Optical Depth Parameterization on Accuracy of Passive Microwave Soil Moisture Retrieval Algorithms

Xin Wang, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and X. Zhan, J. Liu, H. Yang, F. Weng, and T. J. Jackson

489

Snow-to-Liquid Ratio From the Microphysics Scheme Used in the High-Resolution Numerical Weather Prediction System for the 2010 Winter Olympics

Anna Glazer, EC, Montreal, QC, Canada; and J. A. Milbrandt

490

Joint OSSEs At NOAA, Evaluation of DWL, JPSS, and DWSS

Michiko Masutani, EMC, College Park, MD; and L. P. Riishojgaard, J. S. Woollen, Z. Ma, Y. Xie, and T. Zhu

Poster PDF (3.3 MB)

491

Hail Detection by Using Radar Data Based on Two Methods

Foroozan Arkian, Islamic Azad Univ. North Tehran Branch, Tehran, Iran; and A. Saneei

492

GOES-R AWG Product Processing System Framework

Walter Wolf, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Riverdale, MD; and S. Sampson, R. Garcia, G. D. Martin, X. Liu, T. Yu, W. Straka III, S. Qiu, A. Li, J. Daniels, E. Schiffer, and M. Goldberg

493

Evaluation of the GOES-R Proving Ground Convective Initiation Products in the Plains: GOES East Convective Initiation Nowcast Products

Daniel Nietfeld, NOAA, Valley, NE; and M. R. Anderson

494

The Calibration of GEO and LEO Imager Radiances Using Hyper-Spectral Data From SCIAMACHY

Benjamin Scarino, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling, D. Morstad, P. Minnis, and C. Lukashin

495

Integrated Data Modeling and Simulation on the Joint Polar Satellite System Program

Christopher J. Roberts, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and L. Boyce, G. Smith, and A. W. Li

496

GOES-R Series Satellite Architecture

Steve D. Jolly, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Denver, CO; and D. Connolly

497

NPP VIIRS Land Product Status

Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and J. L. Privette, C. O. Justice, and M. Román

498

The GOES-R Fire Detection Algorithm From Research to Operations

Jay P. Hoffman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and C. C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, and J. C. Brunner

499

Retrieval of Nighttime Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties for GOES-R

Patrick W. Heck, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and P. Minnis, S. T. Bedka, C. R. Yost, and J. K. Ayers

500

NOAA Aerosols and Ocean Science Expeditions (AEROSE) for Pre-Launch Cal/Val of CrIMSS EDRs

Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and C. D. Barnet, E. Joseph, V. R. Morris, D. Wolfe, M. G. Divakarla, T. King, H. Xie, A. Gambacorta, A. L. Reale, P. J. Minnett, M. I. Oyola, A. Flores, C. Spells, E. D. Roper, M. Szczodrak, and J. A. Perry

501

Evaluation of NASA Sport's Pseudo-Geostationary Lightning Mapper Products in the 2011 Spring Program

Geoffrey T. Stano, ENSCO/SPoRT, Huntsville, AL; and B. Carcione, C. W. Siewert, and K. M. Kuhlman

Manuscript (3.7 MB)

Poster PDF (3.7 MB)

502

JPSS Common Ground System Performance for NPP

Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and A. W. Waas and G. P. Route

503

JPSS CGS Tools for Rapid Algorithm Updates

Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and G. P. Route

504

NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP) Environmental Products

Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and D. C. Smith

505

JPSS CGS C3 Segment McMurdo Multimission Communications System

Colleen Higgins, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Aurora, CO; and J. A. Urbano and M. L. Jamilkowski

506

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) Overview

Michael L. Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems, Greenbelt, MD; and D. C. Smith

507

HDF5 for NPP Sensor and Environmental Data Records

Richard E. Ullman, NASA, Lanham, MD; and M. J. Denning

508

NPP Product Validation for the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS)

Lawrence E. Flynn, NOAA/STAR, Camp Springs, MD; and C. S. Long, I. Petropavlovskikh, D. Swales, J. Niu, E. Beach, and W. Yu

509

An Evaluation of NOAA IASI Temperature and Water Vapor Sounding Retrievals Using NPROVS Collocation Data

Bomin Sun, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR & IM Systems Group, Suitland, MD; and T. Reale and M. G. Divakarla

510

Engineering Support for JPSS Instruments and Data Formats in McIDAS-V

Thomas Rink, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Jasmin and T. Achtor

511

NPP Pre-Launch Test Data Collection and Archive

Michael J. Denning, Integrity Applications Incorporated, Chantilly, VA; and R. E. Ullman, H. Kilcoyne, B. Guenther, and J. M. Adameck

512

Exploration of the Potential of GOES-R to Extract Aerosol Optical Depth and Surface PM2.5 in An Urban Environment

Lina Cordero, City College of New York, New York, NY; and A. J. Picon and J. He

513

NPP Intensive Cal/Val Rehearsals

Janna Feeley, Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA

514

Quality Assurance (QA) Activities and Plans for STAR JPSS Algorithm and Data Products (ADP) Program

Shuang Qiu, PSGS, Suitland, MD; and L. Zhou, L. Rokke, and W. W. Wolf

515

Potential Difficulties for GOES-R to Extract Aerosol Optical Depth and Surface PM2.5 in An Urban Environment

Julia He, City College of New York NOAA CREST, New York, NY; and A. J. Picon, L. Cordero, B. Madhavan, B. Gross, and F. Moshary

516

Atmospheric Motion Vectors Derived Via a New Nested Tracking Algorithm Developed for the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)

Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, Camp Springs, MD; and W. Bresky, S. Wanzong, and C. S. Velden

517

NPOESS Preparatory Project Discrepancy Report Assessment Team

Ashley Nechole Griffin, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS/PRAXIS, Lanham, MD; and H. Kilcoyne and N. Baker

518

Evaluation of IR Land Surface Emissivity Model Impacts on GFS

Tong Zhu, CIRA/NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and F. Weng

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

4:00 PM-5:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Session 5

Preparing the User Community for the Next Generation of LEO and GEO Environmental Satellites I

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Thomas F. Lee, NRL; Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS

4:00 PM

5.1

Glimpsing the FIRST Products FROM VIIRS

Thomas F. Lee, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. D. Hawkins, A. P. Kuciauskas, K. Richardson, J. Solbrig, and S. D. Miller

4:15 PM

5.2

Dramatic Improvements to Nighttime Imaging with the VIIRS DAY/Night Band

Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. F. Lee, C. Elvidge, and J. D. Hawkins

4:30 PM

5.3

Visualizing VIIRS Via NexSat

Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and S. D. Miller, T. Lee, J. Hawkins, J. Solbrig, K. Richardson, M. Surratt, and J. Kent

4:45 PM

5.4

Early Transition and Use of NPP/VIIRS and GOES-R ABI and GLM Products by NWS Forecast Offices

Kevin K. Fuell, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and M. Smith and G. J. Jedlovec

5:00 PM

5.5

GOES-R Proving Ground - Demonstrating GOES-R Products in 2011

Bonnie Reed, JPSS / Science and Technology Corporation, Lanham, MD; and M. DeMaria, S. J. Goodman, J. Gurka, D. Reynolds, and C. W. Siewert

5:15 PM

5.6

Training in the NOAA Satellite Proving Ground

Anthony Mostek, NOAA/NWS, Boulder, CO; and J. Gurka, T. J. Schmit, and L. Spayd Jr.

5:30 PM-6:30 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

Awards Banquet Reception in the Exhibit Hall

7:00 PM-10:00 PM: Wednesday, 25 January 2012

92nd AMS Awards Banquet

Thursday, 26 January 2012

8:30 AM-9:45 AM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Session 6

From Sensors to Data Products III

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS; John Furgerson, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS

8:30 AM

6.1

ISCCP: Pathfinder for R2O

William B. Rossow, CREST/City College of New York, New York, NY

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

6.2

First Light Over Land: Latest VIIRS Results From the NPP/JPSS Land Validation Program

Jeffrey L. Privette, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and I. A. Csiszar, C. O. Justice, and M. Román

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

6.3

Establishing Active Fire Data Continuity Between Aqua MODIS and NPP VIIRS

Ivan A. Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and W. Schroeder, L. Giglio, C. O. Justice, and E. Ellicott

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

6.4

Applications of Atms/CrIS Soundings to Tropical Cyclone Analysis and Forecasting

Mark DeMaria, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and J. A. Knaff, A. B. Schumacher, J. F. Dostalek, and R. T. DeMaria

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

6.5

The 10.35 Micrometer Band: A More Appropriate Window Band for GOES-R ABI Than 11.2?

Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and T. J. Schmit, W. M. MacKenzie Jr., L. Grasso, M. M. Gunshor, and C. P. Jewett

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Exhibit Hours

9:45 AM-11:00 AM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

11:00 AM-12:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Session 7

Preparing the User Community for the Next Generation of LEO and GEO Environmental Satellites II

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Gary McWilliams, JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory; Wendy Abshire, UCAR/COMET

11:00 AM

7.1

Training University Faculty to Teach Future Meteorologists to Incorporate GOES-R Data in the Forecast Process

Elizabeth Mulvihill Page, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and S. Q. Kidder, W. Schreiber-Abshire, and B. Guarente

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

7.2

Satellite Meteorology Education Resources Freely Available From COMET

Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Abshire

11:30 AM

7.3

McIDAS-V : Visualization and Analysis Capabilities for JPSS

Thomas D. Rink, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Jasmin and T. Achtor

11:45 AM

7.4

Community Satellite Processing Package (CSPP) – A Critical Infrastructure towards Building a Sustained Global User Capability for NPP/JPSS Real Time Regional (RTR) Applications

Hung-Lung Allen Huang, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. Gumley and K. Strabala

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM-1:30 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Lunch Break

T. N. Krishnamurti Symposium Luncheon

Location: Room 345 (New Orleans Convention Center )

1:30 PM-3:00 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Session 8

Algorithm Development and Cal/Val II

Location: Room 343/344 (New Orleans Convention Center )

Host: Eighth Annual Symposium on Future Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems; Andrew K. Heidinger, NOAA/NESDIS

1:30 PM

8.1

Observations of the Inner Planets by the GOES Imagers and Application to the Calibration of the Advanced Baseline Imager's Thermal Infrared Channels

James C. Bremer Sr., Research Support Instruments, Inc., Lanham, MD; and X. Wu, J. P. Douglas, M. Weinreb, and H. Bysal

Recorded Presentation

Poster PDF (270.5 kB)

1:45 PM

8.2

Development of An Advanced Technique for Mapping and Monitoring Sea and Lake Ice for the Future GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI)

Rouzbeh Nazari, NOAA-CREST/City Univ. of New York, New York, NY; and R. Khanbilvardi

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

8.3

Satellite Product Inter-Comparisons Using the NOAA Products Validation System (NPROVS) and Plans for NPP Cal/Val Support

Tony Reale, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, Suitland, MD; and B. Sun, M. Pettey, F. Tilley, and C. Brown

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

8.4

A Scaling Methodology to Compare Land Surface Temperature Products Derived From the Visible Infrared Imager Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) and Measured by the US Climate Reference Network (CRN)

Pierre C. Guillevic, Cooperative Institute for Climate and Satellites (CICS-NC), Asheville, NC; and J. L. Privette, B. Coudert, E. Davis, T. P. Meyers, M. Palecki, J. A. Augustine, and C. Ottlé

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (902.9 kB)

2:30 PM

8.5

CERES Flight MODEL 5 On NPP: PRE-Launch PERFORMANCE and SDR Validation

Kory J. Priestley, NASA/LARC, Hampton, VA; and G. L. Smith and S. Thomas

2:45 PM

8.6

The GOES-R Air Quality Proving Ground: Building An Air Quality User Community for the Next Generation of Products

Raymond M. Hoff, JCET/Univ. of Maryland Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD; and H. Zhang, A. Huff, S. Kondragunta, C. Xu, P. Ciren, S. A. Christopher, and E. S. Yang

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM-3:05 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Registration Closes

3:00 PM-3:30 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

Coffee Break

Meet the President

5:00 PM-5:05 PM: Thursday, 26 January 2012

AMS 92nd Annual Meeting Adjourns

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