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Joint Satellite Program Poster Session II

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Wednesday, 7 January 2015: 2:30 PM-4:00 PM
Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 11th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Third Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )
Organizers:  Kenneth Carey, Earth Resources Technology (ERT), Inc., Laurel, MD
Cochairs:  Derek J. Posselt, AOSS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI; Christopher S. Velden, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; George P. Kablick III, Atmospheric & Oceanic Science, University of Maryland, College Par, College Park, MD; Jim G. Yoe, NOAA/NESDIS, Suitland, MD and Gary McWilliams, JPSS Program Office/Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD

Papers:
 
603
Snowfall Rate Retrieval Using Passive Microwave Measurements and Its Applications in Weather Forecast and Hydrology
Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, C. Kongoli, B. Yan, L. Zhao, J. Dong, N. Y. Wang, and B. T. Zavodsky

 
604
Testing, Troubleshooting and Integrating Changes to Joint Polar Satellite Systems (JPSS) Algorithms using Algorithm Development Library (ADL)
Bigyani Das, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/IMSG, College Park, MD; and W. Wolf, W. Chen, M. Tsidulko, Y. Zhao, V. Mikles, K. Sprietzer, and V. Dharmawardane

Handout (1.1 MB)

 
605
JPSS-1 xDR Requirements Verification: Pre-Launch to Post-Launch Plans
Murty G. Divakarla, IM Systems Group, Inc., Rockville, MD; and L. Zhou, X. Liu, W. Wolf, E. Gottshall, J. Feeley, T. Atkins, R. S. Steadley, and R. Godin

 
606
Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) Support To Cloud Radiance Assimilation
Quanhua Liu, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and P. van Delst, D. Groff, H. Liu, E. H. Liu, M. Chen, A. Collard, S. A. Boukabara, F. Weng, and J. C. Derber

 
607
Effect of Solar Irradiance Fluctuations on S-NPP Reflective Band Calibration
Yelena Savranskaya, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and J. Wicker, E. Haas, J. Cardema, and F. De Luccia
Manuscript (2.2 MB)

Handout (2.5 MB)

 
608
 
609
SUOMI NPP/VIIRS: Improvements in land cover monitoring and socioeconomic services
Felix Kogan, NOAA, College Park, MD; and M. Goldberg, T. B. Schott, and W. Guo

 
612
SNPP ATMS Striping Mitigation and Its Impacts on Numerical Weather Prediction
Xiaolei Zou, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Ma and F. Weng

 
613
Improvement of the Satellite-Based Microwave Physical Retrieval of Temperature and Water Vapor in NUCAPS
FLAVIO Iturbide-Sanchez, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and A. Gambacorta, Q. Liu, T. Reale, N. R. Nalli, C. Tan, and B. Sun

 
614
JPSS CGS Architectural Overview and Technical Performance Measures
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and K. Grant and M. Jamilkowski

Handout (5.4 MB)

 
615
Adding a Mission to the JPSS CGS
Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and K. Grant and M. Jamilkowski

Handout (5.8 MB)

 
616
Ensuring Continuity in the Earth Radiation Budget Climate Data Record: Radiation Budget Instrument
G. Louis Smith, Science Systems and Applications, Inc., Hampton, VA; and K. J. Priestley, M. Shankar, and N. Loeb

 
617
In-Flight Radiometric Calibration of SNPP VIIRS using Rayleigh scattering over oceanic oligotrophic regions
Alain Sei, Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems, Redondo Beach, CA; and B. Hauss, P. Pratt, and R. Frouin

 
618
MetEd Satellite Education Resources for GOES-R, S-NPP and JPSS User Readiness
Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and W. Schreiber-Abshire and M. Weingroff

Handout (1.2 MB)

 
619
Maintaining JPSS Product Quality
Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and W. Ibrahim, K. F. Brueske, and P. Smit

 
620
Rapid Algorithm Integration in the JPSS CGS
Kerry Grant, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and S. W. Miller and M. Jamilkowski

 
621
IMAPP: Supporting the Aqua and Terra Operational Community
Rebecca M. Cintineo, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and K. I. Strabala, L. E. Gumley, A. Huang, E. Borbas, E. Weisz, and B. Pierce

Handout (9.5 MB)

 
622
The TANSO-FTS-2 Instrument for the GOSAT-2 Greenhouse Gas Monitoring Mission
Ronald J. Glumb, Exelis Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and C. Lietzke, J. Bougher, A. D. Bell, and C. Ellsworth

Handout (2.6 MB)

 
623
Demonstrating S-NPP VIIRS Imagery via Naval Research Laboratory Satellite Websites
Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and J. Hawkins, J. E. Solbrig, R. L. Bankert, K. A. Richardson, M. L. Surratt, S. D. Miller, and J. Kent

 
624
SNPP VIIRS Solar Diffuser BRDF Degradation Trend Changes in Early 2014
Evan Haas, The Aerospace Corporation, El Segundo, CA; and F. J. DeLuccia
Manuscript (1.4 MB)

 
626
Testing the new land data sets in the NCEP parallel GFS
Helin Wei, NOAA/NCEP/EMC, College Park, MD; and M. B. Ek, J. Meng, and W. Zheng

 
629
Suomi NPP Day/Night Band (DNB) low light radiometry and long term radiometric characteristics
Lushalan Liao, Northrop Grumman Corporation, Redondo Beach, CA; and C. K. Liang

 
631
Development of Cloud Product toward Next Generation Geostationary Meteorological Satellites Himawari-8/9
Masahiro Hayashi, Meteorological Satellite Center of Japan Meteorological Agency, Kiyose, Japan

Handout (421.5 kB)

 
633
 
634
Cyclone Center: A Crowd Sourcing Application of the HURSAT-B1 Data Record
Christopher C. Hennon, Univ. of North Carolina, Asheville, NC; and K. R. Knapp, C. J. Schreck III, J. P. Kossin, and S. E. Stevens

Handout (345.5 kB)

 
635
HIRS-Derived Temperature and Humidity Profiles and Comparisons with Radiosonde Observations and GPS RO Derived Profiles
Lei Shi, NOAA/NESDIS/NCDC, Asheville, NC; and J. L. Matthews, Q. Yang, and S. P. Ho

 
639
Comparing Vertical Distributions of Cloud Liquid Water and Ice from MODIS Collections 5 and 6 to CMIP5 Model Simulations
Katherine Pitts, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri
Manuscript (2.1 MB)

Handout (14.3 MB)

 
640
The Radiation Budget Instrument (RBI): A New Standard for Measuring the Earth's Radiation Balance
Ronald J. Glumb, Exelis Geospatial Systems, Fort Wayne, IN; and C. Lietzke, S. Luce, R. Leszczynski, G. White, and H. Latvakoski

Handout (1.6 MB)

 
641
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) Use of Space Link Extension (SLE) Protocol
Michael Jamilkowski, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services (IIS), Greenbelt, MD; and G. Cordier, L. M. Roberts, and C. J. Tillery

 
642
The Solar Irradiance Climate Data Record
Odele Coddington, Laboratory of Atmospheric and Space Physics, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and J. Lean, P. Pilewskie, M. Snow, and D. Lindholm

 
644
Performance and Capabilities of the New Compact Ocean Wind Vector Radiometer System
Shannon Thomas Brown, JPL and California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and P. Focardi, A. Kitiyakara, F. Maiwald, O. Montes, S. Padmanabhan, R. Redick, D. Russell, J. Wincentsen, F. Wentz, K. Hilburn, and T. Meissner

 
645
Assimilating GPM/GMI and TRMM/TMI Microwave Radiance Data With GEOS-5
Jianjun Jin, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and M. J. Kim, W. McCarty, S. Akella, and W. Gu

 
646
Developing Climate Data Records from Microwave Water Vapor Channels
Isaac Moradi, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, J. Beuchamp, H. Meng, and T. Smith

 
648
Reprocessing NOAA's Geo-Polar Sea Surface Temperature Analysis
Xiaofang Zhu, Global Science and Technology, inc, College Park, MD; and E. Maturi, J. Mittaz, A. Harris, C. M. Eakin, A. Ignatov, and X. Zhou

 
649
A Unified and Coherent Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity (LST&E) Earth System Data Record (ESDR) for Earth Science Research
Pierre C. Guillevic, Jet propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA; and G. Hulley, S. Hook, C. Hain, E. Borbas, R. T. Pinker, M. C. Anderson, and R. Knuteson

 
650
Interpreting AMSR-E Liquid Water Path Products in Warm Precipitating Clouds using MODIS and CloudSat
Tom Greenwald, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz, M. Lebsock, and C. O'Dell

 
651
A CERES-Consistent Cloud Property Climate Data Record From AVHRR Data
Patrick Minnis, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA; and B. Kristopher, D. David, K. Seiji, Q. Z. Trepte, B. Sarah, S. Benjamin, Y. Christopher, K. Konstantin, H. Gang, K. Mandana, P. Rabindra, G. Arun, B. Rajendra, H. Conor, S. Alok, and P. W. Heck

 
652
Global Top-of-Atmosphere Broadband Shortwave and Longwave Fluxes Derived from AVHRR
Mandana M. Khaiyer, SSAI, Hampton, VA ; and P. Minnis, K. M. Bedka, S. Kato, W. F. Miller, A. K. Shrestha, C. R. Yost, M. L. Nordeen, and B. Scarino

 
653
PERSIANN-CDR Daily Precipitation Used for High Resolution Long-term Trend Analysis of Global Precipitation Extreme
Hamed Ashouri, University of California, Irvine, CA; and K. L. Hsu, S. Sorooshian, and D. Braithwaite

 
654
Merged Satellite Microwave Radiometer Data Products for Climate Studies
Deborah K. Smith, Remote Sensing Systems, Santa Rosa, CA; and C. A. Mears, K. A. Hilburn, and L. Ricciardulli

Handout (3.4 MB)

 
655
Leaf Area Index and Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation Thematic Climate Data Record from AVHRR
Martin claverie, University of Maryland, College Park, DC; and E. Vermote and C. O. Justice

Handout (3.8 MB)

 
657
A Systematic Approach to Building Climate Data Records (CDRs)
Daniel Wunder, Global Science and Technology Inc., Asheville, NC; and W. J. Glance and X. Zhao

Handout (685.8 kB)

 
658
Systematic Evaluation of AIRS Version 6 Thermodynamic Phase, Effective Diameter, and Optical Depth Retrievals
Volkan H. Firat, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. L. Nasiri and B. H. Kahn

 
661
A Comparison Of SSM/I-Derived Global Marine Surface Specific Humidity Datasets
John Prytherch, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom; and E. C. Kent, S. Fangohr, and D. I. Berry

Handout (14.7 MB)

 
662
Improving the Quality of Extreme Precipitation Estimates Using Satellite Passive Microwave Rainfall Retrievals
Veljko Petkovic, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and C. D. Kummerow
Manuscript (998.8 kB)

 
664A
Snowfall Observations at NASA Wallops FLight Facility
Jorel Torres, Department of Atmospheric and Environmental Sciences, Rapid City, SD; and A. Tokay, D. Kliche, D. B. Wolff, L. F. Bliven, and W. A. Petersen

 
665
Microwave Remote Sensing of Lake-Effect Snow in the GPM Era
Mark S. Kulie, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and S. A. Tushaus, Y. You, and N. Y. Wang

 
667
Improving satellite precipitation detection using Global Precipitation Measurement mission (GPM) and Ground Based Radar (NMQ)
Michael Angelo DiRosa, Colorado State University, Annandale-On-Hudson, NY; and J. King and C. D. Kummerow

 
668
GPM Snowfall Retrievals: Information Gained from Day 1 GPROF Empirical Databases
Marian E. Mateling, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. S. Kulie

 
669
Recent Improvements to the GOES-R Rainfall Rate Algorithm
Yaping Li, I. M. Systems Group, College Park, MD; and R. J. Kuligowski and Y. Hao

 
670
Improvement and Validation of NESDIS Satellite Snowfall Rate Algorithm
Jun Dong, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and H. Meng, C. Kongoli, and R. R. Ferraro

 
671
Improved ANN method for retrieving Asian dust AOT and altitude from AIRS measurements
Byeong-Gwon Kim, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea; and H. Han and B. J. Sohn

 
672
Aerosol Correction for Improving OMPS/LP Ozone Retrieval
Zhong Chen, SSAI, Lanham, MD; and P. K. Bhartia and R. Loughman

 
673
The MTG-IRS Level 2 Processor: background
Stephen A. Tjemkes, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Antonelli, C. Serio, E. Holm, J. L. Moncet, G. Masiello Sr., and R. Stuhlmann

Handout (584.1 kB)

 
675
JPSS System Architecture S-NPP to the Future
Arron Layns, NOAA/NESDIS, Lanham, MD; and J. Furgerson, J. Feeley, A. N. Griffin, and G. Trumbower

 
676
Routine Validation of the GOES-R Multi-Satellite Processing System Framework
William Straka III, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. Wolf, S. Sampson, G. Quinn, R. Garcia, G. Martin, R. Rollins, M. Fan, and E. Schiffer

 
677
GOES-R AIT: Near-Real-Time Processing
Hua Xie, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and M. Fan, S. Sampson, W. Wolf, J. Lindeman, Y. Zhao, A. Li, and J. Daniels

 
678
GOES-R AIT: Configuration Management
Yunhui Zhao, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and S. Sampson, W. Wolf, and R. Garcia