Program: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems (97th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Coffee Break (6th Floor Foyer)

Location: Washington State Convention Center

Session 1

The New GOES-R Instruments and Their Advanced Capabilities- Part I (Invited)

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Steven J. Goodman, NESDIS; Jaime Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS

11:00 AM

1.1

The GOES-R Spacecraft Mission Series Magnetometer

Paul T. M. Loto'aniu, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and R. Redmon, D. Chu, M. Todirita, J. Kronenwetter, S. Macintyre, C. Chastain, R. Dence, H. J. Singer, E. Shoemaker, A. Grimes, D. Westbury, D. Carter, and W. Rowland

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

1.2

New Energetic Particle Observations at Geosynchronous by the GOES-R Series Space Environment In‐Situ Suite (SEISS)

Brian Kress, NOAA/NCEI, Boulder, CO; and A. Boudouridis, J. J. Connell, W. F. Denig, B. Dichter, D. Flanagan, G. Galica, M. Golightly, C. Lopate, J. McGarity, P. A. Puhl-Quinn, M. Renfroe, F. J. Rich, J. V. Rodriguez, W. Rowland, C. Tanner, and S. Tsui

11:30 AM

1.3

The Extreme Ultraviolet and X-Ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) on GOES-R: Measurements, Calibration, Validation, and Data Products

Francis G. Eparvier, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and T. N. Woods, A. R. Jones, M. Snow, D. L. Woodraska, E. M. B. Thiemann, W. E. McClintock, M. Anfinson, R. A. Viereck, J. L. Machol, M. Todirita, G. J. Comeyne, and S. K. Tadikonda

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

1.4

GLM: Adventures in Post-Launch Test

Samantha F. Edgington, Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, CA; and C. E. Tillier, P. M. Bitzer, H. J. Christian Jr., M. D. Rafal, and S. J. Goodman

Recorded Presentation

12:00 PM

First Light ABI Image - Steve Goodman

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Lecture 1

Walter Orr Roberts Lecture

Location: Conference Center: Tahoma 2 (Washington State Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 31st Conference on Hydrology; the 29th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 26th Symposium on Education; the 21st Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface; the 19th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 15th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 14th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; the 14th Conference on Space Weather; the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Major Weather Impacts of 2016; the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Ninth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions; the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy; the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health; the Eighth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the Seventh Symposium on Advances in Modeling and Analysis Using Python; the Fifth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Fifth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the Second Symposium on US-International Partnerships; and the 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment )

Speaker: Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA

1:30 PM

L1.1

Developing Climate Risk Information for Cities: Key Findings from UCCRN ARC3.2

Cynthia Rosenzweig, NASA, New York City, NY

Recorded Presentation

Session 2

The New GOES-R Instruments and Their Advanced Capabilities- Part II (Invited)

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Chair: Steven J. Goodman, NESDIS

1:30 PM

2.1

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

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Madison, WI; and M. M. Gunshor, R. B. Pierce, J. Daniels, and S. J. Goodman

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

2.2

GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI): The Next Generation of Geostationary Imager Weather and Environmental Products

Paul C. Griffith, Harris, Fort Wayne, IN; and W. J. Lebair, T. J. Schmit, X. Wu, and J. Van Naarden

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

First Light ABI Image - Steve Goodman

Recorded Presentation

Session 3

JPSS Continuity from Suomi NPP to JPSS-1

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Chair: Mitchell D. Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS

2:00 PM

3.1

The Contribution of Operational and Research Applications from the Joint Polar Satellite System to Societal Benefits through Proving Ground Initiatives

Mitchell Goldberg, JPSS, Lanham, MD

2:15 PM

3.2

NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System's Proving Ground and Risk Reduction (PGRR) Program – PGRR Projects Focusing JPSS Capabilities on Increasingly Complex Environmental Challenges

Bill Sjoberg, NOAA/NWS, Lanham, MD; and M. Goldberg

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )

Poster Session 1

GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session I

Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Gary McWilliams, NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation; Tim Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

241

Assessing the Effect of Satellite Viewing Geometry on Retrieved Ice Cloud Particle Surface Roughness Using MISR Satellite Observations

Yi Wang, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX; and S. Hioki, A. Bell, P. Yang, and L. Di Girolamo

Handout (4.3 MB)

242

Satellite Foundation Course for GOES-R: GOES-R (ABI) & Himawari (AHI) Prep

Bill Ward, NWS, Honolulu, HI

243

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) Technical Performance Measures of the Block 2 Architecture

Kerry Grant, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO; and S. W. Miller and M. Panas

244

Validation and Comparisons of Suomi NPP OMPS Limb Profiler Ozone Measurements

Steven Nicholas Buckner, Hampton University, Hampton, VA; and L. Flynn, M. P. McCormick, and J. Anderson

245

Multi-Mission Satellite Management

Kerry Grant, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO; and B. Dougherty and M. Teter

246

GOES-R Launch: Overview of Baseline Level 2 Products Generated from End-to-End Analysis and Testing

Paul A. Van Rompay, Atmospheric and Environmental Research, Inc., Greenbelt, MD; and E. J. Kennelly, A. O. Schutte III, W. Wolf, S. Sampson, R. Kaiser, H. E. Snell, and T. S. Zaccheo

247

A Comparison of Normalized Difference Vegetation Indices from Geostationary and Low Earth Orbiting Satellites

Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and D. T. Lindsey

248

Progress Towards MODIS and VIIRS Cloud Fraction Data Record Continuity

Steven Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. A. Frey, R. E. Holz, S. Platnick, and A. Heidinger

249

GOES-R Core Ground System Technical Performance

Robert Basta, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and A. Weiner

Handout (1.5 MB)

250

GOES-R: Overview of Baseline Level 2 Products Generated from End-to-End Analysis and Testing

August O. Schutte III, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and R. Kaiser, T. S. Zaccheo, P. A. Van Rompay, H. E. Snell, W. W. Wolf, and S. Sampson

251

Towards Persistent Global Environmental Intelligence – Observations Lead the Way

Harlan Yates, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and T. Jordan and P. Kota

Undefined GPS Spacecraft Sidelobes and Radio Occultation

252

NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System's (JPSS) Proving Ground and Risk Reduction (PGRR) Program – The Innovative Use of JPSS Capabilities by NOAA Line Offices

Bill Sjoberg, NOAA/NWS, Lanham, MD; and M. Goldberg

253

The Pre-Landfall Atmospheric Environment of a Typhoon Observed By the Himawari-8 AHI

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

254

Common Ground Through Open Interfaces

Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and K. D. Grant and M. Panas

255

Satellite Data Product and Data Dissemination Updates for the SPoRT Sea Surface Temperature Composite Product

Bradley T. Zavodsky, NASA/MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and F. J. LaFontaine, E. Berndt, P. Meyer, and G. J. Jedlovec

The JPSS Ground Segment Algorithm Testing and Integration Process

256

Overview of Improved Data Products from the JPSS Block 2.0 System

Jeffrey Weinrich, JPSS, Washington, DC; and A. Layns, B. Reed, and L. Zhao

257

The Impact of Regional Focus Group (RFG) Activities on the Use of Current Satellite Data and Images by Meteorological Personnel with Implications for New Satellite Use

Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and L. Veeck, M. Davison, K. A. Caesar, and V. Castro

Handout (898.9 kB)

258

Overview of the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS), NOAA's Proving Ground Initiative on Critical Weather Applications, Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP) Impact Studies and Data Assimilation

Chowdhury Nazmi, Noblis/NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS, Lanham, MD; and L. J. Dunlap and M. D. Goldberg

259

JPSS and GOES-R Multispectral Imagery Applications and Product Development at CIRA

Curtis J. Seaman, CIRA, Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller, D. T. Lindsey, and D. W. Hillger

Handout (7.0 MB)

Poster 260 has been moved. New paper number is 11.4A

261

Converging Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation Techniques: A Data Fusion Approach for Near-real-time 4D Analyses

Erin Jones, Riverside Technology, Inc. and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and E. Maddy, K. Garrett, S. A. Boukabara, B. Johnson, L. Liu, and K. Kumar

Session 4

Education, Training, and User Readiness for the GOES-R and JPSS Series

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Kathryn W. Mozer, NOAA; Amy Stevermer, UCAR/COMET

4:00 PM

4.1

The Satellite Foundational Course for GOES-R: A Collection of Lessons to Prepare National Weather Service Forecasters for GOES-R

Bill Ward, NWS, Honolulu, HI; and A. Mostek, R. Van Til, L. Spayd Jr., F. W. Alsheimer, M. T. Stavish, D. Nietfeld, B. C. Carcione, N. Eckstein, W. Abshire, P. Dills, G. T. Stano, J. G. LaDue, M. A. Bowlan, D. Bikos, B. H. Connell, E. Szoke, E. L. Dagg, S. Bachmeier, S. Lindstrom, J. Gerth, and T. Schmit

4:15 PM

4.2

New Satellites, New Sensors, New Products: COMET's MetEd Training Resources to Assist with User Readiness

Patrick Dills, UCAR/COMET, Boulder, CO; and A. Stevermer and R. A. Jeffries

4:30 PM

4.3

Visualizing New-Generation Geostationary Satellite Imagery with SIFT

Jordan J. Gerth, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and D. Hoese, R. Garcia, S. Lindstrom, and K. Strabala

4:45 PM

4.4

The National Weather Service Satellite User Readiness Mission Realized Through the Total Operational Weather Readiness – Satellites (TOWR-S) Project

Eric M. Guillot, Integrity Applications Inc for the National Weather Service Office of Observations, Silver Spring, MD; and M. W. Johnson, J. K. Zajic, L. A. Byerle, M. Comerford, and B. Rapp

5:00 PM

4.5

Utility of JPSS Products for NWS forecasters

Jorel Torres, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and B. H. Connell and S. D. Miller

5:15 PM

4.6

Satellite User Readiness Through Training: VISIT, SHyMet, WMO VLab and Liaisons

Bernadette H. Connell, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. Bikos, S. Lindstrom, J. Torres, E. J. Szoke, E. L. Dagg, A. B. Schumacher, A. S. Bachmeier, A. Mostek, B. C. Motta, M. Davison, and L. Veeck

Handout (1.4 MB)

Reception and Exhibits Opening

Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )

Third Annual Speed Networking Event for Students and Early Career Professionals

Location: Atrium Lobby (Washington State Convention Center )

Joint Session 3

Gary K. Davis Memorial Session: National and International Program Overviews for Environmental Satellites (Invited)

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Chair: Robert Winokur, Former Deputy Oceanographer of the Navy

8:30 AM

Satellite Mission Innovator and Leader - Opening Remarks by Bob Winokur

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

J3.1

NESDIS Program Overview and Strategic Direction

Stephen M. Volz, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

9:00 AM

J3.2

GOES-R: The Future of NOAA's Geostationary Environmental Satellites

Michael Stringer, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and G. Mandt

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J3.3

Joint Polar Satellite System: the United States New Generation Civilian Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System

Ajay Mehta, JPSS, Lanham, MD; and H. Cikanek and D. M. Goldberg

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J3.4

Status of EUMETSAT Satellite Programs: Towards the Next Generation Meteorological Satellites

Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and B. Bojkov, P. Schluessel, R. Stuhlmann, L. Schueller, M. Cohen, A. Schmid, D. Provost, and S. Burns

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J3.5

Gary Davis: A Satellite Man

Donald E. Hinsman, Retired, Santa Fe, NM

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )

Joint Session 4

Select Student Research for New Generation Environmental Remote Sensing and for Transitions of Research to Operations

Location: 612 (Washington State Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )

Cochairs: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis Affiliate; Jason Apke, University of Alabama in Huntsville

10:30 AM

J4.1

Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud-base Updrafts for Marine Stratocumulus

Youtong Zheng, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and D. Rosenfeld and Z. Li

Recorded Presentation

Handout (1.0 MB)

10:45 AM

J4.2

Cross Validation of Hail Signature from Ground Radar and GPM-DPR

Karthik Ganesan, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and M. Le

11:00 AM

J4.3

Analysis of Relationships in Deep Convection between Super Rapid Scan Geostationary Satellite Derived Cloud Top Outflow, Updrafts and Total Lightning

Jason Apke, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski, C. P. Jewett, E. W. McCaul Jr., and L. D. Carey

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J4.4

Forecasting Left-Moving Supercells Using an Ensemble Data Assimilation System

Cameron J. Nixon, NSSL, Norman, OK; and T. A. Jones

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J4.5

A Regime Based Climatological Assessment of WRF Simulated Deep Convection and Associated Precipitation

Brooke A. Hagenhoff, Univ. of North Dakota, Grand Forks, ND; and A. Kennedy, J. Wang, and X. Dong

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (262.5 kB)

11:45 AM

J4.6

Towards Consistency in Forecasting Severe Weather Events across a Wide Range of Temporal and Spatial Scales in the FACETs Paradigm

Makenzie Krocak, OU/CIMMS and NOAA/NSSL, Norman, OK; and H. E. Brooks

Recorded Presentation

Session 5

Achieving Climate Quality Data from Weather Satellites

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Mitchell D. Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

10:30 AM

5.1

Suomi NPP CrIS Reprocessed SDR Long-Term Accuracy and Stability

Yong Chen, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Han, L. Wang, F. Weng, and N. Sun

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

5.2

Reprocessing of Suomi NPP SDR Data for Weather and Climate Applications

Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

5.3

Achieving Climate Quality Measurements of Precipitable Water Vapor from Hyperspectral Infrared Sensors on Weather Satellites

Robert O. Knuteson, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and J. A. Roman and S. Ackerman

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

5.4

Progress towards NASA MODIS and VIIRS Cloud Optical Property Data Record Continuity

Steven Platnick, GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and K. Meyer, G. Wind, N. Amarasinghe, R. Holz, S. A. Ackerman, and A. Heidinger

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

5.5

Toward a Consistent Land Long Term Climate Data Records from Large Field of View Polar Orbiting Earth Observation Satellites

Eric Vermote, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and J. C. Roger, B. Franch, C. O. Justice, I. Csiszar, S. devadiga, and E. Masuoka

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

5.6

Converting Geostationary Narrowband Radiances to Fluxes for the CERES SYN1deg Product

Forrest J. Wrenn IV, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling, L. C. Nguyen, and R. I. Raju

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (719.4 kB)

Lunch Break

Session 6

Ensuring the Data Continuity from the Environmental Satellite Constellation (Core Science Keynote)

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Steve Ackerman, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin; Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

1:30 PM

6.1

The WIGOS View of Observational Data Requirements for Weather, Climate and Water in the Coming Decades

Lars Peter Riishojgaard, WMO, Geneva, Switzerland

Recorded Presentation

6.2

Support to the Satellite Needs Working Group

2:00 PM

6.2A

Data Fusion of Environmental Data Based on Converging Remote Sensing and Data Assimilation Techniques

Kevin Garrett, Riverside Technology, Inc. and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and E. Maddy, S. A. Boukabara, E. Jones, B. Johnson, L. Liu, and K. Kumar

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

6.3

The OSTM/Jason-2 Transition to the NOAA Jason Ground System (NJGS): A Case Study in Operational Continuity

Kirill Lokshin, Ingenicomm, Inc., Chantilly, VA; and F. Tao and A. Puri

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )

Poster Session 2

GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session II

Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Gary McWilliams, NESDIS JPSS Program Office/Science and Technology Corporation; Michael L. Jamilkowski, Col USAF Ret and AMS Fellow

733

Analysis of Cumulus Cloud-Top Properties for 0-1 hour Convective Initiation Nowcasting using Himawari-8 Infrared and Visible Fields

Seongmin Kim, University of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and J. R. Mecikalski and C. P. Jewett

Handout (1.1 MB)

734

Advances in STAR Integrated Calibration/Validation System (ICVS) for Instrument Status, Data Quality, and Application Monitoring

Ninghai Sun, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR/Satellite Meteorology and Climatology Division, College Park, MD; and F. Weng

735

Modeling Additional Missions in the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS)

Kerry Grant, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO; and S. Miller

736

Identifying Stratospheric Air Intrusions and Associated Hurricane-Force Wind Events over the North Pacific Ocean

Kelsey M. Malloy, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and M. J. Folmer, J. Phillips, J. M. Sienkiewicz, and E. Berndt

737

Promoting GOES-R User Readiness in National Weather Service (NWS) Operations Using the Weather Event Simulator (WES-2 Bridge)

738

Operational Products from New Generation Satellite Sensors at the Navy's Fleet Numerical Meteorology and Oceanography Center

Yiping Wang, FNMOC, Monterey, CA; and J. Tesmer, P. J. Mccrone, and J. Vermeulen

739

Support to the Satellite Needs Working Group

Robert Reining, NOAA/NESDIS/TPIO, Silver Spring, MD; and M. LaJoie, V. Ries, J. D. Taylor, and M. Yuen-Murphy

740

Himawari Support In The CSPP-GEO Direct Broadcast Package

Geoff Cureton, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and G. Martin

741

CSPP Geo GRB: GOES-R Rebroadcast Reconstruction for Everyone

Nick Bearson, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and T. Jasmin, S. Mindock, J. Braun, and G. Martin

742

Successful Installation of GRB and Himawari 8 Ground Stations at National and International Weather Offices

Liz Nielsen, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and T. Bauer and K. Traver

743

Results of a Cloud-Based Enterprise Ground Ground System

Justin Sanchez, Harris Coporation, Melbourne, FL

GOES-R Ground Readiness at the Aviation Weather Center

744

CSPP SDR 3.0 - Support for SNPP and JPSS1 in One Easy to Use Package

Scott Mindock, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and L. Gumley, K. Strabala, G. Martin, R. K. Garcia, N. A. Bearson, A. Huang, and G. Cureton

Poster 745 has been moved. New paper number is 8.4A

746

Providing the Caribbean Community with VIIRS-Derived Weather Satellite and Dust Model Output in Preparation for African Dust Impacts

Arunas P. Kuciauskas, NRL, Monterey, CA; and P. Lynch, E. J. Hyer, M. I. Oyola, and J. R. Campbell

747

Achieving Climate Quality Inter-Calibration with Accurate Spectral Solar Irradiance (SSI) Measurements from NASA's SORCE and TSIS Missions

Dong L. Wu, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and A. Marshak, J. N. Lee, Y. Yang, M. T. DeLand, S. marchenko, N. A. Krotkov, P. Pilewskie, T. N. Woods, J. Harder, and E. Richard

748

Simulation of Ice Particle Density from 0.05 to 0.9 g/cm3

Guanglin Tang, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. G. Stegmann and P. Yang

Poster 749 has been moved. New paper number is 6.2A

750

Development of a Bow-tie Inversion Technique for Real-time Processing of the GOES-R SEISS MPS-HI Electron Channels and Comparison with the Baseline Matrix Inversion Technique

Athanasios Boudouridis, NOAA-NCEI, Boulder, CO; and J. V. Rodriguez and B. Kress

751

Routine Validation of the GOES-R Multi-Satellite Processing System Framework

William Straka, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and W. W. Wolf, S. Sampson, R. Holz, G. Quinn, R. Garcia, G. Martin, E. Schiffer, and J. M. Daniels

752

Real-Time Proxy GOES-R ABI Data for User Readiness, Ground System Support and Product Evaluation

Thomas Greenwald, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. B. Pierce, K. Bah, J. K. Zajic, and A. L. Lenzen

753

The Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS): Updates for JPSS-1

Laura J. Dunlap, Science and Technology Corporation/JPSS, Lanham, MD

754

Deriving CrIS Detector Nonlinearity from Changing Sensor Background

Mark Esplin, Space Dynamics Laboratory, North Logan, UT; and D. Scott and B. Esplin

Joint Session 6

Advances in Satellite Observations, Earth Science, and Observing Technologies

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; and the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations )

Cochairs: Stephen A. Mango, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Projects, Planning, and Analysis Affiliate; Bruce A. Wielicki, NASA Langley Research Center

4:00 PM

J6.1

COSMIC-2/FORMOSAT-7: Next Generation Radio Occultation Constellation for Weather, Climate and Space Weather Applications

William S. Schreiner, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and J. Weiss and S. Sokolovskiy

Recorded Presentation

J6.2

Compact Mid-Wave Infrared Instrument Design Evaluation for Temperature and Humidity Sounding of the Troposphere

4:15 PM

J6.2A

On the Dependence of Satellite Soundings on Instrument Field-of-View Size — A Study to Support Improvements in the CrIS Sensor Design

William L. Smith Sr., Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. DeSlover, D. Tobin, E. Weisz, H. E. Revercomb, A. Larar, R. O. Knuteson, and L. Borg

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

J6.3

Overview of Current S-NPP NOAA Unique Products and an Introduction to STAR's Research to Operations Transition Process for JPSS-1 ESPC Products

Priyanka Roy, I.M Systems Group, College Park, MD; and W. W. Wolf, T. S. King, and S. Kalluri

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

J6.4

Pre-operational Evaluation of JPSS-1 Science Algorithms and Data Products

Murty G. Divakarla, IMSG, Rockville, MD; and L. Zhou, X. Liu, W. W. Wolf, and A. Layns

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

J6.5

The CERES Flux by Cloud Type Product: Algorithm and Validation

Moguo Sun, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling, R. I. Raju, L. T. C. N. Nguyen, and P. E. Mlynczak

5:15 PM

J6.6A

NGGPS: Operational Implementation Strategy for FV3 based Global Forecast System

Vijay Tallapragada, NOAA, College Park, MD

Session 7

NOAA Satellite Data Operations

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Matthew Seybold, NOAA/NESDIS; Patricia Maloney, The Aerospace Corporation

8:30 AM

7.1

A New Era for NOAA Environmental Satellites: Operations, Products & Access

Natalia Donoho, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and T. Renkevens and J. Taylor

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

7.2

NOAA/NESDIS ESPDS – Enterprise Multi-Mission Operational Product Generation and Distribution for NESDIS

Rich Baker, Solers, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Brogan, G. Wilkinson, R. Niemann, and D. M. Beall

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

7.3

Remote Sharing and Proposed Federal Spectrum Actions - Will Microwave Remote Sensing Be Affected?

David G. Lubar, Aerospace Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO; and B. Backus and D. B. Kunkee

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

7.4

GOES-R Data Release Strategy

Matthew Seybold, NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

7.5

GOES-R: ABI Mode and Mesoscale Domain Sector Request Process

Kathryn W. Mozer, NOAA, College Park, MD; and D. Nietfeld, M. Seybold, J. Fulbright, D. Pogorzala, E. J. McMichael, and W. M. MacKenzie Jr.

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

7.6

Characterization of the Data Volume Generated by the S-NPP Mission to Support Decisions Regarding Data Downlink Resource Management

Laura Ellen Dafoe, Jeffries Technology Solutions, Inc., Herndon, VA

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (23.2 kB)

Handout (20.7 MB)

Joint Session 11

Advances in CubeSats and SmallSats to Improve Earth Science and Weather Forecasting

Location: 3AB (Washington State Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )

Cochairs: George Komar, NASA/GSFC/ESTO; Margaret Caulfield

8:30 AM

J11.1

Technology Development in Support of a Future Earth Observation Nanosatellite-Infrared (EON-IR) Atmospheric Sounder

Thomas Pagano, JPL, Pasadena, CA

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

J11.2

New Small Satellite Capabilities for Microwave Atmospheric Remote Sensing

William J. Blackwell, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J11.3

MISTiC Winds, a Micro-Satellite Constellation Approach to High Resolution Observations of the Atmosphere using Infrared Sounding and 3D Winds Measurements

K. R. Maschhoff, BAE Systems, Nashua, NH

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J11.4

Enabling Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Processes using 6U-Class Small Satellite Constellations: Temporal Experiment for Storms and Tropical Systems Technology Demonstration (TEMPEST-D)

Steven C. Reising, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and T. C. Gaier, C. D. Kummerow, V. Chandrasekar, S. Padmanabhan, B. H. Lim, C. Heneghan, W. Berg, J. P. Olson, S. T. Brown, J. Carvo, and M. Pallas

9:30 AM

J11.5

Challenges of Using Small Satellite Data in Numerical Weather Prediction Models

Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J11.6

There's Nothing "Small" About Small Satellite Constellation Spectrum Use — Need for Good Planning in Crowded Skys

David G. Lubar, Aerospace Corporation, Colorado Springs, CO; and B. Backus

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )

Session 8

Satellite Testbeds and Proving Ground Activities

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Michael J. Folmer, CICS; Bill Sjoberg, NOAA/NWS

10:30 AM

8.1

Applying Himawari and JPSS Satellite Products for Forecasting Rapid Cyclogenesis and Hurricane-force Wind Events

Michael J. Folmer, CICS, College Park, MD; and E. Berndt, E. Stevens, C. Dierking, J. M. Sienkiewicz, J. D. Clark, S. J. Goodman, and M. D. Goldberg

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

8.2

Near Real Time High Resolution All-Weather Atmospheric Total Precipitable Water and Layered Precipitable Water Products from GOES-R ABI and Their Applications in Weather Forecasts

Jun Li, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. Gerth, Y. K. Lee, Z. Li, T. J. Schmit, P. Wang, and S. Bachmeier

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

8.3

Use of JPSS ATMS, CrIS, and VIIRS data to Improve Tropical Cyclone Track and Intensity Forecasting

Galina Chirokova, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and M. DeMaria, R. T. DeMaria, J. Knaff, J. F. Dostalek, and J. L. Beven

8.4

Developing Himawari-8 Near Realtime System at NSMC/CMA

11:15 AM

8.4A

CIRA's Contribution to the NWS GOES-R Proving Ground: A Look Back at Pre-Launch Activities and a Look Ahead to Post-Launch Interactions

Ed Szoke, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CIRA, Boulder, CO; and D. Bikos, B. H. Connell, H. Gosden, S. D. Miller, J. Torres, R. Brummer, D. T. Lindsey, D. W. Hillger, D. A. Molenar, and C. J. Seaman

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

8.5

Evaluating the ProbSevere Model at NWS Eastern and Central Region Weather Forecast Offices

Chad M. Gravelle, National Weather Service Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO; and J. P. Craven and D. B. Radell

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

8.6

15 Years of Satellite-Derived Polar Winds and Counting: Products and Impacts

Jeffrey Key, NOAA, Madison, WI

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 15

Advances in Satellite Observations for Earth Science & Observing Technologies Part I

Location: 3AB (Washington State Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; and the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems )

Cochairs: Robert Bauer, NASA/Earth Science Technology Office; Brian Mischel, Riverside Technology Inc.

10:30 AM

J15.1

CLARREO Pathfinder Mission to ISS: Demonstrating Greatly Increased Accuracy for Reflected Solar Space Based Observations: Calibration and Intercalibration

Bruce Wielicki, NASA, Hampton, VA

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

J15.2

Development of a Compact and Cost Efficient Observational Strategy for the Long-term Measurements of Solar Spectral Irradiance

Erik Richard, Univ. of Colorado, Boulder, CO; and D. Harber, G. Drake, P. Pilewskie, T. N. Woods, N. Tomlin, and J. Lehman

11:00 AM

J15.3

New Technologies for Spaceborne Measurements of the Upper Troposphere and Lower Stratosphere: The Compact Adaptable Microwave Limb Sounder (CAMLS) Project

Nathaniel J. Livesey, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and G. Chattopadhyay, R. Jarnot, J. Kooi, J. Kocz, T. Reck, and R. Stachnik

11:15 AM

J15.4

Differential Absorption Radar for Water Vapor Sounding

Matthew Lebsock, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and L. F. Millan and K. Cooper

11:30 AM

J15.5

A Geostationary Microwave Sounder: What, Why, How, When

Bjorn Lambrigtsen, JPL/California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA; and T. Gaier, A. B. Tanner, P. Kangaslahti, B. Lim, and C. Ruf

11:45 AM

J15.6

GrOAWL: The ATHENA-OAWL Venture Technology Airborne Demonstrator Instrument

Sara C. Tucker, Ball Aerospace, Boulder, CO; and R. M. Hardesty, S. Baidar, and C. Weimer

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Lecture 2

Horton Lecture

Location: 602 (Washington State Convention Center )

Hosts: (Joint between the 20th Conference of Atmospheric Science Librarians International; the Second Symposium on Multi-scale Atmospheric Predictability; the Observation Symposium: Progress, Problems, and Prospects; the 33rd Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; the 29th Conference on Climate Variability and Change; the 28th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting / 24th Conference on Numerical Weather Prediction; the 26th Symposium on Education; the 21st Conference on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface; the 19th Conference on Atmospheric Chemistry; the 18th Conference on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteorology; the 15th Conference on Artificial and Computational Intelligence and its Applications to the Environmental Sciences; the 15th Symposium on the Coastal Environment; the 14th Conference on Polar Meteorology and Oceanography; the 14th Conference on Space Weather; the 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Major Weather Impacts of 2016; the 13th Symposium of the Urban Environment; the 12th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; the Ninth Symposium on Aerosol–Cloud–Climate Interactions; the Eighth Conference on Weather, Climate, Water and the New Energy Economy; the Eighth Conference on Environment and Health; the Eighth Symposium on Lidar Atmospheric Applications; the Eighth Conference on the Meteorological Application of Lightning Data; the Seventh Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 31st Conference on Hydrology; the Fifth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; the Fifth Symposium on Building a Weather-Ready Nation: Enhancing Our Nation’s Readiness, Responsiveness, and Resilience to High Impact Weather Events; the Fifth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation; the Fifth Symposium on Prediction of the Madden-Julian Oscillation: Processes, Prediction and Impact; the Third Symposium on High Performance Computing for Weather, Water, and Climate; the Special Symposium on Greening the Built Environment; and the Events )

Organizer: John B. Eylander, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Lecturer: Hoshin V. Gupta, Univ. of Arizona

Cochairs: Michael Ek, NOAA; David J. Gochis, NCAR; John N. McHenry, Baron Advanced Meteorological Systems, LLC

1:30 PM

L2.1

Learning with Models & Data: A Maximum Entropy Approach (Invited Presentation)

Hoshin V. Gupta, Univ. of Arizona, Tucson, AZ

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (57.5 kB)

Handout (13.3 MB)

Session 9

Direct Broadcast Capabilities for Polar-orbiting and Geostationary Satellites and Their Use in Support of Societal Needs

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Allen Huang, Univ. of Wisconsin; Liam Gumley, CIMSS/Space Science and Engineering Center/Univ. of Wisconsin

1:30 PM

9.1

NOAA Update: Transition to New Direct Readout Systems for New Generation Satellites

Natalia Donoho, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and P. Seymour

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

9.2

Assessment of Forecast Impact from JPSS Direct Readout Data for the Rapid Refresh Mesoscale Model System

Yuanfu Xie, NOAA/ESRL, Boulder, CO; and H. Lin, S. S. Weygandt, and S. G. Benjamin

Recorded Presentation

Handout (3.5 MB)

2:00 PM

9.3

Usage of the VIIRS Day Night Band As an Operational Tool

William Straka, University of WIsconson, Madison, WI; and S. D. Miller, C. J. Seaman, J. Torres, D. T. Lindsey, and E. Stevens

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

9.4

NOAA Real-Time Network of Direct Broadcast Receiving Stations: Access to Real-time Advanced Sounder Data for NWP

Liam E. Gumley, CIMSS/SSEC/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and M. Goldberg, B. Flynn, D. Santek, J. Braun, and J. Davies

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )

Poster Session 3

GOES-R/JPSS Poster Session III

Location: 4E (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Elizabeth Nolan, JPSS; Michael Jamilkowski, Col USAF Ret and AMS Fellow

1317

Evaluating Operational Applications of Multiple Spectral Bands for the GOES-R Era at the Operations Proving Ground

Chad M. Gravelle, National Weather Service Operations Proving Ground, Kansas City, MO; and K. J. Runk, K. L. Crandall, and D. W. Snyder

1318

Cross-validation of GPM Ku, Ka-Band Dual-Frequency Radar observations with S-Band Ground Radar Dual Polarization measurements

Sounak K. Biswas, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and V. Chandrasekar and M. Le

1319

Thermal Boundary Layer Retrievals over the Washington D.C. Metro Area using Satellite-Based NUCAPS-EDRs

David Melecio-Vazquez, City College, New York, NY; and N. Nalli, Q. Liu, and J. E. Gonzalez

1320

Construction of Temperature Climate Data Records from June 2006 to December 2015 using COSMIC, Metop-A and Metop-B RO Missions and Potential Climate Applications from COSMIC-2

Shu-peng Ho, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Peng

1321

Development of New Global Surface Type Maps from VIIRS Data

Rui Zhang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and C. Huang, X. Zhan, and H. Jin

1322

A Bi-continuous Model for Snow and Graupel in the Community Radiative Transfer Model

Patrick G Stegmann, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and G. Tang and P. Yang

1323

Introduction to Rapidly Developing Cumulous Area (RDCA) product and its development with Himawari-8

Yasuhiko Sumida, JMA, Kiyose, Tokyo, Japan; and H. Suzue

1324

Operational CrIS-VIIRS Data Integration and Collocation Algorithms

Haibing Sun, IMSG/STAR/NESDIS/NOAA, College Park, MD; and W. Wolf, T. S. King, and S. Sampson

Handout (1.2 MB)

1325

Cold Scene Calibration Validation Of The Cross-track Infrared Sounder (CrIS) With The Aircraft Based Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder (S-HIS)

Joe K. Taylor, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and D. C. Tobin, H. E. Revercomb, F. A. Best, R. K. Garcia, A. Merrelli, and M. D. Goldberg

1326

Review of Calibration of Medium and High Energy Proton and Electron Instruments on GOES-R

1327

STAR JPSS EDR Long-Term Monitoring Site Implementation

Thomas Atkins, IMSG, College Park, MD; and L. K. Brown, F. Tilley, C. Brown, and L. Zhou

1328

NAST-I Airborne Product Inter-comparisons in Support of SNPP Validation

Allen M. Larar, NASA/LRC, Hampton, VA; and D. K. Zhou, X. Liu, W. L. Smith Sr., and J. Tian

1329

Climate Validation of Total Precipitable Water from Passive Microwave under Cloudy Skies using Active Global Positioning System Radio Occultation Observations

Shu-peng Ho, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and L. Peng

1330

The Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program Algorithm Change Process (ACP): Past, Present and Future

Ashley Nechole Griffin, Arctic Slope Regional Corporation (ASRC) Space and Defense (AS&D, Inc.), Beltsville, MD

1331

Preparing for the Operational Distribution and Use of the Joint Polar Satellite System initial satellite (JPSS-1)

Sreela S. nandi, NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Layns

Handout (481.9 kB)

1332

Automated Detection of Sea Ice and Open Water from RADARSAT-2 Images for Data Assimilation

Alexander Komarov, EC, Ottawa, ON, Canada; and M. Buehner

1333

Nowcast and Short-Term Forecast of Solar Radiation and PV Power Using Third Generation Geostationary Satellite.

Hideaki Takenaka, JAXA, Tsukuba, Japan; and T. Nakajima, T. Y. Nakajima, A. Higurashi, M. Hashimoto, K. Suzuki, J. Uchida, and T. Inoue

1334

Utilizing the Full Potential of the Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) High Resolution Visible Imagery for Deriving Low Level Atmospheric Winds

Wayne Bresky, IMSG, Rockville, MD; and J. Daniels, A. Bailey, A. Allegrino, S. Wanzong, and C. Velden

1335

The Benefits of the Bayesian Cloud Phase Approach

1336

JPSS Environmental Satellite Processing Center Data Products

Bonnie Reed, JPSS, Suitland, MD; and T. Schott, A. Layns, and S. L. Bunin

1337

Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Common Ground System (CGS) Use of Space Link Extension Protocol

Kerry Grant, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO; and M. Jamilkowski, G. Cordier, L. Johnson, and C. J. Tillery

1338

A Study of Diurnal Variations of Semi-Transparent Cirrus Microphysical Properties from Satellites Observations

Yue Li, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and A. Heidinger, M. J. Foster, J. Nielsen, and A. Walther

Session 10

Post Launch Activities for GOES-R and JPSS

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Tim Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Steven J. Goodman, NOAA/NESDIS

4:00 PM

10.1

Status of GOES-R: Instrument Performance and Post-Launch Tests

Elizabeth M. Kline, Science and Technology Corporation, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Fulbright, M. Seybold, J. Kronenwetter, and D. Pogorzala

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

10.2

Initial On-orbit Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Performance Observations

Paul C. Griffith, Harris, Fort Wayne, IN; and W. J. Lebair, T. J. Schmit, X. Wu, and J. Van Naarden

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

10.3

A Post Launch Field Campaign for GOES-R

Steven J. Goodman, NOAA NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and F. P. Padula and A. J. Pearlman

Recorded Presentation

4:45 PM

10.4

Introducing ABI North South Scans for Post-Launch Validation

Francis P. Padula, GeoThinkTank LLC, Washington, DC; and A. J. Pearlman, D. Pogorzala, J. Kronenwetter, D. Igli, A. Gerace, and S. J. Goodman

Recorded Presentation

5:00 PM

10.5

GOES-R Product Readiness: Post-Launch Product Testing Status of the L2+ Algorithms

Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Seybold, K. Mozer, E. J. McMichael, J. Fulbright, and J. Daniels

Recorded Presentation

5:15 PM

10.6

Improvements and Extensions for Joint Polar Satellite System Algorithms

Kerry Grant, Raytheon Company, Aurora, CO; and S. W. Miller and J. Feeley

Recorded Presentation

Awards Banquet Reception

Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )

5:30 PM

Awards Banquet Reception

Recorded Presentation

97th AMS Awards Banquet

Location: Ballroom 6ABCE (Washington State Convention Center )

7:00 PM

97th AMS Awards Banquet

Recorded Presentation

Session 11

Algorithm Development- Part I

Location: Conference Center: Yakima 2 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Dave Hogan, AER, Inc.; Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS

8:30 AM

11.1

Detecting Air Pollution Events Over China Using Two Different Aerosol Optical Thickness Products Derived from S-NPP VIIRS Observations

Jingfeng Huang, UMD/ESSIC, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and H. Liu, H. Zhang, S. Kondragunta, I. Laszlo, P. Ciren, L. Remer, and S. Superczynski

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

11.2

An improved Model of Saharan and Asian Dust Aerosols for the Community Radiative Transfer Model

Patrick G Stegmann, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX; and P. Yang

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

11.3

Development of an Automated Cloud Temperature–Particle Effective Radius Procedure Emphasizing the Use of 1-min GOES–R Super Rapid Scan Observations For Severe Storm Analysis

John R. Mecikalski, Univ. of Alabama, Huntsville, AL; and K. M. Bedka, C. P. Jewett, and P. Minnis

Recorded Presentation

11.4

An Algorithm to Detect Rainy Cloud Pixels Based on GOES Visible and Near Infrared Reflectances

9:15 AM

11.4A

Improving Real-time Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Forecasts with Total Lightning Data

Andrea B. Schumacher, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO

Recorded Presentation

Session 12

Special Topics- Part I

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Lihang Zhou, NOAA/NESDIS; T. Scott Zaccheo, AER

8:30 AM

12.1

NOAA/NWS Training for User Readiness for GOES-R and JPSS

LeRoy Spayd Jr., NOAA/NWS, Silver Spring, MD; and A. Mostek

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

12.2

Transitioning to Enterprise Data Products for the Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS)

Arron Layns, JPSS, Lanham, MD; and L. Zhou, W. Wolf, G. Goodrum, and B. Reed

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

12.3

Impact/Applications of Suomi NPP and JPSS Products at NOAA Line Offices

Christie Best, JPSS, Lanham, MD

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

12.4

JPSS-1 Readiness from a Cal/Val Perpective

Jeffrey Weinrich, JPSS, Washington, DC; and A. Layns, L. Zhao, C. Rossiter, B. Guenther, and M. Divakarla

Recorded Presentation

Exhibit Hall Breakfast

Location: 4AB (Washington State Convention Center )

Session 13

Calibration/Validation- Part I

Location: Conference Center: Yakima 2 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS; Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS

10:30 AM

13.1

Update of S-NPP VIIRS On-orbit Calibration and Performance

Jack Xiong, NASA/GSFC, Greenbelt, MD; and C. Cao, N. Lei, Z. Wang, S. Blonski, W. Wang, V. Chiang, and J. Butler

10:45 AM

13.2

NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometer Suite (VIIRS): Generating High Quality Global Environmental Data Products

Lihang Zhou, NOAA STAR, College Park, MD; and M. Divakarla, X. Liu, A. Layns, and M. Goldberg

11:00 AM

13.3

NOAA SNPP/JPSS Vegetation Index Products, and Algorithm Development

Marco Vargas, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Miura

11:15 AM

13.4

Validating VIIRS Imagery from JPSS-1

Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and T. J. Kopp, C. J. Seaman, S. D. Miller, D. T. Lindsey, and J. Torres

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

13.5

Visible Sensor Calibration of the Himawari-8 AHI Instrument Using MODIS and VIIRS

Conor O. Haney, SSAI, Hampton, VA; and D. R. Doelling, A. Gopalan, B. Scarino, and R. Bhatt

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

13.6

Data Processing of GOES-R ABI Special Calibration Scans

David Pogorzala, Integrity Applications Incorporated, Chantilly, VA; and Z. Li, F. P. Padula, K. W. Mozer, E. M. Kline, J. Fulbright, and M. Seybold

Recorded Presentation

Session 14

Future Enterprise Satellite System Architectures and the Research to Operations Process: Tools, Technologies, and Experiences

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Maureen Madden, NOAA; Steve Peterson, NESDIS /OSGS

10:30 AM

14.1

Cloud-Based Ingest & Processing Framework (I&PF) – A Cloud-Hosted Framework for Science Algorithm Development and Integration

Rich Baker, Solers, Greenbelt, MD; and J. Leaverton, P. MacHarrie, and D. M. Beall

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

14.2

Weather System Enterprise Services

Allan Weiner, Harris Corporation, Melbourne, FL; and K. Hurd

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

14.3

A Better Approach for Collecting and Reporting Data Production and Dissemination Metrics for the New Generation of Satellite Ground Systems

Constantino Cremidis, NASA/JPSS, MD; and A. Drew, R. Romero, and A. Del Fierro

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

14.4

NOAA Satellite Data Product Requirement Enterprise Processes

Kathryn Shontz, NOAA, Suitland, MD; and D. P. St. Jean

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

14.5

Application of an Algorithm Change Process to the GOES-R Ground Segment

Ryan Williams, Stellar Solutions, Inc., Chantilly, VA; and W. M. MacKenzie Jr. and R. Race

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

14.6

A Scalable, Cloud-Based Implementation of a Complete Ground Processing System

Alexander Werbos, AER, Lexington, MA; and D. B. Hogan, D. Hunt, C. Oliveira, H. E. Snell, T. S. Zaccheo, and E. Steinfelt

Recorded Presentation

Lunch Break

Session 15

Algorithm Development- Part II

Location: Conference Center: Yakima 2 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research; Otto Bruegman, NESDIS/JPSS Program Office

1:30 PM

15.1

Feasibility Study for a Hybrid Precipitation Retrieval from VIIRS and ATMS on Suomi NPP

Andi Walther, CIMSS, Madison, WI; and S. A. Tushaus, A. Heidinger, and S. D. Miller

1:45 PM

15.2

ATMS Snowfall Rate Product and Its Applications

Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, College Park, MD; and R. R. Ferraro, C. Kongoli, J. Dong, B. T. Zavodsky, B. Yan, L. Zhao, and N. Y. Wang

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

15.3

Enhanced Precipitation Estimation using GOES-R

Christopher J. Mattioli, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, MA; and M. S. Veillette, H. Iskendarian, P. M. Lamey, E. P. Hassey, J. Mecikalski, and G. T. Stano

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

15.4

Derivation of Value Added Products Using the High Performance Geostationary Imagery Data for the Short-Range Weather Forecasting

Su Jeong Lee, Ewha Womans Univ., Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South); and M. H. Ahn and S. R. Chung

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

15.5

Fire Detection in the Age of GOES-R

Christopher C. Schmidt, CIMSS, Madison, WI

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

15.6

GOES-R Product Prioritization Strategy: Planning for Product Enhancements and New Applications

Jamese D. Sims, NOAA, Greenbelt, MD; and S. J. Goodman and M. Seybold

Recorded Presentation

Session 16

Special Topics- Part II

Location: 620 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Kerry D. Grant, Raytheon Intelligence and Information Systems; Dave Hogan, AER, Inc.

1:30 PM

16.1

Utility of NUCAPS Retrieved Profiles to Diagnose Extratropical Transition

Emily Berndt, MSFC, Huntsville, AL; and M. J. Folmer, J. Halverson, and J. P. Dunion

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

16.2

Progress Towards MODIS and VIIRS Cloud Height and IR Phase Data Record Continuity

Andrew Heidinger, NOAA, Madison, WI; and S. Ackerman, R. Holz, B. A. Baum, K. Meyer, R. A. Frey, S. Platnick, Y. Li, and D. Botambekov

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

16.3

Validation of SNPP NUCAPS Trace Gas EDRs: O3, and Preliminary CO and CO2

Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Q. Liu, C. Tan, A. Gambacorta, C. D. Barnet, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, J. W. Smith, and X. Xiong

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

16.4

JPSS CGS Block 3.0 Communications Strategies

Shawn W. Miller, Raytheon Intelligence, Information and Services, Aurora, CO; and K. D. Grant, K. K. Ottinger, and M. Panas

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

16.5

The Calibration/Validation Strategy for GOES-R

Jon Fulbright, Arctic Slope Technical Services, Greenbelt, MD; and E. M. Kline, D. Pogorzala, W. M. MacKenzie Jr., K. W. Mozer, J. D. Sims, R. Williams, and M. Seybold

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

16.6

Solar EUV Monitoring to Predict Space Weather

Christopher G. Edwards, Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company, Palo Alto, CA; and D. P. Mathur, G. Vasudevan, J. R. Lemen, D. S. Sabolish, J. M. Darnel, and G. J. Comeyne

Manuscript (96.8 kB)

Coffee Break

Location: Skybridge (Washington State Convention Center )

Session 17

Calibration/Validation- Part II

Location: Conference Center: Yakima 2 (Washington State Convention Center )

Host: 13th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems

Cochairs: Lihang Zhou, NOAA/NESDIS; Jim Yoe, NOAA/NESDIS

3:30 PM

17.1

Use of GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Proxy Data to Assess the Performance of the GOES-R Winds Algorithm

Jaime M. Daniels, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and W. Bresky, A. Bailey, A. Allegrino, S. Wanzong, and C. S. Velden

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

17.2

VIIRS Radiance Cluster Analysis under CrIS Field of Views

Likun Wang, University of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Chen, D. Tremblay, and Y. Han

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

17.3

NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (SNPP NUCAPS) Validation

Nicholas R. Nalli, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Q. Liu, T. Reale, C. Tan, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, C. D. Barnet, A. Gambacorta, and B. Sun

Recorded Presentation

4:15 PM

17.4

Effects of ATMS Spectral Response Function Imbalance at Double-Side Band Channel on Brightness Temperature Simulations

Lin Lin, STAR/IMSG, College Park, MD; and F. Weng

Recorded Presentation

4:30 PM

17.5

Improvements to Ozone Mapping Profiler Suite Sensor Data Records

Chunhui Pan, Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center/Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and F. Weng, C. T. Beck, and D. Liang

Handout (2.6 MB)

4:45 PM

17.6

Post-Launch Calibration of the Jason-3's Advanced Microwave Radiometer

Tanvir Islam, JPL, Pasadena, CA; and S. T. Brown

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