Program: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation (98th American Meteorological Society Annual Meeting)

Plenary Session 1

18th Presidential Forum: Transforming Communication in the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise—Focusing on Challenges Facing Our Sciences

Location: Ballroom D (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

4:00 PM

PL1.1

Transforming Communication in the Environmental Sciences: Some Thoughts from a Reluctant Participant (Invited Presentation)

Richard B. Alley, Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA

Joint Session 3

Special Session on JPSS

Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )

Cochairs: Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSSO; Ivan Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSS

8:45 AM

J3.1

JPSS Operational and Research Applications: The Pathway from Observations to Applications to Information

Mitchell Goldberg, JPSS, Lanham, MD; and B. Sjoberg and A. Layns

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J3.2

First 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

9:15 AM

J3.3

The JPSS CrIS Instrument and the Evolution of Space-Based Sounders

Ronald J. Glumb, Harris Corporation, Fort Wayne, IN; and L. Suwinski, S. Wells, R. Malloy, A. J. Glumb, and M. C. Colton

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J3.4

An All-Weather, Multi-Platform Hyperspectral Retrieval System: The NOAA Unique Combined Atmospheric Processing System (NUCAPS); Recent Algorithm Enhancements Geared Toward Near–Real Time and Long-Term User Applications

Antonia Gambacorta, IMSG, College Park, MD; and N. Nalli, F. Iturbide-Sanchez, C. Tan, K. Zhang, X. Xiong, M. Wilson, B. Sun, C. D. Barnet, L. L. Strow, T. S. King, L. Soulliard, A. Wheeler, N. Smith, L. Zhou, T. Reale, A. Sharma, W. W. Wolf, and M. Goldberg

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J3.5

NOAA's Microwave Integrated Retrieval System (MiRS): Recent Activity, Science Improvements, and First Look at JPSS-1/ATMS Results

Christopher Grassotti, STAR, College Park, MD; and S. Liu, J. Chen, and Q. Liu

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 7

Communicating the Value of Satellite Data to the Public

Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the 13th Symposium on Societal Applications: Policy, Research and Practice; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )

Cochairs: Kathryn Shontz, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP; Susan A. Jasko, California University of Pennsylvania

10:30 AM

J7.1

Communicating Value: A Mutual Exploration, an Ongoing Conversation—Not a Sales Pitch

William Hooke, Associate Executive Director of AMS, Washington, DC

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (177.3 kB)

11:00 AM

J7.2

Communicating the Value of the Satellite Data: Examples from NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information

Margarita Gregg, NOAA/NESDIS/NCEI, Asheville, NC; and K. Arzayus, M. J. Brewer, K. S. Casey, E. Kihn, K. V. Matthews, S. Mesick, J. L. Privette, N. A. Ritchey, M. Tanner, R. S. Vose, and M. Wohlgemuth

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J7.3

Communicating the Impact of Polar-Orbiting Satellite Data on Numerical Weather Prediction to Stakeholders: Some Lessons Learned

James G. Yoe, NOAA/NWS/NCEP, College Park, MD; and S. A. Boukabara and S. Lord

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J7.4

What Is a Satellite Measurement? Communicating Abstract Satellite Science Concepts to the World

Nadia Smith, Science and Technology Corporation, Columbia, MD; and K. Shontz and C. D. Barnet

Recorded Presentation Manuscript (122.5 kB)

Handout (3.4 MB)

11:45 AM

J7.5

Persuading Non-Technical Audiences to Support Investment in Earth Observations: Or, How to Think Like an Ancient Roman

Renata Lana, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 14

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

Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )

Cochairs: Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Kathleen Strabala, CIMSS

2:00 PM

J14.1

Operational Capabilities, Products, and Customers of the NOAA Direct Broadcast Real Time Network

Liam Gumley, CIMSS/Space Science and Engineering Center/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J14.2

JPSS Direct Broadcast Support to the University of Wisconsin–Madison, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, Community Satellite Processing Packages

Christie Best, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

2:30 PM

J14.3

Status of the GOES-R Series GOES Rebroadcast

James McNitt, NESDIS, Silver Spring, MD; and M. Seybold

Recorded Presentation

2:45 PM

J14.4

CSPP Geo Software for Processing Direct Broadcast Data from a New Generation of Geostationary Satellites

Graeme Martin, Univ. of Wisconsin–Madison, Madison, WI; and L. Gumley, N. Bearson, J. Braun, G. Cureton, A. De Smet, R. Garcia, T. Jasmin, S. Mindock, E. Schiffer, and K. Strabala

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 17

Satellite Testbeds and Proving Ground Activities

Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )

Cochairs: Donald W. Hillger, NOAA/NESDIS; Huan Meng, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research

3:15 PM

J17.1

Crossing the Goal Line: New Multispectral Imagery Used by Alaska Fire Service during the 2017 Wildfire Season

Eric Stevens, Univ. of Alaska, Fairbanks, AK

Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM

J17.2

Results from GOES-R and JPSS Proving Ground Demonstrations at the Hazardous Weather Testbed 2017 Summer Experiment

Michael A. Bowlan, CIMMS/Univ. of Oklahoma, Norman, OK

Recorded Presentation

3:45 PM

J17.3

NOAA’s Joint Polar Satellite System’s Proving Ground and Risk Reduction (PGRR) Program—PGRR Initiatives as the Foundation of the Communication Process between Users and Developers, Aiding in JPSS Products Transition to Operations

Bill Sjoberg, GST/JPSS Program Office, Lanham, MD

Recorded Presentation

4:00 PM

J17.4

GOES-16 and Himawari-8 Integration at the Satellite Proving Ground for Marine, Precipitation, and Satellite Analysis

Michael J. Folmer, CICS, College Park, MD; and J. M. Sienkiewicz, J. D. Clark, H. D. Cobb III, N. A. Ramos, J. A. Nelson Jr., A. Orrison, M. Klein, J. Kibler, S. D. Rudlosky, S. J. Goodman, and M. Goldberg

Recorded Presentation

Ryan Symposium Reception

Location: The Reverbery at the Hilton (Austin, Texas)

Fourth Annual Speed Networking Event for Students and Early Career Professionals

Location: Ballroom A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Joint Session 22

National and International Program Overviews for Environmental Satellites (Invited)

Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the Eighth Conference on Transition of Research to Operations; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )

Cochairs: Mitchell Goldberg, NOAA/NESDIS/JPSSO; Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS

8:30 AM

J22.1

NESDIS Program Overview and Strategic Direction (Invited Presentation)

Stephen M. Volz, NOAA, Silver Spring, MD

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

J22.2

An Operational Update on GOES-16 and Preparation for the Launch of GOES-S (Invited Presentation)

Tim Walsh, NOAA/NESDIS GOES-R Program Office, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

J22.3

Joint Polar Satellite System: The United States New Generation Civilian Polar Orbiting Environmental Satellite System (Invited Presentation)

Greg Mandt, JPSS, Greenbelt, MD

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

J22.4

The EUMETSAT Satellite Programmes—Providing Continuity for the Future (Invited Presentation)

Kenneth Holmlund, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany; and P. Schlüssel, R. Stuhlmann, B. Bojkov, R. Munro, D. Klaes, F. Montagner, J. Grandell, and D. Just

Recorded Presentation

9:45 AM

J22.5

JAXA’s Earth Observation Program for Environment Satellites (Invited Presentation)

Kazuo Tachi, JAXA, Tsukuba, Japan

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 25

Special Session on GOES-R

Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 46th Conference on Broadcast Meteorology; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )

Cochairs: Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS; Jorge Torres, KOB-TV

10:30 AM

J25.1

Geostationary Lightning Mapper: Post Launch Test Results

Clemens E. Tillier, Lockheed Martin, Palo Alto, CA; and S. F. Edgington, H. Demroff, R. van Bezooijen, H. J. Christian Jr., and P. M. Bitzer

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

J25.2

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

Kathryn W. Mozer, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO, Greenbelt, MD; and D. Nietfeld, M. Seybold, E. M. Guillot, J. K. Zajic, B. Rapp, B. Gockel, C. M. Gravelle, and P. O'Reilly

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

J25.3

Effective Use of GOES-16 Satellite Data for Broadcast Meteorologists

Tim Heller, KTRK ABC 13, Houston, TX

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

J25.4

Workshops on GOES-16 Data for National Weather Service SOOs and DOHs

Bill Ward, NWS, Honolulu, HI; and F. Alsheimer, B. C. Carcione, C. B. Entwistle, R. D. Ewald, M. T. Stavish, G. T. Stano, K. W. Mozer, J. J. Gerth, S. S. Lindstrom, T. J. Schmit, C. M. Gravelle, K. J. Runk, M. A. Bowlan, J. G. LaDue, J. E. Ogren, E. J. Szoke, and D. Bikos

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

J25.5

Using the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) on GOES-16 to Visualize Solar Eclipses

Timothy J. Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research, Madison, WI; and M. M. Gunshor, J. M. Feltz, K. Bah, K. W. Mozer, and J. P. Nelson III

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

J25.6

Advanced Imagery Applications Development for GOES-16 ABI

Steven D. Miller, CIRA/Colorado State Univ., Fort Collins, CO; and D. T. Lindsey, C. J. Seaman, J. E. Solbrig, Y. J. Noh, L. Grasso, and K. Micke

Recorded Presentation

Joint Session 31

NOAA Satellite Data Operations

Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )

Cochairs: Natalia Donoho, NOAA/NESDIS; Kathryn W. Mozer, NOAA/NESDIS/OSPO

1:30 PM

J31.1

Working Together to Provide Mission Critical Environmental Data Coverage: Latest Status of Dataflow to Users and Concurrent Operations of Legacy and New Generation Polar Orbiting Satellites

Jason Taylor, NOAA/NESDIS/Office of Satellite and Product Operations, College Park, MD; and C. Gliniak and C. Sisko

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

J31.2

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

Rich Baker, Solers, Greenbelt, MD; and M. Brogan, G. Wilkinson, P. MacHarrie, S. Britton, E. Richards, S. Walsh, R. Niemann, and D. M. Beall

Recorded Presentation

J31.3

Transitioning GOES-16 Level 2 Algorithms into Operations

2:00 PM

J31.3A

GOES-16 Product Readiness: Post-Launch Product Testing Status of the L2+ Algorithms

Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., NOAA/NESDIS, Greenbelt, MD; and J. M. Daniels, R. Kaiser, M. Seybold, E. M. Kline, and K. W. Mozer

Recorded Presentation

2:15 PM

J31.4

GOES-S Post-Launch Testing and Data Release Strategy

Matthew Seybold, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and E. M. Kline, R. Race, J. Fulbright, D. Pogorzala, W. M. MacKenzie Jr., K. W. Mozer, J. McNitt, and J. Kline

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 6

Development and Communication of Next-Generation Satellite Information for Forecasting Extreme Weather—Part II

Location: Salon H (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Hosts: (Joint between the 14th Annual Symposium on New Generation Operational Environmental Satellite Systems; the 22nd Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography; the Sixth Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )

Cochairs: Satya Kalluri, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR; Chad M. Gravelle, NOAA/NWS Operations Proving Ground

2:45 PM

TJ6.1

All-Sky Layered Precipitable Water Products from ABI/AHI and Their Applications in Nowcasting and Forecasting the Severe Storms

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

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

TJ6.2

Highlights of the First Year of GOES-16 Imagery

Daniel T. Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS, Fort Collins, CO; and S. D. Miller, C. J. Seaman, and S. J. Goodman

Recorded Presentation
Recorded Presentation

TJ6.3

Mesoscale Convective System Analysis and Forecasting Blending Satellite and Lightning Information in Southeastern South America

3:15 PM

TJ6.3A

Operational Use of GOES-16 at WFO Pueblo

William Line, NWS, Pueblo, CO

Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM

TJ6.4

Monitoring Oceanic Convection Using the Geostationary Lightning Mapper

Michael J. Folmer, CICS, College Park, MD; and C. Clark-Robertson, L. J. Phillips, J. M. Sienkiewicz, J. D. Clark, H. D. Cobb III, N. A. Ramos, S. D. Rudlosky, P. C. Meyers, and S. J. Goodman

Recorded Presentation

Session 1

Assimilation of Satellite Data to Improve Forecasts of Land Surfaces, Oceans, and Air Quality

Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

Cochairs: Jeffrey D. Cetola, U.S. Air Force Weather Requirements; James G. Yoe, NOAA/NWS/NCEP/Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

8:30 AM

1.1

Subdaily Variation in Aerosol Observations and Models, and Impacts of Geostationary Aerosol Data Assimilation

Edward J. Hyer, NRL, Monterey, CA; and D. A. Peterson, P. Xian, J. S. Reid, K. C. Kaku, J. Zhang, M. Choi, H. K. Lim, and J. Kim

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

1.2

Improved Air Quality Forecasting Using the NASA GEOS-5 Multispecies Data Assimilation System of Tropospheric Constituents

Christoph A. Keller, NASA GMAO/USRA, Greenbelt, MD; and K. Wargan, B. Weir, and S. Pawson

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

1.3

Surface Emissivity as an Analysis Variable in GSI

Biljana Orescanin, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and B. Johnson, A. Collard, and T. Auligne

9:15 AM

1.4

On the Limitations of Variational Bias Correction

Isaac Moradi, NASA, Greenbelt, MD; and W. McCarty and R. Gelaro

Recorded Presentation

9:30 AM

1.5A

Regional to Global Vegetation Products Derived From JPSS VIIRS Data For Environmental Modeling and Monitoring

Mingshi Chen, IMSG, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR, College Park, MD; and M. Li, Z. Jiang, and I. Csiszar

Recorded Presentation

1.5

Lagrangian Tracer Prediction Using NCOM and Its 4DVAR Analysis System with Simulated SWOT Observations

9:45 AM

1.6

Simulation of UV Radiance Using UNL-VRTM

Fuzhong Weng, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and S. Ding and C. Pan

Recorded Presentation

Coffee Break

Session 2

Development of Innovative Methods for Assimilating Satellite Observations in Environmental Analysis and Prediction

Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

Cochairs: Will McCarty, NASA GSFC; Krishna Kumar, Riverside Technologies Inc. and NOAA/NESDIS/STAR

10:30 AM

2.1

The Joint Effort for Data Assimilation Integration

Yannick Trémolet, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, Boulder, CO

Recorded Presentation

10:45 AM

2.2

Progress toward Integrating the Finite-Volume Cubed-Sphere (FV3) Dynamical Core Tangent Linear and Adjoint Models into JEDI

Daniel Holdaway, UCAR, Boulder, CO; and Y. Tremolet

Recorded Presentation

11:00 AM

2.3

Linear Filtering of Sample Covariance for Ensemble Data Assimilation: Application of Optimality Criteria for the Estimation of Four-Dimensional Localization Functions

Francois Vandenberghe, NCAR, Boulder, CO; and T. Auligné, B. Ménétrier, Y. Trémolet, and A. Weaver

Recorded Presentation

11:15 AM

2.4

Development and Implementation of the Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM)

Benjamin Johnson, UCAR, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

11:30 AM

2.5

Community Radiative Transfer Model (CRTM) for Operational and CubeSat Satellite Applications

Quanhua (Mark) Liu, STAR, College Park, MD; and B. Johnson, T. Zhu, M. Chen, Y. Chen, L. Lin, and F. Weng

Recorded Presentation

11:45 AM

2.6

Complex Morphology Models for Improved Snow and Graupel Scattering Coefficients in the Community Radiative Transfer Model

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

Recorded Presentation

Lecture 2

2018 Horton Lecture

Location: Room 18A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

1:30 PM

L2.1

Rain Rates from Space: Past & Future (Invited Presentation)

Gerald R. North, Texas A&M Univ., College Station, TX

Recorded Presentation

Session 3

Assessment of the Impact of Satellite Data on Numerical Weather Predictions Skill—Part I

Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

Cochairs: Kathryn Shontz, NOAA/NESDIS/OSAAP; Thomas Auligné, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

1:30 PM

3.1A

Satellite Radiance Data Impact in RAP Version 4

Haidao Lin, CIRA/Colorado State Univ. and NOAA/ESRL/GSD, Boulder, CO; and S. S. Weygandt, Y. Xie, M. Hu, C. R. Alexander, and S. G. Benjamin

Recorded Presentation

1:45 PM

3.2

Satellite Data Assimilation at ECMWF

Florence Rabier, Director General - European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), Reading, Berkshire, U.K.; and S. J. English and R. Engelen

Recorded Presentation

2:00 PM

3.3A

Evaluation of Direct Broadcast ATMS/CrIS Data Impact on RAPv4 for Improvement of Short-Range Forecasts

Yuanfu Xie, NOAA, Boulder, CO; and S. Weygandt and H. Lin

Recorded Presentation

3.3

Global Forecast Impact of GPS-RO Observations

2:15 PM

3.4

An Idealized Assimilation Experiment of Satellite-Based Observations for the Analysis and Prediction of Tropical Multiscale Weather Systems

Yue (Michael) Ying, Pennsylvania State Univ., State College, PA; and F. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

Session 4

Assessment of the Impact of Satellite Data on Numerical Weather Predictions Skill—Part II

Location: Salon K (Hilton) (Austin, Texas)

Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

Cochairs: Patricia Pauley, NRL; John F. LeMarshall, Melbourne

2:45 PM

4.1

Assimilation of JMA Himawari-8 AHI Clear-Sky Radiance in Operation and GOES-R ABI Radiance in GSI

Ling Liu, AER, College Park, MD

Recorded Presentation

3:00 PM

4.2

Impact of the Assimilation of Hyperspectral Infrared Radiances into the High-Resolution WoF GSI-EnKF System

Swapan Mallick, CIMMS, Norman, OK; and T. A. Jones

3:15 PM

4.3

Assimilating High-Resolution All-Sky Infrared Radiances from GOES-R and Himawari-8 for Severe Weather and Tropical Cyclone Prediction

Masashi Minamide, The Pennsylvania State Univ., Univ. Park, PA; and Y. Zhang and F. Zhang

Recorded Presentation

3:30 PM

4.4

Improvements to the Specification of the Mass and Wind Field in the Southern Hemisphere from Use of Earth Observations from Space

John F. Le Marshall, Bureau of Meteorology, Docklands, Australia; and D. Howard, R. Norman, Y. Xiao, J. A. Jung, C. Tingwell, S. Soldatenko, P. Lehmann, T. Morrow, J. Daniels, S. Wanzong, X. Wang, J. Fernon, T. Le, K. Zhang, and A. Cate

Recorded Presentation

Formal Poster Viewing with Coffee Break

Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Poster Session 1

Poster Session for the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

Location: Exhibit Hall 3 (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Host: Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

1199

Impacts of Assimilating Vertical Velocity, Latent Heating, or Hydrometeor Water Contents Retrieved from a Single Reflectivity Dataset

Yoonjin Lee, Colorado State Univ., Fort Collin, CO; and C. D. Kummerow and M. Zupanski

1200

Assimilation of GOES-13 Imager Clear-Sky Water Vapor (6.5 mm) Radiances into a Warn-on-Forecast System

Thomas A. Jones, Cooperative Institute for Mesoscale Meteorological Studies/Univ. of Oklahoma, and NOAA/OAR/NSSL, Norman, OK; and X. Wang and P. S. Skinner

1201

Preparing for CrIS Full Spectral Resolution Radiances in the NCEP Global Forecast System

James A. Jung, Univ. of Wisconsin/CIMSS, College Park, MD; and A. Collard, K. Bathmann, A. Heidinger, D. Groff, and M. Goldberg

1202

Assimilation of KOMPSAT-5 GPSRO in the GSI 4D-EnVar Assimilation System

Suryakanti Dutta, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation, College Park, MD; and T. Auligne and J. G. Yoe

1204

The Impact of Assimilation of GPM Microwave Imager Satellite Radiance on Hurricane Forecasts

Zhaoxia Pu, Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT; and V. Tallapragada, J. Jin, W. McCarty, and C. Yu

1205

Global Forecast Dropout Prediction Tool (GFDPT) Future Strategies at NCEP

V. Krishna Kumar, NOAA/NESDIS, College Park, MD; and A. Eichmann and J. C. Alpert

1206

Characterization of ATMS Bias in Cloudy Conditions Using GMI and Different Scattering Databases

Lin Lin, CICS–Univ. Maryland Earth System Science Interdisciplinary Center, College Park, MD; and F. Weng

1207

Optimizing the CRTM for Improved Performance of All-Sky Radiance Data Assimilation

Thomas Greenwald, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and R. Bennartz

1208

Generation of CRTM Coefficients for JPSS-1 and ORS-6 Mission Sensors

Tong Zhu, NESDIS, College Park, MD; and Q. Liu, B. Johnson, Y. Chen, and T. Auligne

1210

Ground Truth of a 1-km Downscaled NLDAS Air Temperature Product for Warm Weather Temperatures using the New York Community Air Survey

Heather Eliezer, New York, NY; and S. Johnson, M. Al-Hamdan, W. L. Crosson, and T. Insaf

Handout (721.3 kB)

1211

Experiments with an Optimal Spectral Sampling (OSS) Method of Assimilating Hyperspectral Satellite Data

Alan Lipton, AER, Lexington, MA; and J. L. Moncet and P. Liang

1212

NPP-CrIS Spectral Gap Channels Prediction and Validation

Hui Xu, Univ. of Maryland, College Park, MD; and Y. Chen, L. Wang, and C. Cao

Themed Joint Session 9

Communication of Next-Generation Satellite Information

Location: Room 17A (ACC) (Austin, Texas)

Hosts: (Joint between the 34th Conference on Environmental Information Processing Technologies; and the Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation )

Chair: Randall Bass, FAA

8:30 AM

TJ9.1

NASA MSFC GOES-16 Receiving Station and Data Visualization

Kevin M. McGrath, NASA Short-Term Prediction Research and Transition Center, Huntsville, AL; and P. Meyer, G. Jedlovec, and E. Berndt

Recorded Presentation

8:45 AM

TJ9.2

Using the Satellite Information Familiarization Tool (SIFT) to Train on New Multi-Spectral Geostationary Satellite Sensors

Scott S. Lindstrom, CIMSS/Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, WI; and J. J. Gerth, R. K. Garcia, and D. Hoese

Recorded Presentation

9:00 AM

TJ9.3

GOES-16 Image Service and Applications from NOAA

Daniel P. Pisut, IMSG, Silver Spring, MD; and T. Loomis and V. Goel

Recorded Presentation

9:15 AM

TJ9.4

On-Demand Analytics Products from GOES16 Data: An API to Deliver Webservices, Image Products, and Derivative Products

Amanda O'Connor, Harris Geospatial, Broomfield, CO; and W. Jiang

Recorded Presentation

Themed Joint Session 9 Sixth AMS Symposium on the Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

Sunday, 7 January 2018

4:00 PM-5:00 PM: Sunday, 7 January 2018

Monday, 8 January 2018

8:45 AM-10:00 AM: Monday, 8 January 2018

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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3:15 PM-4:15 PM: Monday, 8 January 2018

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Tuesday, 9 January 2018

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

1:30 PM-2:30 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

2:45 PM-3:45 PM: Tuesday, 9 January 2018

Wednesday, 10 January 2018

8:30 AM-10:00 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

10:00 AM-10:30 AM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

10:30 AM-12:00 PM: Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Wednesday, 10 January 2018

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Thursday, 11 January 2018

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