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CIMSS Participation in the Development of a
GOES-R Proving Ground
Timothy J. Schmit NOAA/NESDIS/Satellite
Applications and Research Advanced Satellite
Products Branch (ASPB) (with help from many
others)
Boulder, CO 15-May-2009
UW-Madison
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Overview

• FY2009 Activities
• Test and Apply algorithms
• AWIPS Weather Event Simulations (WES)
• NWP Images
• FY2010-FY2011 Activities

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FY09 (CIMSS)

• Test and Apply algorithms for new satellite data
  imagery/products in support of Storm Prediction
  Center (SPC) Hazardous Weather Testbed (HWT) and
  Local NWS offices.
• Provide access via AWIPS and N-AWIPS to a
  Convective Initiation (UWCI) decision support
  product based on GOES infrared radiances.
• CIMSS will use high-spectral resolution AIRS data
  to simulate the ABI spectral bands.
• The number of MODIS products, which would also be
  derived with future ABI bands, available through
  AWIPS will be extended.
• CIMSS scientists will expand interaction with and
  seek feedback from the NWS, including the
  addition of more participating offices, more
  forecaster product utility surveys and additional
  NWS office site visits.
• CIMSS continues to build a strong relationship
  with the forecasters at the National Weather
  Service (NWS) in Sullivan, Green Bay, La Crosse,
  Wisconsin and Marquette, Michigan.
• To cover a broader base of forecasters,
  multi-year visits between CIMSS and
  local/regional NWS offices have been planned.

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Possible UWCI Algorithm Enhancements

• Improve diagnosis of small cumulus, this can be
  improved via UWCI algorithm methodology
• Some of the UWCI thin cirrus detection can
  possibly be improved but new spectral information
  needed for accurate cirrus detection
• Rapid anvil expansion FAR can be mitigated

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Sample AIRS DPI IN AWIPS- 04- 09-2009
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FY09 (CIMSS)

• AWIPS Weather Event Simulations (WES).
• We will explore the development of an
  environmental event simulator for user education.
  This would use historical simulated ABI
  synthetic data sets to build case studies
  demonstrating the utility of the ABI data. This
  activity would leverage the WES (Weather Event
  Simulators) and GOES-R AWG proxy efforts.
  Currently two separate efforts are underway
• CIMSS will continue development of 4-5 June 2005
  convective WES case study (as shown above in
  FY2008 accomplishments) beginning work on
  including level 2 products (cloud properties,
  TPW, and LI).
• b) CIMSS will begin coordination and development
  of WRF-ARW Hurricane Katrina AWIPS WES event.
  NWS Miami has requested an ABI hurricane
  simulation data within AWIPS for training and
  preparing forecasters for future ABI hurricane
  decision support capabilities.
• CIMSS will use proxy WRF-ARW profile and
  satellite radiance cases to simulate top of
  atmosphere radar (satellite perspective) and
  display within AWIPS to provide comprehensive
  forecaster interpretation.
• The CIMSS team will begin investigation of the
  AWIPS-II early access and product demonstration.

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Wx Event Simulator (all ABI bands)
WES guide underway
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Collaboration mode
Task Order 10
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FY09 (CIMSS)

• NWP Images.
• CIMSS researchers and scientists will explore the
  creation of simulated (synthetic) GOES-R
  datasets, including forecast images of ABI bands
  using a regional model, such as WRF. This will
  build upon the forecast image capability already
  demonstrated with the CIMSS Regional Assimilation
  System (CRAS). CIMSS proposes to begin
  coordinating access to simulated ABI channel
  infrared radiances from WRF NWP output (either
  locally or from local NWS office) using AWIPS
  system.

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ABI in AWIPS (via netCDF)
Simulated Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) bands
shown in the legacy AWIPS.
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Sample forward model images

• Progress on CRAS into AWIPS
• New real-time CRAS website
• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cras/
• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cras/cras45_NA/12/p03_m
  .html

Forecast sky cover
Forecast WV
Forecast IR window
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CIMSS Regional Assimilation System
CRAS products in AWIPS - 45km CRAS output in
grib2 - Skycover product Initialize MKX WRF
with CRAS Generate parallel run Uses GOES
sounder SSTs from MODIS New CRAS webpage
Graphics by Gempak Same format as NCEP
http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/cras/index.html
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6th GOES Users Conference
http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_r/meetings/guc2009
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Geostationary Operational Environmental
Satellites http//www.goes-r.gov
Special Event on 2 November 50th Anniversary of
the 1st Meteorological Satellite Experiment
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FY10/11

• Continue needed tasks from FY09
• WES Case refinements
• Continue participation in follow-on SPC spring
  hazardous testbed experiments (and/or other
  candidate experiments in development).
• UWCI refinements, AIRS, etc.
• Future years could also include applications of
  data from the next generation polar system
  (NPP/NPOESS) and more GOES-R like datasets.
  Also, we would explore the development of an
  automated procedure and web page that would
  routinely accumulate data from satellite and
  ground-sites so that products such as moisture or
  atmospheric stability generated by GOES-R like
  capabilities can be validated, or proved.

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Improved attributes with the Future GOES
Imagers
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