GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Application of GHRSST L4P analyses products at the NOAA Ocean Prediction Center Joe Sienkiewicz, Bob Daniels (Plurality, Inc), Ming Ji
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May NOAA Forecast Responsibility High Seas Warning Categories GALE – knots Force 8/9 STORM – knots Force 10/11 HURRICANE FORCE - >64 knots Force 12
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May OPC mission/responsibility Protection of life and property, safety at sea, and enhancement of economic opportunity Partially fulfill U.S. responsibilities with the World Meteorological Organization and Safety of Life at Sea Convention (SOLAS) –Text warning bulletins, graphic analyses and forecast products –Traditional focus wind and waves Increased oceanographic focus –Enhance or improve traditional services –Stand alone products
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May OISST Available in OPC operational N-AWIPS workstations – 10 Jan 2008 in GEMPAK grid format NetCDF – available for research applications via MATLAB –HYCOM (RT_OFS_ATL) evaluation –Ocean front finder –POES/GOES SST evaluation
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Applications Internal –Feature tracking Fronts, eddies, upwelling –PBL Stratification Wind speed bias correlates to SST gradients –UW PBL derived winds from 2m T, SLP, SST –Validation (NCOM, RTOFS_ATL, GOES/POES) External –Limiting factor resolution –ATL images available on web
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Feature tracking with OI and GOES SST
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Feature tracking with OI and GOES SST
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Feature tracking with OI and GOES SST
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Feature tracking with OI and GOES SST
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Feature tracking with OI and GOES SST
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Feature tracking with OI and GOES SST
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Estimate of Gulf Stream
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Magnitude of SST gradient GOES SST composite Estimate PBL Stratification
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May GFS Wind Speed Bias and GOES SST Gradient (fronts) GFS wind speed bias for marginally stable PBL Difference in knots 30 day GFS 10m wind bias versus QuikSCAT
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Calculate air-sea temperature difference (GFS and OISST)
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Real time validation of NCOM NCOM OISST
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May University of Washington PBL Model - winds derived from 2m T, SLP, SST SST field (RTG_HIRES), considering OISST 2 m Temp (Forecaster adjusted) Estimate PBL Stratification PMSL (Forecaster generated) Derive 10m wind field PBL model being upgraded at this time Potential for forecasters efficiently and consistently generate gridded wind fields
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Sources of SST available to OPC Forecasters RTG 0.5 degOISST 0.25 deg RTG HIRESGOES/POES
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May
GHRSST Users Symposium, Santa Rosa, CA May Summary Growing Oceanographic focus OISST - incorporated into OPC operations –Adapting some applications to OISST Feature tracking PBL Stratification UW PBL Model derived winds Evaluation of Ocean Models, other SST sources-GOES/POES –resolution limiting factor for external use including NWS coastal WFOs –Ultimate goal - AMSR into high res RTG Interested in Ensemble based applications –Freezing Spray