David Parker, T. H. Achtor, L. E. Gumley University of Wisconsin – Madison (SSEC/CIMSS) CIMSS Student Workshop Madison, WI 23 June 2014

Mobile Devices are the Future “The mobile device will be the primary connection tool to the Internet for most people in the world in 2020” (Pew Research Center, 2008) But… What will they look like? Funny image courtesy of R. Dengel

Two Mobile Apps  SatCam Satellite coordinated sky observations  WxSat Satellite imagery display

SatCam  Coordinate sky (cloud) observations with polar orbiting satellite overpasses AQUA, TERRA, Suomi-NPP  SatCam notifies you of upcoming passes based on your current location Differentiates between night and daytime passes

SatCam  Uses built-in iOS Notification Center as well as custom voice cues Ten minute warning Ten second countdown  Notifications can be disabled Completely By time of day

SatCam  Provides simple guided steps to recording sky and ground observations 1. Record sky picture 2. Categorize sky type 3. Record ground picture 4. Categorize ground type 5. Submit for processing

SatCam  Sky image capture At closest approach When pointed skyward  Sky classifications Clear, Mostly Clear, Mostly Cloudy, Overcast  Ground classifications Urban, Green Veg., Brown Veg., Snow, Desert, Water

SatCam  Review your observations  Organized into categories Unsubmitted ○ Not uploaded for processing Submitted ○ Received but not processed Processed ○ Satellite view is available ○ Available in minutes

SatCam  Examine observations in detail Date/time of observation Date/time of satellite pass Sky and ground conditions  Zoom in on images Captured sky and ground observations Satellite view of your location

SatCam  Great for outreach Intuitive connection See what tax dollars support  Collecting valuable data for calibration and validation Cloud mask products Cloud/ice differentiation Looking to the future… ○ Website, gamification

SatCam  Available on the App Store for FREE since July 2012  Over 12,000 submissions from all around the world

WxSat  Simple way for anyone to explore global composite imagery  Grew from Russ Dengel’s “PAW” website  Leverages SSEC WMS

WxSat  Clean interface with clear options Visible Infrared Water Vapor  Toggle map overlay  Animation and time controls Select animation time frame Select specific day/time

WxSat  Interface rotation

WxSat  iPad optimized

WxSat  iPad optimized

WxSat  Animation and time settings 2 Hours ○ 30 minute intervals 6 Hours ○ 1 hour intervals 12 Hours ○ 2 hour intervals 24 Hours ○ 4 hour intervals

WxSat  Time can be displayed in local (am/pm) or UTC format

WxSat  Specific images within the selected time frame can be viewed

WxSat  Free pan/zoom  Display current location  Built on top of iOS MapKit APIs Google Maps in iOS 4/5 Apple Maps in iOS 6+  Simple political map overlay that can be toggled on/off

WxSat  Animation UI disappears Time and progress indicator

WxSat  1km VIS  All global composites are created hourly WxSat automatically looks for new imagery every 15 minutes

WxSat  Global composites of Visible, Infrared and Water Vapor Full native resolution ○ ~4km IR/WV global ○ ~1km VIS global  Products are all produced at SSEC

WxSat  SSEC WMS backend Web Map Service Very flexible product cataloging and serving Infrastructure for ingest and maintenance Over 250 products currently This App is one of many ways to view the imagery

Summary  SatCam Available for iOS  WxSat Available for iOS and Android

Summary “The mobile device IS the primary connection tool to the Internet for most people in the world” (D. Parker)