Using the Next Generation Satellite (NexSat) Webpage to Demonstrate and Apply NPP Sensor Products During the NPP/JPSS Missions September 2012 – June 30, 2015 Arunas Kuciauskas NRL-MRY ; Jeremy Solbrig, John Kent (SAIC), Steve Miller (CIRA), Jeff Hawkins, and Liam Gumley (CIMSS) JPSS PGRR Science Review April 29 – May 1, 2014

2  Overview and Objectives  Approach  Accomplishments  User Interactions  FY14 Schedule  Plans for Next Phase Outline

3 Scientific Approach VIIRS products (current and under development) in orange

4  Goal(s):  Demonstrate VIIRS near real time image products via the web that covers the globe, includes Google Earth viewing  Provide global perspective that enables users to zoom in and view mesoscale weather  Convert existing algorithms from VIIRS heritage sensors (MODIS, AVHRR, OLS)  Advertise VIIRS capabilities globally, sending JPSS imagery of current interest  Augment VIIRS organic products with LEO and GEO derived products and VIIRS EDRs (chlorophyll & NCC)  Store 22 days (~17 TB) of VIIRS data with a product production with a daily production of ~52,000 images  Satellite sensors: VIIRS, GEO (6), LEO (24 currently)  Targeted NOAA users : NWS, NOAA Fisheries, Proving Ground activities  Period of Performance: September 2012 – June 2015  Budget: $328,000 Overview

5 Key Accomplishments  Through collaborative efforts, provided near real time output to VIIRS products –15-45 minutes from Direct Readout sites at CIMSS and NRL-Stennis –1-3 hours via the AFWA IDPS/FNMOC portal  Leveraging the lunar irradiance model developed at CIRA –producing and hosting variety of quantitative nighttime products using Day/Night Band  Transitioned several MODIS algorithms to VIIRS on NexSat and VIIRS webpages during FY2014 –Contrails (Figure 1) –Dust (Figure 2) –Near Constant Contrast (NCC) EDR (Figure 3)  Publications during CY13/14 –NexSat in BAMS “Nowcast”: “Next-generation satellite meteorology technology unveiled” (December issue, 2013) –Other CIRA/NRL publications (in preparation, in review, accepted): 13 (avail upon request)  Collaborated with COMET in the production of two VIIRS-related training modules  Presented JPSS Science Seminar (Dec. ‘13) featuring NexSat with follow-on JPSS feature article

6 Key Accomplishments Figure 1. Demonstration of VIIRS contrail product from MODIS algorithm Figure 2. Comparing VIIRS true color (left) with the dust (right) product over SW US Figure 3. IR vs Near Constant Contrast (NCC). NCC provides advantage of viewing sea ice (inside red oval) under low/thin cloud surfaces IR NCC Examples from previous slide

7  Provided extensive support to the greater Caribbean region with NexSat customized products and training –NRL received official letter of appreciation from Puerto Rico MIC –Through NexSat, NRL staff provided extensive VIIRS and MODIS product/monitoring support to NWS during flooding, degraded air quality conditions, and TC events –VIIRS applications products: imager channels, dust, true color, nighttime surveillance via DNB  User statistics –Average of 300,000 web hits per day during 2013 –NexSat products are at times the only source of available satellite information throughout the Caribbean  NexSat demonstration capabilities –Operational and in near real time since its inception in 2004  NexSat support of 12 missions involving training and customized products toward scientific field campaigns during 2013/2014 –SEACR4S, DeepWave, J. Dunion (SAL), Marines training, TW13, CoCoRaHS, NWS (SFO and San Juan), Beaufort Sea, TAPS, Lake Victoria, NOAA Fisheries User Interactions

8 Issues  Please note –Variable NexSat funding limits effective planning while minimizing contract efforts, namely from CIRA –Irregular delays in receiving global near real-time VIIRS digital data –DOD travel restrictions have limited conference participation

9  Complete the transition of selected MODIS algorithms into VIIRS. Included in the list: –Fire detection –AOD –Binary cloud/snow & multi-cloud/snow  Develop over water AOD product to monitor nighttime dust over NW African using VIIRS DNB with lunar irradiance model  Develop VIIRS fire products for day and nighttime monitoring  Develop sea ice monitoring over various Arctic regions  Apply ancillary imagery using upcoming Himawari-8 data  Pending DOD approvals, present NexSat results at conferences Schedule for Remainder of Project

10  Provide quantitative assessments of dust products  Provide better discrimination techniques between sea ice and low clouds in the Arctic  Integrate VIIRS with upcoming ABI-like datasets from Himawari-8 (2014), GOES-R (2016), and Meteosat Third Generation satellites (2018)  Integrate GPM’s microwave imager (GMI) and dual frequency precipitation radar (DPR) into NexSat and NRL-VIIRS product suite  Continue satellite training via a variety of outlets: social media, Webinars, military operators Next Phase of Project?