Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 Image: MODIS Land Group, NASA GSFC March 2000 Weather and Water Theme Introduction and Overview Presented by Michael Kalb Presented by Michael Kalb

Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 Weather & Water Research Areas from 5-Year Research Plan Improve weather forecast / warning accuracy & lead-time Improve water resource forecasting capabilities Improve NOAA’s understanding and forecast capability in coasts, estuaries and oceans Provide information to air-quality decision makers and improve NOAA’s national air quality forecast capability Science & Technology Infusion 2

Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March Weather & Water Priority Research Activities Improve Weather Forecast and Warning Accuracy and Amount of Lead-time – Improve predictions of high-impact weather (fire weather, hurricanes, heavy precipitation, floods ) – Advance data assimilation and transfer of research and technology into operations through testbeds – Improve understanding of hurricane force extra-tropical cyclones, supporting W&W and C&T objectives – Link larger-scale global circulation fluctuations to local severe weather outbreaks – Increase knowledge of space environment and advance solar & geomagnetic prediction models  MW Products from NOAA/METOP/NPOESS Satellites (Fuzhong Weng)   IR Temperature and Water Vapor Sounding (Chris Barnet)  Satellite wind products (Jaime Daniels)   Using the GOES Sounder to Nearcast Severe Convection (Bob Aune)   Retrieved GOES Vertical Temperature & Moisture Profiles and Real-Time Products (Gary Wade)   Validation of sounding products - NOAA Products Validation System (Tony Reale)  Precipitation and flash flood monitoring (Bob Kuligowski )   Improving Hurricane Intensity Forecasts (Mark DeMaria)   Fire Monitoring (Ivan Csiszar & Shoba Kondragunta)   Oral Presentation  Poster Presentation Operational / Prediction

Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March Weather & Water Priority Research Activities Improve water resources forecasting capabilities – Leverage satellites to observe precipitation, snow water content, and soil moisture, and incorporate satellite information to fill gaps in ground-based radar – Research and develop MW remote sensing of snow and ice to improve estimates of drought severity, regional water supplies, soil moisture, and snowmelt flood forecasting – Improve multi-sensor precipitation algorithms using digital radar mosaics and dual-polarimetric variables. – Improve Hydrologic Prediction Services to monitor and predict snow levels, snow-melt runoff, soil moisture which can precondition run-off rates.  Soil moisture monitoring (Jerry Zhan)  Precipitation and flash flood monitoring (Bob Kuligowski )   Land surface temperature (Bob Yu)  Oral Presentation  Poster Presentation Operational / Prediction

Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 Weather & Water Priority Research Activities 5 Improve NOAA’s understanding & forecast capability in coasts, estuaries, & oceans – Support ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes observing system networks to improve accuracy, resolution, and coverage in nation’s ports, bays, estuaries, and open oceans. – Develop enhanced sensors and monitoring techniques for observing coastal regions from existing and new satellite sensors – Improve understanding through research integrating erosion, flood, riverine, hydrodynamic, wind, ocean circulation, storm surge, and related processes  Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO) (John Sapper)  Improved Cloud Mask and Quality Control for SST Retrievals (Boris Petrenko, & Sasha Ignatov)  Physical Retrieval Algorithms (Andy Harris & Eileen Maturi)  New Approach to Calibration of Broadband IR Sensors on NOAA Satellites (Jon Mittaz & Eileen Maturi)  Blended POES/GOES Ocean SST Products (Eileen Maturi)  In situ SST for satellite Cal/Val and Quality Control (Feng Xu & Sasha Ignatov)  NOAA/NESDIS Operational Satellite OSVW Products (Paul Chang)   Impact of Satellite OSWV data on NWS Operations (Khalil Ahmad)   Improved High Wind Retrievals from ASCAT Wind Vector Measurements (S. Soisuvarn)  Multi-platform satellite surface wind analysis for tropical cyclones (John Knaff)  Water Quality & Optical Property Characterizations for China’s Lake Taihu (Menghua Wang)  Marine environmental responses to a Land Reclamation project in South Korea (S-H Son, Menghua Wang)

Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 Weather & Water Priority Research Activities 6 Provide Information to Air Quality Decision Makers and Improve NOAA’s National Air Quality Forecast Capability – Provide Air Quality decision makers with tools & information with health / economic consequences – Advance model development, regional AQ assessments, and improved tools to monitor long-term trends. – Develop new approaches to more accurate and timely prediction of O 3 and particulate matter – Develop air quality assessments of tropospheric O 3 and particulates to support forecasts, policies & planning – Support regional assessments to characterize atmospheric processes that control pollution transport & transformation  Air Quality Products from NOAA Operational Satellites (Shoba Kondragunta)   Impacts of background O 3 production on Houston & Dallas Air Quality during TexAQS field mission (Brad Pierce)  Fire monitoring (Ivan Csiszar & Shoba Kondragunta) 

Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 Oral Presentations ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS 1. MW Products from NOAA/METOP/NPOESS Satellites (Fuzhong Weng)  2. IR Temperature and Water Vapor Sounding (Chris Barnet) 3. Using the GOES Sounder to Nearcast Severe Convection (Bob Aune)  4. Satellite Wind Products (Jaime Daniels)  OCEAN REMOTE SENSING & SST 5. Advanced Clear-Sky Processor for Oceans (ACSPO) (John Sapper) 6. Blended POES/GOES Ocean SST Products (Eileen Maturi) OCEAN SURFACE SCATTEROMETER WINDS 7. NOAA/NESDIS Operational Satellite OSVW Products (Paul Chang)  PRECIPITATION AND TROPICAL STORMS 8. Precipitation and flash flood monitoring (Bob Kuligowski)  9. Improving Hurricane Intensity Forecasts (Mark DeMaria)  LAND SURFACE 10. Soil moisture monitoring (Jerry Zhan) AIR & WATER QUALITY 11. Air Quality Products from NOAA Operational Satellites (Shoba Kondragunta)  12. Water Quality & Optical Property Characterizations for China’s Lake Taihu (Menghua Wang) 7