1. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GOES-R Proving Ground WFO Interaction Activities – An Update Presentation at Boulder Spring Workshop – Ed Szoke (CIRA & NOAA/ESRL/GSD) CIRA members working on this project: Mark DeMaria, Steve Miller, Don Hillger, Deb Molenar, Hiro Gosden, Bernie Connell, Greg DeMaria and Renate Brummer Outline of today's talk - What has been going on? - Or, why hasn’t much been happening yet? - Review of what the first product will be and its purpose - How you can help evaluate this product - Future activities...

2. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Why haven’t any products been installed since the Winter Workshop talk in October? Too busy hoisting! Or… It was decided to go through official channels to get the products into AWIPS This has taken longer, but an agreement is now in place with Central Region This will make it easier to supply products to other CR WFOs It has taken longer to make sure the product is working Has been running well on the AWIPS at CIRA in Fort Collins

3. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk What is the current status? Early April: Deb and Hiro (from CIRA) worked with Dave T. to get the first product (GeoColor) installed on a test AWIPS at the BOU WFO. Installation went okay, but there were color table issues Dave has since figured these out The images right now are on ALPS and we are still making sure That they are correct That there is no problem getting them to AWIPS, etc. Soon (if no problems arise) Dave will get these to the regular AWIPS The first product will be the GeoColor image product I will describe this after a brief review of GOES-R and the purpose of the GOES-R Proving Ground

4. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Overview of GOES-R Homepage at http://www.goes-r.gov/http://www.goes-r.gov/ The first launch of GOES-R is scheduled for FY2015.

5. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GOES-R Proving Ground Homepage at http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_r/proving-ground.html The purpose of interaction now is to provide better knowledge of the potential new capabilities of GOES-R to forecasters so that they can take full advantage of the products when the satellite comes online, as well as to get feedback from forecasters in order to develop useful products now and in the future.

6. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk What new capabilities will be available with GOES-R? New bandwidths 16 channels in GOES-R vs. 5 (of the 6 available) in the current GOES So new products can be created to address specific forecast issues Higher spatial resolution 2 km for IR 0.5 to 1 km for visible (depending on band) Increased temporal resolution Full-disk every 5 minutes 1 minute rapid scan

7. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk List of our test products, along with detailed information on these, can be found at http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/goes_r_proving_ground/

8. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk The first product to be tested is called the GeoColor Image Product

9. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GeoColor Image Product We have created a detailed documentation of this product At http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/goes_r_proving_ground/gci.asp http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/goes_r_proving_ground/gci.asp It can be accessed through the GOES-R Proving Ground homepage Dave will put a link on the intranet page Note: part of the feedback we would like to get includes what you think of this documentation The template for this product is what we hope to use for all the GOES-R Proving Ground products Next I will go through the highlights of what is in the documentation

10. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GeoColor Image Product information page. Basic information, plus expandes to more detailed info.

11. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GeoColor Image Product Purpose of this product This product displays GOES data in a new way Customized background – allows for “natural” background color and nighttime city lights Seamless transition from daytime (visible) to nighttime (IR) imagery Specially developed color scheme that allows low cloud/fog areas to stand out distinctly The color table is a crucial part of this product and should not be adjusted

12. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GeoColor Image Product low clouds/fog nighttme image daytime image night lights

13. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Here is an image that is currently on ALPS.

14. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Here is an image from Saturday at 2315z.

15. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Here is an image from Saturday at 0045z.

16. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Here is an image from Saturday at 0345z.

17. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GeoColor Image Product Why is this a GOES-R Proving Ground product? This product demonstrates the kind of imagery that will be available in the GOES-R era When GOES-R is available the product will be created using The Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) sensor on GOES-R Combined with Visible/Infrared Imager/Radiometer Suite (VIIRS) on the National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) satellites So in the GOES-R era the GeoColor product can be created without the need for some of the special blending techniques used Also the product would be available at higher time and space resolution

18. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GeoColor Image Product How is this product created now? This product can be created now by doing the following For the full CONUS image (which we will get soon) GOES-East and GOES-West visible and IR images are used The natural color comes from the NASA Blue Marble data set The nighttime lights come from National Geophysical Data Center's (NGDC) 2003 "Nighttime Lights of the World" dataset (which uses the Defense Meteorological Satellite Program (DMSP) Note that the above two sources are static images A vertical blending techniques is used to put all the images together Another technique allows low clouds/fog (these cannot be distinguished with this product) to stand out This involves use of the difference between the 3.9 and 11.0 micron channels

19. 19 Visible Data Foreground True Color Background Solar Zenith Weighting Blended VIS/IR/Background Infrared Data Foreground Night Lights Background true color from the NASA Blue Marble dataset nighttime lights from NGDC data set From current GOES imagery

20. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GeoColor Image Product What do we want from you? Feedback on the product and the documentation How best to get this Dave suggested using the shift log on the intranet He has set up a “GOES-R Proving” heading Later perhaps some sort of web-based form may also be useful (?)

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22. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk “Low cloud/fog” product : The demo product will be available every 30 min at 4 km resolution In the GOES-R era, this will improve to 5 min and 2 km. This is a GOES-based day/night technique which distinguishes low (water) clouds and fog from high (ice) clouds in a satellite image. High clouds are masked out (black) based on cloud-top temperatures below 0 o C. The product is computed from GOES shortwave and longwave spectral bands, to retrieve the reflected component in the shortwave by subtracting the spectrally-equivalent emitted component using the longwave infrared band. Water-drop/fog/stratus clouds show up because of their high reflectance/albedo in the shortwave

23. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GOES-R Proving Ground Homepage

24. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk “Geo-Color Multi-Layer Blending” product This is an exciting new product that allows one to identify several different features in a single image For example, low clouds and fog appear as normally seen in a visible image during the day, but then in the same image appear as a different color at night. This product demonstrates the multi-parameter visualization possible with GOES-R And in addition the natural color imagery available from GOES-R How is it constructed for this demonstration? Technique blends VIS/IR satellite imagery with MODIS blue marble and DMSP/OLS backgrounds. Demonstration resolution 4 km every 30 minutes Final GOES-R product resolution 2 km every 5 minutes

25. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Note the offshore clouds in the current GOES imagery

26. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Note the difference with the new product...

27. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Hurricane Katrina in GeoColor GOES-12: 27 August 2005

28. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk So....what does all this mean for you? We provide to you: Test products displayable on AWIPS (to be discussed in detail to follow) - These based on an earlier meeting here in June - These products allow you to see some of the new capabilities - We expect to have the first products on your AWIPS by the end of October What we hope to get back from you: Feedback on these products, such as - How useful are they - Presentation (color combos, etc.) Methods to gather this feedback are still being determined - free-form comments, perhaps sent by email - online forms (SpoRT uses these) Some benefits of participation in the GOES-R Proving Ground activities - Opportunity to get new products that you deem useful into AWIPS now - Influence what will be available in AWIPS2 - Products will be improved when GOES-R comes online because of your help - Important to remember that this is an ongoing process, not something that is only off in the distance somewhere...

29. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk GOES-R channels (Note that the current MODIS satellite has similar channels, so MODIS imagery will often be used to demonstrate GOES-R capabilities.)

30. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Current GOES Channels

31. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk To this end the GOES-R Proving Ground project has been developed. Here is the mission statement.... GOES-R Satellite Proving Ground Mission Statement The Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) Satellite Proving Ground project engages the National Weather Service (NWS) forecast and warning community in an interactive demonstration of selected capabilities anticipated from the next generation of NOAA geostationary earth observing systems. The Proving Ground project objective is to bridge the gap between research and operations by: Utilizing current systems (satellite, terrestrial, or model/synthetic) to emulate various aspects of future GOES-R capabilities Focusing on environmental applications bearing highest practical value to NWS users Infusing GOES-R products and techniques into the NWS operational platform, AWIPS. A key element of this activity is a sustained interaction between Proving Ground team and NWS users for the purposes of training, product evaluation, and solicitation of user feedback. The Proving Ground relies on close coordination with the GOES-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG) and Risk Reduction programs as sources of demonstration products, and will enhance the operational transition pathway for those programs. The intended outcomes of this project are an increased awareness for both developers and users of the GOES-R observing system, and an effective transition of unique GOES-R research products to the operational weather community.

32. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk Who is involved in the GOES-R Proving Ground Project? Here is a listing, along with their interactions with the NWS. CIRA: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere, at CSU in Fort Collins Interact with WFOs in Cheyenne and Boulder Longer term may also interact with other WFOs, and perhaps NHC website: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/goes_r_proving_ground/ CIMSS: Center for Satellite Applications and Research (Madison, Wisconsin, with the University of Wisconsin). Interacting directly with Wisconsin WFOs (Sullivan, LaCrosse) Also provide some MODIS imagery to a number of WFOs on AWIPS website: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/cimss-satellite-proving-ground SPoRT: Short-term Prediction Research and Transition in Huntsville, Alabama They are with NASA, and their goal is to transition NASA data and research Also involved in the GOES-R Proving Ground activities Have established close interaction with Southern Region WFOs They have online assessment forms that might be something we can use website: http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/ AWG – Algorithm Working Group A collection of 15 teams responsible for developing the new algorithms from GOES-R Close interaction with the algorithm developers through this project should lead to better products for forecasters when GOES-R is launched.

33. 20 April 2009 Boulder WFO Spring Workshop Talk extra slides...........

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