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1 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations The Utility of the Real-Time NASA Land Information System for Drought Monitoring Applications, Assessing Flood Potential, and Use in Collaborative Local Modeling at NWS Huntsville, AL Kristopher D. White Jonathan L. Case 11/17/2011

2 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Plots 3-km SPoRT LIS relative column integrated (0-200 cm) soil moisture (%) – SE Conus 3-km SPoRT LIS relative column (0-200 cm) integrated soil moisture – AL

3 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 3-km SPoRT LIS relative column integrated (0-200 cm) soil moisture (%) 3-km SPoRT LIS relative column integrated (0-200 cm) weekly soil moisture difference SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Plots

4 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations Soil Moisture Output SOIM-10 = Soil Moisture % (0-10 cm) SOIM40-100 = Soil Moisture % (40-100 cm) RSOIM = Relative Soil Moisture (0-10 cm) Wilting point / Saturation point INT-RSOIM = Integrated Relative Soil Moisture (0-200 cm) Wilting point / Saturation point LHFX = LIS-Noah Latent Heat Flux (W/m 2 ) RSOIMDIFF = Integrated Relative Soil Moisture Difference (0-200 cm) Weekly Change SHFX = LIS-Noah Sensible Heat Flux (W/m 2 ) TSKIN = LIS-Noah Skin Temperature (°C) VEGFR = Green Vegetation Fraction % MODIS derived 11/17/2011 SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Plots http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/case_studies/lis_AL.html

5 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations AHPS (Stage-IV) Precipitation SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Plots for Drought Monitoring U.S. Drought Monitor for the state of Alabama Daily streamflow From USGS Sample calculated soil moisture (mm) from the Climate Prediction Center. Sample NASA LIS 3-km 0-10 cm soil moisture plot.

6 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations Weekly Rainfall ending 9/12/2012 Relative Soil Moisture (0-200cm) 9/12/12 Weekly Relative Soil Moisture Difference (0-200cm) 9/12/12 SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Plots for Drought Monitoring – How is Soil Affected by Rainfall?

7 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations July 26, 2011 August 2, 2011 NASA LIS 1-km 0-10 cm soil moisture plots. Degraded areas are circled in white. Data were used for input to the U.S. Drought Monitor SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Plots for Drought Monitoring

8 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 0-10 cm Soil Moisture – 5/8/20120-200 cm Relative Soil Moisture – 5/8/2012 SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Plots for Drought Monitoring

9 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations U.S. Drought Monitor – 5/1/2012U.S. Drought Monitor – 5/8/2012 SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Plots for Drought Monitoring Notice the expansion in this area

10 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 11/17/2011 SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Plots for Drought Monitoring – Future Work Incorporation of LIS soil moisture into the GriDSSAT crop model

11 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 03/04/2011 NASA LIS 1-km Integrated Relative Soil Moisture Antecedent relative soil moisture values were around 45-55% before heavy rains moved into the area over the next week. Use of NASA Land Information System (LIS) for monitoring flood potential Early March 2011 Case…

12 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 03/06/2011 24-Hour Stage IV Precipitation Totals A first round of rain on the 5 th and 6 th brought around 1-3 inch totals to the area. NASA LIS Integrated Relative Soil Moisture Soil moisture increased with values around 50-60% after the initial rains. 03/07/2011 Use of NASA Land Information System (LIS) for monitoring flood potential Early March 2011 Case…

13 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 03/09/2011 24-Hour Stage IV Precipitation Totals A second round of rain on the 8 th and 9 th brought another 1-4 inches to the area. NASA LIS Integrated Relative Soil Moisture Soil moisture increased with values around 60-75% after the second round of rain. 09/07/201103/09/2011 Use of NASA Land Information System (LIS) for monitoring flood potential Early March 2011 Case…

14 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 23 Flood warning products resulted across the Huntsville County Warning Forecast Area Flooding in numerous locations, with many road closures. Moderate flooding along the Tennessee, Big Nance and Flint Rivers Widespread one to four inch rainfall totals on top of relatively moist soils led to sufficient runoff to generate minor to moderate flooding. Use of NASA Land Information System (LIS) for monitoring flood potential Early March 2011 Case…

15 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 09/04/2011 NASA LIS 1-km Integrated Relative Soil Moisture Relative soil moisture values were around 20-40% before heavy rains moved into the area in association with the remnants of tropical storm Lee. Now, let’s look at another case in early September 2011… Use of NASA Land Information System (LIS) for monitoring flood potential

16 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 09/05/2011 09/06/2011 24-Hour Stage-IV Precipitation Totals Rainfall amounts for the two-day period ranged from around 4 to 10 inches. Huntsville received it’s largest calendar day rainfall in over 10 years. However, little flooding was actually reported as a result of the heavy rainfall due in part to the very dry antecedent soil moisture conditions. Use of NASA Land Information System (LIS) for monitoring flood potential

17 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 09/07/2011 Relative soil moisture values only increased to around 40-55% after the rain moved out of the area. NASA LIS 1-km Integrated Relative Soil Moisture Use of NASA Land Information System (LIS) for monitoring flood potential

18 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations Early September 2011 Case… Flood warnings issued for several river locations, including the Big Nance, Flint River, Paint Rock River and Tennessee River…none of which verified. Moderate flooding forecast for Flint River was overestimated by 10 feet! Minor flooding did occur along the Big Wills Creek in Ft Payne, where rainfall amounts were around 10 inches. Dry antecedent soil moisture played a large role in reducing flooding potential. Use of NASA Land Information System (LIS) for monitoring flood potential

19 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations SPoRT LIS Soil Moisture Weekly Difference Plots for Drought Monitoring – Alabama scale 3-km SPoRT LIS relative column integrated (0-200 cm) soil moisture (%) 3-km SPoRT LIS relative column integrated (0-200 cm) weekly soil moisture difference

20 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations 9 km Outer domain Huntsville – SPoRT Modeling Collaboration Nested 3 km Domain

21 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations WRF EMS run with SPoRT datasets (GVF, LIS soil moisture, SSTs) WRF EMS run without SPoRT datasets Huntsville – SPoRT Modeling Collaboration 2m Temps (contoured) 2m Dewpoints (shaded) valid 08Z 13Sep 2012

22 Transitioning Unique NASA Data and Research Technologies to Operations Questions? kris.white@noaa.gov Jonathan.Case-1@nasa.gov

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