1. V6.6 June 08 1 SPSRB Decision Brief on Declaring “Full-Disk GOES Surface and Insolation Products” Operational Presenter: Hanjun Ding (OSDPD) IPT Lead: Istvan Laszlo (STAR) January 30, 2009

2. V6.6 June 08 22 Capabilities Assessment - Insolation Current CapabilitiesRequested CapabilitiesProposed Capabilities Satellite Source (s) GOES-E & GOES-WGOES-E and GOES-Wsame as Requested Capability Product Name GSIP-CONUSGSIP-fdsame as Requested Capability Accuracy rms errors: ~90 Wm -2 (hourly), ~25 W m -2 (daily) at least the same as currentsame as Requested Capability Latency 50 minutes same as Requested Capability Timeliness one hour same as Requested Capability Coverage CONUSextended hemispheres and full disk same as Requested Capability Resolution horizontal: 0.5x0.5 degrees vertical: N/A horizontal: 1/8x1/8 degrees vertical: N/A same as Requested Capability Other attributes limited ocean coverage, not evaluated over water, minimum quality control evaluation over both ocean and land, thorough quality control same as Requested Capability

3. V6.6 June 08 33 Capabilities Assessment - PAR Current CapabilitiesRequested CapabilitiesProposed Capabilities Satellite Source (s) GOES-E & GOES-WGOES-E and GOES-Wsame as Requested Capability Product Name GSIP-CONUSGSIP-fdsame as Requested Capability Accuracy unknownnot specifiedrms errors: ~50 Wm -2 (hourly), ~15 W m -2 (daily) Latency 50 minutes same as Requested Capability Timeliness one hour same as Requested Capability Coverage CONUSextended hemispheres and full disk same as Requested Capability Resolution horizontal: 0.5x0.5 degrees vertical: N/A horizontal: 1/8x1/8 degrees vertical: N/A same as Requested Capability Other attributes limited ocean coverage, not evaluated over water, minimum quality control evaluation over both ocean and land, thorough quality control same as Requested Capability

4. V6.6 June 08 4 New GSIP domains GOES WestGOES East Full Disk Extended Northern Hemisphere

5. Applications of GSIP Data ─ Coral Reef Watch (CRW) combines insolation (PAR) from GSIP-fd with operational thermal stress products in an algorithm based on bleaching physiology. ─ NCEP validates NWP Model predicted fields of cloud properties, radiation fluxes and land surface skin temperature with GSIP-fd. ─ Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute (WHOI) uses radiation data in estimating heat flux components over the coastal ocean to drive ocean circulation models and the PAR data to drive coupled ocean biophysical models. Board Decision – System is “operational” with improvements added (2-3 month). Data Access – Real-time data now available on experimental processing site at ftp://ftp.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/smcd/gsip/

6. V6.6 June 08 6 Product Deliverable Details Product Type and Number of Products Product Delivery/Tra cking Name Environmental Observational ParametersSatellitesSensorsN#N# E#E# R#R# T#T# OTailoring Options or Comments *SW downward surface radiative fluxGOES-11, GOES-12 Imager210Hourly Extended Hemispheric and full disk every 3 hours Formats: binary, HDF, NetCDF *SW upward surface radiative flux““210“ *SW downward TOA radiative flux““210“ *SW upward TOA radiative flux““210“ *SW downward surface clear radiative flux (Insolation)““210“ *SW upward surface clear radiative flux““210“ *SW upward TOA clear radiative flux““210“ *LW downward surface radiative flux““210“ *LW upward surface radiative flux““210“ *LW upward TOA radiative flux (OLR)““210“ *Visible downward surface radiative flux (PAR)““210“ *Total cloud fraction““210“ *Ice cloud fraction““210“ *Water cloud fraction““210“ *Cloud type““210“ *Cloud liquid water path (LWP)““210“ *Cloud ice water path (IWP)““210“ *Cloud top temperature““210“ *Cloud top pressure““210“ *Cloud optical depth““210“ *Surface temperature210 *Radiative temperature““210“ N=New E=Enhanced R=Replacement T=Tailored O=Other * GOES Full-Disk Surface and Insolation Product (GSIP-fd) SW: shortwave (0.2-4.0 microns) TOA: top of atmosphere