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NOAA SSS Science Team FY12 Q3 Meeting

NOAA SSS Science Team FY12 Q3 Meeting. Eric Bayler NOAA / NESDIS / STAR 2 – 4 pm, Wednesday, 30 May 2012 WWB Conference Room 707 Dial-in: 888-847-9714; 59006#. Agenda. Welcome SSS data repository status SSS Science Meetings Aquarius Mission Update Proposals

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NOAA SSS Science Team FY12 Q3 Meeting

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  1. NOAA SSS Science TeamFY12 Q3 Meeting Eric Bayler NOAA / NESDIS / STAR 2 – 4 pm, Wednesday, 30 May 2012WWB Conference Room 707Dial-in: 888-847-9714; 59006#

  2. Agenda • Welcome • SSS data repository status • SSS Science Meetings • Aquarius Mission Update • Proposals • Geo-Polar blended SST support for SSS satellite missions • Aquarius Science Team meeting poster presentations • SMOS-BEC L3/4 product data stream • SMOS newsletter • Open Discussion (issues, topics of interest, …)

  3. Announcements • New Aquarius Project Scientist: Simon Yueh • User Requests initiated • Near-real-time ocean operational model data assimilation • NOAA Real-Time Ocean Forecast System (RTOFS) • Seasonal-interannual operational model data assimilation • Global Ocean Data Assimilation System (GODAS) / Coupled Forecast System (CFS)

  4. SSS Data Repository Status • SMOS • Status • Level-1: Rolling 1-month window • Level-2: Complete data record • 1st reprocessing (2010 – 2011) downloaded • 12 Jan 2010 – 21 Dec 2011 • pending extraction from binary • Instrument gap: 27 Dec 2010 – 1 Jan 2011 • Minor gaps elsewhere • Aquarius • Status • Level-1: Pursuing rolling 1-month window for JCSDA • Level-2: Complete data record • Issue: SSS repository data retention policy for obsolete versions? • SSS Repository User Accounts: • NESDIS: STAR/SOCD (3), NODC/MDSD (1), NODC/OCL (1) • NWS: CPC (1), EMC/MMAB (1), EMC/GCWMB (1)

  5. SSS Level-3 & 4 Products • Level-3/4 (gridded) data products • NASA • Entire Aquarius NASA Level-3 product entire record • CoastWatch-formatted version of NASA Level-3 product available for entire record • Disseminated via CoastWatch/OceanWatch website • Geotiff and png formatted version also produced and provided by NOAA CoastWatch/OceanWatch • SMOS Barcelona Expert Centre (BEC) • Account established; surveying users to determine which of a selection of products best suit needs • Approval obtained for establishing a data stream of the selected products. Detailed coordination still required. • Products since • IFREMER CATDS Expert Centre – Ocean Salinity (CEC-OS) • Initial contact made with product developer at SMOS-MODE meeting

  6. SMOS-BEC: SSS Level-3 Products

  7. SSS Science Meetings • SMOS Mission Oceanographic Data Exploitation (MODE) • E.U. Cooperation in Science and Technology (COST) Action ES1001 • ~ 17 nations + ESA (non-COST member) • NOAA invited to join as non-COST member • Application submitted • Working Groups: • #1: Satellite salinity retrieval • #2: Oceanographic exploitation • Attended and presented at most recent working group and annual workshop meeting (Frascati, Italy, 28-30 Mar 2012) • Annual Workshop keynote talk, “Satellite Sea-Surface Salinity Data Exploitation at NOAA” • Working Group presentation, “Satellite Sea-Surface Salinity (SSS) in Passive Microwave Retrievals” • Link to SMOS-MODE Meeting presentations and minutes • ftp://ftp.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/star/ebayler/SSS/SMOS/SMOS-MODE • Presentations “READ ME” file • Minutes_WG1_20120328 • Minutes_WG2_20120328 • Background on the SMOS-MODE COST Action ES1001

  8. SSS Science Meetings • Aquarius Science Team Meeting • Buenos Aires, Argentina, 11-13 Apr 2012 • NOAA attendees: Eric Bayler (NESDIS/STAR), Tim Boyer, (NESDIS/NODC) • NOAA SSS Science Team Posters • Bayler, “Satellite SSS Applications at NOAA” • NESDIS/STAR • Boyer, Reagan, Levitus, Antonov, Locarnini, Byrne, “Comparing Aquarius satellite SSS with NODC in situ analyzed SSS” • NESDIS/NODC (OCL, MDSD) • Xie, Boyer, Bayler, Xue, Byrne, Reagan, Locarnini, Kumar, “NOAA Blended Analysis of Surface Salinity: Preliminary Results” • NWS/CPC, NESDIS/NODC (OCL, MDSD), NESDIS/STAR • Xie, Joyce, Yoo, Kumar, Xue, Wang, Liu, “An Examination of the Sea Surface Salinity and Fresh Water Flux Relationship Using the Aquarius PMW Retrievals” • NWS/CPC, NASA/JPL • Link to presentations and posters • http://www.conae.gov.ar/AQ_SAC-D_7thScienceMeet/material.html

  9. Aquarius Mission Update Gary Lagerloef Aquarius Mission Principal Investigator

  10. SSS Proposals • NASA ROSES • Pending submission to FY12 Physical Oceanography opportunity • Possible 2013 Aquarius Science Team opportunity, ~ Feb 2013? • NESDIS/STAR Ocean Remote Sensing (ORS) • SSS Science Team (FY13) • PI Bayler, Co-I Brown, $152,680 • Observations • Develop experimental quality-filtered Aquarius and SMOS Level-2 SSS data streams for data assimilation • Develop experimental Aquarius and SMOS global-composite data sets and grid for select applications • Compare ocean color radiometry (OCR) models to empirically estimated estuarine SSS • Initiate SSS quality-monitoring framework • Climatology • Develop monthly Aquarius and SMOS – in situ blended analyses of surface salinity (BASS) • Modeling • Investigate the SSS dependencies of operationally-significant passive microwave retrievals. • Initiate SSS data assimilation research and development for global HYCOM • Ecosystems • Explore potential SSS roles in ecosystem habitats for migratory species

  11. Mission Support • NOAA Geo-Polar blended SST • Alternative to Reynolds ¼-degree SST • Sample 5-km resolution data provided • Link: ftp://rigel.nesdis.noaa.gov/eps/sst/GPBlended_sst/5KM/ • Product documentation provided • Link: ftp://ftp.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/star/ebayler/SSS/Aquarius/G-P_blend_SST/ • Pending Aquarius team evaluation • Provided to SMOS-MODE members

  12. Presentations • Boyer, Reagan, Levitus, Antonov, Locarnini, Byrne, “Comparing Aquarius satellite SSS with NODC in situ analyzed SSS” • Xie, Boyer, Bayler, Xue, Byrne, Reagan, Locarnini, Kumar, “NOAA Blended Analysis of Surface Salinity: Preliminary Results”

  13. SMOS NewsletterInaugural Issue (May 2012) Highlights • Link: ftp://ftp.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/star/ebayler/SSS/SMOS/Newsletters/SMOS_newsletter_May_2012.pdf • Release of reprocessed SSS data (OS v5.50) • 12 Jan 2010 – 22 Dec 3011 • Read-me-first notes on Level-1 &2 data quality caveats • ftp://ftp.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/pub/star/ebayler/SSS/SMOS/Read_me_first_Level-2_OS_data_April_2011.pdf • Journal Special Edition on SMOS • IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Vol 50/5, 2012 (six SSS articles) • Data and Processors summary • Current SSS version since 15 Dec 2011; same as first reprocessing • RFI discussion • Upcoming SMOS meetings • IGARSS, 22-27 July, Munich; SMOS sessions

  14. Open Discussion • Issues? • Topics of interest?

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