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This document outlines the baseline and option 2 products being developed for the GOES-R Proving Ground. It also provides information on the current testing and validation activities, as well as the plans for future collaborations and deliverables.
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UW-CIMSS and ASPB 2010 Proving Ground Activities GOES-R Proving Ground Face-to-Face May 18-19, Boulder, CO Advanced Satellite Products Branch UW-Madison
GOES-R PG Plan Decision Support Candidates • Baseline Products: • Volcanic Ash: detection & Height • Cloud and Moisture Imagery • Hurricane Intensity • Lightning Detection: Events, Groups & Flashes • Rainfall Rate / QPE • Total Precipitable Water • Fire/Hot Spot Characterization • Option 2 Products: • Aircraft Icing Threat • Convective Initiation • Enhanced “V” / Overshooting Top Detection • Low Cloud and Fog • SO2 Detection
April 22, 2010 24-Hour Accumulated UWCI and OT Locations NLDN CG Lightning SPC Storm Reports
GOES Proxy Overshooting Top (OT) and Decision Support Detection Provided to SPC HWT for GOES-R PG Spring 2010 6
UW/CIMSS is generating simulated ABI Bands 8-16 using NSSL-WRF once daily Currently in test mode, webpage is updated by 11am for 7 time steps. McIDAS areas for N-AWIPS display ABI Band 10 (7.34 µm) ABI Band 13 (10.35 µm) http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_r/proving-ground/nssl_abi/nssl_abi_rt.html 8
PG Demonstration Activities • All products are being reformatted into GRIB2 -> AWIPS, AWIPS-II, McIDAS-V, GEMPAK, and other visualization software. • GINI formatting -- transition our current suite of imagery into AWIPS II. We can format fields and products in GRIB2, but it is not an effective format for satellite imagery yet. • In field direct collaboration for SPC HWT and MKX (Sullivan) WFO.
PG Demonstration Activities In-direct users at WFO in each region AWIPS Migration J. Gerth continues to serve as the CIMSS representative on the AWIPS II teleconference call for the GOES-R Proving Ground partners, as well as the AWIPS II Governance Tiger Team. Currently assessing operating system and hardware requirements to run AWIPS II outside of a NWS forecast office. Continue to receive and install new builds of the software, most recently TO11 DR9. WES ABI status – Pacific case, NSSL EWP WES training CI/OT/Imagery Training provided via fact sheets, VISITview, and lecture
ABI WES case: Added a set of ABI simulated images from 21Z on Jun 26, 2008 14
Partnerships • Norman SPC/NSSL HWT/AWC • Providing in field support for N-AWIPS/AWIPS CI, and Overshooting-top/Enhanced-V. Providing NSSL WRF ABI IR band simulations from 17 May – 18 June 2010 • Milwaukee WFO Haz Wx Testbed • In field UW-CIMSS researchers will be at office every Tues/Thur May – Aug, CI and Nearcasting demo • Collaborations with AK PG effort • M. Pavolonis to provide AVHRR Volash/SO2 and Low Cloud/Fog • Other WFOs that receive up to 38 products • Initial Hurricane Testbed collaboration
AVHRR automated ash cloud warning system • The warning criteria is fully user configurable. • In addition to the text message, an automatically generated, pre-analyzed false color image along with product images are supplied to the user. Product Quick-look Text Warning
AVHRR in AWIPS Example of other products: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/08/090811_avhrr_ir_type_anim.gif 20
Schedule • Participate and provide convective initiation and overshooting-top decision support products to Storm Prediction Center for evaluation and feedback (Spring 2010) • Participate in GOES-R Proving Ground review meeting (Spring 2010) • Provide on site GOES-R Proving Ground UW Convective Initiation and nearcasting training and collaboration with local Sullivan NWS office (Summer 2010) • Participate in Pac NWS Proving Ground meeting in Honolulu, Hawaii (Summer 2010) • Support GOES-R PG demonstration decision support product data infusion into AWIPS, N-AWIPS, and AWIPS Migration as needed (2010-2011) • Participate in GOES-R High Latitude Testbed activities including provide demonstration volcanic ash and low cloud/fog products via AWIPS (Fall 2010 – Spring 2011)
Deliverables • Deliver and install two SDI-104 McIDAS ingest servers at Honolulu, Hawaii NWS office when direct readout antennae's are in place (Spring 2010) - Done • Provide experimental GOES-R AWG proxy product data streams to AWIPS for users in near real-time (Whole year) – On-going • Develop and distribute Pacific Ocean Weather Event Simulation case (Winter 2011) – In progress • Implement lightning proxy data code if obtained from GOES-R R3/AWG Lightning team (Winter 2011) • Generate near real-time regional WRF ARW synthetic ABI radiances (Spring 2011) – NSSL WRF ARW conversion to ABI IR bands • Annual report (Word and PPT) (Fall 2010)
Problems/Issues/Discussion • PG still needs some flexibility to address user needs on a timely basis (e.g., customer responsiveness). • should be able to supply requested products to users without having to wait for the next years plan. • for example, MODIS SST and MKE, UWCI modifications, etc. • If it's not broke, don't fix it. For example, if MODIS data flows to each of the regions in a band-width effective method, why look to adding in data latency? • Fixed PG monthly meeting times for the year (eg,third Friday of each month at 18UTC). • Share ppt ahead of time; to reduce WebEx reliance. • AWG management interface with PG. • will AWG run GOES (or MODIS) versions of ABI algorithms? • Data format • GRB2 and BUFR may be what certain users expect, yet GOES-R formats are mostly netCDFv4