Satellite Education for NWS meteorologists

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Satellite Education for NWS meteorologists

• Jim LaDue
• DLOC 2008

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Objective

• Suggested satellite education sessions for
  forecasters

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Satellite Education channels

• Basic of Satellite
• http//rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/basic.html
• WV
• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/visit/water_vapor.
  html
• MODIS products in AWIPS
• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/visit/modis.html

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Satellite Education plan

• GOES
• Introducing GOES-12
• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/visit/goes12.html
  
• GOES winds
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/goeswinds
  .html
• GOES soundings
• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/visit/sounder.html
  
• GOES sounder retrieval
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/cldhgt.ht
  ml
• WaterVapor
• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/visit/water_vapor.
  html

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Satellite Education Plan - POES

• POES data and products-
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/poes.html
  
• http//www.meted.ucar.edu/topics_satellite.php
• Multi band image classification
• http//www.meted.ucar.edu/norlat/snow/blowingsnow_
  case/
• http//www.meted.ucar.edu/npoess/det_vis/index.htm
  
• Scatterometer
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/quikscat.
  html
• Microwave imaging
• http//www.meted.ucar.edu/ist/poes2/index.htm

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Satellite Education Plan Mesoscale - convective
nowcasting

• RSO intro- http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visi
  t/rso_guide.html
• RSO- http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/newr
  so.html
• RSO3- http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/rso
  3.html
• MCVs- http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/mcv
  .html
• GOES sounder point retrievals -http//www.cira.col
  ostate.edu/ramm/visit/cldhgt.html
• Downburst environment- http//www.cira.colostate.e
  du/ramm/visit/downburst.html
• Convective initiation- http//rammb.cira.colostat
  e.edu/visit/nssl/icu92/icu922web/ic922.html
• Nocturnal boundaries- http//www.cira.colostate.ed
  u/ramm/visit/lto.html

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Satellite Education Plan Stormscale - tstm
strength

• Interactive cloud top height
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/cldhgt.ht
  ml
• Enhanced-V
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/ev.html
• Three classes of storm tops
• http//rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/nssl/icu624/
  
• AWOC Severe Track storm interrogation
• http//www.wdtb.noaa.gov/courses/awoc/ICSvr3/index
  .html

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Satellite Education Plan Winter weather

• Winter storms analysis
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/winter.ht
  ml
• Elevated ascent
• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/visit/midland.html
  
• Synoptic - cyclone analysis
• Winter storms analysis
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/winter.ht
  ml
• Cyclogenesis
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/cyclo.htm
  l

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Satellite Education Special tasks

• Wildland fire detection
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/detection
  .html
• Marine QuickScat winds
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/qswinds.h
  tml
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/quikscat.
  html
• Aviation and travel Fog detection
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/fog.html

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Satellite Education Special tasks

• Subtropical analysis
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/subtrop.h
  tml
• Tropical imagery and products
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/tropical_
  guide.html
• Satellite-derived rainfall
• http//www.cira.colostate.edu/ramm/visit/trap.html
  
• http//rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/hydro.html

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Satellite Education Special Tasks

• Coasts
• http//rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/coastal.html
  
• Orographic clouds
• http//rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/orographic.h
  tml
• Simulated Satellite Imagery
• http//rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/CRAS_AWIPS.h
  tml
• http//cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/model/realtime/index.ht
  ml

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Overall

• http//rammb.cira.colostate.edu/visit/topic_sat.ht
  ml

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