GOESR Air Quality Proving Ground AQPG Overview

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GOES-R Air Quality Proving Ground (AQPG) Overview

• Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS Center for
  Satellite Applications and Research (STAR)
• Chair, GOES-R Aerosols/Air Quality/Atmospheric
  Chemistry Application Team

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What is AQPG?

• Day 1 user readiness purpose of AQPG is to
  ensure that user community is ready for GOES-R
  Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) air quality
  products immediately after launch

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ABI Air Quality Products

• Aerosol detection (smoke/dust)
• Aerosol optical depth
• Aerosol particle size
• Total ozone
• Fire hot spots and characterization
• Aerosol and trace gas emissions
• Visibility

AQ team Build 1
Land team Build 1
AQ team Build 2
AQ/Aviation team Tailored product
AQ team Tailored product
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Inputs from AQPG Team

• D. Byun, NOAA/OAR/ARL - Collaborator
• S. Christopher, UAH Co-PI
• P. Dickerson, EPA - Advisor
• R. Hoff, UMBC Co-PI
• S. Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS Project coordinator
• F. Moshary, CCNY Co-I
• B. Pierce, NOAA/NESDIS Co-I
• J. Szykman, EPA - Collaborator

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User Community and Focus Group

• National Weather Service/National Center for
  Environmental Prediction
• Environmental Protection Agency
• State and local environmental agencies
• Weather Forecasting Offices
• Federal Aviation Administration
• United States Department of Agriculture/United
  States Forest Service
• State and local air quality forecasters

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FY09 Activities

• Task 1 Kickoff meeting in August 2009
• Task 2 Satellite imagery for different air
  quality events
• Task 3 Generation of GOES-R ABI proxy data
• Task 4 First AQPG workshop

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Task 1 Kickoff Meeting

• Kickoff meeting in UMBC in August/September 2009.
  New hire is expected to be onboard to organize
  the workshop
• Meeting output expected to be
• Goals
• Guidance and timelines for the activities of the
  new hire and user group
• Specific target dates for presentation of air
  quality event cases to the user group

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Task 2 Satellite Imagery

• UMBC new hire will coordinate with different
  instrumented sites and the user group to compile
  and distribute MODIS and GOES imagery
• Telecon meeting with users to discuss the imagery
  interpretation and usefulness for air quality
  forecasters
• Obtain feedback from users on visualization tools
  and data formats for GOES-R products

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Task 3 GOES-R ABI Proxy Data

• STAR contractor will run GOES-R ABI simulator to
  generate proxy radiance data for air quality
  events picked
• STAR contractor will run ABI retrieval algorithm
  on the proxy radiance data
• STAR/CIMSS will run high resolution WRF-CHEM
  model and generate ABI proxy data
• STAR contractor will run ABI retrieval algorithm
  on the proxy radiance data
• GOES-R ABI retrievals from 15-minutes will be
  interpreted to 5-minute imagery/products

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Task 4 First AQPG Workshop

• First AQPG workshop will be held at UMBC in
  August 2010
• Interactive discussion with members of user/focus
  group to obtain feedback on ABI products/imagery
• Future AQPG activities will be highlighted

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Workplan for First Year Activities
Compile satellite data for different air quality
events

• Develop imagery display tools for these products

• STAR will generate ABI proxy data for these
  events
• STAR will run ABI algorithms for these test cases

• Present test cases and ABI products/imagery to
  user group

• Compile feedback and make any changes needed to
  the tools

Workshop
Test applications