Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch The 3rd Annual NOAA/NESDIS/CoRP Science Symposium

The 3rd Annual NOAA/NESDIS/CoRP Science Symposium

“NPOESS, GOES-R and Beyond: New Observations and Applications to Benefit Society”
Hosted by the Cooperative Institute to Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)
August 15 & 16, 2006 – Colorado State University – Fort Collins, Colorado

Presentation

Oral Presentations

August 15, 2006 Hilton Fort Collins

Session One: Introduction and Overview – Chair: Mark DeMaria
Presenter/Photo	Affiliation	Title with link to PowerPoint Presentation
Ingrid Guch	NESDIS/StAR	Cooperative Research Program
Carl Hoffman	IPO	National Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite System (NPOESS) Program Overview
Tim Schmit	NESDIS/StAR	GOES-R Overview
Andrew Heidinger	NESDIS/StAR	VIIRS Cloud Products
Hai-Tien Lee	CICS/UM	Earth Radiation Budget Observations
Don Reinke	CIRA/CSU	CloudSat Data Processing Center – It’s Alive!

Session Two: Poster Session – Chair: Ken Eis
Presenter/Photo	Affiliation	Title with Link to the PowerPoint Presentation
Ken Eis	CIRA/CSU	Overview of the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA)

August 16, 2006 Hilton Fort Collins

Session Three: NPOESS and GOES Applications – Chair: Debra Molenar
Presenter/Photo	Affiliation	Title with Link to the PowerPoint Presentation
Don Hillger	NESDIS/StAR	GOES Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) Color Product Development
Ana Prados	UMBC	GOES-R Aersol Products and Applications
Dan Lindsey	NESDIS/StAR	Severe Weather Applications with GOES-R: What will severe weather look like through the “eyes” of GOES-R?
Ray Zehr	NESDIS/StAR	Tropical Cyclone Applications
Zhenglong Li	CIMSS/UW	GOES-12 Sounder SFOV sounding improvement

Session Four: Numerical Modeling Studies – Chair: Dan Lindsey
Presenter/Photo	Affiliation	Title with Link to the PowerPoint Presentation
Dusanka Zupanski	CIRA/CSU	Ensemble Kalman Filter Methods
Masahiro Kazumori	NCEP/EMC	Impact study of AMSR-E radiances in NCEP Global Data Assimilation System
Louie Grasso	CIRA/CSU	Synthetic satellite imagery

Session Five: Proxy Data Studies and Training – Chair: Don Hillger
Presenter/Photo	Affiliation	Title with Link to the PowerPoint Presentation
Manajit Sengupta	CIRA/CSU	Radiative Transfer Modeling for Simulating GOES-R imagery
Nikki Prive	CIRA/CSU	A Global Unmanned Aircraft System (UAS) Observational Network
Larry O’Neill	COAS/OSU	Coupled Interactions Between Surface Winds and Sea Surface Temperature
Bernadette Connell	CIRA/CSU	National and International Training Highlights

Poster Presentations

Presenter/Photo	Affiliation	Summaries	Poster Title with Link to Poster
Canals, Jorge	CREST	Summary	Validation of Hydro-Estimator algorithm for Puerto Rico region
Choi, Byoung-Ju	CIOSS	Summary	Circulation modeling and data assimilation along the Oregon coast
Fetter, Antonio	COAS	Summary	A numerical study of the South Atlantic variability
Grasso, Louie	CIRA	Summary	Synthetic GOES-R and NPOESS imagery
Harrington, Alex	CIMSS	Summary	Using AVHRR satellite data to discern decadal trends in Wisconsin
Hernandez, Cecilia	CREST	Summary	Using multi-spectral based information for precipitation estimation
Kavanaugh, Maria	COAS	Summary	Scales of variability in coastal oceans: lessons from EO-1
Lugo, Eric	CREST	Summary	Moisture determination of soil with grass cover using dual-wavelength L-band radar
Mhando, Bernard	CREST	Summary	Nowcasting in NYC area
Mittaz, Jonathan	CICS	Summary	Infrared sensor physical radiance bias correction
Nazari, Rouzbeh	CREST	Summary	Climate changes interaction with tropical storm (hurricane)
Reyes, Patrick	CREST	Summary	Dynamics of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) in Tropical Marine Environment
Rios, Carlos	CREST	Summary	Estimation of air temperature using MODIS and in-situ observations
Rosario, Vazjier	CREST	Summary	LIDAR Research and Development at UPRM
Sapiano, Mathew	CICS	Summary	Intercomparing and evaluation high-resolution precipitation products
Sieglaff, Justin	CIMSS	Summary	Improving short-term severe weather forecasting using hyperspectral IR data on GOES-R
Spells, Christopher	CREST	Summary	Influence of the Saharan Air Layer (SAL) on the Intensity of Tropical Cyclones
Stewart, Jebb	CIRA	Summary	High-speed satellite data distribution using CRMS*
Vila, Daniel	CICS	Summary	Evaluation and Improvement of AMSU Precipitation Retrievals Over Ocean
Wang, Nai-Yu	CICS	Summary	Advanced precipitation over land in support of NOAA mission
Yesalusky, Melissa	CREST	Summary	Science on a Sphere: Hampton University Student Outreach, Applications to the Earth Sciences

Attendees

1. Albavrak, Arif (CIRA)
2. Arkin, Phillip (CICS)
3. Birkenheuer, Daniel (NOAA/OAR)
4. Brummer, Renate (CIRA)
5. Canals, Jorge (CREST)
6. Choi, Byoung-Ju (CIOS)
7. Connell, Bernadette (CIRA)
8. DeMaria, Mark (NOAA/NESDIS)
9. Eis, Kenneth (CIRA)
10. Fetter, Antonio (COAS)
11. Forsythe, John (CIRA)
12. Grasso, Louie (CIRA)
13. Guch, Ingrid (NOAA/NESDIS)
14. Gutman, Seth (NOAA/OAR)
15. Haney, John (Lockheed)
16. Harrington, Alex (CIMSS)
17. Harris, Andrew (CICS)
18. Heidinger, Andrew (NOAA/NESDIS)
19. Hernandez, Cecilia (CREST)
20. Hillger, Don (NOAA/NESDIS)
21. Hoffman, Carl (NPOESS)
22. Holst, Hillary (Lockheed)
23. Kankiewicz, Adam (CIRA)
24. Kavanaugh, Maria (COAS)
25. Kazumori, Masahiro (NCEP)
26. Kidder, Stan (CIRA)
27. Lakhankar, Tarendra (CIRA)
28. Lee, Hai-Tien (CICS)
29. Li, Zhenglong (CIMSS)
30. Lindsey, Dan (NOAA/NESDIS)
31. Lipschutz, Bob (CIRA)

32. Lugo, Eric (CREST)
33. Matsumoto, Cliff (CIRA)
34. Mhando, Bernard (CREST)
35. Mittaz, Jonathan (CICS)
36. Molenar, Debra (NOAA/NESDIS)
37. Nazari, Rouzbeh (CREST)
38. Noh, Y.J. (CIRA)
39. O’Neill, Larry (COAS)
40. Parsiani, Hamed (CREST)
41. Partain, Phillip (CIRA)
42. Paul, Sydney (CREST)
43. Prados, Ana (UMBC)
44. Prive, Nikki (CIRA)
45. Reinke, Don (CIRA)
46. Reyes, Patrick (CREST)
47. Rios, Carlos (CREST)
48. Rosario, Vazjier (CREST)
49. Sapiano, Mathew (CICS)
50. Schmit, Tim (NOAA/NESDIS)
51. Sengupta, Manajit (CIRA)
52. Sieglaff, Justin (CIMSS)
53. Spells, Christopher (CREST)
54. Stewart, Jebb (CIRA)
55. Streett, Davida (NOAA/NESDIS)
56. Strub, Ted (CIOS)
57. Tessendorf, Sarah (CIRA)
58. Vila, Daniel (CICS)
59. Wang, Nai-Yu (CICS)
60. Yesalusky, Melissa (CREST)
61. Zehr, Ray (NOAA/NESDIS)
62. Zupanski, Dusanka (CIRA)

Awards

The award for the best poster was presented to Mathew Sapiano of CICS Mathew’s poster was entitled: Intercomparing and evaluation high-resolution precipitation products.
Posters judged by Stan Kidder and John Knaff of CIRA

Symposium Committee

Planning: Mark DeMaria (Chair), Joanne Divico, Kathy Fryer, Don Hillger, Holli Knutson, Kevin Micke, Debra Molenar

IT Support: Debra Molenar, Hiro Gosden, Kevin Micke

Photographer: Greg DeMaria

Posters: Marilyn Watson, Ryan Cearley, Jonni Fleagane, Kaisha Jekel, Rachel Danner

Poster Judges: John Knaff, Stan Kidder

Travel: Donna Buckley, Susan Devine, Kathy Fryer, Staci Jones

Van Drivers: Jack Dostalek, Daniel Coleman, Ryan Cearley