Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch SHyMet “Old/NewTopics” Survey

Details About You

When was the last time you participated in or looked at a basic GOES Imager Channels course or session?

Self Rating

On a scale of 1 to 5, 1 being of no proficiency and 5 being of expert ability, please rate yourself on the job of integrating satellite images or data with observational data (surface, upper air, ACARS, etc.) in order to evaluate NWP model initialization concerning each of the following topics:

Relating clouds to model RH/predicted sky trends:

Position of clearing or clouding of skies in association with the position of the short-wave trough or ridge:

Jet streak location and its subsequent causing of thickening clouds and/or development of convection:

Comparing the strength/location of the vorticity center/trough in models to satellite trends:

Determining relative strength of mid/upper cyclones:

Future Planning

Your answers to the following questions will help us plan what will be beneficial and which groups to target. Please use the following scale to rate the items:

General cloud identification:

Synoptic and hemispheric scale cloud and moisture patterns: the top part of the Forecast Funnel:

Identifying Synoptic and/or Meso-scale features related to ongoing or expected weather:

Fronts and mid-latitude lows or systems:

Jet stream identification and its relationship to synoptic and mesoscale trends:

Convective cloud systems (MCC, MCS, MVC, etc.):

Orographically driven atmospheric phenomena and features:

Polar and high latitude phenomena:

Identifying surface features: snow cover, ice cover on lakes (bays, rivers, oceans, etc.), moist/dry land, fires/burn scars, land use:

Tropical system trends: from easterly waves to hurricanes:

TROWAL Identification and relationship to the cyclone:

Importance Rating

Rate the importance of using satellite imagery in the following sub-synoptic, mesoscale, and local effects:

Identifying boundaries to focus convection - outflow from previous convection, dry line genesis from low-level moisture trends, fringe of morning cloud area, etc.:

Identifying fog and stratus development and dissipation trends:

Identify snow and ice fields and relate to temperature trends:

Relating past precipitation to Td and RH trends and locating boundaries:

Applying satellite techniques to heavy snow events:

Development and dissipation of local wind events (sea/land breeze, lake effect, valley/mountain, severe downslope):

In general, use satellite trends with local geography to better understand diurnal trends and local effects in cloud development/dissipation and precipitation events (convection over mountains, land/sea, lake effect, etc.):

Satellite cloud climatologies:

Mesoscale Banding:

Convective Severe Storms from initiation to demise:

Identifying boundaries:

Hydrology Topics

Rate the importance of the following hydrology topics:

Precipitation estimation:

Precipitation rate/intensity/duration:

Precipitation type:

Soil moisture:

Land Use and effects on runoff - vegetation health, urbanization, burn scars, etc.:

Land Type and effects on runoff - steep slope, soil type, snow cover, etc.:

Satellite Centric Course

Rate the importance of the following (satellite centric) courses:

Fire Detection

Aerosol monitoring:

Volcanic ash and aerosol detection:

Dust detection:

Summary Importance

Rate the importance of 30 minute or less summary sessions (designed for quick and easy reference) concerning:

GOES Imager Channels:

Satellite signatures of severe storms:

Fire (Hot spot) detection:

Fog detection:

Cloud/snow discrimination:

Sounder products:

Winds from satellite:

What other topics (if any) would you like offered as a 30 minute summary session (designed to be quickly and easily referenced)?:

What other basic, intermediate, or advanced topics would you like to see, that have not been listed, that address satellite and meteorology or satellite and hydrology?:

Other comments and/or suggestions?:

Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch

Search the RAMMB website

Top searched terms:

SHyMet “Old/NewTopics” Survey

Page Contact