2025 AMS Annual Meeting Satellite Short Course:
Satellite Applications for Rainfall Rates and Flood Prediction
Course Information
Participants will learn about GOES-R and JPSS satellite product applications and models related to rainfall and flood events, and engage in hands-on exercises to investigate case studies using the products and models. At the end of the short course, participants will have developed an understanding of the satellite data and products pertaining to precipitation forecasting.
Agenda
Sunday, 12 January 2025 from 8:00am – 3:30pm CST
Presentations
Introduction / Course Summary
Low-Earth Orbit (LEO) New Products and Applications
Geostationary Earth Observations (GEO) New Products and Applications
GEO and LEO Precipitation and Rainfall Forecasting Products
Flood Mapping Products and Forecasting Inundation Extents using REOF analysis (FIER)
EOTEC DevNet
Hands-On Exercises
Exercise 2: FIER Technique
*Users will need a Google Colab account to participate in the activity and shared notebook.
Presentation: Amirhossein_Rostami_AMS_Short_Course_2025
Code, Datasets, and Shapefiles
Additional Resources
MetEd sessions on related topics:
- Using Satellite Products to Differentiate Extraordinary & Typical Tropical Rainfall Events
- GOES-R/JPSS Case Exercise: Applications for Heavy Rainfall & Flash Flooding
Precipitation prediction products:
- Quantitative Precipitation Forecasts (QPE)
- Total Precipitable Water (TPW)
- Advected Layer Precipitable Water (ALPW)
- Ensemble Tropical Rainfall Potential (eTRaP)
- Enterprise Rain Rate (eRR)
- Climate Prediction Center morphing method (CMORPH)
