Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch

AMS 2022 Virtual Satellite Short Course

Using GOES-R and JPSS Remote Sensing Capabilities to Enhance Weather, Climate, Water and Environmental Security

These are links for the 2022 AMS Satellite Short Course (16-17 February 2022)

• Short Course materials and links will be added as the course date approaches.
• Contact Jorel Torres (Jorel.Torres@colostate.edu) or Sherrie Morris (Sherrie.Morris@noaa.gov) for any questions related to the material on the website.
• All times are in Eastern Standard Time (EST). Note, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is 5-hours ahead of EST.

Agenda

• Short Course: Instructor Bios

Day 1 – Wednesday, 16 February 2022

1100am: Introduction of students and presenters. Summary of Planned Activities, discussing both GEO and Polar (Sherrie Morris / Gary McWilliams)

• Presentation

1110am: NOAA’s role in optimizing the use of satellite information (Mitch Goldberg)

• Presentation

1200pm: Introduction to Heavy Precipitation and Flooding Products, Diagnoses and Effects (William Straka)

• Presentation

1240pm: 10-Minute Break

1250pm: Hands-On Exercises of Heavy Precipitation and Flooding Products (Scott Lindstrom)

• Presentation

150pm: 10-Minute Break

200pm: Hands-On Guided Analyses of Case Study (Scott Lindstrom)

• Presentation

250pm: Question & Answer, preparation for Day 2 (Gary McWilliams & Sherrie Morris)

• Presentation

300pm: End of Day 1

Day 2 – Thursday, 17 February 2022

• Day-2 Introduction: Presentation

1100am: Detection and Characterization of Fires & Smoke from ABI and VIIRS (Ivan Csiszar)

• Presentation

1200pm: 10-Minute Break

1210pm: Hands-On Exercises with Python: Tracking the Explosive Growth of the Caldor Fire on 16-17 Aug 2021 using ABI and VIIRS Level 2 Fire Products (Amy Huff)

• Presentation
• 1210pm: Introduction to ABI and VIIRS Level 2 Data Files
• 1230pm: Download ABI Level 2 Data Files from AWS (Hands-On with Python)
• 100pm: Open and Explore the Contents of ABI and VIIRS Data Files (Hands-On with Python)
• 140pm: 10-Minute Break
• 150pm: Process and Visualize ABI and VIIRS Level 2 Fire Products for the Caldor Fire (Hands-On with Python)
• Access to Post Training Materials

230pm: Linking the topics – flash flooding from burn scars, how to mitigate different scales of data (All Instructors)

• Presentation

250pm: Satellite launches, wrap up and evaluation (Gary McWilliams & Sherrie Morris)

• Presentation

300pm: End of Short Course