Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch

GOES-R / JPSS Hands-On Training To Process, Display and Analyze Satellite Data Products

These are links for the 2021 AMS Satellite Short Course (17-18 March 2021)

• 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 Daylight Time (EDT). Note, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) is 4-hours ahead of EDT.

Agenda

• PDF

Day 1 – Wednesday, 17 March 2021

1100am: Introduction, Summary of Planned Activities (Sherrie Morris)

• Presentation

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

• Presentation

1140am: JPSS/GOES-R Satellite Applications (Andy Heidinger and Satya Kalluri)

• Presentation – GOES
• Presentation – JPSS

1200pm: The use of tools for processsing and displaying satellite data (Tom Atkins)

• Presentation

1220pm: Hands-On Exercise 1: Using JSTAR Mapper (Tom Atkins)

• Presentation
• Website – JSTAR Mapper

1250pm: 15-Minute Break

105pm: Hands-On Exercise 2: Using CIMSS Real Earth – Flood Mapping (William Straka)

• Presentation
• Website – RealEarth

135pm: Hands-On Exercise 3: Using CIRA SLIDER (Curtis Seaman)

• Presentation
• Website – CIRA SLIDER
• Supplemental Material: Australia Bureau of Meteorology – Recorded Training Session on SLIDER

205pm: Hands-On Exercise 4: Using ERDDAP (Cara Wilson)

• Presentation
• Presentation (Narrated Version)

235pm: Discussion on all sessions (Bill Sjoberg)

250pm: Recap – Closing Remarks (Andy Heidinger)

• Presentation

300pm: End of Day 1

Day 2 – Thursday, 18 March 2021

1100am: Introduction of today’s speakers (Sherrie Morris)

• Presentation

1110am: Interactive Session – Using multispectral imagery products to anticipate, detect, and track severe thunderstorms (Bill Line)

• Presentation

1150am: Interactive Session – Using GLM products to anticipate and understand severe thunderstorms (Joseph Patton)

• Presentation
• GLM YouTube Video

1225pm: 15-minute Break

1240pm: Understanding GOES-16/17 Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) data files (Amy Huff)

1255pm: Hands-On Exercise 5: Download ABI data files from AWS using Python (Amy Huff)

110pm: Hands-On Exercise 6: Open and explore the contents of an ABI data file using Python (Amy Huff)

130pm: Break

140pm: Hands-On Exercise 7: Process and visualize ABI data using Python (Amy Huff)

215pm: Closing remarks, Outbrief, and Evaluation (Mitch Goldberg)

• Presentation

230pm: SPECIAL TOPIC (Optional) – Sharing NOAA Data across platforms to Support CA Civil Air Patrol / National Guard via GeoCollaborate (Dave Jones)

• Presentation

300pm: End of Short Course