Regional and Mesoscale Meteorology Branch

JPSS Short Course Web-Links

These are links for the AMS Short Course: Applying JPSS Data Products to Better Forecast Challenging Weather Events (6 January 2019)

• AMS website
• Phoenix Convention Center located in Phoenix, AZ
• Short Course Agenda (updated 5-January-2019)

**All times are Mountain Standard Time (MST)**

800-810am: Welcome, safety and logistics information, and introduction of speakers (Liz Nolan) – Presentation

810-830am: Overview of JPSS Program (Mitch Goldberg) – Presentation

830-850am: Introduction to JPSS data and products and their scientific maturity (Suomi-NPP and NOAA-20) (Lihang Zhou) – Presentation

850-920am: Top weather events of 2018 as seen by JPSS (William Straka) – Presentation

920-940am: Refreshment Break

940-1040am: Hands-On Activity 1. Microwave Analysis of Tropical Cyclones using the JPSS Constellation (Joshua Cossuth) – Presentation

1040-1140am: Hands-On Activity 2. Operating in the dark: The VIIRS Day/Night Band (DNB) Making a Difference (Curtis Seaman)

• Presentation
• Where to get polar-orbiting satellite data?
  • NOAA CLASS
  • NASA LAADS DAAC
  • Direct Broadcast / CSPP: Product Website
  • Direct Broadcast / CSPP: NOAA-20 CONUS Data (Last 7 Days) and Direct Broadcast / CSPP : SNPP CONUS Data (Last 7 Days)
  • GINA Puffin Feeder
  • DNB Nighttime Light Composite
  • VIIRS Boat Detection Products
  • NASA Black Marble Products
  • CIRA Real-Time Imagery: Polar SLIDER and CIRA RAMSDIS Online

1140-1240pm: Lunch

1150-1205pm: Arctic Trivia (Bonnie Reed and Aaron Layns) – Presentation

1205-1220pm: NUCAPS Demonstration in the 2018 HWT Satellite Proving Ground Experiment (Michael Bowlan) – Presentation

1240-140pm: Hands-On Activity 3. JPSS Products for the aviation community (Jeffrey Weinrich)

• Presentation
• Additional Links
  • Aviation Quick Guides
  • Alaska Aviation Weather Unit
  • FAA Aviation Cameras
  • Cold Air Aloft
  • JPSS Cloud Products

140-240pm: Hands-On Activity 4. Wildfire smoke in Metropolitan areas: Forecasting ambient air quality to protect public health (Amy Huff) – Presentation

240-300pm: Refreshment Break

300-320pm: NWS training resources available for JPSS Data products (Jorel Torres) – Presentation

320-330pm: Course summary, Q&A session, post course assessment and announcements – JPSS Short Course: Evaluation Form

400-500pm: Presidential Forum: Building Resilience to Extreme Political Weather: Advice for Unpredictable Times – Training Resources

• JPSS Satellites (COMET)
• VIIRS Products (NASA SPoRT)
• The Wide World of SPoRT Blog (NASA SPoRT)
• VISIT Satellite Chat (CIRA)
• VISIT: Meteorological Interpretation Blog (CIRA)
• CIMSS Satellite Blog (CIMSS)
• Direct Broadcast Applications Workshop (CIMSS)
• VIIRS Active Fire Quick Guide