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
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