Training Sessions on GOES-R Fog and Cloud Type Products
Michael Pavolonis (NOAA/NESDIS) and Corey Calvert (CIMSS) hosted two teletraining sessions (07 and 21 July 2011) with the National Weather Service (NWS) Alaska Region on the next generation Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES-R) fog and cloud type products developed by the GOES-R Algorithm Working Group (AWG).
In total, 31 people from the NWS Alaska Region participated. The GOES-R AWG fog and cloud type products are being provided to the NWS Alaska Region via the GOES-R Proving Ground.
In addition, on 19 July 2011, Pavolonis and Calvert spent the day at the NWS Weather Forecast Office (WFO) in Sullivan, WI, as part of the GOES-R Local Area Testbed being conducted by CIMSS. While there, they trained a forecaster on the use of the GOES-R fog and cloud type products, both of which were positively received.
