SSEC/CIMSS at the 89th Annual AMS Conference
SSEC and CIMSS scientists polished their work in presentations and posters to roll out at the 89th Annual American Meteorological Society (AMS) Conference held 11-15 January 2009 in Phoenix, AZ. Throughout the conference sessions our researchers could be seen and heard discussing and demonstrating the latest innovations in satellite remote sensing, software development, and education:
- Beginning on Sunday, SSEC engaged K-12 teachers, kids, and the public in learning about meteorological concepts through computer-based applets at Weatherfest.
- The Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography Conference featured many CIMSS researchers presenting on topics from fire detection to aviation weather to satellite-based convective nowcasting techniques.
- Presentations at the GOES-R / NPOESS Symposium highlighted how SSEC and CIMSS provide strong instrument and algorithm development support to NOAA, NASA and the IPO in developing their future operational satellite programs.
- SSEC debuted the beta release of McIDAS-V at the Interactive Processing Systems session. McIDAS-V brings powerful new data analysis and visualization tools to support scientists in this new era of multi- and hyperspectral environmental satellite data.
SSEC’s and CIMSS’s dedication and expertise in satellite education and outreach were evident through presentations on K-12 professional development opportunities, online education and training tools, as well as a talk by CIMSS’s very own Director, Steven Ackerman, discussing what we have learned in the last decade of e-Learning.- SSEC and CIMSS also staffed a popular exhibit booth to publicize our work, in particular demonstrating the powers of McIDAS-V and Google Earth using MODIS data from our very own direct broadcast (DB) site as well as DB CRAS (CIMSS Regional Assimilation System).
- Several CIMSS researchers were recognized with awards during the conference banquet: Director Steven Ackerman received the AMS Teaching Excellence Award, Chris Velden was elected a new AMS Fellow, while CIMSS undergraduate student Anneliese Lenz received the AMS Macelwane award for original student research paper.
Below are links to many of the SSEC and CIMSS presentations and posters made at the 89th Annual AMS Conference.
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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
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| 5:30 PM-7:00 PM, Hall 5, Poster Session 1, Student Conference Posters | ||
| P1.17 | Jordan Gerth | How Integrating MODIS Data Enhances Numerical Predictions of Sea Breezes |
| P1.39 | Sarah Monette and M. H. Hitchman | Influence of the El Niño Southern Oscillation on Seasonal Global Clouds |
| P1.51 | Luke Schiferl, S. Ackerman, and M. Mooney | CIMSS Educational Outreach Activities: Summer 2008 |
| P1.62 | Jacob Beitlich and P. K. Wang | Distribution of Hydrometeors Inside Regions of Vertical Motion in Thunderstorms |
| P1.66 | Emily Niebuhr and M. H. Hitchman | A case study of a Coastally Trapped Wind and Stratus Event along the Northern Coast of the Gulf of Alaska |
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Monday, 12 January 2009 |
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| 1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Room 224AB, Joint Session 3, Retrievals and Clouds | ||
| J3.3 | Steve Ackerman, R. Frey, and R. Holz | The challenge of passive remote sensing of clouds from satellites over Polar Regions in winter |
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Hall 5, Joint Poster Session 1, Satellite Retrievals and Clouds |
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| JP1.17 | Tom Greenwald | Enhanced satellite cloud products for climate studies |
| JP1.20 | Jinlong Li, J. Li, E. Weisz, and E. Borbas | Global hyperspectral resolution surface IR emissivity spectra derived from AIRS measurements |
| JP1.23 | Timothy Schmit, J. Li, J. Gurka, J. Daniels, M. Goldberg, and P. Menzel | Soundings from Current and Future Geostationary Satellites |
| JP1.24 | Zhenglong Li, J. Li, P. Menzel, T. J. Schmit, and J. Nelson | High Temporal GOES Sounding Retrievals in Cloudy Regions and Applications |
| JP1.25 | Sarah Bedka, P. Antonelli, R. Knuteson, H. E. Revercomb, W. Smith, D. Tobin, and H. Woolf | Retrievals of Upper Tropospheric Temperature and Water Vapor using UW/SSEC S-HIS data collected during the Joint Airborne IASI Validation Experiment (JAIVEx) |
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, 125B, Session 3, K-12 and Informal Educational Outreach in the Atmospheric, Oceanic, and Hydrologic Sciences: Part 2 |
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| 3.5 | Margaret Mooney, S. Ackerman, L. Schiferl, J. Martin, and T. Whittaker | Promoting Climate Literacy through K–12 Professional Development Opportunities |
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Tuesday, 13 January 2009 |
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| 9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Hall 5, Joint Poster Session 2, GOES-R | ||
| JP2.5 | Eva Borbas, R. O. Knuteson, S. W. Seemann, L. Moy, T. Greenwald, D. Tobin, and H. L. Huang | The UW/CIMSS global land surface infrared emissivity database for GOES-R ABI simulation studies |
| JP2.11 | William Straka III, A. Walther and A. K. Heidinger | Comparison of the GOES-R cloud Algorithm Working Group's daytime cloud optical property products to those from MODIS, AVHRR and VIIRS |
| JP2.12 | Corey G. Calvert and M. J. Pavolonis | The introduction and evaluation of a prototype GOES-R fog/low stratus algorithm using SEVIRI, CALIPSO and surface observations |
| JP2.13 | Sarah Bedka, J. Cychosz, M. Evansen, R. Knuteson, H. E. Revercomb, D. Tobin, and D. D. Turner | An analysis of the seasonal and diurnal variation of total precipitable water (TPW) from satellite and ground-based instruments over the ARM-SGP site |
| JP2.16 | Xuanji Wang, Y. Liu, and J. Key | Sea and lake ice characteristics from GOES-R ABI |
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Hall 5, Joint Poster Session 3, Npoess |
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| JP3.47 | Thomas D. Rink | McIDAS-V applications: multi- and hyper-spectral analysis and visualization |
9:45 AM-11:00 AM, Hall 5, Joint Poster Session 4, Satellite Education |
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| JP4.1 | Tommy Jasmin, and S. Ackerman | Satellite Observations in Science Education |
| JP4.3 | Timothy J. Schmit, J. Sieglaff, K. Bah, J. Gerth, G. S. Wade, and J. Gurka | GOES-R Proving Ground Plans for a Weather Event Simulator |
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Room 130, Session 6, Mesoscale Data Assimilation and Impact Experiments— III |
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| 6.6 | William E. Lewis, and G. J. Tripoli | Tropical cyclone intensity and rainfall forecasts: sensitivity to assimilation of microwave satellite observations |
1:30 PM-3:00 PM, Room 224AB, Joint Session 10, Satellite Education and Public Outreach |
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| J10.3 | A. Scott Bachmeier and J. Gerth | Satellite Training Activities at CIMSS: Helping to Prepare Forecasters for the GOES-R and NPOESS Era |
| J10.4 | Steven A. Ackerman | After more than 10-years of e-Learning, what have we learned? |
| J10.6 | Paul Menzel, P. Antonelli, T. D. Rink, K. I. Strabala, L. E. Gumley, A. Huang, S. Ackerman, H. Revercomb, and B. Smith | International Training Events and Educational Seminars on Satellite Remote Sensing |
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Room 122A, Session 5, Lidar Application Studies in The Boundary Layer and Lower Troposphere - II |
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| 5.2 | Edwin W. Eloranta | Lidar-radar measurements of snowfall |
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Wednesday, 14 January 2009: |
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| 10:30 AM-11:30 AM, Room 121BC, Session 9A, Interactive Processing Systems II | ||
| 9A.4 | Thomas H. Achtor, T. Rink, T. Whittaker, and D. Santek | McIDAS-V - A powerful data analysis and visualization tool for multi and hyperspectral environmental satellite data |
1:30 PM-2:30 PM, Room 224AB, Joint Session 15, Advances in Natural Hazards Monitoring | ||
| J15.1 | Michael J. Pavolonis and J. Sieglaff | New automated methods for detecting volcanic ash and retrieving its properties from infrared radiances |
| J15.2 | Kristopher M. Bedka, W. F. Feltz, J. Sieglaff, R. Rabin, M. J. Pavolonis, and J. C. Brunner | Toward an end-to-end satellite-based convection nowcasting system |
| J15.4 | Christopher C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, J. C. Brunner, J. P. Hoffman, S. S. Lindstrom, and J. M. Feltz | Geostationary detection of fires and the global and long-term datasets of the WF_ABBA |
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Hall 5, Poster Session 1 : Advances in Lidar Applications | ||
| P1.7 | Timothy J. Wagner, D. D. Turner and S. A. Ackerman | Remote retrieval of cumulus cloud entrainment rates |
| P1.14 | Erin P. Wagner and D. D. Turner | Boundary layer turbulence measurements via Raman lidar water vapor detection |
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Hall 5, Joint Poster Session 5, Climate | ||
| JP5.21 | Yinghui Liu, J. Key, X. Wang, B. Maddux, and S. Ackerman | The Response of Arctic Clouds to Surface Changes |
| JP5.23 | Yong-Keun Lee, T. Greenwald and H. L. | Cloud regime determined by reflectivities of Cloud Profiling Radar |
| JP5.8 | Mathew M. Gunshor, T. J. Schmit, D. C. Tobin, and P. Menzel | Intercalibration of the world's geostationary imagers with high spectral resolution data |
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Hall 5, Joint Poster Session 6, Improvements to NWP and Short-term Forecasting |
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| JP6.13 | Jason Otkin, J. Sieglaff, T. Greenwald, and Y. K. Lee | Using satellite observations to validate a large-scale high-resolution WRF model simulation |
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Hall 5, Joint Poster Session 7, Natural Hazards |
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| JP7.4 | Ralph A. Petersen, and R. M. Aune | Optimizing the impact of GOES sounder products in very—short—range forecasts—recent results and future plans |
| JP7.5 | Kristopher M. Bedka, J. C. Brunner and W. F. Feltz | Development of objective overshooting top and anvil temperature couplet detection algorithms for GOES-R ABI |
| JP7.6 | Pao K. Wang, M. Setvak, R. Rabin, and A. S. Bachmeier | Cloud model based interpretation of satellite observed IR features of enhanced-V and cold ring on top of severe thunderstorms |
| JP7.7 | Justin Sieglaff, K. M. Bedka, W. F. Feltz, and M. J. Pavolonis | Using geostationary imagers for convective and lightning initiation nowcasting |
| JP7.9 | Jason C. Brunner, C. C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, J. M. Feltz, J. P. Hoffman, and S. S. Lindstrom | WF_ABBA Version 6.5: An overview of the improvements and trend analyses of fires from 1995 to present over the western Hemisphere |
| JP7.10 | Jay P. Hoffman, C. C. Schmidt, E. M. Prins, S. S. Lindstrom, and J. C. Brunner | Recent WF_ABBA fire detection and characterization algorithm validation efforts at CIMSS |
| JP7.17 | Anthony Wimmers and W. Feltz | Nowcasting aircraft turbulence from tropopause folds operationally for GOES-R |
2:30 PM-4:00 PM, Hall 5, Joint Poster Session 8, Operational Products and Transition from Research to Operations |
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| JP8.3 | Christopher S. Velden, D. C. Herndon, T. L. Olander, and A. Wimmers | Estimating hurricane strength using multiple integrated satellite data sources |
4:00 PM-5:30 PM, Room 224AB, Joint Session 16, Operational Products and the Transition from Research to Operations |
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| J16.5 | Jordan Gerth and A. S. Bachmeier | Transitioning Satellite Products to National Weather Service Operations, and Future Directions for the GOES-R Era |
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Thursday, 15 January 2009 |
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| 10:45 AM-11:00 AM, Hall 5, Joint Poster Session 9, Remote Sensing Applications of GEOSS to the Hydrologic Cycle | ||
| JP9.3 | W. Y. Leung, A. V. Mehta, A. Mugnai, E. A. Smith, and G. J. Tripoli | Potential reduction of uncertainty in passive microwave precipitation retrieval by the inclusion of dynamic and thermodynamic constraints as part of the cloud dynamics and radiation database approach |
11:00 AM-12:00 PM, Room 122A, Session 9, Satelite Studies and Lidar Observations - II |
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| 9.4 | Sebastien Berthier, A. Heidinger, P. Chazette, and B. Baum | Comparisons of Cirrus cloud statistics derived from CALIOP spaceborne lidar and MODIS measurements |
3:30 PM-5:00 PM, Room 126BC, Session 3, Special Session on Latest Developments in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing |
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| 3.1 | Hank Revercomb, B. Smith, G. A. Bingham, and C. Velden | Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS): An advanced sounder offering two orders of magnitude improvement |
| 3.2 | Justin Sieglaff, T. J. Schmit, P. Menzel, and S. Ackerman | Inferring convective weather characteristics with geostationary high spectral resolution IR window measurements: A look into the future |
| 3.3 | Jun Li, E. Weisz, T. J. Schmit, J. P. Nelson, J. Li, and Z. Li | Comparisons between GOES and LEO hyperspectral IR soundings over CONUS |
