STAR and GOES-R Presented by Timothy J Schmit

STAR and GOES-R Presented by Timothy J. Schmit Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010

Requirement, Science, and Benefit Mission Goals • • Protect, Restore, and Manage the Use of Coastal and Ocean Resources through an Ecosystem Approach to Management Understand Climate Variability and Change to Enhance Society’s Ability to Plan and Respond Serve Society’s Needs for Weather and Water Information Support the Nation’s Commerce with Information for Safe, Efficient, and Environmentally Sound Transportation Science • GOES-R information furthers each of NOAA’s mission goals • STAR supports the GOES-R program in many ways Benefits • • • National Weather Service and their customers (Emergency planners, General public, Numerical Weather Prediction, Space Weather, etc. ) Aviation Air Quality Department of Defense International users (Central America, South America, Pacific, etc. ) Broadcasters, Etc. Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 2

GOES-R supports all Mission Goals Simulated ABI RGB Air Mass Product with Lightning Fire mask product from MODIS observations SST Volcanic Ash Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 3

Outline • Advanced Planning ABI band selection TRD, Performance and Operational Requirements Document AOLTAP, etc. • Current activities GOES-RRR AWG/Calibration WG Proving Ground Possible wavier requests Education/Training SME/COMET/VISITview presentations/papers • Future Continue current activities Capitalization plan Advanced soundings Day 2 products (blended products, etc. ) Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 4

Advanced Planning • STAR was very involved during the early GOES-R development. This includes: formulation studies, ABI band selection and modification, Technical Requirement Documents, Performance and Operational Requirements Document, etc. ABI documents from 1999 when ABI was only 8 spectral bands, now it is 16. Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 ABI TRD. circa 1999 5

ABI Visible/Near-IR and IR Bands Schmit et al, 2005 Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 6

Requirements Flow – Major Systems GOES-R Baseline Requirement STAR Involved Document NOAA Observing Systems Architecture (NOSA) Consolidated Observational Requirements List (CORL) Yes Mission – Level I GOES-R Series Level I Requirements Document (LIRD) Yes System – Level II Mission Requirements Document (MRD) Yes Segment & Element Specs. and Functional and Performance Segment – Level III Specification (F&PS) ATBDs. Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 Yes 7

Teams/ Organizations Involved in the GOES-R Requirements Process – NOAA Observing System Council (NOSC) – Program Management Council – GOES-R Series Operational Requirements Working Group (GORWG) – NOAA Mission Goal Teams – NOAA/NESDIS Center for Sa. Tellite Applications and Research (STAR) – NESDIS Technical Advisory Panels (TAPS) – MIT – Lincoln Laboratory – NASA – Swales Aerospace – The Aerospace Corporation – Short and Associates – Satellite and Instrument Vendors Blue denotes STAR involvement 8

GOES-R External Requirements Flow: STAR involvement NOAA Executive Panel (NEP) NOAA Executive Council (NEC) Satellite Products Services Review Board (SPSRB) Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere (DUS) NOAA Program Management Council (PMC) Stakeholders and/or Users NOAA Observing System Council (NOSC) GOES Operational Requirements WG (GORWG) GOES-R Program Office (GPO) Grnd Flt User Community • CCRs • Waivers • Etc. GS Project A&O Contractor

Current Activities • STAR is very involved in current GOES-R activities, including (but not limited to): GOES-RRR, AWG (ATBDs)/Calibration WG, Proving Ground, Wavier requests, Education/Training (SME/COMET/VISITview) and presentations/papers. • • • • AWG • • • Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 Imagery Soundings Winds Clouds Aviation Hydrology Land Surface Cryosphere Radiation Budget Lightning Space Environment SST and Ocean Dynamics Aerosols / Air Quality / Atmospheric Chemistry Proxy Data Cal/Val (sensor) Algorithm Integration 10

GOES-RRR Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 11

Training etc. (under construction) Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 12

GOES-R Proving Ground Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 13

GOES-R Proving Ground The GOES-R Proving Ground engages NWS and other state and local offices in pre-operational demonstrations of selected capabilities of next generation GOES. Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 14

AWIPS Convective Initiation/Cold Top Cooling Interaction with Sullivan (MKE) NWS Office 05: 02 UTC 04: 30 UTC CI likely CI occurring 06: 30 UTC Forecaster generated screen captures from AWIPS at MKE Lightning Satellite product leads the radar signature 15 Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 15

Geo. Color AWIPS PG Product Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 16

Successful 6 th GOES Users' Conference held • • • The 6 th Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Users' Conference (GUC) was held in Madison, Wisconsin, November 3 -5, 2009. All the conference objectives were achieved. The conference focus was the current, near -term, and future geostationary systems. There were over 260 participants from government, private industry, academia, and the international community, including representatives from EUropean organization for the exploitation of METeorological SATellites (EUMETSAT), the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), China, Japan, Korea, India, Brazil, and Canada. The conference consisted of oral presentations, poster sessions, panel discussions, and a town hall meeting. STAR supported the 6 th GUC in many ways. 3 -5 November 2009 Monona Terrace Convention Center Madison, Wisconsin 17

Future Activities • STAR is will be involved in future GOES-R series activities, including, continue current activities, capitalization plan(s), advanced geo soundings (possible commercial data-buy option), Day 2 products, calibration, validation, conferences, publications, outreach, training, etc. (under construction) Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 18

Algorithm Validation Strategy A wide variety of reference (“Ground Truth”) datasets have been assembled and are being used… Aeronet Stations Aerosol Optical Depth Radiosondes Winds, Temperature, Moisture, Stability CALIPSO, CLOUDSAT Clouds, Icing NWP Analyses Winds, Temperature, Moisture Ground-based Ozone Buoys, Ships SST Rain Gauges Precipitation Pilot Reports Icing, Turbulence SURFRAD, ARM LST, Radiation Sfc Snow Reports, NESDIS IMS Snow National Lightning Detection Network (NLDN) Lightning AWG Product Application Teams and the Proxy Data Team have assembled a wide variety of “Ground Truth” datasets Center forfor Level-2 product validation activities to use Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 19 09 – 11 March 2010

Private sector GOES-R Benefit analysis Beyond Current GOES Series 1 ABI-related incremental benefit of $4. 6 B Other Potential Benefits ? ? ? Updated CBA (HES) ABIRelated TC Forecast (HRSS) $2. 2 B Updated CBA (ABI) $2. 4 B $4. 6 B Discounted at 7% Improved Sounder $2. 3 B $1. 9 B $4. 2 B TC Forecast (ABI) Many applications and users were not included in this limited study. Enhancing the Connectivity between Research & Applications for the Benefit of Society

Summary • STAR has supported the GOES-R program in many ways ABI band selection Performance and Operational Requirements Document Requirements AOLTAP, etc. • STAR is supporting the GOES-R program in many ways GOES-RRR AWG (ATBDs) /CWG Proving Ground Wavier requests Education/Training (SME/COMET) • STAR will supported the GOES-R series program in many ways capitalization plan advanced soundings Day 2 products Calibration • GOES-R information furthers each of NOAA’s mission goals Validation • STAR supports the GOES-R program in many ways Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 21

Back-up slides • SQUAM • ABI characteristics Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 22

The SST Quality Monitor - SQUAM Developed under GOES-R AWG and NPOESS Cal/Val Currently, SQUAM monitors SST from 5 AVHRRs (NOAA 16, -17, -18, -19, Met. Op-A). VIIRS SSTs will be added once available. http: //www. star. nesdis. noaa. gov/sod/sst/squam/ 04 January 2010 NPOESS SST Cal. Val - SQUAM 23

1. 61 m 0. 64 m 2. 26 m 0. 86 m 3. 9 m 6. 95 m 7. 34 m 8. 5 m 10. 35 m 11. 2 m 12. 3 m Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) Review 09 – 11 March 2010 1. 38 m 6. 19 m 9. 61 m 13. 3 m NOAA/NESDIS STAR and GOES-R Imagery Team AWG Proxy ABI Simulations of Hurricane Katrina 0. 47 m 24

GOES-R ABI will detect SO 2 plumes Water Vapor Band Difference convolved from AIRS data sees SO 2 plume from Montserrat Island, West Indies Figure courtesy of Kris Karnauskas SO 2 Plume er g ma g I ES orin O G nit nt e mo rr in u C ill sk o N Current GOES Imager can not detect SO 2 25 ABI 7. 34 μm – 13. 3 μm

Three ABI WV bands Future GOES Current GOES Images from J. Feltz 26

Information Volume) Current attributes: defined to be 1 “Information volume” 27

Improved attributes with the Future GOES Imagers “Information volume” 28