GOES-RHigh Latitude

Proving Ground Status

November 23, 2010Reported by

Tom Heinrichs UAF-GINAWith thanks to colleagues at GINA, CIMSS, STAR, and NWS

Okmok Volcano July 13, 2008 (MODIS from UAF-GINA)

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High Latitude GOES-R Proving Ground Status November 23, 2010

• Real-time MODIS data (being used as GOES-R proxy data) is being pulled from UAF-GINA to CIMSS.

• Sample volcanic ash and cloud product cases have been produced and visualized in CIMSS AWIPS.

• GOES-R products flowing to UAF-GINA LDM since October 25.

• Will be moving to local Alaska processing of products sooner rather than later in order to reduce latency, which is currently about 20 minutes due to transfer MODIS data.

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High Latitude GOES-R Proving Ground Status continued

• Orientation demonstration via gotomeeting with SOOs performed on November 2nd.

• D2D (AWIPS visualizer) is running at UAF GINA so we can check product presentation.

• WFO forecaster job shadows performed the week of November 15.

• Numerous interactions between UAF-GINA and Alaska NWS IT staff working on firewall exceptions for LDM and network bandwidth issues; progress anticipated at the end of November following NWS firewall hardware upgrade

• On-site visit to Madison; Volcanic ash workshop in Anchorage; Interactions with NWS science staff; Hosted visit by SPoRT 3

High Latitude Proving Ground Near-Term Plans

• Training: provide asynchronous training materials to WFOs– Less than 30 minute modules– Narrated PowerPoints or videos– Written tutorials (PDF)

• Information Technology– Configure LDM connections between UAF-GINA and Alaska

NWS– Consolidate University of Alaska LDMs– Continue to work on bandwidth issues

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High Latitude Proving Ground Near-Term Plans, cont’d

• Evaluation– Develop surveys following deployment of data into Alaska

NWS AWIPS (planned – early December 2010)– Gather feedback from forecasters (8 weeks – end of

January 2011)– Prepare report (2 weeks – mid February 2011)

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High Latitude GOES-R Proving Ground Experiment

Product Overview

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Slides from training provided

by Mike Pavolonis

GOES-R Proving Ground Products (MODIS is used as a proxy for the GOES-R ABI)

• Cloud type (phase)

• Fog/low cloud probability

• Volcanic ash mass loading, height, and particle size

• SO2 detection and loading7

Pavolonis slide

SOO Training:Described for Each Product

• Algorithm output• Primary limitation• Applications• Sample imagery (several examples)• Accuracy assessment report

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Cloud Type product visualized in AWIPS

Pavolonis slide

Progress Recap

Products being generated

SSEC – GINA LDM data flow in place

AWIPS working at GINA

Training underway 10