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2008 Satellite Direct Readout Conference Presentations



Direct Redout Conference Poster   Monday, December 8, 2008
Session 1:  Welcome and Keynote
Co-Chairs: Kathy Kelly and Paul Seymour

Tuesday, December 9, 2008
Session 2:  Current Satellite Systems/Instruments
Chair: Kathy Kelly

Session 3:  Current Direct Readout Workshop
Chair: Dave Benner

Wednesday, December 10, 2008
Session 4:  Applications and Training
Co-Chairs: Tim Schmit and Tony Mostek

Thursday, December 11, 2008
Session 5:  Global User Perspective
Chair: Charles S. Baker

Session 6:  Future Direct Readout
Co-Chairs: Hal Bloom and Dan Stockton

Friday, December 12, 2008
Session 7:  User Services and Impacts
Co-Chairs: Mark Mulholland and Brian Hughes

Posters

Presentations
Session 1 | Session 2 | Session 3 | Session 4 | Session 5 | Session 6 | Session 7

 

Session 1

1.1 Welcome and Logistics (824 KB) - Paul Seymour, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

1.2   Conference Opening Remarks and Introductions (1795 KB) - Kathy Kelly, Director of Office of Satellite Data Processing and Distribution, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

1.3   Keynote Address: NOAA Satellite Programs (7109 KB) - Mary M. Glackin, Deputy Under Secretary for Oceans and Atmosphere, NOAA

1.4   National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service Welcome (1781 KB) Mary E. Kicza, Assistant Administrator, NOAA Satellite and Information Services

1.5   National Weather Service Welcome (7683 KB) Dr. Louis W. Uccellini, Director, National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP), NOAA National Weather Service

1.6   National Aeronautics and Space Administration Welcome (19779 KB) - Dr. Shahid Habib, Chief, Office of Applied Sciences

1.7   World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Space Program (16545 KB) - Jerome Lafeuille, Chief of Space-based Observing Division, World Meteorological Organization (WMO) Observing and Information Systems Department

1.8   Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) Overview (10928 KB) - David Grimes, Assistant Deputy Minister, MSC/EC (Canada)

1.9   Panel: GEOSS in the Americas (4486 KB) Moderator: David Grimes, Assistant Deputy Minister, Meteorological Services of Canada, Environment Canada

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Session 2

2.1   Keynote (826 KB) - Albert Jones, WMO RA IV (North America, Central America and the Caribbean)

2.2   NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) Overview (6847 KB) - Chris Wheeler, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

2.3   European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT): Geostationary Satellite Systems (5811 KB) - Michael Williams, Head of Control Centre Division, EUMETSAT

2.4   Status of the Japan Meteorological Agency Multi-functional Transport Satellite (MTSAT) Series (1628 KB) - Mark Mulholland, Deputy Director, Office of Systems Development, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

2.5   Polar-orbiting Operational Environmental Satellite (POES) Overview (10700 KB) - Cindy Hampton, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

2.6   European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites (EUMETSAT): Polar-orbiting Satellite Systems (19829 KB) - Michael Williams, Head of Control Centre Division, EUMETSAT

2.7   Status of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Earth Observing System (EOS) (7037 KB) - Patrick Coronado, NASA Direct Readout Laboratory

2.8   Update form the Coordination Group for Meteorological Satellites (CGMS) (274 KB) - Michael Williams, Head of Control Centre Division, EUMETSAT

2.9   Satellite Operations Control Center (SOCC) and Wallops Island and Fairbanks Command and Data Acquisition (CDA) Overview (17296 KB) - Chris Wheeler and Cindy Hampton, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

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Session 3

3.1   Showcase Overview (4492 KB) - Tim Schmit, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

3.2   Direct Services Showcase Panel - Moderator: Dane Clark, Short and Associates, Incorporated
3.2.1   LRIT (160 KB) – Paul Seymour, Jamie Kibler
3.2.1   LRIT Poster (9927 KB) – Paul Seymour, Jamie Kibler
3.2.2   EMWIN Poster (5134 KB) – Rob Wagner, Santos Rodriguez
3.2.2   EMWIN (213 KB) – Rob Wagner, Santos Rodriguez
3.2.2   EMWIN Brochure (139 KB) – Rob Wagner, Santos Rodriguez
3.2.3   GOES DCS Poster (36607 KB) – Kay Metcalf, Letecia Reeves
3.2.3   GOES DCS (59 KB) – Kay Metcalf, Letecia Reeves
3.2.4   Argos (207 KB) – Bill Woodward, Jim Wydick
3.2.5   GVAR (2533 KB) – Chris Wheeler, Brian Hughes, Tim Schmit
3.2.5   GVAR Poster (13802 KB) – Chris Wheeler, Brian Hughes, Tim Schmit
3.2.6   EGVAR/GRB (GOES-R) (614 KB) – Andrew Royle, Bill Mazur, Jim Gurka
3.2.6   EGVAR/GRB (GOES-R) Poster (2844 KB) – Andrew Royle, Bill Mazur, Jim Gurka
3.2.7   HRPT/APT (15 KB) – Marlin Perkins, Cindy Hampton
3.2.8   HRD, IPOPP Featuring Simulcast (1117 KB) – John Overton, Gary McWilliams
3.2.8   HRD, IPOPP Featuring Simulcast Poster (2421 KB) – John Overton, Gary McWilliams
3.2.9   GEONETCast Americas (759 KB) – Chris O’Connors, Alfreda Alexander
3.2.9   GEONETCast Americas Poster (9646 KB) – Chris O’Connors, Alfreda Alexander
3.2.10   RANET (1478 KB) – Kelly Sponberg, Jennifer Lewis
3.2.10   RANET Poster Handout (916 KB) – Kelly Sponberg, Jennifer Lewis
3.2.10   RANET Overview Poster Handout (2957 KB) – Kelly Sponberg, Jennifer Lewis
3.2.11   NOAAPORT Poster Handout (127 KB) – Brian Gockel, Jim Heil
3.2.11   NOAAPORT Poster (10296 KB) – Brian Gockel, Jim Heil
3.2.11   NOAAPORT (332 KB) – Brian Gockel, Jim Heil

3.4   EMWIN/HRIT Prototype Software Defined Receiver: Demonstration Session (5738 KB) - Paul Seymour, NOAA Satellite and Information Service; Rob Wagner/Santos Rodriguez, EMWIN Team, NOAA National Weather Service, Office of the CIO; Bill Mazur, GOES-R Program Office; Jeremy L. Roberson, Aerospace Corporation

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Session 4

4.1   Keynote (1800 KB) - Arona Ngari (Cook Islands), President, WMO RA V (South-West Pacific)

4.2   COMET Program: Satellite Meteorology Training Resources for the Atmospheric Science Community (25929 KB) - Tim Spangler, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) Cooperative Program for Operational Meteorology, Education, and Training (COMET®)

4.3   Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) VISITview (4713 KB) - Scott Bachmeier, CIMSS

4.4   Satellite Training Activities: Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA) (12747 KB) - Bernadette Connell, CIRA

4.5   Satellite HydroMeteorology (SHyMet) NOAA Distance Training Course (3199 KB) - Tony Mostek, NOAA National Weather Service

4.6   Satellite Training and Education and Naval Research Lab Monterey, California (53795 KB) - Arunas Kuciauskas, Tom Lee, F. Joseph Turk, K. Richardson, and J. Hawkins, Naval Research Laboratory

4.7   McIDAS-V: A Powerful Data Analysis and Visualization Tool for Multi- and Hyperspectral Environmental Satellite Data (13292 KB) - Dave Santek, University of Wisconsin Space Science and Engineering Center

4.8   CEP Direct Readout Usage: Current and Future Satellite Applications at NCEP’s Aviation Weather (AWC) and Storm Prediction Center (SPC) (6286 KB)N - Jim Heil, NOAA National Weather Service

4.9   NCEP Use for Forecast Models (1910 KB) - Lars Riishojgaard, Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation

4.10   Current and Near-term GOES Operations and Applications (31102 KB) - Tim Schmit, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

4.11   From Data to Products to Weather Forecasting and Air Quality Monitoring: Direct Broadcast at Its Best (45264 KB) - Allen Huang, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)

4.12   EOS Direct Broadcast Products Used In Operations (38010 KB) - Kathy Strabala, Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS)

4.13   Geoscience Educations Utilizing Satellite Imagery: A Direct Readout Experience from the EXLORES! Perspective (17258 KB) - Paul Ruscher, Florida State University

4.14   Evolution of the EUMETSAT Advanced Retransmission Service (EARS) (3221 KB) - Christelle Ponsard, European Organization for the Exploitation of Meteorological Satellites

4.15   Use of RARS data in the UK Met Office (1197 KB) - Richard Francis, Satellite Data Processing System Group, Meteorological Office, United Kingdom

4.16   National Weather Service Requirements for Real-time Satellite Data (1592 KB) - Gary Hufford, NOAA National Weather Service

4.17   GEONETCast Americas (980 KB) - Paul Seymour, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

4.18   Poster Session Overview (8194 KB) - Tim Schmit, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

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Session 5

5.2   Group on Earth Observation (3041 KB) - Francis Bell, Director, Group on Earth Observation (GEO)

5.3   Private Individual Users of Weather Satellites: The Future (1798 KB) - Dave Cawley, Remote Imaging Group (RIG)

5.4   The Use of NOAA Data at the Costa Rican Meteorological Service (8687 KB) - Werner Stolz, Instituto Meteorológico Nacional de Costa Rica

5.5   The Use of NOAA Data at the Chile National Meteorological Service (7998 KB) - Alejandro Muñoz, Jefe Subdepartamento Pronósticos, Dirección Meteorológica de Chile

5.6   Use of Satellite Direct Readout in the South Pacific (21372 KB) - Colin Schultz, Pacific Regional Environment Program

5.7   The Role of Satellite Data in the Meteorological Service of Canada (4173 KB) - David Bradley, Project Coordinator, Space-Based Monitoring, Meteorological Services of Canada

5.8   Comparative Evaluation of NOAA AVHRR, Feng Yun 1D, MODIS and LandSat TM5 Images Working as a Satellite Constellation for the Detection of Burned Areas in the Flooding Valley of the Parana River, Argentina (1995 KB) - Carlos Cotlier, Universidad Nacional de Rosario, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y Agrimensura, Centro de Sensores Remotos, Argentina

5.9   Low Orbit Meteorological Satellite Products and Analysis Tools at INPE/CPTEC, Brazil (29343 KB) -Carlos Angelis, INPE/CPTEC (Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas Espaciais, Centro de Previsão de Tempo e Estudos Climáticos, Divisão de Satélites e Sistemas Ambientais)

5.10   Panel on GOES-10 Operations (14479 KB) - Moderator: Chris Wheeler, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

5.10   Panel on GOES-10 Operations (13674 KB) - Moderator: Chris Wheeler, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

5.10   Panel on GOES-10 Operations (23002 KB) - Moderator: Chris Wheeler, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

5.10   Panel on GOES-10 Operations (5639 KB) - Moderator: Chris Wheeler, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

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Session 6

6.2   GOES-R Satellite and Program Review (5700 KB) - Hal Bloom, NOAA Satellite and Information Service, GOES-R Program Office

6.3   GOES-R Instruments and Products (33949 KB) - Tim Schmit, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

6.4   GOES-R Direct Readout Implications (6996 KB) - Bill Mazur, NOAA Satellite and Information Service, GOES-R Program Office

6.5   GOES-R Outreach Activities (36358 KB) - Jim Gurka, NOAA Satellite and Information Service, GOES-R Program Office

6.6   NPOESS: Satellite and Program Review (15891 KB) - Dan Stockton, Program Executive Officer for Environmental Satellites, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

6.7   NPOESS Direct Readout Mission (5469 KB) - John Overton, NOAA Satellite and Information Service, NPOESS Integrated Program Office

6.8   NPOESS Direct Readout Operational Enhancements Model for Future Polar-orbiting Systems (1726 KB) - John van de Wouw, Northrop Grumman Space Technology

6.9   NPOESS Preparatory Project Calibration and Validation Supporting Direct Readout Users (716 KB) - Heather Kilcoyne, NOAA Satellite and Information Service, NPOESS Integrated Program Office

6.10   Transitioning from POES AVHRR to NPOESS VIIRS: Understanding the Relationships Between POES and NPOESS Data Products (11654 KB) - Bonnie Reed, NOAA Satellite and Information Service, NPOESS Integrated Program Office

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Session 7

7.1   User Services (17919 KB) - Brian Hughes, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

7.2   The Importance of Geostationary Weather Satellites in Hurricane Forecasting: A Perspective (68893 KB) - Jack Bevin, NOAA National Weather Service, National Hurricane Center

7.33   Feedback from Breakout Groups - GOES (345 KB)

7.33   Feedback from Breakout Groups - Template (320 KB)

7.33   Feedback from Breakout Groups - POESS (67 KB)

7.4   Closing Remarks (356 KB) - Abigail Harper, Deputy Assistant Administrator, Systems, NOAA Satellite and Information Service

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