Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) JPSS GEONETCAST REQUIREMENTS DISCUSSION Mitch Goldberg Program Scientist Joint Polar Satellite System National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration U.S. Department of Commerce NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 1
GEONETCAST Polar Products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 2
JPSS Program Data Products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 3
Multiple Orbits Create Better Coverage NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 4
Data Fusion of 5 microwave sounders to produce hourly total precipitable water From Tony Wimmers - MIMIC TPW2 NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 5
JPSS Program Data Products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 6
Advanced Technology Microwave Sounder (ATMS) Resolution: ATMS vs. AMSU Sounding data provides: 3-D temperature and moisture profiles Rainfall rates Snow/ice information Sounding data improves: Short- and medium-term forecasting Storm tracking Higher resolution Wider swath Much smaller gaps between passes Rainfall rates during Hurricane Sandy NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 7
ATMS Measures Vertical Profiles NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 8
ATMS Monitors Snow NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 9
ATMS Monitors Ice NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 10
VIIRS image MiRS V11 Rainfall: Typhoon Neoguri on 7 July 2014 Liquid Water Path (RWP+CLW), mm SNPP/ATMS data Cyclone impacted Okinawa on 8 July Miyazaki Prefecture Rain Rate, mm/h RR > 20 mm/h consistent with reports post-landfall (e.g. 340 mm in 24 h) NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 11
ATMS Products https://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/jpss/edrs/products_mirs.php NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 12
JPSS Program Data Products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 13
GCOM AMSR2 Products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 14
AMSR2 Sea Ice Concentration Example Daily concentration range (maximum minimum concentration) in 2015 for the Northern Hemisphere on (a) March 15, (b) June15, (c) September 15, (d) December 15, and (e-h) for the same dates in the Southern Hemisphere. NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 15
Snow Cover AMSR2 Snow Product Examples SW E The Snow Depth product provides the depth of the snow cover (cm). Snow Depth The Snow Cover product provides the presence/absence of snow cover for every pixel. The Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) product provides the water equivalent (mm) of the snow cover. 16 NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 16
JPSS Program Data Products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 17
NUCAPS Products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 18
Combine CrIS and ATMS in AWIPS Relative Humidity Vertical Slice ATMS only ATMS & CrIS 19
Recommendations for Microwave and Infrared Sounder MIRS Products (You get them all in the NETCDF4 file) for SNPP, ATMS, METOP-A, B, - C and NOAA-15, 18, 19. Blended microwave products (Animated GIFS) All GCOM AMSR2 Products NUCAP Products (JPSS and MeTOP) All are relatively small files < 3 GB per day. (GLOBAL) NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 20
JPSS Program Data Products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 21
VIIRS Day Night Band SNPP VIIRS DAY/NIGHT NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 22
Rim Fire: ~Aug 2013 Ft. McMurray Fire: 4-6 May 2016 Help firefighters monitor the status of nocturnal fire lines, Detection of lights from small/nascent fires (e.g., lightning triggered) initially undetected by thermal infrared bands. NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 23
08:43 UTC 23 May 2017 VIIRS 4.0 μm fire detection band (M- 13) shows small fires in the Sierra Madre Occidental (Durango, Mexico). The Day/Night Band better highlights these fires at night, improving fire detection. VIIRS Day/Night Band image from 08:10 UTC 28 April 2017 09:03 UTC 23 May 2017 NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 24
Suomi NPP VIIRS I-band May 29, 2017 https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 25
Aqua MODIS May 29, 2017 https://worldview.earthdata.nasa.gov NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 26
Credit: Straka NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 27
Innovation - Power Utilities 9/22/2016 Background OUTAGE REFERENCE 0615 Reference UTC 09/22/2016 09/21/2016 0615 UTC 0633 UTC Difference Columbia Charleston Difference COLOR KEY Gold = no changes to lights Red = possible power outages Green = new lights (e.g., moonlight, diffusion of lights by clouds, or search and rescue / disaster relief) Reference 10/10/2016 Lights 0716 Mask UTC NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 28
VIIRS NDVI, Jul 28, 2012 NDVI is used as a base for Vegetation fraction and Ecosystem classes used in NWS modeling Michigan 1 km resolution NDVI shows many features which is hard to see with 4 km data: small lakes & reservoirs river valleys NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 29
JPSS PGRR responds to International Disaster Charter Example of NOAA responding to International Disaster Charter Activation June 6, 2017 for floods in Uruguay. - VIIRS found more flooding In Argentina than Uruguay NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 30
NWS Alaska utilizing JPSS Data NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 31
://www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/sod/mecb/colo r/ocview/ocview.html Ocean color products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 32
VIIRS Recommendations VIIRS Day Night Band VIIRS Fire location and Fire Radiative Power VIIRS Vegetation Products VIIRS selected bands (9 out of 22) Ocean color products DNB/M-Band ~ 1 GB per day (1/3 Global) I-Band ~ 3.7 GB per day (1/3 Global) 9 Bands ~ 23 GB per day For 1/5 ~ 14 GB per day DNB NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 33
JPSS Program Data Products NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 34
Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite (OMPS) Measures concentration of ozone in atmosphere Continuity to a >30-year record of ozone data Resolution: OMPS vs. SBUV/2 NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 35
OMPS: Ozone and More NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 36
Summary JPSS is supporting GEONETCAST ~$$ We are allocated ~20% of the data rate. So now we would like your feedback on which products. We will support training. We support Direct Readout (L-X band) NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 37
Training available for public and forecasters NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 38
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Thank You! www.jpss.noaa.gov NSC JPSS Training Workshop July 2017 40