NOAA Satellite Aerosol Product Workshop for Science and Operational Users
September 13-14, 2016
National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP)
5830 University Research Court
College Park, MD 20740
Day 1: Science Users
1:00 – 1:20 Opening Remarks
Arron Layns, NOAA NESDIS/JPSS and Jaime Daniels, NOAA NESDIS
1:20 – 1:45 Enterprise Approach to the Aerosol Optical Depth Algorithm
Istvan Laszlo, NOAA NESDIS
1:45 – 2:10 Enterprise Approach to the Aerosol Detection Algorithm
Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA NESDIS
2:10 – 2:35 Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO)
Kelly Chance, Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory
2:35 – 3:00 Upcoming Changes to the EPA Pollutant Monitoring Network
Jim Szykman, U.S. EPA
3:00 – 3:20 Break
3:20 – 3:40 VIIRS Aerosol Assimilation Activities at NRL
Ed Hyer, Naval Research Laboratory
3:40 – 4:00 VIIRS Aerosol Assimilation Activities at NWS/NCEP
Sarah Lu, NWS
4:00 – 4:20 The Next Generation Global Prediction System (NGGPS)
Steve Warren, NWS
4:20 – 4:40 VIIRS Aerosol Assimilation Work at ESRL
Ravan Ahmadov, NOAA ESRL Global Systems Division
4:40 – 5:00 CMAQ and VIIRS Fire/Aerosol Products
Pius Lee, NOAA Air Resources Laboratory
Day 2: Operational Users
9:00 – 9:30 Preparing for GOES-R Aerosol Optical Depth using Proxy Data
Brad Pierce, NOAA NESDIS
9:30 – 10:00 Status of GOES-R and JPSS Aerosol Products
Istvan Laszlo, NOAA NESDIS
10:00 – 10:30 Aerosol and Fire Product Latency Issues
Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA NESDIS
10:30 – 10:45 Break
10:45 – 11:15 NOAA’s eIDEA Website for Fire and Smoke Products
Amy Huff, Penn State University
11:15 – 12:00 Breakout Session: Review of VIIRS Fire and Smoke Products
eIDEA Case Study Worksheet Questionnaire
12:00 – 12:30 Group Discussion: Feedback on eIDEA and Fire/Smoke Products
Moderator: Amy Huff, Penn State University
10:45 – 12:30 Group Discussion: Emerging Issues in Aerosol Remote Sensing
Moderator: Lorraine Remer, UMBC
12:30 – 1:30 Lunch
1:30 – 3:35 Forecaster Perspective Presentations
California
Kevin Durkee, South Coast Air Quality Management District
Texas/Gulf Coast
Rod Truesdell, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality
Mountains/South
Cary Gentry, Forsyth County (NC) Office of Environmental Protection
Mid-Atlantic
Sean Nolan, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
New England
Michael Geigert, Connecticut Dept of Energy and Environmental Protection
3:35 – 3:50 Break
3:50 – 4:20 VIIRS Fire Products
Ivan Csiszar, NOAA NESDIS
4:20 – 4:50 Use of Fire Products in the HRRR-Smoke Model
Ravan Ahmadov, NOAA OAR
4:50 – 5:00 Workshop Evaluations