NOAA Satellite Aerosol Product Workshop
September 25-26, 2017
National Center for Weather and Climate Prediction (NCWCP)
Conference Center
5830 University Research Court
College Park, MD 20740
Monday, September 25
9:00-9:20 JPSS Update and Proving Ground
Mitch Goldberg, JPSS Program Scientist
9:20-9:40 VIIRS Aerosol Product Status and Update
Shobha Kondragunta and Istvan Laszlo, NOAA/NESDIS STAR
9:40-10:00 VIIRS Fire Product Status
Ivan Csiszar, NOAA/NESDIS STAR
10:00-12:00 Hands-On Group Activity: Generate VIIRS Aerosol Imagery
Link to Workshop Tools, Data, and Documents Page
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-1:20 NOAA’s Fire and Smoke Initiative
Andy Edman, NOAA NWS
1:20-1:40 HRRR-Smoke Model (not available for public access)
Ravan Ahmadov, NOAA/ESRL/GSD and CU Boulder CIRES
1:40-2:00 Recent Impacts of Smoke on Air Quality Forecasting in the Mid-Atlantic
Bill Ryan, Penn State University
2:00-2:20 May 2016 Ozone EE Analysis for Connecticut using Satellite Data
Michael Geigert, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
2:20-2:40 Utilization of Satellite Observations for Improving Aerosol Forecasts
Jeff McQueen, NOAA NWS/NCEP
2:40-3:00 Break
3:00-3:20 Satellite Aerosol Products in Air Resources Laboratory’s Models
Ariel Stein, NOAA/OAR/ARL
3:20-3:40 CSPP NUCAPS Full Spectral Resolution CO
Nadia Smith, Science & Technology Corp. (STC)
3:40-4:00 Air Pollution Modeling and Health Effects Research
Yang Liu, Emory University
4:00-4:20 U.S. EPA Remote Sensing Gateway 3D-Beta Version
Todd Plessel, U.S. EPA
4:20-5:00 ABI Image Gallery of Recent Events (files too large for posting)
Tuesday, September 26
9:00-9:20 GOES-R Series Program
Steve Goodman, GOES-R Program Senior Scientist
9:20-9:40 The ABI on the GOES-R Series
Tim Schmit, NOAA/NESDIS STAR
9:40-10:00 ABI Color Imagery Products
Hai Zhang, IMSG at NOAA/NESDIS
10:00-10:20 Geostationary Fire Detection Using the GOES-R Series ABI
Chris Schmidt, University of Wisconsin
10:20-10:40 Break
10:40-11:00 Case Studies of Recent Aerosol Events using ABI and VIIRS
Amy Huff, Penn State University
11:00-11:20 GOES-16 ABI Aerosol Detection Product
Shobha Kondragunta, NOAA/NESDIS STAR
11:20-11:40 GOES-R ABI AOD Algorithm and Product Status
Istvan Laszlo, NOAA/NESDIS STAR
11:40-12:00 ABI Data Access
Liz Kline and Kathryn Mozer, NOAA/NESDIS
12:00-1:00 Lunch
1:00-2:00 Hand-On Group Activity: Analyze FRP for a Recent Fire
Link to Workshop Tools, Data, and Documents Page
2:00-3:30 Hands-On Group Activity: Generate ABI Aerosol Imagery
Link to Workshop Tools, Data, and Documents Page
3:30-4:30 Hands-On Group Activity: Access NRT Aerosol Imagery on AerosolWatch
Overview Worksheet