1. Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration SPoRT SAC Nov 21-22, 2005 SPoRT Extensions to Coastal WFOs EOS Data and Products to Miami and Mobile WFOs Motivation: Provide unique EOS data to address coastal weather forecasting issues Issues identified by WFO staff marine weather sea breeze circulations – temperature, clouds, precipitation off-shore clouds and rain Provide near real-time MODIS and AMSR-E products to coastal WFOs similar to those products provided to other offices

2. Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration SPoRT SAC Nov 21-22, 2005 MODIS / AMSR-E MODIS imagery orbital track map single visible image (250m) natural color 3 ch. composite (500m) long wave infrared - 11  m (1000m) short wave infrared – 3.9  m (1000m) 11  m - 3.9  m– fog product (1000m) water vapor - 6.7  m (1000m) MODIS products cloud top pressure (5km) precipitable water (5km) lifted index (5km) land surface temperature (LST) – 1 km SST - single time and composite – 1km AMSR-E products (5km) rain rates (instantaneous) convective fraction SST precipitable water ocean surface wind speed

3. Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration SPoRT SAC Nov 21-22, 2005 MODIS (on the NASA Terra and Aqua polar orbiting satellites) provides up to 4 passes a day for a given region Terra: nominal 10:30am (d) / 10:30pm (a) overpass time Aqua: nominal 1:30pm (a) / 1:30am (d) overpass Terra / Aqua Data Availability Orbital tracks - recent past and future orbital visualizations available in AWIPS Latency - most MODIS data and products are available on the Southern Region server within 30 minutes of collection – additional 10-15 minute delay based on ftp scripts

4. Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration SPoRT SAC Nov 21-22, 2005 MODIS/AMSR-E Data Access in AWIPS Data provided in D2D access like GOES satellite data correspond to WFO coverage areas at highest resolution Examples: color composites TPW SSTs rain rates May 28, 2004 COMPOSITE & composite SST Previews available http://weather.msfc.nasa.gov/sport/sport_observations.html

5. Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration SPoRT SAC Nov 21-22, 2005 Transfer EOS Data to Miami and Mobile WFOs Data ingested in real-time from UW / USF Direct Broadcast ground stations and processed at MSFC EOS products produced by UW/USF In-house MSFC products EOS data is configured for local WFOs with NASA AWIPS system – WFO/HUN (Jason Burks) Data is staged on Southern Region server Individual offices issue ftp requests for EOS products and ingested directly into AWIPS for application by forecasters Miami: May 2005 Mobile: June 2005

6. Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration SPoRT SAC Nov 21-22, 2005 Miami WFO May 2005: Miami Brief local re-configuration for data ingest 1-on-1 forecaster training, provided training modules Same day use of MODIS 1km IR data to monitor convective intensity along with radar and in radar void regions Impact: cloud cover (esp. @ night) for aviation cloud streets and subtle convergent lines (high resolution visible) upper level cold pools in water vapor TPW tongues in narrow moisture channels from Caribbean SST for surface forecasts and in regional model forecasts “For us where a lot of the time the weather comes at us from the south where more convectional data sources are rather poor and lacking, having this data source is INDISPENSABLE and CRITICAL for operations”, Pablo Santos, SOO (November 2005).

7. Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration SPoRT SAC Nov 21-22, 2005 Mobile WFO August 2005: Mobile briefed 10 (of 14) forecasters on use of MODIS and AMSR-E products, provided training modules initial use of MODIS data to monitor fires – hot spots and visibility reduction because of agricultural burning AMSR-E products not continuous until September operational WRF forecasts Impact: various coastal applications of clouds, sea breeze convection, etc. “yes. the wrf was very helpful with the track (for Katrina), and precipitation forecasts. the MODIS, of course, is limited due to only being once per day (but the SST was nice to monitor for possible intensification). The AMSR-E is still unavailable. our forecasters really love having these new tools. i have seen EVERYONE using them”! Jeffrey Medlin, SOO, (August 30, 2005)

8. Earth-Sun System Division National Aeronautics and Space Administration SPoRT SAC Nov 21-22, 2005 Next Steps Additional training – remote through VISITview / PowerPoint modules Document impact – case examples Transition data and products to Melbourne and Jacksonville offices Specific product assessments for FY06