1. User Readiness Issues for GOES-R Jim Gurka Tim Schmit (NOAA/ NESDIS) Tony Mostek (NOAA/NWS) Dick Reynolds (Short and Associates) 4 th GOES Users’ Conference May 3, 2006 Broomfield CO

2. 2 Education and Training : – Primary Goal: Ensure that all data are fully utilized immediately following start of operations Major training venues: Schools, universities, workshops, conferences, online; Training must be tailored to meet unique user needs: - NWS forecasters - FAA meteorologists - Coastal service centers - Broadcast meteorologists - University faculty - Commercial and industry - International - Climatologists - Numerical modelers (weather, climate, air quality, oceans)

3. 3 Decision Aids: – Needed to focus user attention Cannot possibly look at all GOES-R data Examples from WSR-88D include TVS and VIL –Possible GOES-R Decision Aids: Rapid de-stabilization indicated on HES Sounder products ABI cloud patterns or HES moisture profiles markedly different from NWP Satellite derived winds markedly different from NWP Alert for fog/ low cloud formation Enhanced V detection GLM indication increasing lightning flash rate Alert for red tide on HES coastal waters imagery

4. 4 Proving Ground Concept for GOES-R: – Fund 1 extra person at 3 NWS forecast offices FY 08 – Fy 16 Test and apply algorithms for hyperspectral polar data; - CrIS; AIRS; IASI; Simulated GOES-R; Use available Geo satellites for temporal resolution; Test decision aid tools in operational setting;

5. 5 Algorithm Development: – Reduced risk through development of the Algorithm Working

6. 6 5 th GOES-R Users’ Conference  New Orleans, Louisiana January 9 th – 11 th, 2008  Held in conjunction with the 88 th AMS (American Meteorological Society) Annual Meeting  Supports AMS Meeting Theme: Enhancing the Connectivity between Research and Operations for the Benefit of Society 88th Annual AMS Meeting New Orleans Convention Center New Orleans, LA January 6-11, 2008 Bringing Environmental Benefits to a Society of Users