CIMSS GOESR Proving Ground Plans Justin Sieglaff 1

CIMSS GOES-R Proving Ground Plans Justin Sieglaff 1, Kaba Bah 1, Tim Schmit 2, Jordan Gerth 1, Scott Bachmeier 1, Steve Ackerman 1, Wayne Feltz 1, Kathy Strabala 1, Gary Wade 2, Jason Otkin 1 1 Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison, WI 2 NOAA/NESDIS Center for Satellite Applications and Research - Madison, WI GOAL: Prepare National Weather Service (NWS) forecasters for use of GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI) prior to launch. ABI on GOES-R is not expected to be launched until 2016 but training preparations must begin now so training datasets can be distributed to forecasters prior to launch. Through the use of existing advanced instruments such as MODIS, AIRS and IASI, CIMSS is and will continue to expand the transmission of ABI-like data and products in real-time to NWS WSFOs via AWIPS. In addition, through use of simulated GOES-R AWG Proxy Data, simulated ABI data and associated products for a convective outbreak will be organized into the NWS Weather Event Simulator (WES) and supplied to NWS WSFOs. The WES will be used to train forecasters how ABI can be utilized, along with existing data (radar, NWP, surface observations, etc. ) to improve short-term convective forecasting, etc. Simulated ABI Simulated GOES-R AWG Proxy Data AWIPS and AWIPS 2 ABI Bands Band Differences Weather Event Simulator (WES) Existing Data MODIS, AIRS Derived and IASI Radar/NWP Lifted Index MODIS Time Retrieval Products (Lifted Index shown) AWIPS Workstation Real-time Products Currently Delivered (SST shown) Derived Products (Cloud Phase shown) Currently MODIS spectral bands, Sea Surface Temperature (SST), true color imagery, total precipitable water, cloud top products, GOES mesoscale winds and GOES Sounder CAPE and ozone are transmitted to 16 NWS WSFOs via AWIPS. CIMSS will begin to add the capability to include products in the AWIPS 2 framework (AWIPS replacement), which is scheduled to go operational in NWS WSFOs in early 2010. The WES is a version of AWIPS that runs historical case study datasets instead of real-time data. The WES framework will allow forecasters to learn about ABI spectral bands and products within a familiar, operational-style environment. Contact: Justin. Sieglaff@ssec. wisc. edu