Draft Agenda – Second Suomi NPP Applications Workshop
November 18-20, 2014 at the Westin Huntsville Hotel, Huntsville, Alabama
Last revision: November 14, 2014
Details subject to change

Tuesday


8:00 am

Introduction from the University of Alabama in Huntsville

Sundar Christopher

8:15 am

Introduction from NASA Applied Science Program

John Haynes
8:30 am Introduction from NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Michael Goodman
8:35 am Introduction from Workshop Organizing Committee and Workshop Logistics Gary Jedlovec

8:45 am

Review of 2012 S-NPP Applications Workshop Outcomes, Results, Progress

Forrest Melton

 


Session 1: Mission Status, S-NPP Science Team Status / SIPS and JPSS Plans

 

9:00 am

Quality of S-NPP SDRs and IDPS

Changyong Cao

9:20 am

NESDIS S-NPP and JPSS Product Availability

Tom Schott

9:40 am

S-NPP Science Team Update and SIPS Selections; Continuity of NASA Data Products

Jim Gleason

10:00 am

Break

UAH Earth System Science Center (ESSC)

10:15 am

S-NPP Atmosphere SIPS

Liam Gumley

10:30 am

S-NPP Land Products and Ozone SIPS

Edward Masuoka

10:45 am

S-NPP Ocean Biology SIPS

Gene Feldman

11:00 am

S-NPP Sounder Information

Bradley Zavodsky

11:15 am

NASA Direct Readout Lab Activities for S-NPP

Patrick Coronado

11:30 am

Data Processing and Dissemination with CSPP

Kathy Strabala

11:45 am

Discovering and Accessing Near Real-Time Data and Imagery through LANCE

Diane Davies

12:00 pm

Lunch

(on your own)

 


Session 2: Public Health

 

1:20 pm

CDC Public Health and Climate Program

Jesse Bell

1:40 pm

Integrating Airborne Dust Forecasting and Remote Sensing into Air Quality and Public Health Decision Support Services

Jeff Luvall

2:00 pm

Using MODIS and VIIRS in Vector-Borne Disease Risk Characterization -- (movie)

Pietro Ceccato

2:20 pm

Urban Heat Islands, Impacts, and Applications with MODIS and VIIRS

Dale Quattrochi
Bill Crosson (presenting)

2:40 pm

Break

UAH ESSC

 


Session 3: Air Quality

 

3:00 pm

VIIRS Aerosol Products: Algorithm Development and Air Quality Applications

Shobha Kondragunta
Lorraine Remer (presenting)

3:20 pm

Using Satellite Observations for Measuring and Monitoring Atmospheric Aerosols

Yang Liu

3:40 pm

Using VIIRS DNB and OMI NO2 Retrievals for Constraining NOx Emissions

Brad Pierce

4:00 pm

Evaluating and Enhancing S-NPP Products for Air Quality and Public Health Applications

Jun Wang

4:20 pm

Developing Retrieval Algorithms for NH3 and CO from NPP CrIS Measurements

Karen Cady-Pereira

4:40 pm

Concluding Remarks / Adjourn

 
     

 

Wednesday


8:00 am

Kickoff Keynote: VIIRS Low Light Imaging Applications

Chris Elvidge

 


Session 4: Disasters

 

8:40 am

S-NPP Wildfire Applications

Amber Soja

9:00 am

Applications of S-NPP Products for Disaster Events

Andrew Molthan

9:20 am

Applications of S-NPP Products for Mapping Water Use and Drought

Chris Hain

9:40 am

Flood Detection with S-NPP and JPSS

Stuart Frye

10:00 am

Break / Poster Session 1: Data Systems and Processing (w/Refreshments)

UAH ESSC

 


Session 5: Water Resources and Ecological Forecasting

 

10:40 am

VIIRS Ocean Color Research and Applications

Menghua Wang

11:00 am

Use of S-NPP and NASA Data for Frost and Vegetation Monitoring

Ashutosh Limaye

11:20 am

Ecological Applications and Challenges

Maury Estes
11:40 am Extending the Terrestrial Observation and Prediction System to S-NPP Applications Forrest Melton

12:20 pm

Lunch

(on your own)
  Breakout Discussions  
1:50 pm Introduction and Goals John Haynes

2:00 pm

Participants will engage in Q&A and feedback with NASA Applied Science Program Managers to discuss applications of S-NPP in the focus areas of Weather / Disasters, Ecological Forecasting, Public Health and Air Quality, and Water Resources

Leaders:
David Green (Disasters)
Maury Estes (Ecological)
John Haynes (Health/AQ) Forrest Melton (Water Resources)

2:40 pm

Break / Poster Session II: Suomi NPP Science and Applications (w/Refreshments)

UAH ESSC
3:20 pm Breakout Discussions Continue  

4:00 pm


Concluding Remarks / Adjourn

 

Thursday


8:00 am

Kickoff Keynote: S-NPP Data for Climate Applications

Jeff Privette

 


Session 7: Weather and Climate Applications

 

8:40 am

Overview of the JPSS Proving Ground and S-NPP/JPSS R2O Activities

Arron Layns

9:00 am

Sounder Products for Weather and Climate Applications

Chris Barnet

9:20 am

Use of S-NPP in NOAA/National Weather Service Operations

Michael Folmer

9:40 am

Use of S-NPP in Navy/Department of Defense Operations

Jeremy Solbrig

10:00 am

Break

UAH ESSC

10:20 am

Presentation of Breakout Discussions, Further Discussion, and Action Items

Breakout Leads

12:00 pm

Lunch

(on your own)

1:30 pm

Products and Resources Available through NASA LANCE

Diane Davies,
Jeff Schmaltz

2:15 pm Community Satellite Processing Package / CIMSS Kathy Strabala

3:00 pm

Summary Discussion John Haynes
3:30 pm

Concluding Remarks / Adjourn

 
   
Poster Session I: Data Systems and Processing  
Global Hydrology and Resource Center Helen Conover
NASA Applied Science ARSET Program Pawan Gupta
Suomi-NPP Cryospheric Data Products for Earth System Science Dorothy Hall
Data Access of Legacy and Next Generation Satellites Shuang Qiu
Real-Time Processing of Direct Broadcast Data from the Ozone Mapping and Profiler Suite Colin Seftor
NOAA’s Operational Exploitation of JPSS Stored Mission Data Tom Schott
Integration of Remote Sensing and Socioeconomic Data Alex de Sherbin
Suomi-NPP Direct Broadcast Data in Support of Global Environmental Forecasters Kathleen Strabala
   
Poster Session II: Suomi NPP Science and Applications  
Development of a Near Real-Time Hail Damage Swath Identification Algorithm for Vegetation Jordan Bell
VIIRSCAG: A Fractional Snow Cover Product from Suomi-NPP VIIRS Surface Reflectance Retrievals Kathryn Bormann
Application of Suomi-NPP Green Vegetation Fraction and NUCAPS for Improving Regional Numerical Weather Prediction Jonathan Case
Use of Climate and Environmental Information Derived from Remotely-Sensed Data for Human Health Vector-Borne Diseases Pietro Ceccato
TBD Tony Cole
VIIRS Impact to Operational Nowcasts and Forecasts via User Assessments by NASA SPoRT Kevin Fuell
A New VIIRS Land Surface Temperature and Spectral Emissivity Product for Earth Science Research Glynn Hulley
Initial Results from the OMPS Nadir Sensors Richard McPeters
Sea-Surface Temperature from VIIRS Peter Minnett
Applying the MODIS Dark-Target Aerosol Retrieval Algorithm to VIIRS and Relevance for Climate Data Continuity Falguni Patadia
Global Measurements of NO2 and SO2 from S-NPP/OMPS Kai Yang
   
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