GOES-R Series Scientific Publications | 2012

The following publications and articles are ordered chronologically.

 
     
On Timeliness and Accuracy of Wildfire Detection by the GOES WF-ABBA Algorithm Over California Furing the 2006 Fire Season
Alexander Koltunov, Susan L. Ustin, Elaine M. Prins
Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume 127 (December 2012), pp. 194-209
   
     
Determining Diurnal Variations of Land Surface Emissivity From Geostationary Satellites
Zhenglong Li, Jun Li, Yue Li, Yong Zhang, Timothy J. Schmit, Lihang Zhou, Mitchell D. Goldberg, and W. Paul Menzel
Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume 117, D23302 (13 December 2012) 14PP
   
     
New Methods toward Minimizing the Slow Speed Bias Associated with Atmospheric Motion Vectors
Wayne C. Bresky, Jaime M. Daniels, Andrew A. Bailey, Steven T. Wanzong
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 51, Issue 12 (December 2012) pp. 2137-2151
   
     
Examining Trends in Satellite-Detected Tropical Overshooting Tops as a Potential Predictor of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification
Sarah A. Monette, Christopher S. Velden, Kyle S. Griffin, Christopher M. Rozoff
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 51, Issue 11, November 2012, pp. 1917-1930
   
     
An Enhanced Geostationary Satellite–Based Convective Initiation Algorithm for 0–2-h Nowcasting with Object Tracking
John R. Walker, Wayne M. MacKenzie Jr., John R. Mecikalski, Christopher P. Jewett
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 51, Issue 11, November 2012, pp. 1931-1949
   
     
10.35 µm: atmospheric window on the GOES-R Advanced Baseline Imager with less moisture attenuation
Daniel T. Lindsey, Timothy J. Schmit, Wayne M. MacKenzie, Jr., Christopher P. Jewett, Mat M. Gunshor, Louie Grasso
Journal of Applied Remote Sensing
Volume 6, Issue 1, October 30, 2012, 12 PP
   
     
Determining the Flight Icing Threat to Aircraft with Single-Layer Cloud Parameters Derived from Operational Satellite Data
William L. Smith Jr., Patrick Minnis, Cecilia Fleeger, Douglas Spangenberg, Rabindra Palikonda, Louis Nguyen
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 51, Issue 10 (October 2012) pp. 1794-1810
   
     
Validation of Satellite-Based Objective Overshooting Cloud-Top Detection Methods Using CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar Observations
Kristopher M. Bedka, Richard Dworak, Jason Brunner, Wayne Feltz
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 51, Issue 10 (October 2012) pp. 1811-1822
   
     
Assimilation of water vapor sensitive infrared brightness temperature observations during a high impact weather event
Tianle Yuan, Lorraine A. Remer, Huisheng Bian, Jerald R. Ziemke, Rachel Albrecht, Kenneth E. Pickering, Lazaros Oreopoulos, Steven J. Goodman, Hongbin Yu, and
Dale J. Allen
Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume 117, D18213 (26 September 2012), 16 PP
   
     
Aerosol indirect effect on tropospheric ozone via lightning
Tianle Yuan, Lorraine A. Remer, Huisheng Bian, Jerald R. Ziemke, Rachel Albrecht, Kenneth E. Pickering, Lazaros Oreopoulos, Steven J. Goodman, Hongbin Yu, and Dale J. Allen
Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume 117, D18213 (26 September 2012), 16 PP
   
     
Solar thematic maps for space weather operations
E. Joshua Rigler, Steven M. Hill, Alysha A. Reinard, and Robert A. Steenburgh
Space Weather
Volume 10, S08009 (25 August 2012), 16 PP
   
     
Application of a Lightning Data Assimilation Technique in the WRF-ARW Model at
Cloud-Resolving Scales for the Tornado Outbreak of 24 May 2011

Alexandre O. Fierro, Edward R. Mansell, Conrad L. Ziegler, Donald R. MacGorman
Monthly Weather Review
Volume 140, Issue 8 (August 2012) pp. 2609-2627
   
     
A Robust Method To Forecast Volcanic Ash Clouds
Roger P. Denlinger, Mike Pavolonis, and Justin Sieglaff
Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume. 117 (July 2012)
   
     
Analyzing the Eyjafjallajökull 2010 eruption using satellite remote sensing, lidar and WRF-Chem dispersion and tracking model
P. W. Webley, T. Steensen, M. Stuefer, G. Grell, S. Freitas, and M. Pavolonis
Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume. 117 (July 2012)
   
     
Near-real-time global biomass burning emissions product from geostationary
satellite constellation

Xiaoyang Zhang, Shobha Kondragunta, Jessica Ram, Christopher Schmidt, and
Ho-Chun Huang
Journal of Geophysical Research
Volume. 117 (July 2012)
   
     
The GOES-R Proving Ground: Accelerating User Readiness for the Next-Generation Geostationary Environmental Satellite System
Steven J. Goodman, James Gurka, Mark DeMaria, Timothy J. Schmit, Anthony Mostek, Gary Jedlovec, Chris Siewert, Wayne Feltz, Jordan Gerth, Renate Brummer,
Steven Miller, Bonnie Reed, Richard R. Reynolds
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume 93, Issue 7 (July 2012) pp. 1029-1040
   
     
Implementation of the Daytime Cloud Optical and Microphysical Properties
Algorithm (DCOMP) in PATMOS-x

Andi Walther, Andrew K. Heidinger
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 51, Issue 7 (July 2012) pp. 1371-1390
   
     
A case for natural colour imagery from geostationary satellites, and an
approximation for the GOES-R ABI

Steven D. Miller, Christopher C. Schmidt. Timothy J. Schmit, Donald W. Hillger
International Journal of Remote Sensing
Volume 33, No. 13, 10 (July 2012) pp. 3999-4028
   
     
Retrieving aerosol in a cloudy environment: aerosol product availability as a
function of spatial resolution

L. A. Remer, S. Mattoo, R. C. Levy, A. Heidinger, R. B. Pierce, and M. Chin
Atmospheric Measurement Techniques
Volume 5, Issue 7 (30 July 2012), pp. 1823-1840
   
     
Nowcasting: The Promise of New Technologies of Communication, Modeling,
and Observation

Clifford Mass
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume 93, Issue 6 (June 2012) pp. 797-809
   
     
Comparison between GOES-12 Overshooting-Top Detections, WSR-88D Radar Reflectivity, and Severe Storm Reports
Richard Dworak, Kristopher Bedka, Jason Brunner, Wayne Feltz
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 27, Issue 3 (June 2012) pp. 684-699
   
     
A Naive Bayesian Cloud-Detection Scheme Derived from CALIPSO and Applied
within PATMOS-x

Andrew K. Heidinger, Amato T. Evan, Michael J. Foster, Andi Walther
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 51, Issue 6 (June 2012) pp. 1129-1144
   
     
Synthetic Satellite Imagery for Real-Time High-Resolution Model Evaluation
Dan Bikos, Daniel T. Lindsey, Jason Otkin, Justin Sieglaff, Louie Grasso, Chris Siewert, James Correia Jr., Michael Coniglio, Robert Rabin, John S. Kain, Scott Dembek
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 27, Issue 3 (June 2012) pp. 784-795
   
     
Tropical Cyclone Lightning and Rapid Intensity Change
Mark DeMaria, Robert T. DeMaria, John A. Knaff, Debra Molenar
Monthly Weather Review
Volume 140, Issue 6 (June 2012) pp. 1828-1842
   
     
Assimilating AIRS Temperature and Mixing Ratio Profiles Using an Ensemble
Kalman Filter Approach for Convective-Scale Forecasts

Thomas A. Jones, David J. Stensrud
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 27, Issue 3 (June 2012) pp. 541-564
   
     
Visualizing Model Data Using a Fast Approximation of a Radiative Transfer Model
Valliappa Lakshmanan, Robert Rabin, Jason Otkin, John S. Kain, Scott Dembek
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Volume 29, Issue 5 (May 2012) pp. 745-754
   
     
Estimation of surface albedo and directional reflectance from Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) observations
Tao He, Shunlin Liang, Dongdong Wang, Hongyi Wu, Yunyue Yu, Jindi Wang
Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume 119 (16 April 2012), pp. 286-300
   
     
The ABI on GOES-R
Tim Schmit
National Weather Association Newsletter
April 2012, p.4
   
     
Life testing of the ABI cryocooler: Two years complete
Perry G. Ramsey and Kirsten S. Swanson
Cryogenics
Volume 52, Issues 4-6 (April – June 2012), pp. 183-187
   
     
Planck-Weighted Transmittance and Correction of Solar Reflection for
Broadband Infrared Satellite Channels

Yong Chen, Fuzhong Weng, Yong Han, Quanhua Liu
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Volume 29, Issue 3 (March 2012) pp. 382-396
   
     
Validation of GOES-R Satellite Land Surface Temperature Algorithm Using SURFRAD Ground Measurements and Statistical Estimates of Error Properties
Yunyue Yu
IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Volume 50, Issue 9 (March 2012) pp. 704-71
   
     
Assessing the Impact of the Covariance Localization Radius when Assimilating Infrared Brightness Temperature Observations Using an Ensemble Kalman Filter
Jason A. Otkin
Monthly Weather Review
Volume 140, Issue 2 (February 2012) pp. 543-561
   
     
An Overview of the 2010 Hazardous Weather Testbed Experimental Forecast Program Spring Experiment
Adam J. Clark, Steven J. Weiss, John S. Kain, Israel L. Jirak, Michael Coniglio, Christopher J. Melick, Christopher Siewert, Ryan A. Sobash, Patrick T. Marsh, Andrew R. Dean, Ming Xue, Fanyou Kong, Kevin W. Thomas, Yunheng Wang, Keith Brewster, Jidong Gao, Xuguang Wang, Jun Du, David R. Novak, Faye E. Barthold, Michael J. Bodner, Jason J. Levit, C. Bruce Entwistle, Tara L. Jensen, James Correia Jr.
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume 93, Issue 1 (January 2012) pp. 55-74