GOES-R Series Scientific Publications - 2015

The following publications and articles are ordered chronologically.

 
Diurnal characteristics of lightning flashes detected over the São Paulo lightning mapping array
T. Chronis, T. Lang, W. Koshak, R. Blakeslee, H. Christian, E. McCaul and J. Bailey
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 120, Issue 23 (December 16, 2015) pp. 11,799-11,808
   
     
Celebrating COMET’s 25 Years of Providing Innovative Education and Training
Victoria Johnson, Richard Jeffries, Greg Byrd, Wendy Schreiber-Abshire, Elizabeth Page, Bruce Muller, Tim Alberta
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume 96, Issue 12 (December 2015) pp. 2183-219
   
     
Insight into the Kinematic and Microphysical Processes that Control Lightning Jumps
Christopher J. Schultz, Lawrence D. Carey, Elise V. Schultz, Richard J. Blakeslee
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 30, Issue 6 (December 2015) pp. 1591-1621
   
     
Satellite tools to monitor and predict Hurricane Sandy (2012): Current and emerging products
Michael J. Folmer, Mark DeMaria, Ralph Ferraro, John Beven, Michael Brennan, Jaime Daniels, Robert Kuligowski, Huan Meng, Scott Rudlosky, Limin Zhao, John Knaff, Sheldon Kusselson, Steven D. Miller, Timothy J. Schmit, Chris Velden, Brad Zavodsky
Atmospheric Research
Volume 166, (December 2015) pp. 165–181
   
     
Evaluating Environmental Impacts on Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification Predictability Utilizing Statistical Models
John Kaplan, Christopher M. Rozoff, Mark DeMaria, Charles R. Sampson, James P. Kossin, Christopher S. Velden, Joseph J. Cione, Jason P. Dunion, John A. Knaff, Jun A. Zhang, John F. Dostalek, Jeffrey D. Hawkins, Thomas F. Lee, Jeremy E. Solbrig
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 30, Issue 5 (October 2015) pp. 1374-1396
   
     
Progress and Developments of Downburst Prediction Applications of GOES
Kenneth L. Pryor
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 30, Issue 5 (October 2015) pp. 1182-1200
   
     
Lightning channel length and flash energy determined from moments of the flash area distribution
Eric. C. Bruning, Ronald J. Thomas
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 120, Issue 17 (September 16, 2015) pp. 8925–8940
   
     
Spectrally Enhanced Cloud Objects—A generalized framework for automated detection of volcanic ash and dust clouds using passive satellite measurements: 1. Multispectral analysis
Michael J. Pavolonis, Justin Sieglaff and John Cintineo
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 120, Issue 15 (August 16, 2015) pp.7813–7841
   
     
Spectrally Enhanced Cloud Objects—A generalized framework for automated detection of volcanic ash and dust clouds using passive satellite measurements: 2. Cloud object analysis and global application
Michael J. Pavolonis, Justin Sieglaff and John Cintineo
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 120, Issue 15 (August 16, 2015) pp. 7842–7870
   
     
A High Performance Remote Sensing Product Generation System Based on a Service Oriented Architecture for the Next Generation of Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellites
Satya Kalluri, James Gundy, Brian Haman, Anthony Paullin, Paul Van Rompay, David Vititoe, Allan Weiner
Remote Sensing
Volume 7, Issue 8 (August 2015) pp.10385‒10399
   
     
Improvements in the Probabilistic Prediction of Tropical Cyclone Rapid Intensification with Passive Microwave Observations
Christopher M. Rozoff, Christopher S. Velden, John Kaplan, James P. Kossin, Anthony J. Wimmers
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 30, Issue 4 (August 2015) pp. 1016-1038
   
     
Environmental Analysis of GOES-R Proving Ground Convection-Initiation Forecasting Algorithms
Jason M. Apke, Daniel Nietfeld, Mark R. Anderson
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 54, Issue 7 (July 2015) pp. 1637-1662
   
     
Improved Tropical Storm Forecasts with GOES-13/15 Imager Radiance Assimilation and Asymmetric Vortex Initialization in HWRF
X. Zou, Z. Qin, Y. Zheng
Monthly Weather Review
Volume 143, Issue 7 (July 2015) pp. 2485-2505
   
     
An integrated method to improve the GOES Imager visible radiometric calibration accuracy
Fangfang Yu, Xiangqian Wu
Remote Sensing of Environment
Volume 164 (July 2015) pp. 103-113
   
     
Examining Deep Convective Cloud Evolution Using Total Lightning, WSR-88D, and GOES-14 Super Rapid Scan Datasets
Kristopher M. Bedka, Celcilia Wang, Ryan Rogers, Lawrence D. Carey, Wayne Feltz, Jan Kanak
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 30, Issue 3 (June 2015) pp. 571‒590
   
     
Probabilistic 0–1-h Convective Initiation Nowcasts that Combine Geostationary Satellite Observations and Numerical Weather Prediction Model Data
John R. Mecikalski, John K. Williams, Christopher P. Jewett, David Ahijevych, Anita LeRoy, John R. Walker
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 54, Issue 5 (May 2015) pp. 1039-1059
   
     
Rapid Refresh Information of Significant Events: Preparing Users for the Next Generation of Geostationary Operational Satellites
Timothy J. Schmit, Steven J. Goodman, Mathew M. Gunshor, Justin Sieglaff, Andrew K. Heidinger, Scott A. Bachmeier, Scott S. Lindstrom, Amanda Terborg, Joleen Feltz, Kaba Bah
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume 96, Issue 4 (April 2015) pp. 561‒576
   
     
Lightning locating systems: Insights on characteristics and validation techniques
Amitabh Nag, Martin J. Murphy, Wolfgang Schulz and Kenneth L. Cummins
Earth and Space Science
Volume 2, Issue 4 (April 18, 2015) pp. 65-93
   
     
Impact of Storm-Scale Lightning Data Assimilation on WRF-ARW Precipitation Forecasts during the 2013 Warm Season over the Contiguous United States
Alexandre O. Fierro, Adam J. Clark, Edward R. Mansell, Donald R. MacGorman, Scott R. Dembek, Conrad L. Ziegler
Monthly Weather Review
Volume 143, Issue 3 (March 2015) pp. 757-777
   
     
A Return Stroke NOx Production Model
William J. Koshak, Richard J. Solakiewicz, Harold S. Peterson
Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences
Volume 72, Issue 2 (February 2015) pp. 943-954
   
     
Improved Tropical-Cyclone Flight-Level Wind Estimates Using Routine Infrared Satellite Reconnaissance
John A. Knaff, Scott P. Longmore, Robert T. DeMaria, Debra A. Molenar
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 54, Issue 2 (February 2015) pp. 463-478
   
     
A review on ice fog measurements and modeling
I. Gultepe, B. Zhou, J. Milbrandt, A. Bott, Y. Li, A.J. Heymsfield, B. Ferrier, R. Ware, M. Pavolonis, T. Kuhn, J. Gurka, P. Liu, J. Cermak
Atmospheric Research
Volume 151 (January 2015) pp. 2‒19
   
     
A Method for Retrieving the Ground Flash Fraction and Flash Type from Satellite Lightning Mapper Observations
William J. Koshak, Richard J. Solakiewicz
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Volume 32, Issue 1 (January 2015) pp. 79-96