GOES USERS

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GOES USERS CONFERENCE IVDiscussion
HighlightsProving Ground Concept Tom
Renkevens, NESDIS/OSDPD
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Proving Ground Concept for GOES-R

• Fund 1 extra person at 3 NWS forecast offices
• FY 08 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

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1) What suggestions or feedback do you have on
the proving ground concept to help ensure it will
contribute to a successful beginning of
operations for GOES-R?

• Cross representation between AWG and proving
  ground
• Need good communication for work at each of 3
  centers
• Mission objectives of proving ground need to be
  communicated
• Working level users involved early
• Get forecasters involved at conceptual level
• All 8 breakout topics need to be distilled
• Made part of proving ground as appropriate
• Need to gain broad support within disciplines of
  NOAA
• Use lessons learned from NPOESS, GOES I-M
• Include an RFC/WFO as one of the proving grounds

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2) Any lessons learned from the WSR-88D proving
grounds that could benefit this effort?

• Other examples also available
• Sport, Joint Hurricane Testbed, Hazardous Weather
  Testbed, Hydromet Testbed
• Get lessoned learned from them
• Explore using these as proving grounds
• Set up focus areas, projects for each year
• Needs to be a plan that is shared, communicated
  for areas to be tested
• Projects need to use operational equipment, data
• Bottom up approach to get users involved early
  and often

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3) What other datasets could be leveraged in this
proving ground for GOES-R applications before the
GOES-R launch?

• Lots of things already available
• Total lightning mapping systems, AIRS, IASI,
  MODIS, MSG, AVHRR, etc
• Currently under-utilized
• Decision aid tools are needed
• Not just data problems
• Who is leading the effort?
• Where is the funding?
• Can we fly GIFTS with ABI?
• How do consolidate various sources?
• ABI products might be considered first
• Education and outreach will be needed to let
  users know what is available

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4) What potential uses would you see for the
Weather Event Simulator?

• Funding to keep it current
• Needs to evolve with AWIPS
• Good for evaluating GOES-R proxy data prior to
  GOES-R launch
• Provides opportunity for use of lesser
  known/applied datasets in practice applications
• Testing of decision aids

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5) How can lessons learned from the proving
ground be best communicated to you?

• Future GOES-R users conference
• Presentations by three centers at professional
  NWS/users conferences
• Need to also go others users (DOD, FAA, NOS, etc)
• Dedicated web site

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6) What other questions or issues would you like
to have the group discuss?

• Will verification statistics and NWS/NOAA goals
  be included in the prioritization of proving
  ground projects?
• Maybe look at GPRA goals
• How will coordination with AWG, education groups,
  etc actually work?
• How will data be available in proving ground?
• Other resources, capabilities (non-AWIPS) might
  be used initially
• AWIPS needs to consider GOES-R product and data
  requirements