CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

ASPB AND CIMSS WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING APRIL 21, 2017

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GOES-16 Cloud Mask Achieves Beta Maturity: The GOES-16 Cloud Mask generated by the GOES-16 Ground System passed its Beta Maturity Review this week and is the first GOES-16 Level-2 product to do so. Beta Maturity requires that a product be minimally validated and that any outstanding issues are characterized. The Beta Review was hosted GOES-16 Product, Readiness and Operations (PRO) Team and consisted mainly of a presentation by the GOES-R Cloud Team, led by Andrew Heidinger, on the success of the multiple validation activities listed in their validation plan. The PS-PVR panel, led by Steve Goodman, made the decision to promote the GOES-16 Cloud Mask to Beta Maturity. The next review for the GOES-16 Cloud Mask is the Provisional Review slated to occur in November 2017. These reviews represent important milestones in the maturation of the GOES-16 Ground System Products after the multi-year hiatus between algorithm delivery and post-launch analysis. The ultimate success of the GOES-16 Cloud Mask will be judged by its benefit to the downstream GOES-16 applications that rely on it. (A. Heidinger, E/RA2, 608-263-6757, andrew.heidinger@noaa.gov)

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Figure caption: Example GOES-16 Cloud Mask from a MESO domain and associated False Color Image. These images are examples of the visual inspection applied to all GOES-16 Cloud Mask data available at the time of the Beta Review. 

AMSR2 Snow and Ice Products Reach Provisional and Validated Maturity: NESDIS/STAR held a GCOM-W1 AMSR2 "Day 2" product maturity review on April 20, 2017. The "Day 2" products from the Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer 2 (AMSR2) instrument on the Global Change Observation Mission-W1 (GCOM-W1) include Snow Cover/Depth, Snow Water Equivalent (SWE), Sea Ice Characterization, Soil Moisture, and Surface Type. Jeff Key, lead of the AMSR2 cryosphere team, presented the snow and ice products that were developed by Yong-Keun Lee at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) and Walt Meier at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (formerly at the National Snow and Ice Data Center when the product development began). Snow cover, snow depth, and sea ice concentration were recommended to have reached the "Validated" maturity stage. Snow water equivalent and sea ice type were recommended as "Provisional". (J. Key, E/RA2, 608-263-2605, jkey@ssec.wisc.edu)

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Figure caption: AMSR2 snow and ice product examples. 

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