CIMSS-NOAA Weekly Report [ Archive ]

CIMSS-NOAA WEEKLY HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE WEEK ENDING OCTOBER 4, 2024

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CSPP Geo releases beta version of LightningCast probability software: The Community Satellite Processing Package for Geostationary Data (CSPP Geo) group at the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) has released a beta version of software to create LightningCast Probabilities (available at this website: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/csppgeo/lightningcast_v1.0b1.html). This software uses images of ABI data (Bands 2, 5, 13, 15) or AHI data (Bands 3, 5, 13, 15) at a single time to predict the probability that a Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) observation will occur in the next 60 minutes. This machine learning product that was developed by John Cintineo, Mike Pavolonis and Justin Sieglaff at CIMSS is a powerful tool for Impact-based Decision Support Services (IDSS). Examples of the software output are available on the CIMSS Blog: https://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satellite-blog/archives/60965). (L. Pfantz, G. Martin, S. Lindstrom CIMSS; J. Cintineo NOAA/OAR) 

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Figure: LightningCast Probabilities at 1400 UTC 2 October over northern South America as created by beta version of CSPP Geo LightningCast software.

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SSEC and CIMSS Scientists in the News: Scientists at the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW-Madison) Space Science and Engineering Center (SSEC) and the Cooperative Institute for Meteorological Satellite Studies (CIMSS) provide expert interviews, imagery and case studies to promote science and satellite imagery. This week: 1) CIMSS Satellite Blog contributor Scott Lindstrom and NOAA Scientist Tim Schmit published the following case studies: "NOAA’s Birthday" (Oct. 02), "GOES See an Annular Eclipse Shadow in the Southern Hemisphere" (Oct. 02), "CSPP Geo Software to create LightningCast imagery released" (Oct. 02), "Early (Preliminary / Non-operational) GOES-19 Imagery" (Oct. 02), "FCI RGB views of Kirk in the eastern Atlantic" (Oct. 01), "NGFS views of the French Island Fire in La Crosse Wisconsin" (Oct. 01), "John along the coast of Mexico" (Sept. 27). Read more at the CIMSS Satellite Blog. (S. Lindstrom, CIMSS, T. Schmit, E/RA2, 608-263-0291, tim.j.schmit@noaa.gov)

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Figure: NOAA was formed on October 3, 1970. To commemorate this date, here a few GOES related figures. GOES has been around since 1975, although there were earlier non-operational versions operated by NASA. Image -- The continuity of GOES. Note that at the time of this posting, GOES-19 is Preliminary, Non-operational.

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GEO sounder cloud clearing paper published: A manuscript titled "Cloud-Cleared Radiances From Collocated Observations of Hyperspectral IR Sounder and Advanced Imager Onboard the Same Geostationary Platform" coauthored by Zhenglong Li was published in the IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing (https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/10677513). This work introduces the optimal cloud clearing technique for a GEO hyperspectral IR sounder with an imager on the same platform. With a scheme to remove the bias between the sounder and imager, it shows that not only the CCRs are more accurate but also the yields are increased. The citation of the paper is X. Gong et al., "Cloud-Cleared Radiances From Collocated Observations of Hyperspectral IR Sounder and Advanced Imager Onboard the Same Geostationary Platform," in IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 62, pp. 1-18, 2024, Art no. 5531418, doi: 10.1109/TGRS.2024.3458093. (Zhenglong Li, 608-890-1982, zhenglong.li@ssec.wisc.edu). 

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Figure: Sample sizes of clear sky and cloud cleared radianes (CCRs) from the optimal cloud clearing (OCC) and bias corrected optimal cloud clearing (BCOCC) methods, for 15 days from September 16–30, 2021. Note the significant yield increase from BCOCC).

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