CIMSS/ASPB
Satellite Workshop for the National Weather Service
Western
Region Headquarters and WFO Salt Lake City
Salt Lake City, Utah
16-17 February 2011
Schedule is in Mountain Standard Time
Wednesday, 16 February 2011
Morning at Western Region Headquarters
125 S. State Street
Point of Contact: Ken Pomeroy
8:00
AM Welcome,
Orientation, Goals, and Introductions
8:15
AM Gary Wade, NESDIS
9:00
AM Break/Map
Discussion
9:30
AM Tim Schmit,
NESDIS (Remotely)
10:00
AM Wayne Feltz, CIMSS
10:30
AM Ken Pomeroy, NWS
Use of
Satellite Imagery/Products in Operations from Regional Perspective
10:45
AM Jordan Gerth,
CIMSS
History of
CIMSS Support for NWS Operations
11:00
AM Wayne Feltz, CIMSS
Satellite
Applications for Aviation
11:30
AM Questions,
Comments, and Discussion
Possible
Topics: Polar-orbiting Satellite
Products for Forecasting
12
Noon Lunch
Afternoon at WFO Salt Lake City
2242 W. North Temple
Point of Contact: Randy Graham
1:30
PM Welcome, Orientation, Goals,
and Introductions
1:45
PM Randy Graham, NWS
Use of Satellite
Imagery/Products in Operations from WFO Perspective
2:00
PM Robert Aune,
NESDIS (Remotely)
2:45
PM Break
3:00
PM Wayne Feltz,
CIMSS
3:30
PM Kathy Strabala, CIMSS
4:00
PM Scott Bachmeier,
CIMSS (Remotely)
Other
Training/Teletraining Opportunities
CIMSS
Satellite Blog
4:45
PM Conclude
5:00
PM End of day
Thursday, 17 February 2011
Morning at WFO Salt Lake City
Point of Contact: Randy Graham
8:00
AM Scott
Lindstrom (Remotely)
Atmospheric Rivers and MIMIC TPW
8:45
AM Questions and Comments from first
day
9:00
AM Gary
Wade, NESDIS
GOES Sounder Update (if needed)
9:30
AM Break
9:45
AM Jordan Gerth,
CIMSS
10:15
AM Forecasters
Questions
and Comments, such as:
·
This
is how I use satellite imagery in the forecast process.
·
What
am I looking at here? How do I use this
satellite image/product?
·
I
think satellite imagery can help with this forecast problem.
11:45
AM Conclusions
and Directions
12
Noon Lunch
1:30
PM Flex Time/Interaction,
Unfinished Business, and Group Discussion
Work
directly with forecasters
Integrate
additional data, technical issues
2:30
PM Final Remarks
2:45
PM Travel
Afternoon at Center Weather Service Unit
2150 W. 700 North
3:00
PM Tour of CWSU
4:15
PM NWS Briefing to FAA
5:00
PM End of meeting