SATELLITE LECTURE NOTES

Resources:

• NESDIS: http://www.nesdis.noaa.gov/
• RAMSDIS: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/index.asp
  • Tropical Weather Links:
    • http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/products/tc_realtime
    • http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/tropical.asp
    • http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/
    • http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/
    • http://einstein.atmos.colostate.edu/~mcnoldy/tropics/atlantic/
• SSEC: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/
• EUMETSAT: http://www.eumetsat.int/Home/index.htm
• RAMMB Training Modules: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/training/
• ESRC: http://deved.meted.ucar.edu/goes_r/faculty_course/satellite_links.htm
  
• Unidata RAMADDA: http://motherlode.ucar.edu/repository
• NASA Earth Observatory: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/NaturalHazards/

Index of Topics

1. History of Satellite Meteorology and the GOES orbit
2. Types of satellites and their orbital coverage
3. Review of Remote Sensing and Weighting Functions
   • Physical Met materials
   • Satellite Remote Sensing- An Introduction (.pptx)
   • Radiative Transfer for Forecasters (.docx)
   • GOES Channel Selection V2: http://www.meted.ucar.edu/satmet/goeschan/index.htm
   • realtime weighting functions: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/wf/
   • Example GOES-R weighting functions: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes/wf/ABI/
4. Satellite instrumentation and data
   • GOES Imager
     • current GOES imager channels: http://www.meted.ucar.edu/satmet/goeschan/
     • GOES-R: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=509
     • GOES-R ABI: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=987
       • weighting functions: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_r/proving-ground/products_list.html
     • Multispectral Satellite Applications:
       • RGB Products Explained: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=568
       • Realtime Multispectral products: http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/ramsdis/online/goes-r_proving_ground.asp
       • CIMMS GOES-R Proving Ground: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/goes_r/proving-ground.html
   • POES Imager:
     • NexSat: http://www.nrlmry.navy.mil/nexsat-bin/nexsat.cgi
     • COMET module: https://www.meted.ucar.edu/training_module.php?id=167
   • GOES Sounder
     • COMET Module on an Introduction to the GOES Sounder
     • COMET Module on the need for an Advanced Sounder
     • COMET Module on the benefits of Hyperspectral Observation
   • Microwave Data
     • COMET Module on an Overview of Microwave Remote Sensing
     • COMET Module on Microwave Remote Sensing Resources
     • COMET Module on Microwave Remote Sensing on Clouds, Precip, and Waver Vapor
5. Application of Satellite Remote Sensing to:
• Flooding in West Africa
• Monitoring Climate
• Precipitation Products
• Volcanic Ash
• Dust Storms
• Tropical Meteorology
• Voricity Maxima and Minima
• Blocking Patterns
• Ocean Altimetry
• The "Ring of Fire"
• Deformation Zones
• Fire Cycle
• An Introduction to Scatterometry - Ocean Wind Speed and Direction
6. GIS
   • Google Earth:
     • Locations of current satellite along with space debris
     • http://rammb.cira.colostate.edu/products/google_earth/
     • http://adn.agi.com/SatelliteDatabase/SatelliteDatabase.kmz
     • http://wdssii.nssl.noaa.gov/realtime/satellite.kmz
     • SSEC MODIS Data: http://ge.ssec.wisc.edu/modis-today/
     • NWS Southern Region: http://www.srh.noaa.gov/gis/kml/
     • WDSS-II Data Bundle: http://wdssii.nssl.noaa.gov/?r=products
     • University of Illinois: http://www.atmos.illinois.edu/weather/google_earth.shtml
     • pptx on using Google Earth for Satellite Applications
   • Satellite data that is GIS compatible:
     • http://www.osdpd.noaa.gov/ml/gis/index.html
     • http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/GIS/goes.phtml
     • http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/data/gis/images/4326/sat/
     • http://mesonet.agron.iastate.edu/cgi-bin/wms/goes/conus_vis.cgi?VER=1.1.1&SERVICE=WMS&REQUEST=GetCapabilities
7. Cloud Sat
8. Radiometer Design