AIRS, IASI Dr Mitch Goldberg, PhD Acting Chief Scientist - JPSS - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

Summary of NWP Weather Model Center Use of Hyperspectral IR Data All Information Here is Drawn From a Subset of Presentations of the NOAA, NASA HDQTRs, EUMETSAT Hyper-Spectral IR Sensor Workshop, March 29-31, 2011, Key Biscayne, FL to Highlight - NWP Centers Are Using In Weather Models ¡ SHOW A WIDE USE OF POLAR SATELLITE HYPERSPECTRAL IR SOUNDERS TODAY BY WORLD GOVERNMENTS ’ NWP CENTERS – USING/ASSIMILATING, IN REGIONAL & GLOBAL OPERATIONAL WEATHER FORECAST MODELS & CLEAR ACCEPTANCE BY EXPERTS & NWP CENTERS OF HIGH & LEAD RANKING IN AFFECTING MAJOR WEATHER PREDICTION MODEL ACCURACY - PROVIDING MODELS ’ NEED FOR HIGHLY ACCURATE TEMPERATURE & MOISTURE PROFILES AIRS, IASI Dr Mitch Goldberg, PhD Acting Chief Scientist - JPSS Program, NESDIS NASA AIRS ST Meeting Greenbelt, MD, Nov 8-11, 2011 Roger Heymann, PE Engineering Staff - OSD, NESDIS 1 ¡

Power Point Presentations of the March 29-31, 2011 Key Biscayne Satellite Hyperspectral IR Workshop are Posted Online at the following Web Site, maintained by NOAA NESDIS STAR Research Office www.star.nesdis.noaa.gov/star/meeting _ Hyper2011.php Speakers at the Key Biscayne Workshop were Identified, Invited to Speak on Behalf of Participating Gov ’ s of Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, U.K., U.S., & 34 Member States of EUMETSAT to Address Specific Posed Questions That Workshop was Titled: “ WORKSHOP ON HYPERSPECTRAL SENSOR GREENHOUSE GAS (GHG) & ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS FROM ENVIRONMENTAL SATELLITES ” • ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ ¡ Focused on 2 Hyperspectral IR Classes: Grating & FTS ¡ ¡ ¡ Co-organized by NOAA - NESDIS Offices of STAR & OSD, & AOML Research Lab of Key Biscayne; NASA Headquarters; EUMETSAT. With 46 Power Pts from 41 Invited Speakers on Behalf of Governmen ts ¡ ¡ 2 ¡

Workshop Explored 3 Classes of Governments ’ Dedicated Hyperspectral IR Missions: • Weather Forecasting, • Atmospheric Composition/Chemistry, • Most Recent Dedicated Satellite Missions for CO 2 & CH 4 GHGs -- GOSAT, OCO2 Inviting Speakers to Present Information on Hyperspectral IR Sensor Missions of IASI -FTS, AIRS -Grating, TES -FTS, ACE -FTS, MIPAS -FTS, GOSAT -FTS, OCO2 -Grating This Talk , Based Solely on Selected Subset of Workshop Speakers & Their Presentations With Their Views, Information, Culled & Assembled to Focus on IR Sounder Use in NWP Center Weather Prediction Models & Identify Importance • Want to Focus On Highlight & Focus On This 1 Narrow Issue • View Weather Forecast Needs as Having Been the C ore Argument / Foundation for NOAA Satellite Acquisitions & Sensors to Date • Believe it Still Key Core Base for Promoting Future NOAA Sensor Acquisition Missions • This is Why Narrow Focus on NWP Center Operational Use, Out of All of The Information Gathered In Key Biscayne – • To Add a Voice • To Get Clarity of Certainness of NWP Center Use of Hyperspectral IR Sounder Data 3 ¡

To Enhance Presented Data Credibility, Key Biscayne Workshop Speaker Sources by Name Are Referenced & Your Accessing Their Presentations is Encouraged Culled & Assembled Data of March 29-31, 2011 Power Pts Show With Great Clarity to: -- • The Operational Use Today of Satellite Hyperspectral IR Sounder Data by NWP Weather Model Prediction Centers & With Experts & NWPs Now Recognizing Its Importance Key Biscayne Workshop Speakers Show Hyperspectral IR Satellite Sounder Has Emerged To Be Major Sensor For NWP Centers - With its Data Core to Weather Prediction Model Accuracy The Workshop Also Showed a Broader Hyperspectral IR Sensor Use with History of Nations ’ Dedicated Sensor Missions For Atmosphere Composition/Chemistry & Green House Gases, too. With Power Pt Information on ACE - FTS , MIPAS- FTS , TES - FTS , GOSAT - FTS , OCO2 - Grating, IASI - FTS & AIRS - Grating Hyperspectral IR Sensors Relative to Weather, Chemical/Atmosphere Composition/Climate Monitoring, & GHG Monitoring, With Many Speakers ’ Ideas for Next Gen Hyperspectral IR Sensor Enhancements ¡ Rela+ve ¡to ¡NWP ¡March ¡29-­‑31, ¡2011 ¡Workshop ¡–Presenta+ons’ ¡ Informa+on ¡Showing ¡With ¡Stark ¡Clarity ¡& ¡Confirma+on: ¡ 4 ¡

Multiple March 29-31, 2011 Key Biscayne Workshop Presenters Identify World Gov National Weather Prediction (NWP) Centers Assimilating Polar Satellite Hyperspectral IR Sounder Data in their OPERATIONAL Weather Prediction Models, Both Regional & Global Weather Models ¡ NWP Center IR Sounder Operational Assimilation is Repeatedly Identified by Presentation ’ s of • Bill Lapenta Acting Dir of Environmental Modeling Center (EMC) of NOAA-NWS-NCEP • Thierry Phulpin of France CNES-IASI Program • James Jung of CIMSS, University of Wisconsin, co-located at EMC • Eric Fetzer of JPL ’ s AIRS Program • Stephen English of Brazil CPTEC & INPE & UK Met Office • Laars Peter Riishigard Dir of JCSDA (NOAA, NASA, U.S. DOD-Navy- Air Force) Bill Lapenta Identifies NOAA-NWS EMC Assimilating POLAR Satellite Hyperspectral IR Sounders & NOAA ’ s Multi-Spectral Geostationary GOES 11 IR Sounder into its 2 Major Operational Weather Prediction Models • North American Mesoscale(NAM)/Weather Research Forecast (WRF) Regional Model • Global Forecast System (GFS) Global Model 5 ¡

Background to NOAA NWS NCEP EMC ’ s -- GFS & NAM/WRF Weather Prediction Models • GFS is a Global Weather Model Forecast to 16 days • NAM/WRF a Short Range Regional Weather Model Forecast Over North America From 12hrs to 3 Days • NAM/WRF & GFS Weather Models Run Every 6 hrs, 4 times Daily Bill Lapenta Presentation Slide 7 Identifies: • EMC- NAM/WRF Regional Weather Model Assimilating o AIRS - Polar orbiting satellite o GOES 11 Multi-Spectral 19 Band IR Sounder, - Geostationary orbit • EMC- GFS Global Model Assimilating o AIRS of Polar orbiting satellite, o IASI of Polar orbiting satellite & o GOES 11 Multi-Spectral 19 Band IR Sounder ,- Geostationary orbit James Jung of CIMSS Working at NCEP/EMC, Presentation Slide 7, Reinforces further Bill Lapenta, Suggests GFS Model Assimilating Both AIRS & IASI, but His Identification not Firmly Clear ¡ 6 ¡

Thierry Phulpin, CNES IASI program identifies 8 World NWP Centers Assimilating IASI in their Operational Weather Prediction Models, in 1st of his 2 Presentations: 1. UK Met office, 2. ECMWF representing 34 government states, 3. Meteo France, 4. German Weather Service, 5. Norwegian Meteorological Institute, 6. Environment Canada, 7. US NOAA/NWS NCEP-EMC, & 8. US Navy NRL Stephen English in His Presentation Says “ Use of Hyperspectral Sounders is Successful at NWP Centers ” Eric Fetzer of JPL in his Presentation Says AIRS Data Are Assimilated into the Operational Forecast Systems at NWP Centers W orldwide ¡ ¡ 2 Speakers Bill Lapenta & Lars Riishigard, in their Presentations Identify, Refer to European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts ’ ( ECMWF) Research Identifying High Significance & High Affect of POLAR Satellite Hyperspectral IR Data on NWP Center Weather Models: • Finding IASI & AIRS Temperature , Moisture Profiles 2 nd & 3 rd in Ranking of Impact Behind AMSU-A at Number 1 in Affecting NWP Weather Model Prediction Accuracy 7 ¡

ECMWF research Results From Bill Lapenta Presenta tion Impact of Satellite Data on NWP Operational ECMWF system September to December 2008. Averaged over all model layers and entire global atmosphere. % contribution of different observations to reduction in forecast error. AMSU-A: Adv MW Sounder A on Aqua and NOAA POES (T) IASI: IR Atmos Interferometer on METOP (T,H) IASI AIRS: Atmos IR Sounder on Aqua (T,H) AIRS AIREP: Aircraft T, H, and winds GPSRO: RO bending angles from COSMIC, METOP TEMP: Radiosonde T, H, and winds QuikSCAT: sfc winds over oceans SYNOP: Sfc P over land and oceans,H, and winds over oceans AMSU-B: Adv MW Sounder B on NOAA POES GOES winds METEOSAT winds Ocean buoys (Sfc P, H and winds) PILOT: Pilot balloons and wind profilers (winds) HIRS: High-Resol IR Sounder on NOAA POES (T,H) MSG: METEOSAT 2nd Generation IR rad (T,H) MHS: MW humidity sounder on NOAA POES and METOP (H) AMSRE: MW imager radiances (clouds and precip) SSMI: Special Sensor MW Imager (H and sfc winds) GMS: Japanese geostationary satellite winds MODIS: Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (winds) GOES IR Sounder GOES IR rad (T,H) MTSATIMG: Japanese geostationary sat vis and IR imagery METEOSAT IR Rad (T,H) O3: Ozone from satellites 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 Note: Courtesy: Carla Cardinali 1) Sounders on Polar Satellites reduce forecast error most and Sean Healy , ECMWF 8 ¡ 2) Results are relevant for other NWP Centers, including NWS/NCEP