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Integrated Sensor Training (IST) Professional Development Series

Unit 9: AWIPS Multi-Source Data Displays

Instructional Component 9.1.20

Satellite Interpretation for various Coastal Effects

Dan Bikos, Jeff Braun and John Knaff

Other contributors: COMET, WFO Albuquerque, Michael Ekster, Scott Bachmeier, Scott Lindstorm

1) Introduction
    Objective:
  • Examine the role of GOES satellite imagery in combination with other data in analyzing the following topics:
    • Sea fog.
    • Coastal effects on convection, including:
      • Sea-breeze.
      • Convergence zone interactions in the vicinity of coastlines.
2) Prerequisites

    None. This is a Basic session.

3) Teletraining Installation Instructions


4) Training Session Options:

    A.) The interactive VISITview teletraining session. (To be used with a VISIT instructor leading the session ). Click here to signup for teletraining. The session will last 75 minutes. This teletraining session uses the VISITview software, where Windows PC (with 128 MB RAM or greater) with an Internet connection is needed.

    B.) Web-based Video training session.

    C.) Audio playback - This VISITview file contains recorded audio and annotations and can be taken at anytime. Certificates of completion for NOAA employees can be obtained through your Science Operation Officer or training point of contact. For detailed information on how to view the recorded session click here.

    You may either request a DVD (with all VISIT audio playback files) OR download the file (see instructions below):

    Create a directory to download the audio playback file (it is about 94 MB in size) from the following site:
    ftp://rammftp.cira.colostate.edu/bikos/audio/Coastal.exe
    OR
    ftp://ftp.ssec.wisc.edu/visit/audio/Coastal.exe

    After extracting the files into that directory click on the visitauto.bat file to start the lesson.

5) References/Additional Links

    Bader, M.J., G.S. Forbes, J.R. Grant, R.B.E. Lilley, and A.J. Waters, 1995: Images in Weather Forecasting. University Press, Cambridge, Great Britain, 499 pp.

    Hales, John E., 1993: Topographically Induced Helicity Enhancement and its Role in the Los Angeles Basin Tornado Maximum. Preprints, 17th Conf. On Severe Local Storms, St. Louis, Missouri, Amer. Meteor. Soc., 98-101.

    Rennó, N.O.D.; H.B. Bluestein, 2001: "A Simple Theory for Waterspouts". Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 58 (8): 927-932.

    Wilson and W. E. Schreiber, 1986: Initiation of convective storms at radar-observed boundary-layer convergence lines. Mon. Wea. Rev., 114, 2516–2536.

6) Train the trainer

    Talking points - these may be used by local offices in tandem with the visitview training session (run in local mode - "visitlocal.bat"). The talking points may be printed out to easily review the session in detail at any time. The web page version contains talking points embedded in each slide (useful for printing).

    The talking points may be downloaded as a Word document

7) Content developed/updated
    2008
8) Information contact