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Integrated Sensor Training (IST) Professional Development Series

Unit 9: AWIPS Multi-Source Data Displays

Instructional Component 9.1.21

Utility of GOES Satellite Imagery in Forecasting / Nowcasting Severe Weather

Dan Bikos

Other contributors and help from:
Scott Lindstrom, Jonathan Finch, Jeff Braun, Dan Lindsey, Al Pietrycha, Melissa Goering.

1) Introduction
    Objectives:

    1) Assessment of model performance - how to gain confidence in particular model solution(s) with observational data.

    2) Air mass identification.

    3) Identification of changes in the pre-storm environment.

    4) Monitor the changing environment during the nowcast to WDM time period.

    There is a post-training WES simulation jobsheet associated with this training.
2) Prerequisites
3) Teletraining Installation Instructions


4) Training Session Options:

    A.) The interactive VISITview training 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 a Windows PC with an Internet connection is needed.

    B.) local Visitview session - This is the same version of the lesson used in a "live" VISITview teletraining session, but no connection is made to an external VISITview server. You may download the file off this page and go through the lesson on your own in "local mode" by starting the "visitlocal.bat" file. Talking points are not included in this lesson version, but can be viewed in a separate Web browser (or printed out beforehand).


5) References/Additional Links
    Mazur, R.J., J.F. Weaver, and T.H. Vonder Haar. Observations of inflow feeder clouds and their relation to severe thunderstorms. 22nd Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting, Park City, Utah, 25-29 June 2007. Boston, MA, American Meteorological Society, P2.19.

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 talking points may be downloaded as a Word document
7) Content developed/updated
    2008
8) Information contact