Remote Sensing Committee

Chaired by: Wayne MacKenzie

Our Committee's Vision:
An NWA membership aware of and employing the most effective remote sensing tools
and techniques that contribute to world class environmental products and services.

Our Committee's Mission:
To enhance NWA members' awareness and use of current and emerging remote sensing information to improve
weather, ocean, climate, and other operational environmental analysis and prediction systems and services.

Sampling of NPOESS Preparatory Project Imagery (selected areas from NRL-Monterey)

Latest Newsletter article: The Hydrometeorology Testbed (HMT) (Dec '11)
Rob Cifelli (NOAA), Tim Schneider (NOAA)

Committee Information:    Current Members    Activities      ·6 Feb '12 telcon     2011 Annual Report    Goals for 2011

Letters of Support:    Lightning Mapper    Geo-microwave    GOES HES    GPS-Met    QuikSCAT replacement    Frequency protection

Education & Training:    Newsletter Articles    MetSat Student Award    COMET Resources:      ·Satellite | Radar    Dual-Pol Radar    Volcanic ash tutorial

Information:    Satellites    Radar    Profilers    Lightning

News: GOES-7 retired Dual-pol validation Solar storm GOES-15 activated News archive

Current GOES Products:

Visible VIS Loop (NOAA/NESDIS)

Infrared IR loop (NOAA/NESDIS)

Water Vapor WV Loop (NOAA/NESDIS)

Nighttime Fog Fog Loop (NOAA/NESDIS)

Solar X-rays (NOAA/SWC)

Other Realtime Products:

GOES-E/Landsat GOES-W/Landsat (NOAA/NESDIS)

Radar Mosaic (Intellicast)

CG Lightning (USPLN/WSI)

Wind Profilers (NOAA-ESRL)

GPS-Met IPW (NOAA-ESRL)