Education and Training NWA Remote Sensing Committee

The NWA Remote Sensing Committee periodically produces articles for the NWA newsletter describing how to apply various remote sensing products or technologies in the short range prediction of environmental hazards such as heavy precipitation, tropical cyclones, dense fog, or severe storms. This page will provide access to newsletter articles written by committee members.

Introduction to Series of Remote Sensing Committee Training Articles, Wayne MacKenzie (U. of Alabama-Huntsville), October 2006

Satellites

• Remote Sensing and Fire Weather, Brian Motta (NOAA/NWS), June 2008
NPOESS Preparatory Project (NPP): New Products for Research and Operations, Craig Nelson (NOAA retired) and Tom Lee (NRL-Monterey), May. 2008
• Remote Sensing of the Marine Ecosystem, Chris Brown and Ralph Ferraro (NOAA/NESDIS), April. 2008
• Forecasting Winter Cyclogenesis, Brian Motta (NOAA/NWS), Jan. 2008
• Routinely Available Snow and Ice Products, Ralph Ferraro (NOAA/NESDIS), Dec. 2007
• Near-Real Time Remote Sensing of Tropical Cyclones on the Web, Tom Lee (NRL-Monterey), September 2007
• The Hourly GOES Sounder Total Column Ozone Derived Product, Dr. John Knox (U. of Georgia), June 2007
• The Use of GOES Rapid Scan during Severe Weather Events, Wayne MacKenzie, (U. Alabama-Huntsville), May 2007
• Satellite Remote Sensing of Fog and Low Clouds, Gary Ellrod (NOAA retired), March 2007
• Heavy Precipitation Forecasting Using Microwave Total Precipitable Water (TPW), Thomas Lee (NRL), November 2006

Radar

• The NOAA Hazardous Weather Testbed, Dr. Pamela Heinselman (NOAA/NSSL), Steve Weiss, Mike Coniglio, David Andra, Greg Stumpf, Travis Smith, Brenda Philips, and Gerry Brotzge, Sep. 2008
• National Symposium on Latest Developments in Multifunction Phased Array Radar, Dr. Pamela Heinselman (NOAA/NSSL), Dec. 2007
• Dual Polarimetric Radar, E. Johnson, Dr. Walter Peterson, C. Schultz (U. Alabama-Huntsville), Oct. 2007
• Phased Array Radar (PAR) Evaluations, Jian Zhang (NSSL), June 2007
• Plans for Multi-Function Phased Array Radar, Mike Eilts, (WDT Inc.), August 2006

Lightning

• Lightning Detection and Prediction Using Remote Sensing, Dennis Buechler (U. Alabama-Huntsville), July 2007

Profilers, Lidar, GPS

• Improving Forecasting Using Doppler Wind Lidar, Dr. James Yoe (Joint Center for Satellite Data Assimilation), Mar. 2008
• Summary of Global Positioning System (GPS) Integrated Precipitable Water (IPW), Dr. Pablo Santos (NWS Miami) et al., October 2007
• Global Positioning System Meteorology: Ready to Move into Operations, Dr. Pablo Santos (NWS Miami), January 2007

Road Weather

• Remote Sensing and Winter Weather, David Trask (SSI), December 2006

For more training resources, please go to the NWA Professional Development Committee Web Site

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