GOES-R Series Scientific Publications | 2016

The following publications and articles are ordered chronologically.

 
     
Polarimetric radar characteristics of storms with and without lightning activity
Enrique V. Mattos, Luiz A. T. Machado, Earle R. Williams, Rachel I. Albrecht
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 121, Issue 23 (December 16, 2016), pp. 14201-14220
   
     
Test of a Modified Infrared-Only ABI Cloud Mask Algorithm for AHI Radiance Observations
X. Zhuge, X. Zou
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 55, No. 11 (November 2016), pp. 2529-2546
   
     
Where Are the Lightning Hotspots on Earth?
Rachel I. Albrecht, Steven J. Goodman, Dennis E. Buechler, Richard J. Blakeslee, Hugh J. Christian
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume 97, No. 11 (November 2016), pp. 2051-2068
   
     
A Sight for Sore Eyes: The Return of True Color to Geostationary Satellites
Steven D. Miller, Timothy L. Schmit, Curtis J. Seaman, Daniel T. Lindsey, Mathew M. Gunshor, Richard A. Kohrs, Yasuhiko Sumida, Donald Hillger
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume 97, No. 10 (October 2016), pp. 1803-1816
   
     
Naïve Bayesian Precipitation Type Retrieval from Satellite Using a Cloud-Top and Ground-Radar Matched Climatology
Heather M. Grams, Pierre-Emmanuel Kirstetter, Jonathan J. Gourley
Journal of Hydrometeorology
Volume 17, No. 10 (October 2016), pp. 2649-2665
   
     
Wildfire detection notifications for impact-based decision support services in Oklahoma using geostationary super rapid scan satellite imagery
T. Todd Lindley, Aaron R. Anderson, Vivek N. Mahale, Thomas S. Curl, William E. Line, Scott S. Lindstrom, and A. Scott Bachmeier
Journal of Operational Meteorology
Volume 4, No. 14 (October 11, 2016), pp. 182-191
   
     
Analysis of Mesoscale Atmospheric Flows above Mature Deep Convection Using Super Rapid Scan Geostationary Satellite Data
Jason M. Apke, John R. Mecikalski, Christopher P. Jewett
Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology
Volume 55, No. 9 (September 2016), pp. 1859-1887
   
     
The Impact of Lightning Data Assimilation on Deterministic and Ensemble Forecasts of Convective Events
Ken Dixon, Clifford F. Mass, Gregory J. Hakim, Robert H. Holzworth
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology
Volume 33, No. 9 (September 2016), pp. 1801-1823
   
     
Assimilation of Pseudo-GLM Data Using the Ensemble Kalman Filter
Blake J. Allen, Edward R. Mansell, David C. Dowell, Wiebke Deierling
Monthly Weather Review
Volume 144, No. 9 (September 2016), pp. 3465-3486
   
     
Assimilation of Synthetic GOES-R ABI Infrared Brightness Temperatures and WSR-88D Radar Observations in a High-Resolution OSSE
Rebecca M. Cintineo, Jason A. Otkin, Thomas A. Jones, Steven Koch, David J. Stensrud
Monthly Weather Review
Volume 144, No. 9 (September 2016), pp. 3159-3180
   
     
River gauging at global scale using optical and passive microwave remote sensing
Albert I. J. M. Van Dijk, G. Robert Brakenridge, Albert J. Kettner, Hylke E. Beck, Tom De Groeve and Jaap Schellekens
Water Resources Research
Volume 52, Issue 8 (August 2016) pp. 6404-6418
   
     
Forecaster Evaluations of High Temporal Satellite Imagery for the GOES-R Era at the NWS Operations Proving Ground
Chad M. Gravelle, Kim J. Runk, Katie L. Crandall, Derrick W. Snyder
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 31, No. 4 (August 2016), pp. 1157-1177
   
     
Climatological analyses of LMA data with an open-source lightning flash-clustering algorithm
Steven A. Rutledge, Lawrence D. Carey, Paul R. Krehbiel, William Rison
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 121, Issue 14 (July 27, 2016), pp. 8625-8648
   
     
Lightning Mapping Array flash detection performance with variable receiver thresholds
Vanna C. Chmielewski, Eric C. Bruning
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 121, Issue 14 (July 27, 2016), pp. 8600-8614
   
     
Satellite-Based Estimation of Temporally Resolved Dust Radiative Forcing in Snow Cover
Steven D. Miller, Fang Wang, Ann B. Burgess, S. McKenzie Skiles, Matthew Rogers, Thomas H. Painter
Journal of Hydrometeorology
Volume 17, No. 7 (July 2016), pp. 1999-2011
   
     
Automated Storm Tracking and the Lightning Jump Algorithm Using GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Proxy Data
Elise V. Schultz, Christopher J. Schultz, Lawrence D. Carey, Daniel J. Cecil, and Monte Bateman
Journal of Operational Meteorology
Volume 4, No. 7 (June 28, 2016), pp. 92-107
   
     
Aerosol data assimilation using data from Himawari-8, a next-generation geostationary meteorological satellite
K. Yumimoto, T.M. Nagao, M. Kikuchi, T.T Sekiyama, H. Murakami, T.Y. Tanaka, A. Ogi, H. Irie, P. Khatri, H. Okumura, K. Arai, I. Morino, O. Uchino and T. Maki
Geophysical Research Letters
Volume 43, Issue 11 (June 16, 2016), pp. 5886–5894
   
     
Evaluation of geostationary satellite observations and the development of a 1–2 h prediction model for future storm intensity
John R. Mecikalski, Daniel Rosenfeld and Agostino Manzato
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 121, Issue 11 (June 9, 2016), pp. 6374-6392
   
     
Improvements to the GOES-R Rainfall Rate Algorithm
Robert J. Kuligowski, Yaping Li, Yan Hao, Yu Zhang
Journal of Hydrometeorology
Volume 17, No. 6, (June 2016), pp.1693-1704
   
     
Geostationary satellite-based 6.7 μm band best water vapor information layer analysis over the Tibetan Plateau
Di Di, Yufei Ai, Jun Li, Wenjing Shi and Naimeng Lu
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 121, Issue 9 (May 16, 2016), pp. 4600–4613
   
     
Why do oceanic negative cloud-to-ground lightning exhibit larger peak current values?
T. Chronis, W. Koshak and E. McCaul
Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
Volume 121, Issue 8 (April 27, 2016), pp. 4049–4068
   
     
Use of Geostationary Super Rapid Scan Satellite Imagery by the Storm Prediction Center
William E. Line, Timothy J. Schmit, Daniel T. Lindsey, Steven J. Goodman
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 31, Issue 2 (April 2016) pp. 483-494
   
     
Potential impacts of assimilating all-sky infrared satellite radiances from GOES-R on convection-permitting analysis and prediction of tropical cyclones
Fuqing Zhang, Masashi Minamide, Eugene E. Clothiaux
Geophysical Research Letters
Volume 43 (March 24, 2016), 10 pages
   
     
Next generation satellite RGB dust imagery leads to operational changes at NWS Alburquerque
Kevin K. Fuell, Brian J. Guyer, Deirdre Kann, Andrew L. Molthan, and Nicholas Elmer
Journal of Operational Meteorology
Volume 4, No. 6 (March 15, 2016), pp. 75-91
   
     
Comparison of the Calibration Algorithms and SI Traceability of MODIS, VIIRS, GOES, and GOES-R ABI Sensors
Raju Datla, Xi Shao, Changyong Cao and Xiangqian Wu
Remote Sensing
Volume 8, Issue 2 (February 6, 2016), 26 pages
   
     
Real-Time Simulation of the GOES-R ABI for User Readiness and Product Evaluation
Thomas J. Greenwald, R. Bradley Pierce, Todd Schaack, Jason Otkin, Marek Rogal, Kaba Bah, Allen Lenzen, Jim Nelson, Jun Li, Hung-Lung Huang
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume 97, No. 2 (February 2016), pp. 245-261
   
     
Storm-Scale Data Assimilation and Ensemble Forecasting with the NSSL Experimental Warn-on-Forecast System. Part II: Combined Radar and Satellite Data Experiments
Thomas A. Jones, Kent Knopfmeier, Dustan Wheatley, Gerald Creager, Patrick Minnis, Rabindra Palikonda
Weather and Forecasting
Volume 31, Issue 1 (February 2016) pp. 297-327
   
     
Analysis of Cumulus Cloud Updrafts as Observed with 1-Min Resolution Super Rapid Scan GOES Imagery
John R. Mecikalski, Christopher P. Jewett, Jason M. Apke, Larry D. Carey
Monthly Weather Review
Volume 144, Issue 2 (February 2016) pp. 811-830
   
     
Improving Satellite Quantitative Precipitation Estimation Using GOES-Retrieved Cloud Optical Depth
Ronald Stenz, Xiquan Dong, Baike Xi, Zhe Feng, Robert J. Kuligowski
Journal of Hydrometeorology
Volume 17, Issue 2 (February 2016) pp. 557-570
   
     
Demonstration of a GOES-R Satellite Convective Toolkit to “Bridge the Gap” between Severe Weather Watches and Warnings: An Example from the 20 May 2013 Moore, Oklahoma, Tornado Outbreak
Chad M. Gravelle, John R. Mecikalski, William E. Line, Kristopher M. Bedka, Ralph A. Petersen, Justin M. Sieglaff, Geoffrey T. Stano, Steven J. Goodman
Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society
Volume 97, Issue 1 (January 2016) pp. 69-84