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2021

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Case, J. L., L. T. Wood, J. L. Blaes, K. D. White, C. R. Hain, and C. J. Schultz	Soil moisture responses associated with significant tropical cyclone flooding events	abstract	J. Operational Meteor., 9(1), 1-17.	2021
Duran, P., C. J. Schultz, E. C. Bruning, S. N. Stevenson, D. J. PeQueen, N. E. Johnson, R. E. Allen, M. R. Smith, and F. J. LaFontaine	The evolution of lightning flash density, flash size, and flash energy during Hurricane Dorian’s (2019) intensification and weakening	abstract	Geophys. Res. Lett, 48, e2020GL092067	2021
Duran, E. L., E. B. Berndt, and P. Duran	Observation of the tropical cyclone diurnal cycle using hyperspectral infrared satellite sounding retrievals	abstract	Mon. Wea. Rev., 149, 3671-3690	2021
Naeger, A.R., and Coauthors (2021)	A Workshop on the Revolutionary Air-Pollution Applications from Future Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution (TEMPO) Observations	abstract	Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc., E1735 – E1741	2021
Naeger, A. R., M. J. Newchurch, T. Moore, and K Chance	What will TEMPO Offer Air Quality Managers?	abstract	EM, 23-27	2021
W. L. Ellenburg, V. Mishra, J. B. Roberts, A. S. Limaye, J. L. Case, C. B. Blankenship, and K. Cressman	Detecting Desert Locust Breeding Grounds: A Satellite-Assisted Modeling Approach	abstract	Remote Sens. 2021, 13(7), 1276.	2021

2020

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Bell, J.R., E. Gebremichael, A. Molthan, L.A. Schultz, F.J. Meyer, C.R. Hain, S. Shrestha and K. C. Payne	Complementing Optical Remote Sensing with Synthetic Aperture Radar Observations of Hail Damage Swaths to Agricultural Crops in the Central United States	abstract	J. Appl. Meteor. Clim. In Press	2020
Berndt, E., J. Dunion, E. Duran, P. Duran, W. Blackwell, S. Braun, and D. Green	Second Time-Resolved Observations of Precipitation Structure and Storm Intensity with a Constellation of SmallSats (TROPICS)	abstract	Mission Applications Workshop Summary Report	2020
Berndt, E.; Smith, N.; Burks, J.; White, K.; Esmaili, R.; Kuciauskas, A.; Duran, E.; Allen, R.; LaFontaine, F.; Szkodzinski, J.	Gridded Satellite Sounding Retrievals in Operational Weather Forecasting: Product Description and Emerging Applications	abstract	Remote Sens. 12, 3311.	2020
Cawse-Nicholson, K., A. Braverman, E. Kang, M. Li, M. Johnson, G. Halverson, M.C. Anderson, C.R. Hain, M. Gunson and S. Hook	Sensitivity and uncertainty quantification for ECOSTRESS evapotranspiration algorithm-DisALEXI	abstract	Int. J. of Appl. Earth Obs. Geoinfo 89, 1202088	2020
Elmer, N. J., C. R. Hain, F. Hossain, D. Desroches, C. Pottier	Generating proxy SWOT water surface elevations using WRF-Hydro and the CNES SWOT Hydrology Simulator	abstract	Water Resources Research 56, e2020WR027464	2020
Esmaili, R., N. Smith, E. Berndt, B. Kahn, K. Write, C. Barnet, W. Sjoberg, M. Goldbert	Adapting Satellite Soundings for Operational Forecasting within the Hazardous Weather Testbed	abstract	Remote Sens. 12(5), 886-893	2020
Grasso, L., Bikos, D., Torres, J., Dostalek, J. F., Wu, T.-C., Forsythe, J., Cronk, H. Q., Seaman, C. J., Miller, S. D., Berndt, E., Weinman, H. G., and Kasper, K. B.	Satellite Imagery and Products of the 16–17 February 2020 Saharan Air Layer Dust Event over the Eastern Atlantic: Impacts of Water Vapor on Dust Detection and Morphology	abstract	Atmos. Meas. Tech. Discuss. in review	2020
Harkema, S., E. Berndt, C. Schultz	Characterization of Snowfall Rates, Totals, and Snow-to-Liquid Ratios in Electrified Snowfall Events Identified by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper	abstract	Wea. Forecasting 35, 673-689	2020
Hossain, F., M. Bonnema, M. Srinivasan, E. Beighley, A. Andral, B. Doorn, I. Jayaluxmi, S. Jayasinghe, Y. Kaheil, B. Fatima, N. Elmer, L. Fenoglio, J. Bales, F. Lefevre, S. Legrand, D. Brunel, and P.-Y. Le Traon	The Early Adopter Program for the Surface Water Ocean Topography Satellite Mission: Lessons Learned in Building User Engagement during the Pre-launch Era	abstract	Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc 101, E259–E264	2020
Hossain, F., N. Elmer, M. Srinivasan, and A. Andral	Accelerating Applications for Planned NASA Satellite Missions: A New Paradigm of Virtual Hackathons during Pandemic and Post-Pandemic Era	abstract	Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc.	2020
Leroy, A., E. Berndt, A. Molthan, B. Zavodsky, M. Smith, F. LaFontaine, K. McGrath, K. Fuell	Operational Applications of Global Precipitation Measurement Observations	abstract	In Levizzani et al. (Eds.) Satellite Precipitation Measurement Vol. 2(919-940)	2020
McCaul, E., G. Priftis, J. Case, T. Chronis, P. Gatlin, S. Goodman	Sensitivities of the WRF Lightning Forecasting Algorithm (LFA) to parameterized microphysics and boundary layer schemes	abstract	Wea. Forecasting 35(4), 1545-1560	2020
Naeger, A. R., B. A. Colle, N. Zhou, and A. Molthan	Evaluating Warm and Cold Rain Processes in Cloud Microphysical Schemes Using OLYMPEX Field Measurements	abstract	Mon. Wea. Rev. 148, 2163-2190	2020
Naeger, A.R., and Murphy, K.	Impact of COVID-19 Containment Measures on Air Pollution in California	abstract	Aerosol Air Qual. Res.	2020
Ruppert, Jr., J. H., A. A. Wing, X. Tang, and E. L. Duran	The critical role of cloud-infrared radiation feedback in tropical cyclone development	abstract	PNAS	2020
Schultz, C. J., V. P. Andrews, K. D. Genareau, and A. R. Naeger	Observations of Lightning in Relation to Transitions in Volcanic Activity During the 3 June 2018 Fuego Eruption	abstract	Scientific Reports	2020

2019

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Chance, K., X. Liu, C. Chan Miller, G. González Abad, G. Huang, C. Nowlan, A. Souri, R. Suleiman, K. Sun, H. Wang, L. Zhu, P. Zoogman, J. Al-Saadi, J. -C. Antuña-Marrero, J. Carr, R. Chatfield, M. Chin, R. Cohen, D. Edwards, J. Fishman, D. Flittner, J. Geddes, M. Grutter, J. R. Herman, D. J. Jacob, S. Janz, J. Joiner, J. Kim, N. A. Krotkov, B. Lefer, R. V. Martin, O. L. Mayol-Bracero, A. Naeger, and Coauthors (2019)	TEMPO Green Paper: Chemistry, physics, and meteorology experiments with the Tropospheric Emissions: monitoring of pollution instrument, Proc. SPIE, 11151, Sensors, Systems, and Next-Generation Satellites XXIII, 111510	abstract		2019
Elmer, N., E. Berndt, G. Jedlovec, K. Fuell	Limb Correction of Geostationary Infrared Imagery in Clear and Cloudy Regions to Improve Interpretation of RGB Composites for Real-Time Applications	abstract	J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. 36 (8), 1675–1690	2019
Harkema, S., C.J. Schultz, E. Berndt, P. Bitzer	Geostationary Lightning Mapper Flash Characteristics of Electrified Snowfall Events	abstract	Wea. Forecasting 34, 1571-1585	2019
Joiner, J., Y. Yoshida, M.C. Anderson, T. Holmes, C.R. Hain, R. Reichle, R. Koster, E. Middleton and F. Zeng	Global relationships among traditional reflectance vegetation indices (NDVI and NDII), evapotranspiration (ET), and soil moisture variability on weekly timescales	abstract	JRemote Sens., Environ. 219, 339-352.	2019
Lawson, M. and K. Fuell	Gulf of Alaska Cyclone in Daytime Microphysics RGB Imagery	abstract	J. Oper. Meteor. 7(3) 40-45.	2019
Nair, U., E. Rappin, E. Foshee, W. Smith, R. A. Pielke, Sr., R. Mahmood, J. L. Case, C. B. Blankenship, M. Shepherd, J. A. Santanello, and D. Niyogi,	Influence of Land Cover and Soil Moisture based Brown Ocean Effect on an Extreme Rainfall Event from a Louisiana Gulf Coast Tropical System	abstract	Scientific Reports (9) 17136.	2019
Pinker, R.T., Y. Ma, W. Chen, G. Hulley, E. Borbas, T. Islam, C.R. Hain, K. Cawse-Nicholson, S. Hook and J. Basara	Towards a Unified and Coherent Land Surface Temperature Earth System Data Record from Geostationary Satellite	abstract	Remote Sens. 11 (12), 1399-1408.	2019
Schultz, C.J., N. Nauslar, J.B. Wachter, C.R. Hain, and J. Bell	Spatial, Temporal and Electrical Characteristics of Lightning in Reported Lightning-Initiated Wildfire Events	abstract	J. Hydro. 578, 124018.	2019
Stano, G.T., M. Smith, C.J. Schultz	Development and Evaluation of the GLM Stoplight Product for Lightning Safety	abstract	J. Oper. Meteor. 7 (7), 92-104	2019
Weaver, G., N. Smith, E. Berndt, K. White, J. Dostalek, B. Zavodsky	Addressing the Cold Air Aloft Aviation Challenge with Satellite Sounding Observations	abstract	J. Oper. Meteor. 7 (10), 138-152	2019
Yin, J., C.R. Hain, X. Zhan, J. Dong and M. Ek	Improvements in the Forecasts of Near-surface Variables in the Global Forecast System (GFS) vis Assimilating ASCAT Soil Moisture Retrievals	abstract	Fire, 2 (2) 1-18.	2019
Zhang, B., Y. Xia, B. Long, M. Hobbins, X. Zhao, C.R. Hain. Y. Li, and M.C. Anderson	Evaluation and comparison of multiple evapotranspiration data models over the contiguous United States: Implications for the next phase of NLDAS (NLDAS-Testbed) development	abstract	Ag. For. Meteor. 280, 170-180.	2019

2018

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Anderson, M.C., F. Gao, K. Knipper, C.R. Hain, W. Dulaney, D. Baldocchi, E. Eichelmann, K. Hemes, Y. Yang, J. Medellin-Azuara and W. Kustas	Field-scale Assessment of Land and Water Use Change over the California Delta using Remote Sensing	abstract	Remote Sens 10, 1-28.	2018
Berndt, E., N. Elmer, L. Schultz, and A. Molthan	A Methodology to Determine Recipe Adjustments for Multispectral Composites Derived from Next-Generation Advanced Satellite Imagers	abstract	J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol 35, 643-664	2018
Berndt, E. B. and M. Folmer	Utility of CrIS/ATMS profiles to diagnose extratropical transition	abstract	Results in Physics 8, 184-185	2018
Blankenship, C. B., J. L. Case, W. L. Crosson, and B. T. Zavodsky	Correction of Forcing-Related Spatial Artifacts in a Land Surface Model by Satellite Soil Moisture Data Assimilation	abstract	IEEE Geosci. Remote Sens. Lett., 15(4), 498-502	2018
Carter, E., C.R. Hain, M. Anderson, S. Steinschnedier	A water balance based, spatiotemporal evaluation of terrestrial evapotranspiration products across the contigious United States	N/A	J. Hydrometeor. 19, 891-905	2018
Case, J. L., and B. T. Zavodsky	Evolution of 2016 drought in the southeastern United States from a land surface modeling perspective	abstract	Results in Physics 8, 654-655	2018
Ferraro, R., H. Meng, B. Zavodsky, S. Kusselson, D. Kann, B. Guyer, A. Jacobs, S. Perfater, M. Folmer, J. Dong, C. Kongoli, B. Yan, N. Wang, and L. Zhao	Snowfall rates from satellite data help weather forecasters	abstract	Eos 99	2018
Ghatak, D., B. Zaitchik, S. Kumar, M. Matin, B. Bajacharyua, C.R. Hain, and M.C. Anderson	Influence of Precipitation Forcing Uncertainty on Hydrological Simulations with the NASA South Asia Land Data Assimilation System	abstract	Hydrology, 5, 57-70.	2018
McDonough, K. R., S. L. Hutchinson, J. M. Hutchinson, J. L. Case, and V. Rahmani.	Validation and assessment of SPoRT-LIS surface soil moisture estimates for water resources management applications	abstract	J. Hydrology 566, 43-54.	2018
Mishra, V., W.L. Ellenburg, R.E. Griffin, J.R. Mecikalski, J.F. Cruise, C.R. Hain, and M.C. Anderson	An initial assessment of a SMAP soil moisture disaggregation scheme using TIR surface evaporation data over the continental United States	abstract	Inter. J. Appl. Earth Obs. 68, 92-104.	2018
Naeger, A. R.	Impact of dust aerosols on precipitation associated with atmospheric rivers using WRF-Chem simulations	abstract	J. Geophys. Res. 123(4) 2347-2367	2018

2017

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Berndt, E., A. Molthan, W. W. Vaughan, and K. Fuell	Transforming satellite data into weather forecasts	abstract	Eos 98	2017
Schultz, C. J., G. T. Stano, P. J. Meyer, B. C. Carcione, T. Barron	Lightning decision support using VHF total lightning mapping and NLDN cloud-to-ground data in North Alabama	abstract	J. Operational Meteor. 5(11), 134-145	2017

2016

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Bell, J. R. and A. L. Molthan	Evaluation of approaches to identifying hail damage to crop vegetation using satellite imagery	abstract	J. Operational Meteor. 4(6), 142-159	2016
Bikos, D., J. Finch, and J. L. Case	The environment associated with significant tornadoes in Bangladesh	abstract	Atmos. Res. 167, 183-195	2016
Blankenship, C. B., J. L. Case, B. T. Zavodsky and W. L. Crosson	Assimilation of SMOS Retrievals in the Land Informaiton System	abstract	IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 54(11), 6320-6332	2016
Case, J. L	From drought to flooding in less than a week over South Carolina	abstract	Results in Physics 6, 1183-1184	2016
Elmer, N. J., E. Berndt, and G. Jedlovec	Limb correction of MODIS and VIIRS infrared channels for the improved interpretation of RGB composites	abstract	J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol.	2016
Fuell, K., B.J. Guyer, D. Kann, A.L. Molthan, and N. Elmer	Next Generation Satellite RGB Dust Imagery Demonstration Leads to Changes in Communication and Services by NWS Albuquerque Forecast Office	abstract	J. Operational Meteor. 4(6), 75-91	2016
LeRoy, A., K. K. Fuell, A. L. Molthan, G. J. Jedlovec, J. M. Forsythe, S. Q. Kidder, and A. S. Jones	The operational use and assessment of a layered precipitable water product for weather forecasting	abstract	J. Operational Meteor. 4(2), 22-33	2016
Naeger, A. R., Gupta, P., Zavodsky, B. T., and McGrath, K. M.	Monitoring and tracking the trans-Pacific transport of aerosols using multi-satellite aerosol optical depth composites	abstract	Atmos. Meas. Tech. 9, 2463-2482	2016
Zavodsky, B., G. T. Stano, and W. W. Vaughan	Lightning Prediction: Total Lightning	abstract	Met. Tech. International April 2016, 32-36	2016

2015

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Berndt, E. B., B. T. Zavodsky, and M. J. Folmer	Development and Application of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Ozone Retrieval Products for Operational Meteorology	abstract	IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. 54(2), 958-967	2015
Chronis, T. K. Cummins, R. Said, W. Koshak, E. McCaul, E. R. Williams, G. T. Stano, and M. Grant	Climatological diurnal variation of negative CG lightning peak current over the continental United States	abstract	J. Geophys. Res. Atmos 120, 582-589	2015
Folmer, M. J., M. DeMaria, R. Ferraro, J. Beven, M. Brennan, J. Daniels, R. Kuligowskit, H. Meng, S. Rudlosky, L. Zhao, J. Knaff, S. Kusselson, S. D. Miller, T. J. Schmit, C. Velden, and B. Zavodsky	Satellite tools to monitor and predict Hurricane Sandy (2012): Current and emerging products	abstract	Atmos. Res. 166, 165-181	2015
Gravelle, C. M., J. R. Mecikalski, W. E. Line, K. M. Bedka, R. A. Petersen, J. M. Sieglaff, G. T. Stano, and S. J. Goodman	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	abstract	Bull. Am. Meteorol. Soc. 97, 69-84	2015
Molthan, A. L., J. L. Case, J. Venner, R. Schroeder, M. R. Checchi, B. T. Zavodsky, A. Limaye, and R. G. O’Brien	Clouds in the cloud: Weather forecasts and applications within cloud computing environments	abstract	Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 96, 1369-1379	2015
Zavodsky, B.T. and W.W. Vaughan	Transitioning NASA and NOAA Satellite Products, Modeling & Data Assimilation Techniques, and Nowcasting Tools to Operation		AMS Certified Consulting Meteorologist Newsletter 6(2)	2015

2014

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Case, J.L.; LaFontaine F.J.; Bell, J.R.; Jedlovec, G.J.; Kumar, S.V.; Peters-Lidard, C.D.	A Real-Time MODIS Vegetation Product for Land Surface and Numerical Weather Prediction Models	abstract	IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. , 52(3), 1772-1786	2014
Molthan, A. L., J. R. Bell, T. A. Cole, and J. E. Burks	Satellite-based identification of tornado damage tracks from the 27 April 2011 severe weather outbreak	abstract	J. Operational Meteor. 2(16), 191-208	2014
Stano, G. T., C. J. Schultz, L. D. Carey, D. R. MacGorman, and K. M. Calhoun	Total lightning observations and tools for the 20 May 2013 Moore, Oklahoma, tornadic supercell	abstract	J. Operational Meteor. 2(7), 71-88	2014

2013

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Goodman, S. J., R. J. Blakeslee, W. J. Koshak, D. Mach, J. Bailey, D. Buechler, L. Carey, C. Schultz, M. Bateman, E. McCaul Jr., and G. Stano	The GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM)	abstract	Atmos. Res. 125-126, 34-49.	2013
Jedlovec, G.	Transitioning Research Satellite Data to the Operational Weather Community: The SPoRT Paradigm		Geoscience and Remote Sensing Newsletter L. Bruzzone, editor, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc., New York, 62-66	2013
Merceret, F. J., T. P. O'Brien, W. P. Roeder, L. L. Huddleston, W. H. Bauman III, and G. J. Jedlovec	Transitioning research to operations: Transforming the "valley of death" into a "valley of opportunity"	abstract	Space Weather 11, 637-640	2013
Molthan, A. L., J. E. Burks, K. M. McGrath, and F. J. LaFontaine	Multi-sensor examination of hail damage swaths for near real-time applications and assessment	abstract	J. Operational Meteor. 1(13), 144-156	2013
Molthan, A. L. and G. J. Jedlovec	Satellite Observations Monitor Outages From Superstorm Sandy	abstract	Eos Trans. AGU. 94(5), 53	2013
Ralph, M., J. Intrieri, D. Andrea, Jr., R. Atlas, S. Boukabara, D. Bright, P. Davidson, B. Entwistle, J. Gaynor, S. Goodman, J. Gwo-Jiing, A. Harless, J. Huang, G. Jedlovec, J. Kain, S. Koch, B. Kuo, J. Levit, S. T. Murillo, L. P. Riishojgaard, T. Schneider, R. Schneider, T. Smith, and S. Weiss	The emergence of weather-related test beds linking research and forecasting operations	abstract	Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 94, 1187-1211.	2013
Zavodsky, B. T., J. L. Case, C. B. Blankenship, W. L. Crosson, and K. D. White	Application of next-generation satellite data to a high-resolution, real-time land surface model	article	Earthzine J. Kart, editor, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers.	2013
Zavodsky, B. T., A. L. Molthan, and M. J. Folmer	Multispectral imagery for detecting stratospheric air intrusions associated with mid-latitude cyclones	abstract	J. Operational Meteor. 1(7), 71,83	2013

2012

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Botes D., Mecikalski J.R., and Jedlovec G.J.	Atmospheric infrared sounder (AIRS) sounding evaluation and analysis of the pre-convective environment	abstract	J Geophys Res Atmos 117	2012
Goodman, S. J., J. Gurka, M. DeMaria, T. J. Schmit, A. Mostek, G. Jedlovec, C. Siewert, W. Feltz, J. Gerth, R. Brummer, S. Miller, B. Reed, and R. R. Reynolds	The GOES-R Proving Ground: Accelerating User Readiness for the Next-Generation Geostationary Environmental Satellite System	abstract	Bull. Amer. Meteor. Soc. 93, 1029 -1040	2012
Medlin, J. M., G. T. Stano, and B. F. Daly	Diagnosis of a dense fog event using MODIS and high resolution GOES satellite products with direct model output	abstract	Electronic J. Operational Meteor. 13(2), 15-31	2012
Molthan, A. L., and B. A. Colle	Comparisons of single- and double-moment microphysics schemes in the simulation of a synoptic-scale snowfall event	abstract	Mon. Wea. Rev. 140, 2982-3002	2012
Schultz, C.J., S.E. Nelson, L.D. Carey, L. Belanger, B.C. Carcione, C.B. Darden, T. Johnstone, A.L. Molthan, G.J. Jedlovec, E.V. Schultz, C.C. Crowe, and K.R. Knupp	Dual-polarization tornadic debris signatures Part II: Comparisons and caveats	abstract	Electronic J. Operational Meteor. 13(10), 138-150	2012
Zavodsky, B.T.; Shih-Hung Chou; Jedlovec, G.J.	Improved Regional Analyses and Heavy Precipitation Forecasts With Assimilation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Retrieved Thermodynamic Profiles	abstract	IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens. , 50(11), 4243-4251	2012

2011

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Case, J. L., S. V. Kumar, J. Srikishen, and G. J. Jedlovec	Improving numerical weather predictions of summertime precipitation over the southeastern United States through a high-resolution initialization of the surface state.	abstract	Wea. Forecasting , 26, 785-807	2011
Chou, S.H.	An Example of Vertical Resolution Impact on WRF-Var Analysis:	abstract	Electronic J. of Operational Meteor., EJ5	2011
Molthan, A., G. Jedlovec, and B. Carcione	NASA satellite data assist in tornado damage assessments,	abstract	Eos Trans. AGU , 92(40), 337	2011
Molthan, A. L. and W. A. Petersen	Incorporating Ice Crystal Scattering Databases in the Simulation of Millimeter-Wavelength Radar Reflectivity	abstract	J. Atmos. Oceanic Technol. , 28, 3, 337-35	2011
Zavodsky, B. T., S.-H. Chou, and G. J. Jedlovec	Improved Regional Analyses and Heavy Precipitation Forecasts With Assimilation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder Retrieved Thermodynamic Profiles	abstract	IEEE Trans. Geosci. Remote Sens., 50, 4243-4251	2011

2010

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Darden, C.B., D.J. Nadler, B.C. Carcione, R.J. Blakeslee, G.T. Stano, and D.E. Buechler	Utilizing Total Lightning Information to Diagnose Convective Trends	abstract	Bull. Amer. Met. Soc. , 91, 167-175	2010
Kain, J. S., S. R. Dembek, S. J. Weiss, J. L. Case, J. J. Levit, R. A. Sobash	Extracting Unique Information from High-Resolution Forecast Models: Monitoring Selected Fields and Phenomena Every Time Step	abstract	Wea. Forecasting, 25, 1536-1542	2010
Lazarus, S.L., M. E. Splitt, M. D. Lueken, R. Ramachandran, X. Li, S. Moova, S. J. Graves, and B. T. Zavodsky	Evaluation of Data Reduction Algorithms for Real-Time Analysis	abstract	Wea. Forecasting , 25, 3, 837-851	2010
Lee, T., C. Nelson, P. Dills, L.P. Riishojgaard, A. Jones, L. Li, S. Miller, L.E. Flynn, G. Jedlovec, W. McCarty, C. Hoffman, and G. McWilliams	NPOESS: Next Generation Operational Global Earth Observations	abstract	Bull. Amer. Met. Soc. , 91, 727-740	2010
Molthan, A. L., W. A. Petersen, S. W. Nesbitt, and D. Hudak	Evaluating the Snow Crystal Size Distribution and Density Assumptions within a Single-Moment Microphysics Scheme	abstract	Mon. Wea. Rev., 138, 4254-4267	2010
Stano, G. T., H. E. Fuelberg, and W. P. Roeder	Developing empirical lightning cessation forecast guidance for the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station and Kennedy Space Center	abstract	J. Geophys. Res.115	2010

2009

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Jedlovec, G.	Chapter on "Automated Detection of Clouds in Satellite Imagery", Geoscience and Remote Sensing		IN-TECH , Croatia, ISBN 978-953-307-005-6	2009
McCarty, W., G. Jedlovec, and T. Miller	The Impact of the Assimilation of AIRS Radiance Measurements on Short-term Weather Forecasts	abstract	J. Geophys. Res. , 114	2009
McCaul, E. W., Jr., S. J. Goodman, K. M. LaCasse, and D. J. Cecil	Forecasting Lightning Threat Using Cloud-Resolving Model Simulations	abstract	Wea. Forecasting , 24, 3, 709-729	2009

2008

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Case, J. L., W. L. Crosson, S. V. Kumar, W. M. Lapenta, and C. D. Peters-Lidard	Impacts of high-resolution land surface initialization on regional sensible weather forecasts from the WRF model	abstract	J. Hydrometeor. , 9, 1249-1266	2008
Jedlovec, G. J., S. L. Haines, and F. J. LaFontaine	Spatial and Temporal Varying Thresholds for Cloud Detection in GOES Imagery^*	abstract	IEEE Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens. , 46, 6, 1705-1717	2008
LaCasse, K. M., M. E. Splitt, S. M. Lazarus, and W. M. Lapenta	The impact of high resolution sea surface temperatures on short-term model simulations of the nocturnal Florida marine boundary layer	abstract	Mon. Wea. Rev. , 136, 4, 1349-1372	2008

2007

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Carrier, M., X. Zou, and W. M. Lapenta	Identifying Cloud-uncontaminated AIRS Spectra from Cloudy FOV Based on Cloud Top Pressure and Weighting Functions	abstract	Mon. Wea. Rev. , 135, 6, 2278-2294	2007
Haines, S. L., G. J. Jedlovec, and S. M. Lazarus	A MODIS Sea Surface Temperature Composite for Regional Applications^*	abstract	IEEE Trans. Geosci. Rem. Sens. , 45, 9, 2919-2927	2007

2006

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Jedlovec, G. J., U. Nair, and S. L. Haines	Detection of Storm Damage Tracks with EOS Data	abstract	Wea. Forecasting , 21, 3, 249-267	2006

2005

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Goodman, S. J., R. Blakeslee, H. Christian, W. Koshak, J. Bailey, J. Hall, E. McCaul, D. Buechler, C. Darden, J. Burks, T. Bradshaw, and P. Gatlin	The North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array: Recent Severe Storm Observations and Future Prospects	abstract	Atmos. Res. , 76, 423-437	2005
McNider, R. T., W. M. Lapenta, A. P. Biazar, G. J. Jedlovec, R. J. Suggs, and J. Pleim	Retrieval of Model Grid Scale Heat Capacity Using Satellite Products: Part 1- First Case Study Application	abstract	J Appl. Meteor. , 44, 9, 1346-1360	2005

2004

Author(s)	Title of Article	Abstract	Publication Information	Date
Koshak W. J., R. J. Solakiewicz, R. J. Blakeslee, S. J. Goodman, H. J. Christian, J. M. Hall, J. C. Bailey, E. P. Krider, M. G. Bateman, D. J. Boccippio, D. M. Mach, E. W. McCaul, M. F. Stewart, D. E. Buechler, W. A. Petersen, and D. J. Cecil	North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA): VHF Source Retreival Algorithm and Error Analyses	abstract	J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech. , 21, 4, 543-558	2004
McCaul, E. W., Jr., D. E. Buechler, S. J. Goodman, and M. Cammarata	Doppler Radar and Lightning Network Observations of a Severe Outbreak of Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes	abstract	Mon. Wea. Rev. , 132, 7, 1747-1763	2004

The Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) project at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, AL is a NASA- and NOAA-funded activity to transition experimental/quasi-operational satellite observations and research capabilities to the operational weather community to improve short-term weather forecasts on a regional and local scale. The program continues to expand on its suite of unique products, building additional collaborations and partnerships, and conducting innovative research to address specific weather forecast challenges and benefit operational activities in the NOAA/National Weather Service (NWS) and the disaster response community. End users include NWS Weather Forecast Offices (WFOs), NWS/National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) National Centers, other government agencies, and Private Sector partners.

Originally working with partners in the southeastern United States, over the last five years, SPoRT has seen an expansion of data products that support new collaborating partners. Now, SPoRT has active collaborations with more than 30 WFOs in all 6 NWS regions and 5 NCEP National Centers. SPoRT works collaboratively with university partners to obtain real-time data and engage the research community in the development of new experimental products. A map of partners can be found here.

SPoRT's expertise is separated into four research areas: remote sensing, modeling and data assimilation, total lightning, and disasters. In remote sensing, SPoRT focuses on the transition of multispectral (i.e. Red, Green, Blue [RGB]) imagery, passive microwave imagery and derived products. Modeling and data assimilation activities focus on improving regional land surface and atmospheric models through the use of satellite-derived vegetation, sea surface temperature, and soil moisture along with hyperspectral infrared sounder observations. Expertise in total lightning involves the transition of ground-based lightning mapping array observations and gridded products to prepare forecasters for future satellite-based lightning observations. Disasters activities focus on use of high-resolution land-surface imagery and vegetation along with unique Day/Night Band observations for post-disaster response and recovery.

The SPoRT program functions in a testbed environment that is illustrated in the following figure below. This research-to-operations/operations-to-research paradigm enables the project and its partners and collaborators to provide products that are needed and can be readily used in an operational environment. Keys to this paradigm are active collaboration and communication with end users, formatting experimental data sets for view in end-user decision support systems, creating training materials focused on user needs and applications, and obtaining end-user feedback on the forecaster confidence and operational impact of experimental products.

Technical Contact: Dr. Christopher Hain (christopher.hain@nasa.gov)
Responsible Official: Dr. Gary Jedlovec (gary.jedlovec@nasa.gov)
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