Early Adopter Meetings

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2024

Quarter 1 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
TROPICS Cal/Val Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
GPROF TROPICS Chris Kummerow Colorado State University
Quarter 3 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
TROPICS Cal/Val Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
Using TROPICS observations to improve estimates of long-term tropical tropospheric temperature warming? Stephen Po-Chedley Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
NOAA's APHEX Hurricane Field Program TROPICS Satellite Validation Module Hurricane Ernesto G-IV Missions Brittany Dahl University of Miami/CIMAS
Data Training Inputs/Feedback from Early Adopters Matthew Miller University of Alabama in Huntsville
Quarter 4 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
TROPICS Cal/Val Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
Precipitation Ice Water Path (PIWP) Retrievals from the TROPICS Mission Ruiyao Chen Vanderbilt University
Estimating Current TC Intensity with 183-GHz TROPICS Observations Sarah Griffin University of Wisconsin Madison, CIMSS
TROPICS Neural Network Atmospheric Profile Retrival Algorithm Michael Pieper MIT LL

2023

Quarter 1 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
TROPICS Cal/Val Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
Atmospheric Humidity and Temperature Sounding from the CubeSat TROPICS Mission: Early Performance Evaluation with MiRS John Xun Yang University of Maryland
Quarter 2 Presentations
Title Author Institution
2023 Joint Applications Workshop on the NASA TROPICS and CYGNSS Satellite Missions Presentations Available on Website; Final Report Under Development Miami, FL
Quarter 3 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
TROPICS Cal/Val Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
Update on Level 2 MIRS Precipitation Retrievals John Xun Yang University of Maryland
Near-Real-Time Display of TROPICS SmallSat Constellation Imagery and Products Derrick Herndon University of Wisconsin/CIMSS
Training Plans for High-Frequency TROPICS Channels Galina Chirokova Colorado State University/CIRA
TROPICS Data Assimilation Efforts Zhoaxia Pu University of Utah
Quarter 4 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
TROPICS Cal/Val Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
Calibration Assessment of TROPICS03 and TROPICS06 against GMI Joe Munchak Tomorrow.io
TROPICS Limb Adjustments for Water Vapor Channels Mitch Goldberg City College of New York

2022

Quarter 1 Presentations
Title Author Institution
TROPICS Cal/Val Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
Updates on NRL Near Real-Time Satellite Products Song Yang Naval Research Laboratory, Marine Meteorology Division
TROPICS Pathfinder Evaluation Joe Munchak Tomorrow.io
Quarter 2 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Initial Evaluation of TROPICS in the ECMWF Data Assimilation System David Duncan ECMWF
Data Assimilation at KIAPS and Plans for Use of TROPICS Observations In-Hyuk Kwon KIAPS
Quarter 3 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
Evaluating and Improving TROPICS Millimeter-Wave Sounder's Precipitation Estimate over Ocean Yalei You UNC Wilmington
Adapting the GPM Precipitation Algorithms to TROPICS Christian Kummerow Colorado State University
Quarter 4 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
TROPICS Calibration Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
Improving CRTM Scattering Calculations for TROPICS Isaac Moradi University of Maryland

2021

Quarter 1 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
CRTM / Data Product Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
Cal / Val Update Amelia Gagnon MIT LL
Satellite rainfall data to inform decision making for landslide hazards Robert Emberson GSFC / USRA GESTAR
Quarter 2 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Pathfinder and Data Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
The JPL Tropical Cyclone Information System Svetla Hristova-Veleva JPL
Quarter 3 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update and First Light Imagery Bill Blackwell MIT LL
Data Maturity Status and Updated Release Plan Vince Leslie MIT LL
Update on DPC Services Jess Braun SSEC, UW-Madison
DAAC 15-orbit Rollout Carlee Loeser ADNET Systems, NASA GSFC, GES DISC

2020

Quarter 1 Presentations
Title Author Institution
2nd TROPICS Applications Workshop (Feb 19-20, 2020, Miami, FL) University of Miami
Quarter 2 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Summary and Recommendations from the Second TROPICS Applications Workshop Emily Berndt NASA MSFC
Quarter 4 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status Update Bill Blackwell MIT LL
TROPICS Data Product Update Vince Leslie MIT LL
Update on CYGNSS and flux products Juan Crespo JPL

2019

Quarter 1 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Data Products and Proxy Data Vince Leslie MIT LL
TROPICS Proxy Data Ralf Bennartz SSEC, UW-Madison, EES, Vanderbilt University
Assimilation of TROPICS data to improve prediction and understanding of tropical cyclones with data assimilation: Potential appplications and data quality requirements Zhaoxia Pu University of Utah
Tropical modelling activities at Météo-France and potential application of TROPICS data Philippe Chambon Météo-France
Quarter 2 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Update on Products and Proxy Data Vince Leslie MIT LL
Analyzing the Tropical Cyclone Diurnal Cycle Using Synthetic TROPICS observations Erika Duran University of Alabama in Huntsville, NASA SPoRT
Quarter 3 Presentations
Title Author Institution
HNR Proxy Data Release Vince Leslie MIT LL
Assimilation of satellite microwave observations in the rainband of hurricanes using Bayesian Monte Carlo Technique Isaac Moradi GMAO, NASA GSFC, ESSIC, University of Maryland
Quarter 4 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Hurricane Dorian and the Value of Real-Time Satellite Soundings Rebekah Esmaili Science and Technology Corporation

2018

Quarter 1 Presentations
Title Author Institution
JPL's Tropical cyclone Information System Svetla Hristova-Veleva JPL
Data Integration into End-User Decision Support Systems Kevin McGrath SPoRT
Quarter 2 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Data Products and Proxy Data Vince Leslie MIT LL
Exploiting High temporal resolution data from TROPICS for Modeling surface Energy fluxes Christopher Hain NASA MSFC
Utilizing the rapid revisit of TROPICS observation for improved surface characterization for terrestrial application Saswati Datta Data and Image Processing Consultants, LLC
Quarter 3 Presentations
Title Author Institution
TROPICS Proxy Data Ralf Bennartz SSEC, UW-Madison, EES, Vanderbilt University
Assimilation of passive microwave data in heavy precipitation Isaac Moradi UMD, GSFC, GMAO

2017

Quarter 3 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Tropical Cyclone Diurnal Cycle Jason Dunion NOAA/AOML
Quarter 4 Presentations
Title Author Institution
Mission Status and Overview Bill Blackwell MIT, Lincoln Laboratories
TROPICS for global weather forecasting Alan Geer ECMWF
Tropical modeling activities at Météo-France and potential applications of TROPICS data Philippe Chambon Météo-France
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