SatMet Website INDEX

• SatMet Residence Courses
• Status of GOES from NOAASIS Site & GOES FAQ
• Pages by Former Students
• Selected Presentations from the SatMet Class
• Integrated Sensor Training PDS and VISIT
• On-line Tutorials/Case Studies
• Sites of Interest to Forecasters
• New Imager & Sounder Products

Status of GOES from NOAASIS Site & GOES FAQ

• Special Status Messages (NOAASIS)
• GOES Frequently Asked Questions for Forecasters (on VISIT page)

Home Pages by Former Students

• Rapid City NWS Virtual Training Course on Satellite Meteorology  by Jay Searles
• GOES Training at Tampa Bay by Andy Nash
• Satellite Meteorology Page at Taunton, MA by Doug Young
• Satellite Weather Page at Midland/Odessa,TX by Robert Boyd
• Internet-based Satellite Product Observing & Training Station by Tom Hultquist at Grand Rapids
• Juneau Satellite Page by Vaughn Smith
• Lake Charles Satellite Page by David Wally
• Pueblo Satellite Page by Alan Haynes

Selected Presentations from the SatMet Class

• Derived Cloud Motion Fields (Webcast) by Don Gray
• Satellite Applications in Tropical Weather Forecasting by Mark DeMaria
• Multi-channel Analysis - 4 April 1997 High Plains Storm by Don Moore
• The Era of GOES-8 and Beyond by James Purdom
• Integration of Satellite and Radar Data by Daphne Zaras
• Water Vapor Imagery (6.7 micron) by Stan Kidder
• GOES Imagery for Alaska Workshop by Stan Kidder
• Aviation and Marine Applications by Gary Ellrod /// (Click here for Powerpoint version)
• Polar Satellite Images by Gary Hufford
• Improved Forecasts Using Meteorological Sounders by Paul Menzel, Bob Rabin, et al.
• GOES Soundings presented at the AMS Conference by Don Gray

Integrated Sensor Training PDS and VISIT

• Integrated Sensor Training Professional Development Series
• Virtual Institute for Satellite Integration Training ( includes Teletraining Schedule)
• Checklist for Satellite Meteorology Training (by Steve Brueske)

On-line Tutorials/Case Studies

• Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Forecaster, Module 2: Microwave
• Polar Satellite Products for the Operational Forecaster, Module 1: Introduction and Background
• Using GOES Enhancement Color Tables in AWIPS
• Low-level Thunderstorm Outflow (LTO) Boundaries at Night
• The Enhanced-V Cloud Top Signature
• GOES Sounder Information and Resources
• CIRA Advanced GOES Imagery Applications
• CIRA GOES-8 Tutorial
• CIRA 3.9-micron Tutorial
• CIMSS 6.7-micron Tutorial
• CIMSS GOES Sounder Tutorial
• Using Satellite Data for Lake Effect Snow
• Using Satellite Data for 4 July 95 Moberly Tornado

Sites with Real-time Data

• RAMSDIS On-line real-time imagery loops
• Interactive Global Geostationary Weather Satellite Data (GOES, GMS and METEOSAT) from NASA MSFC
• NWS Alaska Region - Real-time Polar Satellite Imagery
• NWS Western Region - Real-time Imagery plus Technical/Training Information

Sites of Interest to Forecasters

• NOAA-NESDIS Satellite Interpretation Discussion
• CIMSS GOES Gallery of Interesting Cases
• NWS Central Region Satellite Information Page
• Southern Region - Links to Real-time Imagery and Technical Information
• NWS Western Region AWIPS Page
• Sources of Real-Time GOES Imagery/Products from CIMSS
• NRL Monterey Satellite Meteorology
• NASA Goddard's GOES Project Information Site - Useful Information on GOES plus realtime imagery

GOES/POES Imager & Sounder Products

• NESDIS Flash Flood Home Page
• NESDIS Forecast Products Development (GOES) - Soundings, Winds, Clouds and More
• Real-time POES Products from Forecast Products Development Team
• SSMI Products and more from NESDIS Ocean Physical Processes Team
• Real-time AMSU Products from NOAA-15
• Sea Surface Temperature from Johns Hopkins Univeristy Applied Physics Laboratory

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