Short-term Prediction Research
and Transition Center

Publications

Journals:

Journal Articles by SPoRT Center Personnel
Author(s)
Title of Article
  
Publication Information
Date
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   Mon. Wea. Rev., submitted January 2007
Carrier, M., X. Zou, and W. M. Lapenta Identifying Cloud-uncontaminated AIRS Spectra from Cloudy FOV Based on Cloud Top Pressure and Weighting Functions   Accepted for publication in Mon. Wea. Rev. 2007
Carrier, M., X. Zou, and W. L. Lapenta Maximizing the Number of Clear-Sky Radiances from the AIRS Sounder Based on Cloud Top Pressure and Weighting Functions   Submitted to Mon. Wea. Rev. November 2006
Haines, S. L., G. J. Jedlovec, and S. M. Lazarus A MODIS Sea Surface Temperature Composite for Regional Applications   Trans. Geo. Rem. Sens., IEEE, submitted September 2006
Jedlovec, G. J., U. Nair, and S. L. Haines Detection of Storm Damage Tracks with EOS Data   Weather and Forecasting, 21, 249–267 2006

McNider, R. T., W. M. Lapenta, A. P. Biazar, and G. J. Jedlovec

Retrieval of Model Grid Scale Heat Capacity Using Satellite Products: Part 1- First Case Study Application

  

J Appl. Meteor., 44, 1346-1360

2005
Jedlovec, G. J., S. Haines, and U. Nair Tornado damage track assessment with NASA EOS Data   Conditionally accepted Weather and Forecasting.  The revised manuscript has been submitted. 2005
S. J. Goodman, R. J. Blakeslee, H. J. Christian, W. J. Koshak, J. Bailey, J. Hall, E. W. McCaul, Jr., D. Buechler, C. Darden, J. Burks, T. Bradshaw, P. Gatlin The North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array: Recent Severe Storm Observations and Future Prospects abstract Atmos. Res., 76, 423-437 2005
Mecikalski, J. R., K. M. Bedka, and S. J. Paech A statistical evaluation of GOES cloud-top properties for predicting  convective initiation. In preparation.   Mon. Wea. Rev. 2005
Mecikalski, J. R., S. J. Paech, and K. M. Bedka Forecasting first lightning and lightning source densities using GOES cloud  time-tendency information and LMA data. In preparation   J. Geophys. Res. 2005
E. W. McCaul, Jr., D. Buechler, S. J. Goodman, R. Cammarata Doppler Radar and Lightning Network Observations of a Severe Outbreak of Tropical Cyclone Tornadoes abstract  Monthly Weather Review, 132, 1747-1763 2004
W. J. Koshak, R. J. Solakiewicz, R. J. Blakeslee, S. J. Goodman, H. J. Christian, J. Hall, J. Bailey, E. P. Krider, M. G. Bateman, D. Boccippio, D. Mach, E. W. McCaul, Jr., M. F. Stewart, D. Buechler, W. A. Petersen North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA): VHF Source Retreival Algorithm and Error Analyses abstract  J. Atmos. Ocean. Tech., 21, 543-558 2004.


Conferences:

Conference Presentation by SPoRT Center Personnel
Author(s)
Presentation Title
 
Conference
Date
Location
Zavodsky, B., S-H. Chou, G. J. Jedlovec, and W. Lapenta The Impact of Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) Profiles on Short-term Weather Forecasts.   SPIE Conference on Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XII, International Defense and Security Symposium, 2007 Orlando
Case, J. L., K. M. LaCasse, J. A. Santanello Jr., W. M. Lapenta, and C. D. Petars-Lidard, . Improved Modeling of Land-Atmosphere Interactions using a Coupled Version of WRF with the Land Information System   21st Conference on Hydrology, CDROM, AMS, 2007 San Antonio
Chou, S-H., B. Zavodsky, G. J. Jedlovec, W. Lapenta The Impact of Atmospheric InfraRed Sounder (AIRS) Profiles on Short-term Weather Forecasts   11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surfaces (IOAS-AOLS), CDROM, AMS 2007 San Antonio
Darden, C., J. Burks, G. Jedlovec, and S. Haines The Transition of NASA EOS Datasets to WFO Operations: A Model for Future Technology Transfer   Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems - Strengthening our Understanding of Weather and Climate, CDROM, AMS 2007 San Antonio
Darden, C., J. Burks, G. Jedlovec, and S. Haines, : The Transition of NASA EOS Datasets to WFO Operations: A Model for Future Technology Transfer.   Third Symposium on Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems - Strengthening our Understanding of Weather and Climate,CDROM, AMS, 2007 San Antonio
McCarty, W., G. J. Jedlovec, and J. LeMarshall An Investigation of the Characterization of Cloud Contamination in Hyperspectral Radiances   11th Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Ocean, and Land Surfaces (IOAS-AOLS), CDROM, AMS 2007 San Antonio
Buechler, D., E.W. McCaul, Jr., S.J. Goodman, C. Darden, and P. Gatlin Overview of Total Lightning Activity during Severe Weather Events Observed by the North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array   Second Symposium on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, Amer. Met. Soc. 2006 Atlanta
Chou, S-H, B. Zavodsky, W. Lapenta, and G. Jedlovec Assimilation of Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Data in a Regional Model   14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Amer. Met. Soc. 2006 Atlanta
Darden, C, P. Gatlin, J. Burks, S. J. Goodman, D. Buechler, and J. Hall Total Lightning in the Warning Decision Making Process – Two Years of Case Studies   Second Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data, AMS 2006 Atlanta
Goodman, S. J. W. M. Lapenta, K. La Casse, E. McCaul, and W. Petersen Storm Scale Forecasts and Observations of a North Alabama Hailstorm on December 10, 2004   Symposium on the Challenges of Severe Convective Storms, AMS 2006 Atlanta
Goodman, S. J., R. J. Blakeslee, D. J. Boccippio, H. J. Christian, W. J. Koshak, and W. A. Petersen GOES-R Lightning Mapper (GLM) Research and Applications Risk Reduction. Second Symposium Toward a Global Earth Observation System of Systems—Future National Operational Environmental Satellite Systems   Amer. Met. Soc. 2006 Atlanta
Haines, S. L., G. J. Jedlovec, and S. Lazarus An AQUA/MODIS SST Composite Product. 14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography   Amer. Met. Soc. 2006 Atlanta
La Casse, K. M., W. M. Lapenta, S. M. Lazarus, G. J. Jedlovec, and S. L. Haines The Impact of MODIS SST Composites on Short-Term Regional Forecasts   Tenth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS), AMS 2006 Atlanta
McCarty, W. and G. J. Jedlovec Cloud Top Pressure from a Subset of AIRS Channels.   14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, AMS 2006 Atlanta
Sampson, S. J., K. A. Brewster, G. J. Jedlovec, and W. M. Lapenta Use of AIRS/AMSU retrieved soundings to improve prediction of Gulf moisture return   14th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, AMS 2006 Atlanta
Zavodsky, B. T., and S. M. Lazarus Evaluation of an innovation variance methodology for real-time data reduction of satellite data streams   18th Conference on Probability and Statistics in the Atmospheric Sciences, AMS 2006 Atlanta
Asefi, S., J. Zeng, Q. Han, R. M. Welch, R. O. Lawton, U. S. Nair, D. Ray, W. McCarty, and G. J. Jedlovec Cloud Base Heights Determined from Satellite and in-Situ Measurements in a Montane Cloud Forest   1st Integrated Land Ecosystem-Atmosphere Processes Study 2006 Boulder
Jedlovec, G., S. Goodman, M. Goodman, and B. Lapenta Use of Earth Observing System Data in Weather Forecasting   IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society (IGARSS) 2006, Session 082 - Integrated Earth Observations for GEOSS Societal Benefit 2006 Denver
McCarty, W. and G. J. Jedlovec AIRS Data Assimilation at the SPoRT Center   AIRS Science Team Meeting, 2006 Greenbelt
Jedlovec, G. J., S-H. Chou, B. T. Zavodsky, and W. Lapenta The use of error estimates with AIRS profiles to improve short-term weather forecasts   SPIE Conference on Algorithms and Technologies for Multispectral, Hyperspectral, and Ultraspectral Imagery XI, International Defense and Security Symposium 2006 Orlando
Goodman, S., R.J. Blakeslee, J. Hall, P. Krehbiel, B. Rison, S. Zubrick First Results from the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Area Lightning Mapping Demonstration Project   Fall American Geophysical Union Meeting 2006 San Francisco
McCaul, Jr., E. W., K. LaCasse, S. J. Goodman, and D. Cecil Use of high-resolution WRF simulations to forecast lightning threat   23rd Conference on Severe Local Storms 2006 St Louis
Blakeslee, R. J., J. C. Bailey, D. E. Buechler, S. J. Goodman, E. W. McCaul, Jr., and J. Hall The North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA): A network overview abstract First Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data 2005 San Diego
Bridenstine, P. V., C. B. Darden, J. Burks, and S. J. Goodman The Application of Total Lightning Data in the Warning Decision Making Process abstract First Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data 2005 San Diego
Buechler, D. E.,S. Goodman, K. La Casse, R. Blakeslee, and C. Darden Assessments of total lightning data utility in weather forecasting abstract First Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data 2005 San Diego
Darden, C. B., P. V. Bridenstine, J. E. Burks, S. J. Goodman, D. E. Buechler, J. Hall, and J. T. Bradshaw The Integration of Total Lightning Information into National Weather Service Operations abstract First Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data 2005 San Diego
Goodman, S. J. Lightning and its application to improving short-range forecasting. abstract First Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data 2005 San Diego
McCaul, E. W., J. C. Bailey, J. Hall, S. J. Goodman, R. J. Blakeslee, and D. E. Buechler A flash clustering algorithm for North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array data abstract First Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data 2005 San Diego
Mecikalski, J. R., S. J. Paech and K. M. Bedka Developing methods to nowcast total lightning flash rates and convective initiation using satellite infrared convective cloud information abstract First Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data 2005 San Diego
Mecikalski, J. R., S. M. Mackaro, M. C. Anderson, J. M. Norman, and J. B. Basara Evaluating the use of the Atmospheric and EXchange Inverse (ALEXI) model in short-term prediction and mesoscale diagnosis abstract 19th Conf. on Hydrology 2005 San Diego
Mecikalski, J. R., W. M. Lapenta, K. La Casse, and K. Doty Developing the ADAS/ARPS as a satellite data assimilation testbed at the University of Alabama in Huntsville abstract Ninth Symposium on Integrated Observing and Assimilation Systems for the Atmosphere, Oceans, and Land Surface (IOAS-AOLS) 2005 San Diego
Stroupe, J. R., M. W. Rose and K. J. Pence Relationships between total lightning and storm strength using data from the north Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA) abstract First Conference on Meteorological Applications of Lightning Data 2005 San Diego
Asefi, S., J. Zeng, Q. Han, R. M. Welch, R. O. Lawton, U. S. Nair, D. Ray, W. McCarty, and G. J. Jedlovec Observations of Orographic Cloud Base Heights from Satellite and in-Situ Measurements at the Monteverde Cloud Mist Forest Reserve, Costa Rica   Eos. Trans. AGU, 86(52) Fall Meeting Suppl. Abstract B41A-0163 2005  
Asefi, S., J. Zeng, Q. Han, R. M. Welch, R. O. Lawton, U. S. Nair, D. Ray, W. McCarty, and G. J. Jedlovec Observations of Orographic Cloud Base Heights from Satellite and in-Situ Measurements at the Monteverde Cloud Mist Forest Reserve, Costa Rica   Eos. Trans. AGU, 86(52) Fall Meeting Suppl. Abstract B41A-0163 2005  
Bedka, K. B., J. R. Mecikalski, S. J. Paech, T. Berendes, and U. Nair Forecasting convective initiation by monitoring the evolution of moving cumulus in daytime GOES imagery abstract 11th Conf. on Aviation, Range, and Aerospace Meteor., and 22nd Conf. on Severe Local Storms 2004 Hyannis
D.E. Buechler, E.W. McCaul, S.J. Goodman, R. Blakeslee, J.C. Bailey, P. Gatlin The Severe Weather Outbreak of 10 November 2002: Lightning and Radar Analysis of Storms in the Deep South abstract 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms 2004 Hyannis
K. M. Altino, K. R. Knupp, S.J. Goodman Correlation of Lightning Flash Rates With A Microburst Event abstract 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms 2004 Hyannis
P. N. Gatlin, S. J. Goodman. Signatures in Lightning Activity During Tennessee Valley Severe Storms of 5-6 May 2003 abstract 22nd Conference on Severe Local Storms 2004 Hyannis
Bedka, K. B., and J. R. Mecikalski Identification of pre-convective initiation signatures for moving cumulus in daytime GOES imagery   13th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
Carrier, M. J., X. Zuo, W. L. Lapenta, and G. Jedlovec Assessing the Usefulness of AIRS Radiance Observations in a 4D-VAR Assimilation Scheme Using a Limited Area Mesoscale Model and a Fast Radiative transfer Algorithm   13 th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
Haines, S. L., G. Jedlovec, F. LaFontaine Spatially Varying Spectral Thresholds for MODIS Cloud Detection   13 th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
Jones, P., And G. Jedlovec Using Satellite Derived LST for Minimum Air Temperature Forecasting at Night   13 th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
Lapenta, W. M., S-.H. Chou, G. J. Jedlovec, W. McCarty, and J. R. Mecikalski Regional assimilation of NASA Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) data.   13th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
M. J. Carrier, X. Zou, W. M. Lapenta, G. Jedlovec Assessing the Usefulness of Airs Radiance Observations in a 4d-Var Assimilation Scheme Using a Limited Area Mesoscale Model and a Fast Radiative Transfer Algorithm   13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
Mecikalski, J. R., S. J. Paech, and K. M. Bedka Correlating satellite infrared trends, total lightning flash rates, and rainfall to convective initiation, development and evolution   13th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
N. J. Brubaker, G. J. Jedlovec A Cloud Mask for AIRS   13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
P. Jones, G. J. Jedlovec, R. Suggs, S. L. Haines Using MODIS LST to Estimate Minimum Air Temperatures at Night   13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
R. J. Suggs, G. J. Jedlovec, S. L. Haines, W. M. Lapenta, S. Dembek Near Real-time Derived Products from MODIS   13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
S. H. Chou, W. Lapenta, G. J. Jedlovec, W. McCarty, J. R. Mecikalski Regional Assimilation of NASA Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Data   13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
S. L. Haines, G. J. Jedlovec, and F. LaFontaine Spatially Varying Spectral Thresholds for MODIS Cloud Detection   13th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
Slodysko, N. and G. Jedlovec A Cloud Mask for AIRS   13 th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2004 Norfolk
Lapenta, W. M., S-H. Chou, G. J. Jedlovec, W. McCarty, and J. R. Mecikalski Regional Assimilation of NASA Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS) Data. Soc., P3.5   Preprints, 13th Conf. on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography, Norfolk, VA, Amer. Met. 2004 San Antonio
S. J. Goodman, W. M. Lapenta, and G. J. Jedlovec Improving the Transition of Earth Satellite Observations from Research to Operations   AIAA Space 2004 2004 San Diego
G. J. Jedlovec, S. L. Haines, R. J. Suggs, T. Bradshaw, C. Darden, J. Burks Use of EOS Data in AWIPS for Weather Forecasting   20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting 2004 Seattle
S. J. Goodman, W. M. Lapenta, G. J. Jedlovec, J. C. Dodge, T. Bradshaw The NASA Short-term Prediction Research and Transition (SPoRT) Center: A Collaborative Model for Accelerating Research into Operations   20th Conference on Interactive Information Processing Systems (IIPS) 2004 Seattle
W. M. Lapenta, R. Wohlman, T. Bradshaw, J. Burks, G. J. Jedlovec, S. J. Goodman, C. Darden, P. J. Meyer Transition from Research to Operations: Assessing Value of Experimental Forecast Products within the NWSFO Environment   20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting 2004 Seattle
W. M. Lapenta, T. Bradshaw, J. Burks, C. Darden, S. Dembek, B. Shaw Diabatic Initialization of Mesoscale Models in the Southeastern United States: Can 0 to 12h Warm Season QPF be Improved?   20th Conference on Weather Analysis and Forecasting 2004 Seattle
G. J. Jedlovec and K. Laws GOES Cloud Detection at the Global Hydrology and Climate Center abstract  12th Conference on Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2003 Long Beach
R. J. Suggs, G. J. Jedlovec, W. M. Lapenta, S. L. Haines, D. Moss Land Surface Temperature Retrievals from GOES–8 Using Emissivities Retrieved from MODIS abstract  12th Conference of Satellite Meteorology and Oceanography 2003 Long Beach
S. Mackaro, W. M. Lapenta, K. Blackwell, R. J. Suggs, R. T. McNider, G. J. Jedlovec, S. Kimball Application of Land Surface Data Assimilation to Simulations of Sea Breeze Circulations   Conference on Interactions of the Sea and Atmosphere 2003 Long Beach
W. J. Koshak, R. J. Solakiewicz, R. J. Blakeslee, S. J. Goodman, H. J. Christian, J. Hall, J. Bailey, E. P. Krider, M. G. Bateman, D. Boccippio, D. Mach, E. W. McCaul, Jr., M. F. Stewart, D. Buechler, W. A. Petersen Error Analyses of the North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array (LMA)   12th International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity ICAE 2003 2003 Versailles France
S. J. Goodman Atmospheric Electrical Activity and the Prospects for Improving Short-Term, Weather Forecasting abstract  Keynote Address at the 12th International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity ICAE 2003 2003 Versailles, France
S. J. Goodman, R. J. Blakeslee, H. J. Christian, W. J. Koshak, J. Bailey, J. Hall, E. W. McCaul, Jr., D. Buechler, C. Darden, J. Burks, T. Bradshaw The North Alabama Lightning Mapping Array: Recent Results and Future Prospects abstract  12th International Conference on Atmospheric Electricity 2003 Versailles, France
W. M. McCaul et al .A Total Lightning Climatology for the Tennessee Valley Region   12th International Conference on Atmosphere Electricity 2003 Versailles, France
C. Darden, J. Burks, T. Bradshaw, D. Boccippio, S. J. Goodman, R. Blakeslee, E. McCaul, D. Buechler, J.Hall, J.Bailey The Integration of Total Lightning Information into National Weather Service Operations   AGU Fall Meeting 2003  
P. Barnes, T. Bradshaw, W. M. Lapenta, J. Burks, C. Darden, G. Jedlovec, and S. Goodman Infusing NASA technology into the NWS local forecast environment: The WFO Huntsville Experience   National Weather Association Annual Meeting 2003  
G. J. Jedlovec, P. J. Meyer, A. R. Guillory, A. Limaye and K. Stellman Inter-comparison of CHARM Data and WSR-88D Storm Integrated Rainfall abstract  16th Conference on Hydrology 2002 Orlando

 

Technical Memoranda:

Technical Memoranda by SPoRT Center Personnel
Author(s)
Memoranda Title
Date
Publication Information
C. Darden, B. Carroll, S. Goodman, G. Jedlovec, W. Lapenta "Bridging the Gap Between Research and Operations in the National Weather Service: Collaborative Activities Among the Huntsville Meteorological Community" 2002 NOAA Technical Memorandum, NWS-SR-222, NWS Southern Region, Fort Worth TX

 
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Technical Contact: Dr. William M. Lapenta (bill.lapenta@nasa.gov)

Responsible Official: Dr. James L. Smoot (James.L.Smoot@nasa.gov)

Page Curator: Paul J. Meyer (paul.meyer@nasa.gov)