1 00:00:37,200 --> 00:00:34,620 good afternoon and welcome to NASA's 2 00:00:38,580 --> 00:00:37,210 Kennedy Space Center in Florida I'm Sean 3 00:00:40,799 --> 00:00:38,590 Potter from NASA's office of 4 00:00:43,410 --> 00:00:40,809 communications and we're here today to 5 00:00:46,140 --> 00:00:43,420 talk to you as part of the goes our 6 00:00:48,299 --> 00:00:46,150 mission science briefing goes our is 7 00:00:50,310 --> 00:00:48,309 NOAA's next generation geostationary 8 00:00:53,130 --> 00:00:50,320 weather satellite and is scheduled to 9 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:53,140 launch this Saturday once it becomes 10 00:00:57,170 --> 00:00:54,850 operational it will revolutionize 11 00:01:00,090 --> 00:00:57,180 weather forecasting for years to come 12 00:01:01,740 --> 00:01:00,100 now we've assembled a panel here of 13 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:01,750 experts to talk to you about various 14 00:01:06,270 --> 00:01:04,570 aspects of the mission and I'm going to 15 00:01:08,850 --> 00:01:06,280 introduce them now directly to my left 16 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:08,860 is Stephen Goodman goes our program 17 00:01:13,710 --> 00:01:11,170 scientist at NOAA the National Oceanic 18 00:01:16,830 --> 00:01:13,720 and Atmospheric Administration directly 19 00:01:18,510 --> 00:01:16,840 to his left is Joe pica he is the 20 00:01:21,899 --> 00:01:18,520 director of the National Weather Service 21 00:01:22,950 --> 00:01:21,909 office of observations next to Joe is 22 00:01:24,899 --> 00:01:22,960 Sandra Cauffman 23 00:01:27,929 --> 00:01:24,909 deputy director of NASA's earth science 24 00:01:30,149 --> 00:01:27,939 division and finally Damon Penn 25 00:01:32,340 --> 00:01:30,159 assistant administrator for response at 26 00:01:35,580 --> 00:01:32,350 the Federal Emergency Management Agency 27 00:01:38,160 --> 00:01:35,590 FEMA now thank you all for being here 28 00:01:40,109 --> 00:01:38,170 and before we take questions from the 29 00:01:41,669 --> 00:01:40,119 audience of each of our panelists have a 30 00:01:43,260 --> 00:01:41,679 few opening remarks that they'd like to 31 00:01:46,590 --> 00:01:43,270 make so we'll start with you Stephen 32 00:01:49,200 --> 00:01:46,600 thank you very much so I wanted you to 33 00:01:50,639 --> 00:01:49,210 know it's a big team that's put this all 34 00:01:53,130 --> 00:01:50,649 together we have over a hundred 35 00:01:55,289 --> 00:01:53,140 scientists across the country who've 36 00:01:58,440 --> 00:01:55,299 been working on the program for one or 37 00:02:00,749 --> 00:01:58,450 two decades now developing the science 38 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:00,759 products and the algorithms of the 39 00:02:05,039 --> 00:02:03,130 recipes for how to turn the measurements 40 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:05,049 from the satellite into useful products 41 00:02:10,020 --> 00:02:08,170 for warning and forecasting and you've 42 00:02:12,870 --> 00:02:10,030 heard earlier that those are will make a 43 00:02:14,970 --> 00:02:12,880 tremendous difference but I think we 44 00:02:19,050 --> 00:02:14,980 even underestimate what the capabilities 45 00:02:21,690 --> 00:02:19,060 will be we only have about 30 new 46 00:02:24,030 --> 00:02:21,700 products that we make with the satellite 47 00:02:27,030 --> 00:02:24,040 and we know there'll be hundreds more if 48 00:02:29,250 --> 00:02:27,040 we learn how to use the satellite the 49 00:02:30,809 --> 00:02:29,260 main purpose of these products is to 50 00:02:32,490 --> 00:02:30,819 provide continuity from today's 51 00:02:34,380 --> 00:02:32,500 satellites into the future 52 00:02:38,310 --> 00:02:34,390 but because of the advanced capabilities 53 00:02:40,200 --> 00:02:38,320 with five times as many spectral 54 00:02:41,850 --> 00:02:40,210 channels that lets us see different 55 00:02:44,670 --> 00:02:41,860 properties of the earth and Atmos 56 00:02:46,140 --> 00:02:44,680 here as well as the rapid refresh that 57 00:02:48,960 --> 00:02:46,150 we're able to do which is five times 58 00:02:52,320 --> 00:02:48,970 faster than the current satellite and 59 00:02:54,330 --> 00:02:52,330 then we have spatial resolution that's 60 00:02:56,400 --> 00:02:54,340 four times better and so we see features 61 00:02:59,850 --> 00:02:56,410 now with gozar that we've never been 62 00:03:02,100 --> 00:02:59,860 able to see before for example we can 63 00:03:04,380 --> 00:03:02,110 see waves and the clouds which are 64 00:03:05,760 --> 00:03:04,390 related to the turbulence that if you're 65 00:03:08,250 --> 00:03:05,770 flying on an airplane you might 66 00:03:11,220 --> 00:03:08,260 encounter and so we'll have our early 67 00:03:12,570 --> 00:03:11,230 indication of areas to avoid which we 68 00:03:15,210 --> 00:03:12,580 couldn't see before with our lower 69 00:03:16,890 --> 00:03:15,220 resolution it was all smeared out and I 70 00:03:18,870 --> 00:03:16,900 also put in a plug for a space weather 71 00:03:22,020 --> 00:03:18,880 our new capability to image the Sun will 72 00:03:25,500 --> 00:03:22,030 be four times that of our current sxi 73 00:03:27,870 --> 00:03:25,510 x-ray imager and because the forecasters 74 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:27,880 when they try and diagnose the features 75 00:03:32,930 --> 00:03:29,290 on the Sun that are going to lead to 76 00:03:37,710 --> 00:03:32,940 navigation problems and geomagnetic 77 00:03:39,690 --> 00:03:37,720 effects and communication outages they 78 00:03:42,479 --> 00:03:39,700 take all the information they see and it 79 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:42,489 takes a minute two minutes to assemble 80 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:44,170 that information well now they have what 81 00:03:46,830 --> 00:03:45,730 they call the medic map they can put 82 00:03:49,289 --> 00:03:46,840 together where they take all the 83 00:03:51,420 --> 00:03:49,299 information and within seconds now they 84 00:03:53,729 --> 00:03:51,430 can see how things are evolving so we 85 00:03:56,009 --> 00:03:53,739 can do it for the earth-based high 86 00:03:59,160 --> 00:03:56,019 impact weather volcanic eruptions - 87 00:04:02,610 --> 00:03:59,170 typhoons and hurricanes and severe 88 00:04:05,100 --> 00:04:02,620 storms and right now we have a major 89 00:04:07,370 --> 00:04:05,110 fire outbreak in the southeast and we'll 90 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:07,380 be able to see the aerosols and the 91 00:04:12,390 --> 00:04:09,489 characteristics of the smoke and dust 92 00:04:13,530 --> 00:04:12,400 and that fire as well as Matthew which 93 00:04:14,520 --> 00:04:13,540 someone mentioned earlier and I'll 94 00:04:16,800 --> 00:04:14,530 comment on that later 95 00:04:20,849 --> 00:04:16,810 thank you great Thank You Steven I will 96 00:04:22,770 --> 00:04:20,859 turn it over to Joe Thank You Shawn it's 97 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:22,780 an honor to be here for this a momentous 98 00:04:28,170 --> 00:04:25,210 occasion it knows National Weather 99 00:04:30,390 --> 00:04:28,180 Service we're very excited about the 100 00:04:32,790 --> 00:04:30,400 launch of NOAA's goes goes our satellite 101 00:04:36,450 --> 00:04:32,800 and most importantly we're ready to use 102 00:04:38,190 --> 00:04:36,460 the information when it's available we 103 00:04:40,770 --> 00:04:38,200 specifically want to recognize the note 104 00:04:43,110 --> 00:04:40,780 Enola goes our program specifically Greg 105 00:04:44,969 --> 00:04:43,120 Mann the program manager and Steve my 106 00:04:47,430 --> 00:04:44,979 panelists still left for all their 107 00:04:50,100 --> 00:04:47,440 efforts over the past few years to 108 00:04:52,020 --> 00:04:50,110 ensure that there was collaboration and 109 00:04:53,670 --> 00:04:52,030 support for activities to make sure that 110 00:04:55,189 --> 00:04:53,680 we're ready to use all these 111 00:04:59,400 --> 00:04:55,199 revolutionary product 112 00:05:00,629 --> 00:04:59,410 so thank you Steve it's our mission at 113 00:05:02,879 --> 00:05:00,639 the National Weather Service to provide 114 00:05:04,980 --> 00:05:02,889 weather and water forecasts warning and 115 00:05:08,820 --> 00:05:04,990 watches for the protection of life and 116 00:05:11,250 --> 00:05:08,830 property to do our job we rely on a 117 00:05:14,640 --> 00:05:11,260 whole host of observations a whole 118 00:05:17,310 --> 00:05:14,650 portfolio a key one being geostationary 119 00:05:19,020 --> 00:05:17,320 satellites not only to monitor and 120 00:05:21,420 --> 00:05:19,030 provide information about evolving 121 00:05:23,580 --> 00:05:21,430 weather systems but also to feed into 122 00:05:25,650 --> 00:05:23,590 our weather models to help forecast 123 00:05:28,950 --> 00:05:25,660 weather for tomorrow this weekend next 124 00:05:30,440 --> 00:05:28,960 week we're excited about gozar because 125 00:05:33,379 --> 00:05:30,450 it's gonna help us to do our jobs better 126 00:05:36,600 --> 00:05:33,389 you've heard the terms game-changer 127 00:05:38,760 --> 00:05:36,610 revolutionary it really is it's going to 128 00:05:42,600 --> 00:05:38,770 be like looking at you know instead of 129 00:05:44,310 --> 00:05:42,610 black-and-white TV HD Noah's gozar will 130 00:05:46,320 --> 00:05:44,320 scan the sky is five times faster than 131 00:05:48,390 --> 00:05:46,330 the current go system with four times 132 00:05:50,610 --> 00:05:48,400 the spatial resolution and with three 133 00:05:52,620 --> 00:05:50,620 times the spectral bands this means 134 00:05:54,629 --> 00:05:52,630 we'll have better quality data at high 135 00:05:56,210 --> 00:05:54,639 resolution far more often than we do 136 00:05:58,950 --> 00:05:56,220 today 137 00:06:01,920 --> 00:05:58,960 forecasters will have far more detailed 138 00:06:03,840 --> 00:06:01,930 views of weather systems will be able to 139 00:06:06,629 --> 00:06:03,850 see rapidly developing events in real 140 00:06:09,810 --> 00:06:06,639 time and when we see an evolving weather 141 00:06:12,120 --> 00:06:09,820 system will be able to zoom in and do 142 00:06:13,830 --> 00:06:12,130 use that high spatial resolution to take 143 00:06:17,760 --> 00:06:13,840 pictures in sixteen different spectral 144 00:06:20,219 --> 00:06:17,770 channels every 30 seconds this spectral 145 00:06:22,740 --> 00:06:20,229 imagery combined with our Doppler radar 146 00:06:24,480 --> 00:06:22,750 data for example will improve our 147 00:06:27,540 --> 00:06:24,490 understanding whether a storm is growing 148 00:06:30,900 --> 00:06:27,550 or decaying it'll help us track severe 149 00:06:33,180 --> 00:06:30,910 storms including tornadoes forecasts 150 00:06:35,430 --> 00:06:33,190 wildfire movement tract plumes from 151 00:06:38,790 --> 00:06:35,440 volcanic eruptions and tell whether a 152 00:06:40,950 --> 00:06:38,800 hurricane is intensifying this past year 153 00:06:43,350 --> 00:06:40,960 we've seen a number of destructive heavy 154 00:06:46,110 --> 00:06:43,360 rainfall and flooding events with better 155 00:06:47,610 --> 00:06:46,120 quality data from gozar forecasters will 156 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:47,620 be able to better see where those rain 157 00:06:52,320 --> 00:06:50,650 bands are actually impacting us giving 158 00:06:55,379 --> 00:06:52,330 them more confidence in predicting where 159 00:06:56,879 --> 00:06:55,389 that flash flooding will occur getting 160 00:06:59,100 --> 00:06:56,889 this out to the public in a more timely 161 00:07:02,260 --> 00:06:59,110 manner and even to our partners in FEMA 162 00:07:04,420 --> 00:07:02,270 so they can manage the response 163 00:07:06,700 --> 00:07:04,430 our aviation weather forecasting ability 164 00:07:08,439 --> 00:07:06,710 will also be improved more accurate and 165 00:07:11,650 --> 00:07:08,449 detailed information on the occurrence 166 00:07:13,930 --> 00:07:11,660 of fog and ice wind and lightning from 167 00:07:16,089 --> 00:07:13,940 gozar will help with aircraft flight 168 00:07:18,490 --> 00:07:16,099 routing making sure that all of our 169 00:07:20,439 --> 00:07:18,500 family members are especially traveling 170 00:07:22,450 --> 00:07:20,449 well during the holiday season that that 171 00:07:25,960 --> 00:07:22,460 comes up like we're doing today with our 172 00:07:27,219 --> 00:07:25,970 current goes Network so I mentioned the 173 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:27,229 Lightning mapper we're very excited 174 00:07:31,180 --> 00:07:29,090 about this new capability in space 175 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:31,190 because it helps forecasters they do 176 00:07:37,089 --> 00:07:33,650 identify storms that are the biggest 177 00:07:39,879 --> 00:07:37,099 threat basically lightning is correlated 178 00:07:41,529 --> 00:07:39,889 to some of the most severe weather so we 179 00:07:43,960 --> 00:07:41,539 can see where hazardous conditions such 180 00:07:48,040 --> 00:07:43,970 as damaging winds tornadoes large hail 181 00:07:50,860 --> 00:07:48,050 and flash flooding will occur gozar will 182 00:07:53,230 --> 00:07:50,870 also improve forecasts for space weather 183 00:07:55,809 --> 00:07:53,240 space weather instruments will monitor 184 00:07:57,879 --> 00:07:55,819 the Sun and the environment in space so 185 00:07:59,409 --> 00:07:57,889 we can provide watches and warnings they 186 00:08:01,420 --> 00:07:59,419 have to do with radio communication 187 00:08:05,290 --> 00:08:01,430 outages navigation and power grid 188 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:05,300 impacts NOAA's gozar is a major step 189 00:08:09,909 --> 00:08:07,490 forward in our effort to build a 190 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:09,919 weather-ready nation by advancing our 191 00:08:13,689 --> 00:08:11,570 observation capabilities to the next 192 00:08:16,420 --> 00:08:13,699 level we will be able to offer new and 193 00:08:19,180 --> 00:08:16,430 improved forecasts products and services 194 00:08:20,860 --> 00:08:19,190 to help save lives and property it's an 195 00:08:21,189 --> 00:08:20,870 honor to be here for this event thank 196 00:08:24,219 --> 00:08:21,199 you 197 00:08:27,010 --> 00:08:24,229 next 198 00:08:30,219 --> 00:08:27,020 thank you so much on the Mesa really 199 00:08:32,230 --> 00:08:30,229 truly pleasure to be here today part of 200 00:08:36,010 --> 00:08:32,240 my career has touched girls in many ways 201 00:08:37,510 --> 00:08:36,020 and in my in a past big non nation I was 202 00:08:41,260 --> 00:08:37,520 the deputy systems program director for 203 00:08:44,590 --> 00:08:41,270 Gosar so to see this mission finally 204 00:08:46,870 --> 00:08:44,600 launch is truly a treat for me 205 00:08:48,460 --> 00:08:46,880 so NOAA NASA has had a long 206 00:08:50,139 --> 00:08:48,470 collaboration developing and launching 207 00:08:52,449 --> 00:08:50,149 the geostationary meteorological 208 00:08:55,019 --> 00:08:52,459 satellites that dates back more than 40 209 00:08:58,600 --> 00:08:55,029 years as we have heard many times before 210 00:09:02,980 --> 00:08:58,610 with girls one that was launched on goes 211 00:09:05,079 --> 00:09:02,990 October 16th 1975 with this latest just 212 00:09:07,300 --> 00:09:05,089 a scenario satellite it is this is a 213 00:09:09,699 --> 00:09:07,310 quantum leap in science and technology 214 00:09:12,160 --> 00:09:09,709 and it will be truly revolutionized 215 00:09:15,380 --> 00:09:12,170 weather forecasting once operational 216 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:15,390 goals are will become ghost 16 217 00:09:21,110 --> 00:09:17,850 no ghosts I will provide three times 218 00:09:23,300 --> 00:09:21,120 more spectral bands the current ghost 219 00:09:25,640 --> 00:09:23,310 has five the new ghost is gonna have 220 00:09:27,890 --> 00:09:25,650 sixteen bands it's gonna have four times 221 00:09:30,620 --> 00:09:27,900 better a spatial resolution and it will 222 00:09:32,660 --> 00:09:30,630 be five times faster which means more 223 00:09:34,580 --> 00:09:32,670 frequent and detailed information for 224 00:09:37,210 --> 00:09:34,590 forecasters to consider in support to 225 00:09:39,740 --> 00:09:37,220 the public in the aviation community 226 00:09:41,510 --> 00:09:39,750 that means the ghost art will be able to 227 00:09:43,460 --> 00:09:41,520 image everything and the hemisphere in 228 00:09:46,460 --> 00:09:43,470 the same length of time it takes the 229 00:09:50,380 --> 00:09:46,470 current go series to provide one small 230 00:09:53,270 --> 00:09:50,390 image of one little stormy stormy region 231 00:09:55,210 --> 00:09:53,280 so increased imagery over the short time 232 00:09:57,740 --> 00:09:55,220 period will provide more timely and 233 00:10:00,160 --> 00:09:57,750 informative data to forecasters 234 00:10:03,230 --> 00:10:00,170 everywhere in the Western Hemisphere 235 00:10:05,450 --> 00:10:03,240 consist and goes west right now do not 236 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:05,460 have the capability to take those full 237 00:10:09,470 --> 00:10:07,770 images every five minutes the current 238 00:10:12,410 --> 00:10:09,480 goes satellite scan the full hemisphere 239 00:10:15,080 --> 00:10:12,420 every 30 minutes or the United States 240 00:10:17,960 --> 00:10:15,090 every 15 minutes or a stormy region 241 00:10:21,620 --> 00:10:17,970 every five minutes but not all at the 242 00:10:23,570 --> 00:10:21,630 same time this change in imaging is a 243 00:10:25,940 --> 00:10:23,580 mission requirement for gozar that will 244 00:10:28,040 --> 00:10:25,950 enable simultaneous rapid regional 245 00:10:32,060 --> 00:10:28,050 coverage and continuous hemispheric 246 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:32,070 weather monitoring as a result we can 247 00:10:37,450 --> 00:10:33,930 expect noticeable improvements in the 248 00:10:39,650 --> 00:10:37,460 quality detail and speed of forecast 249 00:10:42,220 --> 00:10:39,660 including the prediction of severe 250 00:10:45,860 --> 00:10:42,230 weather events tropical storms and 251 00:10:48,670 --> 00:10:45,870 hurricanes that pose danger gosar will 252 00:10:52,610 --> 00:10:48,680 feature six brand-new instruments ABI 253 00:10:55,130 --> 00:10:52,620 exists size GLM su V and the 254 00:10:58,160 --> 00:10:55,140 magnetometer briefly I want to highlight 255 00:11:00,170 --> 00:10:58,170 the gossaert lightning mapper this 256 00:11:02,510 --> 00:11:00,180 instrument will be the first operational 257 00:11:04,900 --> 00:11:02,520 space based detection system for total 258 00:11:07,790 --> 00:11:04,910 lightning activity over land in water 259 00:11:10,580 --> 00:11:07,800 the basis for the GLM is the lining 260 00:11:14,090 --> 00:11:10,590 imaging sensor that flew on the NASA 261 00:11:17,990 --> 00:11:14,100 JAXA trim mission from November 1997 262 00:11:19,660 --> 00:11:18,000 through April 2015 providing for several 263 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:19,670 tropical lining climatologies 264 00:11:23,690 --> 00:11:22,530 we are very excited about the GLM 265 00:11:26,360 --> 00:11:23,700 because they will tell us more about 266 00:11:28,759 --> 00:11:26,370 lining activity then we have ever known 267 00:11:31,669 --> 00:11:28,769 which will include forecast and the 268 00:11:33,470 --> 00:11:31,679 making trends in total lining that will 269 00:11:35,059 --> 00:11:33,480 be available with the GLM have the 270 00:11:38,119 --> 00:11:35,069 promise of providing critical 271 00:11:40,100 --> 00:11:38,129 information to forecasters which will 272 00:11:41,749 --> 00:11:40,110 allow them to focus on developing severe 273 00:11:44,030 --> 00:11:41,759 storms much earlier than they can 274 00:11:46,639 --> 00:11:44,040 currently and before these storms 275 00:11:49,669 --> 00:11:46,649 produce damaging winds hell or even 276 00:11:51,619 --> 00:11:49,679 tornadoes NOAA's Gosar will be a 277 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:51,629 game-changer for weather forecasts for 278 00:11:57,769 --> 00:11:53,850 our nation and throughout Latin America 279 00:12:00,679 --> 00:11:57,779 and the Caribbean each day weather 280 00:12:02,449 --> 00:12:00,689 forecasters throughout Latin America use 281 00:12:04,910 --> 00:12:02,459 data from NOAA's geostationary 282 00:12:07,249 --> 00:12:04,920 satellites in similar ways as their US 283 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:07,259 counterparts the key difference is that 284 00:12:12,319 --> 00:12:10,290 data from radars soundings and aircraft 285 00:12:14,539 --> 00:12:12,329 which are incorporated into Noah's 286 00:12:15,789 --> 00:12:14,549 forecast models are spares throughout 287 00:12:18,109 --> 00:12:15,799 Latin America 288 00:12:20,449 --> 00:12:18,119 that's why Noah's geostationary 289 00:12:23,689 --> 00:12:20,459 satellites in the upcoming advance 290 00:12:25,579 --> 00:12:23,699 co-star satellite are so crucial in 291 00:12:28,759 --> 00:12:25,589 protecting lives and property throughout 292 00:12:30,199 --> 00:12:28,769 Latin America and the Caribbean we are 293 00:12:31,999 --> 00:12:30,209 looking forward to working with our 294 00:12:34,819 --> 00:12:32,009 colleagues there to help bring about 295 00:12:36,530 --> 00:12:34,829 forecast improvements into the future 296 00:12:38,720 --> 00:12:36,540 the ghosts of our satellite will 297 00:12:40,759 --> 00:12:38,730 significantly improve the detection and 298 00:12:43,129 --> 00:12:40,769 observation of environmental phenomena 299 00:12:45,769 --> 00:12:43,139 that directly affects public safety 300 00:12:47,720 --> 00:12:45,779 protection and property in our nation's 301 00:12:50,329 --> 00:12:47,730 economic health and property and dad of 302 00:12:51,859 --> 00:12:50,339 Latin America and the Caribbean I want 303 00:12:55,340 --> 00:12:51,869 to repeat this last sentence in Spanish 304 00:12:57,470 --> 00:12:55,350 for our Latin American friends else at 305 00:12:59,900 --> 00:12:57,480 Anita Hill station area goes mejora 306 00:13:02,269 --> 00:12:59,910 significative lament a la de taxi oh no 307 00:13:04,549 --> 00:13:02,279 Sebastian the phenomena zambian Tallis 308 00:13:07,519 --> 00:13:04,559 que afectan directamente la seguridad 309 00:13:09,799 --> 00:13:07,529 pública la protección de la propiedad de 310 00:13:12,259 --> 00:13:09,809 la salud economical Prospera da de 311 00:13:15,619 --> 00:13:12,269 nuestra nación America latina D El 312 00:13:17,809 --> 00:13:15,629 Caribe back to English Nora in NASA's 313 00:13:20,299 --> 00:13:17,819 collaboration goes beyond the 314 00:13:23,119 --> 00:13:20,309 meteorological satellites NASA's earth 315 00:13:25,549 --> 00:13:23,129 science divisions provides new real-time 316 00:13:27,859 --> 00:13:25,559 data and information products from our 317 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:27,869 NASA's research satellites which are 318 00:13:33,139 --> 00:13:29,610 used routinely by NOAA and other 319 00:13:35,989 --> 00:13:33,149 operational agencies we support NOAA's 320 00:13:38,780 --> 00:13:35,999 operational capability by by supplying 321 00:13:42,050 --> 00:13:38,790 data products ranging from animal spirit 322 00:13:44,140 --> 00:13:42,060 dynamics atmospheric composition 323 00:13:48,140 --> 00:13:44,150 see surface wind speed and direction 324 00:13:50,450 --> 00:13:48,150 wave conditions aerosol data and many 325 00:13:52,220 --> 00:13:50,460 other products that are fed into the 326 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:52,230 numerical models to help the weather 327 00:13:59,180 --> 00:13:56,490 forecasters in addition together NOAA 328 00:14:02,270 --> 00:13:59,190 NASA developed in our operating suomi 329 00:14:04,460 --> 00:14:02,280 npp a complementarily omission that both 330 00:14:07,130 --> 00:14:04,470 advances research and serves the 331 00:14:09,020 --> 00:14:07,140 operational NOAA community we are very 332 00:14:11,300 --> 00:14:09,030 very proud of our partnership with NOAA 333 00:14:13,460 --> 00:14:11,310 and we are looking forward to many more 334 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:13,470 years of collaboration Thank You Shawn 335 00:14:18,500 --> 00:14:15,930 back to you Thank You Sandra and finally 336 00:14:20,480 --> 00:14:18,510 we'll hear from Damon Penn Thank You 337 00:14:22,070 --> 00:14:20,490 Shawn thanks for having us today 338 00:14:24,710 --> 00:14:22,080 I don't think it'll come as any surprise 339 00:14:26,420 --> 00:14:24,720 when I tell you that weather forecasting 340 00:14:28,790 --> 00:14:26,430 is critical to decisions that emergency 341 00:14:31,100 --> 00:14:28,800 managers make not just at FEMA but at 342 00:14:32,390 --> 00:14:31,110 the state and local level and our days 343 00:14:34,400 --> 00:14:32,400 all begin and in with the weather 344 00:14:37,610 --> 00:14:34,410 forecast and not just the traditional 345 00:14:39,740 --> 00:14:37,620 forecast where during to an hurricane 346 00:14:41,720 --> 00:14:39,750 season we'll talk about what the cone of 347 00:14:43,490 --> 00:14:41,730 uncertainty looks like and not just 348 00:14:45,500 --> 00:14:43,500 during tornado season when we'll talk 349 00:14:48,350 --> 00:14:45,510 about what kind of conditions are 350 00:14:50,180 --> 00:14:48,360 favorable for tornado formation but 351 00:14:53,860 --> 00:14:50,190 wildland fires as we mentioned in the 352 00:14:56,660 --> 00:14:53,870 southeast flood inundation mapping and 353 00:14:58,430 --> 00:14:56,670 prediction and surge products all of 354 00:15:00,230 --> 00:14:58,440 those things together all turn into 355 00:15:03,110 --> 00:15:00,240 decisions that emergency managers have 356 00:15:07,130 --> 00:15:03,120 to make and the importance of having 357 00:15:10,220 --> 00:15:07,140 accurate forecasts is because the 358 00:15:11,650 --> 00:15:10,230 accuracy turns into time for us and one 359 00:15:14,840 --> 00:15:11,660 thing you can't get back during a 360 00:15:16,280 --> 00:15:14,850 response to an emergency as time and 361 00:15:18,770 --> 00:15:16,290 once you get behind you never catch up 362 00:15:21,200 --> 00:15:18,780 and there are decisions that have to be 363 00:15:22,810 --> 00:15:21,210 made several days in advance for 364 00:15:25,730 --> 00:15:22,820 instance if you're talking about 365 00:15:27,260 --> 00:15:25,740 evacuating a major metropolitan area you 366 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:27,270 may have to make that decision four days 367 00:15:31,580 --> 00:15:29,490 out just to be able to get everything 368 00:15:33,320 --> 00:15:31,590 going get people out of the area if 369 00:15:35,200 --> 00:15:33,330 you're talking about moving in supplies 370 00:15:37,280 --> 00:15:35,210 and commodities that takes several days 371 00:15:39,530 --> 00:15:37,290 if you're talking about solar weather 372 00:15:42,410 --> 00:15:39,540 events that may take several seconds or 373 00:15:44,540 --> 00:15:42,420 several minutes so accuracy turns in the 374 00:15:47,960 --> 00:15:44,550 time and time can be important four 375 00:15:50,960 --> 00:15:47,970 minutes for us to two hours two days but 376 00:15:53,380 --> 00:15:50,970 all all are important and all really 377 00:15:55,700 --> 00:15:53,390 impact on decisions that we make because 378 00:15:58,100 --> 00:15:55,710 really once you make a disaster 379 00:16:00,650 --> 00:15:58,110 decision it's made once you decide to 380 00:16:02,750 --> 00:16:00,660 evacuate you can't unev aq8 once you 381 00:16:04,340 --> 00:16:02,760 decide to put commodities on the ground 382 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:04,350 and you put them in on the ground in the 383 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:05,370 path of the storm 384 00:16:10,880 --> 00:16:08,370 you can't pick them back up so our 385 00:16:12,350 --> 00:16:10,890 relationship with NOAA and the kinds of 386 00:16:14,810 --> 00:16:12,360 products that NOAA provides us are 387 00:16:16,310 --> 00:16:14,820 critical what it is that we do and the 388 00:16:18,020 --> 00:16:16,320 more accuracy and the more information 389 00:16:19,850 --> 00:16:18,030 that we can get then the better we can 390 00:16:21,830 --> 00:16:19,860 serve the public and the better we can 391 00:16:24,670 --> 00:16:21,840 help manage disasters and take care of 392 00:16:26,720 --> 00:16:24,680 our survivors on the ground so thank you 393 00:16:27,920 --> 00:16:26,730 great Thank You Daymond and thank you 394 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:27,930 once again to all of our panelists now 395 00:16:31,610 --> 00:16:29,730 we're gonna take your questions in just 396 00:16:35,000 --> 00:16:31,620 a moment but before we do we're gonna go 397 00:16:36,980 --> 00:16:35,010 back to Stephen Goodman who has a video 398 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:36,990 to show us demonstrating some of the 399 00:16:41,810 --> 00:16:39,570 capabilities that goes r right so I've 400 00:16:43,340 --> 00:16:41,820 always told people that the imagery will 401 00:16:49,210 --> 00:16:43,350 speak for itself and I don't need to 402 00:16:54,920 --> 00:16:52,300 what you're looking at is a developing 403 00:16:56,330 --> 00:16:54,930 outbreak of severe storms this is taken 404 00:16:58,580 --> 00:16:56,340 with the spare satellite that was 405 00:17:00,230 --> 00:16:58,590 mentioned early earlier today and what 406 00:17:02,390 --> 00:17:00,240 you see there that line of clouds moving 407 00:17:04,220 --> 00:17:02,400 south is called an outflow boundary and 408 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:04,230 you can see the differential motion of 409 00:17:09,020 --> 00:17:06,570 the clouds over on the right hand side 410 00:17:12,020 --> 00:17:09,030 you see clouds at low levels coming into 411 00:17:15,470 --> 00:17:12,030 the storm and you see the storms 412 00:17:17,780 --> 00:17:15,480 developing as that line comes through so 413 00:17:19,760 --> 00:17:17,790 when that outflow boundary hits these 414 00:17:22,850 --> 00:17:19,770 developing cumulus clouds to the south 415 00:17:26,960 --> 00:17:22,860 that develops into another major storm 416 00:17:29,030 --> 00:17:26,970 system and it's the the animation is so 417 00:17:32,570 --> 00:17:29,040 quick I guess it's hard to pick up on on 418 00:17:34,940 --> 00:17:32,580 this video so I did animate I did 419 00:17:36,410 --> 00:17:34,950 narrate it a bit but this is what the 420 00:17:38,810 --> 00:17:36,420 spare satellite so what you just saw 421 00:17:40,730 --> 00:17:38,820 would have been the rapid scan 422 00:17:42,410 --> 00:17:40,740 capability of gozar but at low 423 00:17:45,140 --> 00:17:42,420 resolution because the current 424 00:17:47,060 --> 00:17:45,150 satellites in orbit only have 1/4 the 425 00:17:49,940 --> 00:17:47,070 spatial resolution so a lot of the 426 00:17:51,980 --> 00:17:49,950 detail we can see at cloud top and what 427 00:17:54,110 --> 00:17:51,990 the convergence to clouds will help the 428 00:17:55,820 --> 00:17:54,120 forecaster especially if there's a 429 00:17:57,530 --> 00:17:55,830 severe storm outbreak it can help them 430 00:18:00,560 --> 00:17:57,540 to determine if they need to extend 431 00:18:02,180 --> 00:18:00,570 their watch area beyond the current time 432 00:18:04,190 --> 00:18:02,190 because they can see the new development 433 00:18:05,900 --> 00:18:04,200 that's happening thank you great thank 434 00:18:08,690 --> 00:18:05,910 you thank you Steve some exciting 435 00:18:09,350 --> 00:18:08,700 changes coming with gozar now we're 436 00:18:11,630 --> 00:18:09,360 ready 437 00:18:13,460 --> 00:18:11,640 take your questions and we have several 438 00:18:15,919 --> 00:18:13,470 reporters here in the audience with us 439 00:18:18,289 --> 00:18:15,929 we'll take questions from them as well 440 00:18:20,630 --> 00:18:18,299 as questions from folks calling in on 441 00:18:22,610 --> 00:18:20,640 the phone and if you're joining us via 442 00:18:25,400 --> 00:18:22,620 social media you can ask a question 443 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:25,410 using the hashtag ask goes and we'll get 444 00:18:29,210 --> 00:18:26,970 to those in just a few minutes but we'll 445 00:18:30,710 --> 00:18:29,220 start with a question here in the room 446 00:18:31,700 --> 00:18:30,720 and we've got one right here in the 447 00:18:32,450 --> 00:18:31,710 front row could you please identify 448 00:18:34,430 --> 00:18:32,460 yourself 449 00:18:36,590 --> 00:18:34,440 sure ken Kramer Universe Today and the 450 00:18:39,110 --> 00:18:36,600 Northeast astronomy forum my question is 451 00:18:40,520 --> 00:18:39,120 specifically about the the lightning map 452 00:18:43,970 --> 00:18:40,530 for this first lightning member can you 453 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:43,980 talk a little bit more in detail how 454 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:46,770 will you use this lightning data to to 455 00:18:53,840 --> 00:18:49,650 warn about severe weather how will you 456 00:18:55,669 --> 00:18:53,850 use it to warn about tornadoes and get 457 00:18:58,610 --> 00:18:55,679 that data because the latency period is 458 00:19:00,770 --> 00:18:58,620 critical to get that data to FEMA to so 459 00:19:05,780 --> 00:19:00,780 they can issue tornado warnings how will 460 00:19:07,730 --> 00:19:05,790 that all work let me start on that one 461 00:19:11,840 --> 00:19:07,740 since I started with that instrument in 462 00:19:14,450 --> 00:19:11,850 1979 we worked on it a very long time 463 00:19:16,340 --> 00:19:14,460 when we started development at NASA and 464 00:19:19,039 --> 00:19:16,350 then it became the new instrument for 465 00:19:21,020 --> 00:19:19,049 gozar so the idea behind the instrument 466 00:19:22,669 --> 00:19:21,030 is that when you have rapidly developed 467 00:19:24,590 --> 00:19:22,679 being storms that can give us an 468 00:19:27,380 --> 00:19:24,600 indirect indication of the strength of 469 00:19:28,669 --> 00:19:27,390 the storm updraft and the storm updraft 470 00:19:30,620 --> 00:19:28,679 does all the work and we don't have any 471 00:19:32,630 --> 00:19:30,630 instrument even the radars that directly 472 00:19:33,830 --> 00:19:32,640 tell us how the updrafts are 473 00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:33,840 intensifying we can see the 474 00:19:38,539 --> 00:19:36,090 precipitation cores as they ascend and 475 00:19:40,700 --> 00:19:38,549 what happens is you take the raindrops 476 00:19:42,830 --> 00:19:40,710 and lift them up higher in the cloud 477 00:19:45,650 --> 00:19:42,840 they freeze and they form ice and it's 478 00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:45,660 the collision of ice particles in a rich 479 00:19:51,169 --> 00:19:48,750 rich region of liquid water or water 480 00:19:53,930 --> 00:19:51,179 vapor that enhances the electrification 481 00:19:55,430 --> 00:19:53,940 process so the stronger the updraft the 482 00:19:57,770 --> 00:19:55,440 more collision of particles and the 483 00:19:59,180 --> 00:19:57,780 faster the rate of electrification and 484 00:20:01,520 --> 00:19:59,190 then that's released by the lightning 485 00:20:03,409 --> 00:20:01,530 and so we connect the lightning to the 486 00:20:06,230 --> 00:20:03,419 rapid development and intensity of the 487 00:20:09,140 --> 00:20:06,240 storm updraft and if you have a rotating 488 00:20:10,520 --> 00:20:09,150 thunderstorm say an incipient tornado 489 00:20:12,919 --> 00:20:10,530 they take wind shear from the 490 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:12,929 environment and taking that wind shear 491 00:20:18,830 --> 00:20:16,710 then and the updraft turns that rotation 492 00:20:20,720 --> 00:20:18,840 we call vorticity up into the upper 493 00:20:22,220 --> 00:20:20,730 parts of the cloud you're connecting 494 00:20:22,730 --> 00:20:22,230 both what's happened in aloft in the 495 00:20:24,799 --> 00:20:22,740 cloud and 496 00:20:26,090 --> 00:20:24,809 happening down below and that's where 497 00:20:27,830 --> 00:20:26,100 the Lightning is giving us this 498 00:20:30,290 --> 00:20:27,840 additional lead time because we see 499 00:20:32,270 --> 00:20:30,300 these surges we call lightning jump and 500 00:20:34,250 --> 00:20:32,280 we're able to relate that then to the 501 00:20:36,799 --> 00:20:34,260 intensifying storm so imagine a sea of 502 00:20:38,930 --> 00:20:36,809 storms out there your forecaster you got 503 00:20:41,030 --> 00:20:38,940 20 storms that you're focused on and 504 00:20:42,860 --> 00:20:41,040 when you see one of these storms with a 505 00:20:45,130 --> 00:20:42,870 rapid increase in the lightning you see 506 00:20:47,090 --> 00:20:45,140 the radar echo is Joe was saying 507 00:20:49,040 --> 00:20:47,100 intensify and then we're looking down 508 00:20:51,140 --> 00:20:49,050 with the imager and we're seeing cloud 509 00:20:52,549 --> 00:20:51,150 tops growing you connect all that 510 00:20:54,410 --> 00:20:52,559 together and it really helps the 511 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:54,420 forecaster what we call the situational 512 00:20:58,310 --> 00:20:56,490 awareness and so from that they're able 513 00:20:59,960 --> 00:20:58,320 to discern that dee I need to pay more 514 00:21:01,580 --> 00:20:59,970 attention to that store but that storm 515 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:01,590 and then they have the diagnostic 516 00:21:07,790 --> 00:21:03,330 information that's going to help them 517 00:21:11,600 --> 00:21:10,190 so I'm just add a small piece is that 518 00:21:13,669 --> 00:21:11,610 it's you know it's a complimentary 519 00:21:15,230 --> 00:21:13,679 observing network and it basically will 520 00:21:17,150 --> 00:21:15,240 give us advance notice to where do we 521 00:21:19,370 --> 00:21:17,160 focus looking at the radars where do we 522 00:21:21,440 --> 00:21:19,380 focus so that we do can provide that 523 00:21:23,930 --> 00:21:21,450 additional time and and the Lightning 524 00:21:25,280 --> 00:21:23,940 was one of those early contributors I 525 00:21:26,810 --> 00:21:25,290 think we're gonna learn a lot because 526 00:21:28,610 --> 00:21:26,820 it'll be the first one we have in orbit 527 00:21:31,580 --> 00:21:28,620 so I don't think we know everything that 528 00:21:33,260 --> 00:21:31,590 how we're gonna use it yet as well okay 529 00:21:35,690 --> 00:21:33,270 thank you okay we've got a question over 530 00:21:37,190 --> 00:21:35,700 here and satterfield WBOC in Salisbury 531 00:21:39,500 --> 00:21:37,200 Steve you and I have been down to the 532 00:21:41,090 --> 00:21:39,510 new goes our dishes goes our is down 533 00:21:43,190 --> 00:21:41,100 linked at Wallops Island which is my 534 00:21:46,310 --> 00:21:43,200 viewing area so two-part question one 535 00:21:49,520 --> 00:21:46,320 are the dish is now ready to go and two 536 00:21:51,710 --> 00:21:49,530 how long after launch will the data be 537 00:21:56,240 --> 00:21:51,720 acquired at Wallops Island and start 538 00:21:59,150 --> 00:21:56,250 coming down there better question for 539 00:22:03,620 --> 00:21:59,160 the earlier panel but my understanding 540 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:03,630 is that they are ready to go and our 541 00:22:08,930 --> 00:22:06,210 game plan is that once we launch the 542 00:22:10,850 --> 00:22:08,940 satellite we have to do outgassing after 543 00:22:12,919 --> 00:22:10,860 we reach orbit about 15 days to reach 544 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:12,929 orbit 30 days to get all the 545 00:22:17,510 --> 00:22:14,970 contaminants away from the satellite 546 00:22:19,900 --> 00:22:17,520 instruments and then we turn it on and 547 00:22:22,760 --> 00:22:19,910 then we'll start providing data to our 548 00:22:24,830 --> 00:22:22,770 calibration validation teams and we'll 549 00:22:26,240 --> 00:22:24,840 continue doing that for about six months 550 00:22:29,060 --> 00:22:26,250 and then NASA will hand over the 551 00:22:32,510 --> 00:22:29,070 satellite to know and that will continue 552 00:22:34,669 --> 00:22:32,520 another six months of validation when we 553 00:22:36,140 --> 00:22:34,679 reach the value point on the products 554 00:22:37,970 --> 00:22:36,150 that we determine 555 00:22:40,010 --> 00:22:37,980 there are fit for use by the forecasters 556 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:40,020 we'll turn on the ghost broadcast system 557 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:41,850 which is the downlink and then the 558 00:22:45,980 --> 00:22:43,710 forecasters will have the data and they 559 00:22:48,950 --> 00:22:45,990 know that we're still tweaking things 560 00:22:51,140 --> 00:22:48,960 and trying to get it all optimized and 561 00:22:53,990 --> 00:22:51,150 so they'll take things with a grain of 562 00:22:56,030 --> 00:22:54,000 salt but then by the end of the year on 563 00:22:57,440 --> 00:22:56,040 orbit then well-validated our products 564 00:23:01,280 --> 00:22:57,450 and they'll be ready for everybody to 565 00:23:03,500 --> 00:23:01,290 use thank you and see we have any more 566 00:23:15,410 --> 00:23:03,510 questions here in the audience second 567 00:23:17,270 --> 00:23:15,420 row here by the aisle hi I'm Kelly 568 00:23:19,220 --> 00:23:17,280 Kalani with Northwestern University 569 00:23:20,420 --> 00:23:19,230 middle and I was wondering if you could 570 00:23:22,730 --> 00:23:20,430 tell us a little bit about how the 571 00:23:24,650 --> 00:23:22,740 satellite can or will be used in climate 572 00:23:28,310 --> 00:23:24,660 change research or studying climate 573 00:23:29,810 --> 00:23:28,320 change make a couple comments and there 574 00:23:32,060 --> 00:23:29,820 so one thing the satellite has that we 575 00:23:35,450 --> 00:23:32,070 haven't had before is as an on-orbit 576 00:23:37,070 --> 00:23:35,460 solar calibrator for the instrument for 577 00:23:39,740 --> 00:23:37,080 the imagery we've not had that the low 578 00:23:41,780 --> 00:23:39,750 Earth orbiting NASA research satellites 579 00:23:44,270 --> 00:23:41,790 have such a capability and we basically 580 00:23:45,890 --> 00:23:44,280 have now replicated that for 581 00:23:47,600 --> 00:23:45,900 geostationary orbits so one the data 582 00:23:48,800 --> 00:23:47,610 will in fact be more accurate people 583 00:23:50,350 --> 00:23:48,810 have always said the weather data 584 00:23:53,660 --> 00:23:50,360 doesn't need to be as accurate as 585 00:23:55,910 --> 00:23:53,670 climate data but the new data from those 586 00:23:58,220 --> 00:23:55,920 are will actually be more accurate than 587 00:24:00,320 --> 00:23:58,230 we've had before one of the things that 588 00:24:02,450 --> 00:24:00,330 goes our contributes is unraveling the 589 00:24:05,060 --> 00:24:02,460 diurnal cycle what I mean by the dural 590 00:24:07,010 --> 00:24:05,070 cycle is we have generally the global 591 00:24:10,130 --> 00:24:07,020 observations are in low-earth orbit and 592 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:10,140 so you get a snapshot every maybe 12 593 00:24:14,420 --> 00:24:11,970 hours if you're lucky maybe ever four 594 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:14,430 hours if you've got a constellation with 595 00:24:18,170 --> 00:24:16,530 many satellites and yet it's still 596 00:24:20,090 --> 00:24:18,180 difficult to determine say we're trying 597 00:24:22,010 --> 00:24:20,100 to diagnose cloud properties and we know 598 00:24:24,380 --> 00:24:22,020 how to how to cloud properties change 599 00:24:26,210 --> 00:24:24,390 over decades or how do they change even 600 00:24:28,820 --> 00:24:26,220 in terrain you and say we have an El 601 00:24:30,740 --> 00:24:28,830 Nino event or now La Nina event and we 602 00:24:32,540 --> 00:24:30,750 actually are going to have a learning 603 00:24:35,210 --> 00:24:32,550 event most likely this coming winter 604 00:24:37,250 --> 00:24:35,220 going into February and so what does 605 00:24:38,690 --> 00:24:37,260 what the satellite would tell us is what 606 00:24:40,940 --> 00:24:38,700 are we missing when we're trying to 607 00:24:43,340 --> 00:24:40,950 characterize the clouds by having 608 00:24:45,230 --> 00:24:43,350 sampling throughout the day that's what 609 00:24:46,730 --> 00:24:45,240 I mean by the dural cycle instead of 610 00:24:48,800 --> 00:24:46,740 coming over at one o'clock every 611 00:24:49,580 --> 00:24:48,810 afternoon the clouds aren't the same at 612 00:24:51,049 --> 00:24:49,590 one o'clock 613 00:24:53,510 --> 00:24:51,059 Droon sometimes they're still developing 614 00:24:54,940 --> 00:24:53,520 they're not mature so it'll help us with 615 00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:54,950 that the other way I would say is 616 00:25:00,019 --> 00:24:57,570 extreme weather so right now we don't 617 00:25:02,269 --> 00:25:00,029 know what the the variation of extreme 618 00:25:03,890 --> 00:25:02,279 weather is but we know from Sandra 619 00:25:06,289 --> 00:25:03,900 mentioned we had a lightning mapper and 620 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:06,299 low Earth orbit on the nasa tropical 621 00:25:10,519 --> 00:25:08,610 rainfall measuring mission for 17 years 622 00:25:13,970 --> 00:25:10,529 and now we're gonna have 20 years more 623 00:25:15,620 --> 00:25:13,980 extending that that climate data set so 624 00:25:17,360 --> 00:25:15,630 once you have 30 years generally people 625 00:25:19,460 --> 00:25:17,370 say I got a climate data set and we can 626 00:25:22,090 --> 00:25:19,470 look for those variations so I think 627 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:22,100 gozar and the rest of the geostationary 628 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:24,770 satellites that Europe is launching 629 00:25:29,419 --> 00:25:27,690 Japan you heard has launched China will 630 00:25:31,730 --> 00:25:29,429 launch and so we're going to have a 631 00:25:33,710 --> 00:25:31,740 global constellation of geostationary 632 00:25:36,590 --> 00:25:33,720 satellites that have nominally the same 633 00:25:39,110 --> 00:25:36,600 capability as gozar and so I think it'll 634 00:25:40,789 --> 00:25:39,120 contribute both and how do the storms 635 00:25:42,560 --> 00:25:40,799 and clouds and the environment vary over 636 00:25:44,810 --> 00:25:42,570 the course of the day and then also 637 00:25:49,070 --> 00:25:44,820 extreme storm severe storms how do they 638 00:25:52,850 --> 00:25:49,080 vary say over decades thank you over 639 00:25:55,639 --> 00:25:52,860 here in the second row I had a question 640 00:25:57,940 --> 00:25:55,649 about accessing the imagery afterwards 641 00:26:00,230 --> 00:25:57,950 so even right now with say 1-minute 642 00:26:02,210 --> 00:26:00,240 imagery satellite imagery for example it 643 00:26:04,399 --> 00:26:02,220 can be difficult to find for a TV 644 00:26:06,350 --> 00:26:04,409 meteorologists we have access to our 645 00:26:08,149 --> 00:26:06,360 data service providers and the data that 646 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:08,159 they and images they provide us but for 647 00:26:10,850 --> 00:26:09,450 the general public who are more savvy 648 00:26:13,010 --> 00:26:10,860 about just going to the weapon looking 649 00:26:15,139 --> 00:26:13,020 for the data will to be a way to get at 650 00:26:17,690 --> 00:26:15,149 this really cool you know 30-second high 651 00:26:18,950 --> 00:26:17,700 spatial resolution satellite imagery I'm 652 00:26:20,750 --> 00:26:18,960 sorry and can you just identify yourself 653 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:20,760 oh yes I'm sorry Jen car phagon up on 654 00:26:29,720 --> 00:26:26,730 the Weather Channel analysis branch and 655 00:26:32,090 --> 00:26:29,730 and Estes and the satellite service and 656 00:26:33,889 --> 00:26:32,100 they have a web page and they're going 657 00:26:35,990 --> 00:26:33,899 to update their web page that we 658 00:26:38,899 --> 00:26:36,000 currently have to show the native 659 00:26:41,779 --> 00:26:38,909 temporal resolution of the data so when 660 00:26:43,490 --> 00:26:41,789 we take one minute imagery or 30-second 661 00:26:45,470 --> 00:26:43,500 imagery with the imager and we have the 662 00:26:48,139 --> 00:26:45,480 20 second latency from the Lightning 663 00:26:50,389 --> 00:26:48,149 mapper they will have webpages that 664 00:26:51,860 --> 00:26:50,399 anyone will be able to access to see 665 00:26:54,730 --> 00:26:51,870 that and also I should mention we've 666 00:26:57,520 --> 00:26:54,740 been working with the broadcast 667 00:27:00,350 --> 00:26:57,530 meteorology providers providers and 668 00:27:01,700 --> 00:27:00,360 showing them the value that they didn't 669 00:27:03,500 --> 00:27:01,710 say don't let this rapid scan 670 00:27:05,120 --> 00:27:03,510 information drop on the floor 671 00:27:07,490 --> 00:27:05,130 I don't know if I can mention the who 672 00:27:08,930 --> 00:27:07,500 the providers are but one of them was at 673 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:08,940 a conference with me and he pulled out 674 00:27:13,790 --> 00:27:11,010 his cell phone and he says here's the 675 00:27:16,460 --> 00:27:13,800 Japanese rapid scan imagery isn't this 676 00:27:18,380 --> 00:27:16,470 amazing I said you bet it's amazing so 677 00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:18,390 so they're attuned to that and I've been 678 00:27:23,090 --> 00:27:21,090 talking with Dan here for four years - 679 00:27:25,910 --> 00:27:23,100 and he's helped to advocate that they 680 00:27:27,860 --> 00:27:25,920 need to update their delivery system so 681 00:27:30,230 --> 00:27:27,870 that you the users in the broadcast 682 00:27:31,820 --> 00:27:30,240 industry can take full advantage of what 683 00:27:34,370 --> 00:27:31,830 goes our can offer and I should say 684 00:27:37,370 --> 00:27:34,380 we've been doing a demonstration at 685 00:27:39,830 --> 00:27:37,380 NOAA's hazardous weather testbed it's 686 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:39,840 some of the broadcasters attuned to what 687 00:27:44,210 --> 00:27:41,250 we might be able for and one of the 688 00:27:45,770 --> 00:27:44,220 reasons we did that was because the Ojo 689 00:27:48,650 --> 00:27:45,780 and The Weather Service are putting out 690 00:27:51,260 --> 00:27:48,660 the weather information to the the 691 00:27:53,570 --> 00:27:51,270 viewer and the TVs it's really that last 692 00:27:56,540 --> 00:27:53,580 mile that's going to have the big impact 693 00:27:58,400 --> 00:27:56,550 for more public and this loop that I 694 00:28:00,680 --> 00:27:58,410 showed you if we can show that kind of 695 00:28:03,260 --> 00:28:00,690 loop on the air I think the viewer can 696 00:28:04,850 --> 00:28:03,270 personalize that the risk is real and 697 00:28:07,190 --> 00:28:04,860 the storm is coming at them and they'll 698 00:28:08,990 --> 00:28:07,200 maybe be more likely to take action and 699 00:28:14,510 --> 00:28:09,000 that's what we need is people to take 700 00:28:26,050 --> 00:28:14,520 action to be safe great next question in 701 00:28:30,020 --> 00:28:28,580 I'm Ike Augusta neck with CBS in 702 00:28:31,790 --> 00:28:30,030 Minneapolis I'm sorry if I missed you 703 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:31,800 already answering this question we know 704 00:28:36,410 --> 00:28:34,890 the new temporal resolution of the the 705 00:28:40,700 --> 00:28:36,420 lightning map or what's the spatial 706 00:28:43,520 --> 00:28:40,710 resolution the space or spatial 707 00:28:47,420 --> 00:28:43,530 resolution for the visible Channel is 708 00:28:50,090 --> 00:28:47,430 500 meters third of a mile or so it's 709 00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:50,100 four times better and then for GLM it's 710 00:28:56,870 --> 00:28:54,090 eight kilometers spatial resolution and 711 00:28:58,880 --> 00:28:56,880 there's an interesting innovation in the 712 00:29:02,150 --> 00:28:58,890 design of the detector that allows us to 713 00:29:05,120 --> 00:29:02,160 keep that spatial resolution across the 714 00:29:06,980 --> 00:29:05,130 oceans and so had we not done that we 715 00:29:09,170 --> 00:29:06,990 would have spatial resolution say if 30 716 00:29:10,910 --> 00:29:09,180 kilometers which is larger than an 717 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:10,920 individual storm and that's what we 718 00:29:16,700 --> 00:29:13,530 would present to aviation industry and 719 00:29:18,800 --> 00:29:16,710 the FAA but because we're able to pull 720 00:29:20,870 --> 00:29:18,810 in the resolution as as the instrument 721 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:20,880 is looking further out from directly 722 00:29:26,570 --> 00:29:23,610 that we'll be able to have storm scale 723 00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:26,580 spatial resolution pretty much all the 724 00:29:28,940 --> 00:29:28,170 way across the field of view and the 725 00:29:31,610 --> 00:29:28,950 field of view 726 00:29:34,760 --> 00:29:31,620 GLM will from both satellites combined 727 00:29:37,550 --> 00:29:34,770 will be from the west coast of Africa up 728 00:29:40,820 --> 00:29:37,560 to Edmonton Canada it's about 54 degrees 729 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:40,830 latitude same down to the South American 730 00:29:45,770 --> 00:29:43,410 and Chile and then all the way over to 731 00:29:47,420 --> 00:29:45,780 the east coast of New Zealand and so 732 00:29:49,220 --> 00:29:47,430 while the imager gives us a larger field 733 00:29:52,850 --> 00:29:49,230 of view that GLM will cover most of that 734 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:52,860 airspace and we know from talking to 735 00:29:57,320 --> 00:29:54,930 Joe's director at the aviation weather 736 00:29:59,120 --> 00:29:57,330 center that they're they're very excited 737 00:30:02,390 --> 00:29:59,130 because they don't have radar over the 738 00:30:04,310 --> 00:30:02,400 ocean the aircraft radars are small and 739 00:30:06,410 --> 00:30:04,320 then they don't see over the horizon and 740 00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:06,420 now you can take the imager and the 741 00:30:11,330 --> 00:30:08,490 Lightning map or combine it together and 742 00:30:14,030 --> 00:30:11,340 effectively provide radar like 743 00:30:16,820 --> 00:30:14,040 information out over the oceans worthy 744 00:30:18,860 --> 00:30:16,830 hazardous storms would be Joe do you 745 00:30:20,540 --> 00:30:18,870 have anything want to add to that no I 746 00:30:23,210 --> 00:30:20,550 think you've covered that very well 747 00:30:25,670 --> 00:30:23,220 great next caller is we've got a 748 00:30:27,860 --> 00:30:25,680 question on the phone from mark dodge go 749 00:30:29,840 --> 00:30:27,870 ahead mark yes good afternoon 750 00:30:31,940 --> 00:30:29,850 thank you for this very informative 751 00:30:35,030 --> 00:30:31,950 science briefing this afternoon 752 00:30:38,750 --> 00:30:35,040 mark dodge historical aerospace news 753 00:30:42,080 --> 00:30:38,760 please can you explain how the advanced 754 00:30:45,260 --> 00:30:42,090 baseline imager technology was developed 755 00:30:48,260 --> 00:30:45,270 and how will it be used going forward 756 00:30:51,830 --> 00:30:48,270 and also one other question how will 757 00:30:54,170 --> 00:30:51,840 solar flares be seen differently and 758 00:30:59,480 --> 00:30:54,180 what will this mean to the future of 759 00:31:02,060 --> 00:30:59,490 forecasting thank you thank you I'm not 760 00:31:03,890 --> 00:31:02,070 sure remember all the pieces if I start 761 00:31:06,590 --> 00:31:03,900 at the beginning 762 00:31:08,030 --> 00:31:06,600 Harris Corporation has developed the 763 00:31:11,630 --> 00:31:08,040 imagers that we've been flying on our 764 00:31:15,230 --> 00:31:11,640 satellites for the current series the 765 00:31:17,690 --> 00:31:15,240 previous series and back into to around 766 00:31:19,910 --> 00:31:17,700 2004 we did some feasibility studies 767 00:31:22,400 --> 00:31:19,920 with a number of vendors on the 768 00:31:24,230 --> 00:31:22,410 different possible architectures for the 769 00:31:28,160 --> 00:31:24,240 different instruments and so we settled 770 00:31:30,140 --> 00:31:28,170 on the Harris design which was able to 771 00:31:31,640 --> 00:31:30,150 give us 16 spectral bands initially we 772 00:31:33,980 --> 00:31:31,650 were hoping to get even more spectral 773 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:33,990 bands but it's expensive than 774 00:31:40,700 --> 00:31:37,770 challenging so we settled on 16 spectral 775 00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:40,710 bands and the scientists had done 776 00:31:44,600 --> 00:31:42,450 studies as to what each individual 777 00:31:49,610 --> 00:31:44,610 spectral band might offer for example we 778 00:31:51,770 --> 00:31:49,620 have a spectral band at at 1.39 microns 779 00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:51,780 which allows us to see cirrus clouds and 780 00:31:56,390 --> 00:31:53,490 so that was something we weren't able to 781 00:31:59,000 --> 00:31:56,400 see before we have three water vapor 782 00:32:01,610 --> 00:31:59,010 bands and so for you who watched the 783 00:32:04,070 --> 00:32:01,620 water vapor image on TV that's the upper 784 00:32:06,020 --> 00:32:04,080 level water vapor but now we can see 785 00:32:08,510 --> 00:32:06,030 deeper into the atmosphere that'll let 786 00:32:11,420 --> 00:32:08,520 us see when the atmosphere where the 787 00:32:13,040 --> 00:32:11,430 atmosphere is destabilizing more and I 788 00:32:17,060 --> 00:32:13,050 should mention that let me use that as a 789 00:32:19,490 --> 00:32:17,070 segue into the tropical storms so from 790 00:32:21,850 --> 00:32:19,500 the Himawari Japanese satellite which is 791 00:32:23,810 --> 00:32:21,860 also purchased from Harris the same 792 00:32:26,750 --> 00:32:23,820 instrument technology the only 793 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:26,760 difference really is that we're 794 00:32:30,890 --> 00:32:28,530 operating the satellite taking 795 00:32:33,700 --> 00:32:30,900 one-minute images and they take them two 796 00:32:36,350 --> 00:32:33,710 and a half minutes apart but we have 797 00:32:39,260 --> 00:32:36,360 some data from a typhoon called Sol de 798 00:32:42,500 --> 00:32:39,270 lor that hit Taiwan and I asked our 799 00:32:44,540 --> 00:32:42,510 scientists who work with the the wind em 800 00:32:46,820 --> 00:32:44,550 calm atmospheric motion vectors you can 801 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:46,830 use the cloud and water vapor as wind 802 00:32:51,890 --> 00:32:48,690 tracers so anyway they took that and the 803 00:32:53,390 --> 00:32:51,900 water vapor channels I said so I know 804 00:32:55,310 --> 00:32:53,400 that we can see things but what's the 805 00:32:57,740 --> 00:32:55,320 real impact is their impact on the model 806 00:33:00,560 --> 00:32:57,750 so they did a process we call data 807 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:00,570 simulation and they bring these data 808 00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:02,970 into a best analysis and to my surprise 809 00:33:07,490 --> 00:33:05,730 even when they did the forecast track 810 00:33:09,470 --> 00:33:07,500 for this typhoon they actually reduced 811 00:33:12,290 --> 00:33:09,480 the forecast track here where I expected 812 00:33:15,020 --> 00:33:12,300 improvement was in the intensity and the 813 00:33:17,090 --> 00:33:15,030 intensity in that case was indeterminate 814 00:33:19,130 --> 00:33:17,100 so we've only done a couple of cases and 815 00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:19,140 you have to give us time to collect 816 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:21,090 enough samples with the actual goes our 817 00:33:25,220 --> 00:33:23,490 satellite to know what the true impact 818 00:33:27,890 --> 00:33:25,230 is and if you just give me another 819 00:33:29,630 --> 00:33:27,900 second let me come in on Matthew so I 820 00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:29,640 figured someone would ask about Matthew 821 00:33:32,150 --> 00:33:30,090 right 822 00:33:33,920 --> 00:33:32,160 and so I talked to the National 823 00:33:36,260 --> 00:33:33,930 Hurricane Center the folks we work with 824 00:33:38,570 --> 00:33:36,270 very closely and I said you know what 825 00:33:41,240 --> 00:33:38,580 would that then the possible impact of 826 00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:41,250 having goes our on orbit and it turns 827 00:33:45,110 --> 00:33:43,170 out that were the forecast models and 828 00:33:47,900 --> 00:33:45,120 the forecasters missed it was down in 829 00:33:52,940 --> 00:33:47,910 the Caribbean when they were expecting 830 00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:52,950 the storm to to not intensify so quickly 831 00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:56,250 and it turns out that for all the 832 00:33:59,030 --> 00:33:57,810 information that goes our provides for 833 00:34:00,400 --> 00:33:59,040 example we mentioned the Lightning 834 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:00,410 mapper they've been doing some work 835 00:34:05,330 --> 00:34:02,730 looking at how the lightnings related to 836 00:34:07,430 --> 00:34:05,340 her rapid intensification of tropical 837 00:34:09,290 --> 00:34:07,440 storms and hurricanes and it turns out 838 00:34:11,630 --> 00:34:09,300 that from ground-based networks that we 839 00:34:13,310 --> 00:34:11,640 have today they didn't see the lightning 840 00:34:15,380 --> 00:34:13,320 signatures that would have told them 841 00:34:17,030 --> 00:34:15,390 that they would have had the strong 842 00:34:19,310 --> 00:34:17,040 shear and so that's the key thing 843 00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:19,320 hurricanes don't like shear they tears 844 00:34:24,200 --> 00:34:21,690 them apart and so they they didn't see 845 00:34:26,270 --> 00:34:24,210 that signal so I think those are because 846 00:34:28,940 --> 00:34:26,280 we're able to map the motions of the 847 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:28,950 clouds and also to be able to map the 848 00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:30,330 lightning I think both will contribute 849 00:34:35,420 --> 00:34:33,210 to picking up signals like that that you 850 00:34:37,210 --> 00:34:35,430 might be might be missing so that that's 851 00:34:39,620 --> 00:34:37,220 what they say the Hurricane Center 852 00:34:41,210 --> 00:34:39,630 forecasters is a potential benefit we 853 00:34:44,530 --> 00:34:41,220 would have had had we had those are 854 00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:44,540 maybe Joe you have something to add I 855 00:34:49,190 --> 00:34:47,850 would just add you know that we are very 856 00:34:50,990 --> 00:34:49,200 excited and we are preparing to use 857 00:34:54,140 --> 00:34:51,000 those atmospheric motion vectors those 858 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:54,150 derive motion winds from the imager so 859 00:34:58,580 --> 00:34:56,130 we're very excited what about what the 860 00:35:00,839 --> 00:34:58,590 possibility is for how that can improve 861 00:35:03,000 --> 00:35:00,849 our regional modeling 862 00:35:05,220 --> 00:35:03,010 another way we're trying to use the 863 00:35:07,170 --> 00:35:05,230 spectral analysis Steve gave some 864 00:35:09,720 --> 00:35:07,180 examples of that but if you're looking 865 00:35:11,819 --> 00:35:09,730 at fires in the southeast we're gonna be 866 00:35:13,680 --> 00:35:11,829 able to look at it very closely and even 867 00:35:15,839 --> 00:35:13,690 see based on the spectral bands you know 868 00:35:18,329 --> 00:35:15,849 what's burning what what is it doing 869 00:35:20,670 --> 00:35:18,339 which way is it going and so that can 870 00:35:22,170 --> 00:35:20,680 really inform some of the efforts that's 871 00:35:23,910 --> 00:35:22,180 that's being provided for fighting those 872 00:35:26,190 --> 00:35:23,920 fires so those are you know some of the 873 00:35:30,660 --> 00:35:26,200 new ways we'll be able to use the 874 00:35:33,359 --> 00:35:30,670 capabilities on goes are the original 875 00:35:37,380 --> 00:35:33,369 question on how the technology came 876 00:35:41,630 --> 00:35:37,390 about and it was really way early around 877 00:35:44,579 --> 00:35:41,640 2000 and we issued competed formulation 878 00:35:48,180 --> 00:35:44,589 contracts working with various companies 879 00:35:51,000 --> 00:35:48,190 to develop mature the approaches that we 880 00:35:54,510 --> 00:35:51,010 ultimately chose in 2004 to develop the 881 00:35:56,940 --> 00:35:54,520 the ABI instrument and as Steve pointed 882 00:35:58,950 --> 00:35:56,950 out you know we have a long history 883 00:36:01,019 --> 00:35:58,960 working with hair is developing the go 884 00:36:04,579 --> 00:36:01,029 site through an imager and sounder which 885 00:36:07,349 --> 00:36:04,589 also flew on NOP and and ultimately 886 00:36:11,010 --> 00:36:07,359 Harris were supposed to pick to develop 887 00:36:13,140 --> 00:36:11,020 the ABI for that go sorry I know the 888 00:36:15,690 --> 00:36:13,150 question also asked about imaging the 889 00:36:18,359 --> 00:36:15,700 Sun right um but before I answer that 890 00:36:20,190 --> 00:36:18,369 let me make one comment I don't about 891 00:36:22,589 --> 00:36:20,200 the miracle weather prediction forecast 892 00:36:24,839 --> 00:36:22,599 models where we're seeing the impact but 893 00:36:26,190 --> 00:36:24,849 these motion vectors it's it's a largely 894 00:36:29,220 --> 00:36:26,200 attributable to the higher spatial 895 00:36:31,109 --> 00:36:29,230 resolution so when we calculate how the 896 00:36:32,609 --> 00:36:31,119 clouds are moving in the water vapors 897 00:36:35,700 --> 00:36:32,619 moving and we get a wind vector from 898 00:36:37,380 --> 00:36:35,710 that that depends on how well we did the 899 00:36:40,019 --> 00:36:37,390 clouds and it turns out because we have 900 00:36:41,130 --> 00:36:40,029 four times the spatial resolution to get 901 00:36:43,230 --> 00:36:41,140 the clouds we can more accurately 902 00:36:45,599 --> 00:36:43,240 accurately assign the height of that 903 00:36:47,819 --> 00:36:45,609 motion vector so if we have the right 904 00:36:49,289 --> 00:36:47,829 vector of the wind but we put it at the 905 00:36:51,599 --> 00:36:49,299 wrong altitude that's going to mess up 906 00:36:53,430 --> 00:36:51,609 the models so the more accurate we can 907 00:36:56,160 --> 00:36:53,440 do that and we've actually determined 908 00:36:57,930 --> 00:36:56,170 from our goes our algorithm our recipe 909 00:37:00,539 --> 00:36:57,940 that we're using that we can reduce the 910 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:00,549 speed bias by one meter per second based 911 00:37:05,430 --> 00:37:02,650 on experiments with the Himawari which 912 00:37:08,339 --> 00:37:05,440 is a huge benefit to the global models 913 00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:08,349 so the question earlier about how do the 914 00:37:12,510 --> 00:37:10,690 mid-latitudes going to benefit from 915 00:37:13,770 --> 00:37:12,520 gozar it's the fact that we're able to 916 00:37:16,020 --> 00:37:13,780 put these 917 00:37:18,150 --> 00:37:16,030 vectors into the numerical models and 918 00:37:21,030 --> 00:37:18,160 that's going to have a the biggest 919 00:37:22,740 --> 00:37:21,040 impact say on the extra tropics by 920 00:37:25,050 --> 00:37:22,750 making those model forecasts more 921 00:37:27,990 --> 00:37:25,060 accurate on the Sun so I don't forget 922 00:37:29,940 --> 00:37:28,000 Suvi and the Sun I mentioned earlier so 923 00:37:33,090 --> 00:37:29,950 we have 4 times the spatial resolution 924 00:37:35,700 --> 00:37:33,100 you'll have crisp imagery to better see 925 00:37:37,380 --> 00:37:35,710 for example solar flares if we have a 926 00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:37,390 solar flare we'll be able to determine 927 00:37:44,070 --> 00:37:40,930 more accurately its extent so weird word 928 00:37:45,210 --> 00:37:44,080 sources and words extended extended tube 929 00:37:48,030 --> 00:37:45,220 and we're also going to be able to 930 00:37:51,480 --> 00:37:48,040 diagnose that more rapidly because we 931 00:37:54,570 --> 00:37:51,490 have the the higher higher resolution 932 00:37:57,240 --> 00:37:54,580 and actually Suvi is a bit faster than 933 00:37:59,370 --> 00:37:57,250 the current satellite as well 934 00:38:02,550 --> 00:37:59,380 so everything's faster everything's got 935 00:38:06,180 --> 00:38:02,560 more resolution and it's gonna be 936 00:38:07,950 --> 00:38:06,190 amazing great thank you very much i we 937 00:38:10,170 --> 00:38:07,960 have I believe one question on social 938 00:38:12,990 --> 00:38:10,180 media so Johnny Emmerich from our social 939 00:38:16,740 --> 00:38:13,000 media team please question thanks Sean 940 00:38:19,980 --> 00:38:16,750 this question is once in orbit what 941 00:38:21,510 --> 00:38:19,990 potential hazards or fail points are 942 00:38:29,390 --> 00:38:21,520 there where it may be prohibits you from 943 00:38:32,430 --> 00:38:29,400 getting accurate data well I can speak 944 00:38:35,280 --> 00:38:32,440 mostly to the Lightning mapper it's it's 945 00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:35,290 got a charge coupled device detector and 946 00:38:40,860 --> 00:38:38,650 so high-energy particles can penetrate 947 00:38:43,770 --> 00:38:40,870 the spacecraft skin and they can get to 948 00:38:47,310 --> 00:38:43,780 the instrument and so in that case we 949 00:38:50,580 --> 00:38:47,320 cook those pixels if we had high energy 950 00:38:53,130 --> 00:38:50,590 that would impact detectors so right now 951 00:38:54,990 --> 00:38:53,140 we've the the mission that Sandra 952 00:38:57,720 --> 00:38:55,000 mentioned that down orbit for 17 years 953 00:39:00,420 --> 00:38:57,730 we never lost any pixels over that time 954 00:39:02,190 --> 00:39:00,430 it's a solid-state device so things like 955 00:39:04,770 --> 00:39:02,200 that could happen and it degraded over 956 00:39:06,420 --> 00:39:04,780 time then maybe we would lose a piece of 957 00:39:08,850 --> 00:39:06,430 our field of view if that were to happen 958 00:39:11,550 --> 00:39:08,860 in the case of the Suvi instrument it's 959 00:39:13,740 --> 00:39:11,560 got an ultraviolet filter ultraviolet 960 00:39:15,570 --> 00:39:13,750 filters are very touchy and very 961 00:39:17,610 --> 00:39:15,580 difficult to manufacture in fact I 962 00:39:19,470 --> 00:39:17,620 believe we're replacing the UV filters 963 00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:19,480 right before we launched maybe we've 964 00:39:23,220 --> 00:39:20,410 done that already 965 00:39:26,420 --> 00:39:23,230 they don't like water why don't water is 966 00:39:28,430 --> 00:39:26,430 an enemy of ultraviolet filters so 967 00:39:31,040 --> 00:39:28,440 if something were to happen in 968 00:39:32,720 --> 00:39:31,050 contamination then that could affect you 969 00:39:35,060 --> 00:39:32,730 know the full field of view that we 970 00:39:36,470 --> 00:39:35,070 would get from the instruments and of 971 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:36,480 course hopefully there's be no issues 972 00:39:40,880 --> 00:39:39,330 with the telecommunication aspects of 973 00:39:46,330 --> 00:39:40,890 the satellite I get the data down to 974 00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:46,340 earth to use it you know with the launch 975 00:39:50,960 --> 00:39:47,610 dangers 976 00:39:53,870 --> 00:39:50,970 deployment of appendages there is danger 977 00:39:55,250 --> 00:39:53,880 and we have to still achieve Joe 978 00:39:57,440 --> 00:39:55,260 stationary orbit it's gonna take nine 979 00:39:59,660 --> 00:39:57,450 days to to get there you know so the 980 00:40:01,640 --> 00:39:59,670 thrusters have to be able to get us all 981 00:40:04,070 --> 00:40:01,650 tamale to where we want to go so you 982 00:40:06,560 --> 00:40:04,080 know that's why we test and test until 983 00:40:10,310 --> 00:40:06,570 you know we we know that things are 984 00:40:13,610 --> 00:40:10,320 gonna work okay other questions here in 985 00:40:19,790 --> 00:40:13,620 the room we've got one right here near 986 00:40:22,310 --> 00:40:19,800 the back Matt Sofia no KGW TV back to 987 00:40:24,700 --> 00:40:22,320 the GLM if I if I heard correctly the 988 00:40:28,970 --> 00:40:24,710 the technology of the Lightning 989 00:40:32,740 --> 00:40:28,980 technology on trim was based on 1997 990 00:40:35,630 --> 00:40:32,750 technology so was the new GLM instrument 991 00:40:38,810 --> 00:40:35,640 similar to that or have we advanced 992 00:40:41,330 --> 00:40:38,820 beyond that and how much advancement 993 00:40:44,720 --> 00:40:41,340 over what we had with the Lightning 994 00:40:48,470 --> 00:40:44,730 imaging sensor it had 128 128 pixel 995 00:40:50,690 --> 00:40:48,480 array now we're talking 13 60 by 1320 so 996 00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:50,700 we got a much bigger array that were 997 00:40:54,890 --> 00:40:52,890 detecting the near the full disk of the 998 00:40:57,940 --> 00:40:54,900 earth and the the thing that's gonna 999 00:41:00,110 --> 00:40:57,950 really change things is we had 1000 00:41:03,200 --> 00:41:00,120 transponder bandwidth for that mission 1001 00:41:05,150 --> 00:41:03,210 of 8 kilobits per second and what would 1002 00:41:06,890 --> 00:41:05,160 happen is we would fly over a very 1003 00:41:10,700 --> 00:41:06,900 intense storm or over the South Atlantic 1004 00:41:13,010 --> 00:41:10,710 anomaly which is a high radiation area 1005 00:41:15,890 --> 00:41:13,020 off of South to South America and East 1006 00:41:17,990 --> 00:41:15,900 Coast we would saturate the instrument 1007 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:18,000 and so we couldn't take any data so now 1008 00:41:21,560 --> 00:41:20,130 on goes our thanks to all the developers 1009 00:41:24,860 --> 00:41:21,570 we have 7.6 1010 00:41:26,480 --> 00:41:24,870 sorry 7.7 megabits per second what does 1011 00:41:28,010 --> 00:41:26,490 that mean that's a huge difference that 1012 00:41:30,650 --> 00:41:28,020 means that we can lower our detection 1013 00:41:32,270 --> 00:41:30,660 threshold and see more of the lightening 1014 00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:32,280 even the weaker lightening that we could 1015 00:41:37,250 --> 00:41:34,890 before we're predicting a greater than 1016 00:41:39,080 --> 00:41:37,260 80 percent detection probability of all 1017 00:41:40,070 --> 00:41:39,090 types of lightning even if it goes to 1018 00:41:42,470 --> 00:41:40,080 ground because the 1019 00:41:44,660 --> 00:41:42,480 strike has channels up into the cloud 1020 00:41:47,870 --> 00:41:44,670 and the light that's emitted makes its 1021 00:41:49,130 --> 00:41:47,880 way to cloud top and and we see it and 1022 00:41:51,620 --> 00:41:49,140 so we have a number of filtering 1023 00:41:53,210 --> 00:41:51,630 algorithms we have eight right now that 1024 00:41:55,610 --> 00:41:53,220 take the raw data that's sent to the 1025 00:41:57,980 --> 00:41:55,620 ground from GLM and remove things like 1026 00:42:00,680 --> 00:41:57,990 glint that you get from the Sun 1027 00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:00,690 reflecting off the ocean surface we also 1028 00:42:04,970 --> 00:42:03,210 have radiation effects as I mentioned 1029 00:42:07,670 --> 00:42:04,980 earlier and so actually after all that 1030 00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:07,680 filtering is done we really see the 1031 00:42:11,750 --> 00:42:09,330 lightning very well that's a huge 1032 00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:11,760 advantage over what we had with the 1033 00:42:15,080 --> 00:42:13,770 original instrument we still operate at 1034 00:42:17,720 --> 00:42:15,090 the same wavelength in the near-infrared 1035 00:42:19,700 --> 00:42:17,730 because that's where we get about 10% of 1036 00:42:22,280 --> 00:42:19,710 the total energy from lightning so 1037 00:42:24,410 --> 00:42:22,290 there's no reason to change that so it's 1038 00:42:27,760 --> 00:42:24,420 the bandwidth is really the big 1039 00:42:30,170 --> 00:42:27,770 innovation since the earlier instrument 1040 00:42:33,650 --> 00:42:30,180 great I think we have time for one or 1041 00:42:37,700 --> 00:42:33,660 two more questions the audience do we 1042 00:42:40,550 --> 00:42:37,710 have any any more if not in the back we 1043 00:42:43,220 --> 00:42:40,560 have one more okay I Nick Stewart KHQ a 1044 00:42:44,480 --> 00:42:43,230 Quincy Illinois a question for FEMA we 1045 00:42:46,520 --> 00:42:44,490 talked obviously very well about how 1046 00:42:47,750 --> 00:42:46,530 there's going to you know product and 1047 00:42:48,740 --> 00:42:47,760 predict disasters how you might be able 1048 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:48,750 to prepare for that 1049 00:42:52,130 --> 00:42:50,370 how about post disaster how are you 1050 00:42:54,050 --> 00:42:52,140 looking to use this technology to kind 1051 00:42:55,970 --> 00:42:54,060 of look at recovery efforts that's a 1052 00:42:58,100 --> 00:42:55,980 great question because people tend to 1053 00:43:00,920 --> 00:42:58,110 think that disasters in wants response 1054 00:43:03,770 --> 00:43:00,930 in and it really does not recovery goes 1055 00:43:06,260 --> 00:43:03,780 on for several years but immediately 1056 00:43:07,310 --> 00:43:06,270 following a response as you know you 1057 00:43:08,930 --> 00:43:07,320 have quite a vulnerable population 1058 00:43:10,700 --> 00:43:08,940 you've got people have been displaced 1059 00:43:13,910 --> 00:43:10,710 you've got people that have damaged 1060 00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:13,920 homes you have limited transport ability 1061 00:43:17,930 --> 00:43:15,450 because you have debris in the roads you 1062 00:43:20,030 --> 00:43:17,940 have all those kinds of things so having 1063 00:43:21,710 --> 00:43:20,040 accurate weather forecasting this is 1064 00:43:24,710 --> 00:43:21,720 important as it is prior to the event 1065 00:43:27,320 --> 00:43:24,720 because that will determine how we can 1066 00:43:28,340 --> 00:43:27,330 actually get the commodities moved and 1067 00:43:33,650 --> 00:43:28,350 distributed throughout 1068 00:43:35,510 --> 00:43:33,660 how we can actually evacuate the are our 1069 00:43:37,190 --> 00:43:35,520 vulnerable populations how we can get 1070 00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:37,200 people back into there is that they came 1071 00:43:41,810 --> 00:43:39,930 from all of those things so we pay as 1072 00:43:44,060 --> 00:43:41,820 much attention post event as we do pre 1073 00:43:46,130 --> 00:43:44,070 event so again the better of forecast 1074 00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:46,140 the the better decisions we can make and 1075 00:43:50,960 --> 00:43:49,290 more timely our decisions great Thank 1076 00:43:53,270 --> 00:43:50,970 You Damon thank you once again to all of 1077 00:43:54,350 --> 00:43:53,280 our panelists as all the time we have 1078 00:43:55,550 --> 00:43:54,360 today for this briefing 1079 00:43:57,560 --> 00:43:55,560 but I want to remind you that you can 1080 00:43:59,360 --> 00:43:57,570 find out much more about goes our 1081 00:44:02,180 --> 00:43:59,370 mission by going to the website that 1082 00:44:05,060 --> 00:44:02,190 you'll see on your screen and you can 1083 00:44:07,130 --> 00:44:05,070 also follow us online and on social 1084 00:44:09,710 --> 00:44:07,140 media in the days leading up to launch 1085 00:44:11,150 --> 00:44:09,720 this Saturday and be sure to tune back 1086 00:44:13,670 --> 00:44:11,160 for more