September 21 - 23, 2021

Virtual meeting

PDF Agenda: 2021_GLM_Science_Agenda_V4.pdf

Agenda and presentations (all times are CDT)

Tuesday, September 21, 2021

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Plenary Session - Program, Instrument, Science (Chair: Steve Goodman)
10:00	Welcome and meeting Logistics (Scott Rudlosky, Chris Schultz, and Steve Goodman)
10:10	GOES-R Program Status and GOES-T Plan (Dan Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R)
10:25	GeoXO Status and User Engagement (Andy Heidinger and Vanessa Escobar, NESDIS/GOES-R)
10:40	Status of GLM FM3 and FM4 (Marc D Rafal, NASA/GOES-R)
10:50	GLM Instrument Performance / Optimization (Tewa Kpulun, Lockheed Martin AT)
11:00	Using GLM to Train a Probabilistic Lightning Prediction Model (John Cintineo, UW/CIMS)
11:10	CubeSpark: A multispectral, 3-D satellite-based lightning mapping concept (Patrick Gatlin, NASA/MSFC)
11:20	Next Generation Space Based Optical Lightning Sensors and the Upcoming ALOFT Program (Hugh Christian)
11:30	Related Program / Project Updates (Tim Lang et al.)
11:40	Group Discussion
12:00	Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Operational Uses of GLM (Chair: Kristin Calhoun)
2:00	Status of Operational GLM Products (Scott Rudlosky, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR)
2:15	Forecaster Evaluations and Feedback on GLM in the Virtual HWT Experimental Warning Program (w/Kevin Thiel) (Kristin Calhoun, NOAA/NSSL)
2:30	Research to Operation at the NMS of Argentina: GLM Case Study and Applications (Melissa Patanella, NMS-Argentina)
2:40	June 17th MCS (Kathy-Ann L. Caesar, CIMH, Barbados)
2:50	Fusion of GLM, ground based networks, and radar to anticipate infrequent lightning for IDS (Brian Carcione, NOAA/NWS)
3:00	Sources of False GLM Returns (Joseph Patton, UMD/CISESS)
3:10	Status of NWS GLM Training (Brian Motta, NWS)
3:20	Tropical GLM Applications (Chris Slocum, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR)
3:30	Group Discussion
4:00	Adjourn

Wednesday, September 22, 2021

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	GLM Validation Studies (Chair: William Koshak)
10:00	Overview of G16/G17 Instrument Performance (Monte Bateman, MSFC/USRA)
10:10	Comparison of Modeled and Observed GLM Flash Detection (Ken Cummins, University of Arizona)
10:20	Monte Carlo Simulations for Evaluating the Accuracy of GLM Detection Efficiency and False Alarm Rate Retrievals (Katrina Virts, UAH)
10:30	In-flight Assessment of Meteosat Third Generation Lightning Imager Performance (Bartolomeo Viticchie, EUMETSAT)
10:40	GLM and STARNET and LINET in Brazil (Carlos Morales, University of São Paulo)
10:50	Comparison of GLM and ENTLN flashes over the southeastern United States (Daniel Meléndez, NOAA/NWS)
11:00	Using FEGS to Compare with GLM and ISS and to Advise Future Lightning Imager Design (Mason Quick, NASA/MSFC)
11:10	Plans for targeted NSSL Lightning Mapping Array deployments (Vanna Chmielewski, CIMMS/NSSL)
11:20	Maintenance and Development of the Mid-Atlantic Lightning Mapping Array (MALMA) (Guangyang Fang, UMD/CISESS)
11:30	Group Discussion
12:00	Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	GLM Data Assimilation (Chair: Scott Rudlosky)
2:00	Data Assimilation at NOAA Including the Transition to JEDI and the RRFS (Shun Liu, NWS/NCEP/EMC)
2:20	Lightning Data Assimilation Overview (Back/Fierro/Rudlosky)
2:40	Direct Assimilation of GLM Lightning and Radar Data using GSI EnKF and EnVar (Ming Xue, CAPS/OU)
3:00	GLM Assimilation in the HRRR-DAS Ensemble Framework at NOAA GSL (Amanda Back, CIRA and NOAA GSL)
3:20	Blending Lightning Data from Space- and Ground-Based Networks (Feng Zhang, UMD/ESSIC/CISESS)
3:40	Group Discussion
4:00	Adjourn

Thursday, September 23, 2021

10:00 AM - 12:00 PM	Science and Applications Part 1 (Chair: Chris Schultz)
10:00	WTLMA, LF, and GLM comparisons with updated processing (Eric Bruning, TTU)
10:10	Recent Lightning Developments at the GHRC DAAC (Geoffrey Stano, GHRC)
10:20	Global Patterns of Flash Optical Properties Based on Long-Term ISS-LIS Observations (Ken Cummins, University of Arizona)
10:30	Applications and Performance of a Lightning Risk Assessment using GLM data (Kelley Murphy, ESSC/UA)
10:40	Risk Reduction Optical Experiment Lightning Campaign Overview (Randolph Longenbaugh, Sandia National Laboratories)
10:50	Quantifying the Value of Using GLM to Fill Radar Coverage Gaps (Scott Rudlosky, NOAA/NESDIS/STAR)
11:00	GLM Flash Data Trends in Tropical Cyclone Intensification Changes (David PeQueen, Texas Tech University)
11:10	Novel Radio and Optical Observations of a Gigantic Jet (Levi Boggs, GTRI)
11:20	Volumetric GLM Imagery Concept (Michael Peterson, LANL)
11:30	GLM Detections of Lightning Flashes to Instrumented Towers (Joan Montanya, Polytechnic University of Catalonia (UPC))
11:40	Group Discussion
12:00	Lunch Break
2:00 PM - 4:00 PM	Science and Applications Part 2 (Chair: Eric Bruning)
2:00	GLM Flash Properties & LNOx Estimates: A Comparison Between Winter and Summer Storms Over CONUS (William Koshak, NASA/MSFC)
2:10	Lightning: A Global Climate Observing System Essential Climate Variable (Steve Goodman, GOES-R)
2:20	Surface Reflections from Bolides (Randolph Longenbaugh, Sandia National Laboratories)
2:30	Some Discussion about Lightning Climatology (Robert Holzworth, UW)
2:40	River Breeze over the Amazon Seen from GOES-16 GLM and STARNET (Rachel Albrecht, University of São Paulo, Brazil)
2:50	Investigating the Utility of GLM Optical Energy Measurements in Severe and Local Storm (Kevin Thiel, OU CIMMS/SPC/NSSL)
3:00	An Initial Inter-comparison of GLM and ISS-LIS Lightning Observations (Daile Zhang, UMD/ESSIC/CISESS)
3:10	Analysis of the 2021 Metro Atlanta Tornadoes (John Trostel, Georgia Tech Research Institute)
3:20	Using Stereo GLMs to Locate Cloud Tops (Doug Mach, MSFC/USRA)
3:30	Group Discussion
4:00	Adjourn