2022 GLM Annual Science Team Meeting

Geostationary Lightning Mapper GLM Science Team Meeting 2022 Review - Joseph Patton (ESSIC/CISESS) - Satellite Book Club Seminar Series Session 116

 

 

2022 GLM Science Meeting Schedule/Agenda (All Times Eastern - UTC−04:00)

Tuesday, 13 September

10 am - 12 pm – Plenary Session - Program, Instrument, Science (Chair: Steve Goodman)

Start Topics & Presenters
10:00 Welcome and meeting Logistics (Scott Rudlosky, Chris Schultz, and Steve Goodman)
10:10 GOES-R Program Update (Dan Lindsey, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R)
10:20 GOES-R Ground System Status and Gridded Product Update (Stephen Superczynski, NOAA/NESDIS/GOES-R)
10:30 On-orbit Performance Improvement: GOES 18 vs GOES 16&17 (Tewa Kpulun, Lockheed Martin ATC)
10:40 *Talk moved to Wednesday at 11:20 am (Marc Rafal, NASA/GOES-R)
10:50 GeoXO Status and User Engagement (Andrew Heidinger, NESDIS)
11:00 MTG LI mission preparation status [and with audio] (Bartolomeo Viticchie, EUMESTAT)
11:10 Update on the ISS Lightning Imaging Sensor and a NASA ER-2 lightning field campaign in 2023 (Tim Lang, NASA/MSFC)
11:20 User Services for Lightning Data at GHRC DAAC [and Field Campaign Explorer animation] (Geoffrey Stano, UAH)
11:30 Group Discussion
12:00 Lunch Break

 

2 - 4 pm – GLM Validation Studies (Chair: William Koshak)

Start Topics & Presenters
2:00 Bounding GLM flash detection efficiency with minimum event energy (Eric Bruning, TTU)
2:10 Overclustered Thunderstorms: When GLM Flash Rates Fail (Michael Peterson, LANL)
2:20 The Effect of Ground Processing on GLM Performance (Philip Bitzer, UAH)
2:30 Evaluating the Accuracy of GLM Detection Efficiency and False Alarm Rate Retrievals (Katrina Virts, UAH)
2:40 GLM 18 Performance Assessment (Monte Bateman, UAH)
2:50 Monitoring In-Flight Performance of the LI [and with audio] (Sven-Erik Enno, EUMETSAT)
3:00 Developing a Raspberry Pi-based Camera Network and Its Applications (Daile Zhang, UMD/CISESS)
3:10 Radio Frequency Sensor: Initial results and comparisons to GLM (Erin Lay, LANL)
3:20 Update on the Development and Performance of the Mid-Atlantic Lightning Mapping Array (MALMA) (Guangyang Fang, UMD/CISESS)
3:30 Group Discussion and Session Summary
4:00 Adjourn

 

Wednesday, 14 September

10 am - 12 pm – Operational Uses of GLM Part 1 (Chair: Scott Rudlosky)

Time Topic & Presenters
10:00 GLM use in the ProbSevere Products [and movie] (John Cintineo, UW/CIMSS)
10:10 GLM in the 2022 HWT Satellite Proving Ground Experiment (Kevin Thiel, CIWRO/SPC)
10:20 GLM Training Resources Revisited: Modules, Presentations, and Forecaster Development (Joseph Patton, UMD/CISESS)
10:30 Expanding the Ocean Prediction Center's Convective Nowcasts Using ProbSevere LightningCast and the GLM (Javier Villegas Bravo, UMD/CISESS)
10:40 Geostationary Lightning Mapper Background Imagery Viewable in AWIPS (Brianna Witherell, NOAA Intern)
10:50 Lightning: An Essential Climate Variable - Update from the WMO GCOS Task Team on Lightning (Steve Goodman, GeoXO/TGA)
11:00 A Statistical Analysis of Bolides Detected by GOES GLM (Jeffrey C. Smith, SETI Institute)
11:10 GOES-R Day Cloud Day Phase Assessment Results (Anita LeRoy, UAH NASA/SPoRT)
11:20 Status of GLM FM4 (Marc Rafal, NASA/GOES-R)
11:30 Group Discussion
12:00 Lunch Break

 

2 - 4 pm – Operational Uses of GLM Part 2 (Chair: Joseph Patton)

Time Topic & Presenters
2:00 Characterizing the Relation between Lightning and Wildfires in the Western United States (Scott Rudlosky, NOAA/NESDIS)
2:10 Direct Assimilation of GOES-R Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) Data within JEDI LETKF and Hybrid System for UFS Convection-Allowing Predictions (Rong Kong, CAPS/OU)
2:20 Identifying Tornadoes using GLM and Machine Learning Techniques (Levi Boggs, GTRI)
2:30 Thunder Hour observations with the GLM (Michael Stock, CIWRO)
2:40 GFDL AM4 Climate Model and Geostationary Lightning Mapper Flash Frequency Comparisons (Jonathan Wynn Smith, NOAA/OAR/GFDL)
2:50 Utilization of GLM Products for Early Warning Systems in Local Governments of Costa Rica (Jean Carlo Rodriguez Chaves, University of Costa Rica)
3:00 GLM Flash Trends for a Long Lived Supercell-the Megagraph (Jessica Losego, GTRI Severe Storms Research Center)
3:10 Characterization of the behavior of electrical storms in Peru with the GLM (Maribel Quispe, UNALM)
3:20 SPoRT/WFO Hun collaboration on use of GLM Stoplight for IDSS (Kelley Murphy, UAH NASA/SPoRT)
3:30 Group Discussion
4:00 Adjourn

 

Thursday, 15 September

10 am - 12 pm – Science and Applications Part 1 (Chair: Chris Schultz)

Time Topic & Presenters
10:00 Microphysical and Kinematic Signals in Lightning Tracked Thunderstorms (Kelcy Brunner, Texas Tech University)
10:10 Regional and Seasonal Variation in Random Forests Model Performance for GLM Flash Type Classification (Jacquelyn Ringhausen - CIWRO/NSSL)
10:20 Enhancing Tropical Cyclone Forecast Applications using GOES-R GLM (Kyle Hilburn, Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere)
10:30 Cold Air Outbreaks and their Impact on Global Lightning Activity (Earle Williams, MIT)
10:40 Blending Lightning Data from Space- and Ground-Based Networks (Feng Zhang, UMD/ESSIC/CISESS)
10:50 Developing Short-term Lightning Prediction Products and Data Services and Tools for Commercial and Public Sector Applications (Elise Schultz, CFD Research)
11:00 Talk withdrawn
11:10 An Update on the CubeSpark 3D Lightning Mapping Concept (Patrick Gatlin, NASA/MSFC)
11:20 Improved GLM L1b ground processing (Clem Tillier, Lockheed Martin)
11:30 Group Discussion
12:00 Lunch Break

 

2 - 4 pm – Science and Applications Part 2 (Chair: Eric Bruning)

Time Topic & Presenters
2:00 GLM-16 National Climate Assessment (NCA) Analyses (William Koshak, NASA/MSFC)
2:10 Frequency and Distribution of Lightning over South America Using Data of GOES-16 (Joao Huaman, SENAMHI)
2:20 GLM Single Group Flash Analysis and GLM Reprocessing Initiative Update (Doug Mach, NASA/USRA)
2:30 Preliminary Comparison of Bolide Measurements by the Geostationary Lightning Mapper (GLM) and US Government Sensors (Randolph Longenbaugh, Sandia National Laboratories)
2:40 Comparison of bolide observations from GLM-17 and GLM-18 (Randolph Longenbaugh, Sandia National Laboratories)
2:50 A GLM Flash Energy Model for Climate Study Applications (Vicente Salinas, NOAA)
3:00 Single-flash Mapping with the Geostationary Lightning Mapper [and animations 1 and 2] (Roy Stetson Reger, New Mexico Tech & Langmuir Laboratory)
3:10 Determination of GLM observed Lightning clouds by applying neural network models to the GMI passive microwave brightness temperatures over the American continents (Florian Morvais, Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi)
3:20 A Comparison of GLM, LMA and LF/VLF Stroke Data to Two Photographed CGs (David Singewald, Texas Tech University)
3:30 Group Discussion
4:00 Adjourn

 

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