Meyer, Paul J.

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NASA MSFC SPoRT
SPoRT paradigm, use of LANCE Data, Data capabilities
Paul J. Meyer, NASA MSFC Earth Science Branch
https://ntrs.nasa.gov/search.jsp?R=20190002620 2019-08-30T21:43:36+00:00Z
SPoRT History
Mission:  
Transition unique NASA and NOAA observations and research 
capabilities to the operational weather community to improve short-
term weather forecasts on a regional and local scale.
• Established in 2002 through an unsolicited proposal from then-MSFC scientists  
Bill Lapenta, Steve Goodman, and Gary Jedlovec
• Supported by NASA’s Research and Analysis Program and the Weather Focus 
Area (Tsengdar Lee) and supplemented by NASA, NOAA, and other proposal 
areas to build upon core capabilities and partnerships.
• Significant support from NOAA received through Satellite Proving Grounds 
(GOES-R 2009+ / JPSS 2011+) and Risk Reduction activities, and NOAA’s 
Modeling, Analysis, Predictions, and Projections starting 2017
NASA SPoRT R2O/O2R Paradigm
• Bridge the “Valley of Death” through interactive partnership 
with end users
o Maintain interactive partnerships with help of specific 
advocates
o Integrate into user decision support tools
o Create product training
o Perform targeted product assessments
• Concept has been used to successfully transition more than 40 
satellite datasets to operational users for nearly 15 years
• Other groups in the community have adopted this paradigm
Current SPoRT Partnerships
Over 30 NWS WFOs
and All Regional 
Headquarters
National Centers 
for Environmental Prediction
Aviation Weather Center
NOAA Cooperative Institutes
as Data and Product Partners
SPoRT use of LANCE Data
• SPoRT Obtains MODIS and VIIRS data from LANCE
• Principally interested in Alaska and North Atlantic regions 
• Data are limb- and bias-corrected by SPoRT and provided to 
NWS National Centers via LDM for use in NAWIPS and 
AWIPS
• Single channel and RGB products are generated
• Limb and bias corrections allow us to intercompare data 
among the various sensors, critical to RGB products
• GOES data products are not very useful in these regions
• LANCE has additional latency than obtaining data directly 
from GINA, but provides complete overpasses
• SPoRT has found the MODAPS query tool extremely useful MODIS Alaska Nighttime microphysics
MSFC GOES-R Series Receiving Stations
• NASA MSFC Earth Science Branch has GOES-East 
and GOES-West GOES Rebroadcast (GRB) 
receivers and ingest data from ABI, GLM, EXIS, 
MAG, SEISS, SUVI
• SPoRT creates derived RGB data from GOES ABI 
that are used for internal research,  provided to 
NASA GIBS, NOAA, NESDIS, NWS Forecast Offices
• Data are available at: 
https://geo.nsstc.nasa.gov/satellite
• We are able to make available via LDM services


NASA MSFC SPoRT: SPoRT Paradigm, Use of LANCE Data, Data Capabilities

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