GOES-16 and S-NPP/JPSS Case Exercise: Hurricane Harvey Surface Flooding
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- Languages: English
- Publish Date: 2018-07-03
- Skill Level: 1
- Completion Time: .50 - .75 h
- Includes Audio: no
- Required Plugins: none
- Topics:
Emergency Management, Hydrology/Flooding, Satellite Meteorology -
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- Identify and describe geostationary and polar satellite imagery and products for use in surface flood analysis
- Describe, very briefly, what satellite data go into the surface flooding products
- Describe three types of flood map products (VIIRS, ABI, Merged)
- Interpret imagery used for analyzing and forecasting surface flooding
- Use Hurricane Harvey case to interpret important flood features
- Address discrepancies and limitations
- Identify users of these data and summarize the benefits of satellite-based inundation
- Enhance analyses, forecasts, and forecast verification
- Support NOAA River Forecast Centers
- Support partnering agencies (FEMA and WMO) and potential partners (USACE, USDA, USAID)
- Support research and development (including model verification)
