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<td colspan="12"><p><strong>User Request Form</strong></p>
<p><strong>For a NESDIS</strong></p>
<p><strong>Satellite Product or Service</strong></p></td>
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<td colspan="12"><strong>NESDIS INPUT</strong></td>
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<td><p><strong>1. Tracking Number:</strong></p>
<p><strong>0410-1</strong></p></td>
<td colspan="4"><strong>Amendments Date(s):</strong></td>
<td colspan="7"><p><strong>2. Requirement Title:</strong></p>
<p>High Temporal Satellite Precipitation Estimates</p></td>
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<td colspan="12"><strong>USER INPUT</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3"><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td colspan="4"><strong>Agency &amp; Mailing Address</strong></td>
<td><strong>Phone And Fax</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>E-mail</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>3. Approval Authority</strong></td>
<td colspan="3">Dr. Stephan Smith</td>
<td colspan="4">NWS/OST23</td>
<td><p>P: 301-713-1768 x 160</p>
<p>F: 301-713-9395</p></td>
<td colspan="2">Stephan.Smith@noaa.gov</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>4. User Project Leader</strong></td>
<td colspan="3">Mamoudou Ba</td>
<td colspan="4">NWS/OST23</td>
<td><p>P: 301-713-1065 x 145</p>
<p>F: 301-713-9395</p></td>
<td colspan="2">Mamoudou.Ba@noaa.gov</td>
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<td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><strong>5. Operational Points of
Contact</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td colspan="4"><strong>Agency &amp; Mailing Address</strong></td>
<td><strong>Phone And Fax</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>E-mail</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3">Michael Churma</td>
<td colspan="4">NWS/OST23</td>
<td><p>P: 301-713-1774 x 182</p>
<p>F: 301-713-9395</p></td>
<td colspan="2">Michael.Churma@noaa.gov</td>
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<td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><strong>6. Technical Points of
Contact</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td colspan="4"><strong>Agency &amp; Mailing Address</strong></td>
<td><strong>Phone And Fax</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>E-mail</strong></td>
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<td colspan="3">Mamoudou Ba</td>
<td colspan="4">NWS/OST23</td>
<td><p>P: 301-713-1065 x 145</p>
<p>F: 301-713-9395</p></td>
<td colspan="2">Mamoudou.Ba@noaa.gov</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>7. Requirement Title:</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">High Temporal Satellite Precipitation Estimates</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>8. General Description of Need:</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">The satellite precipitation estimates (SPE’s) need to
be sent to the NWS on AWIPS at a 15 minute interval; also, 3- and 6-hour
totals are needed in addition to the current 1-hour totals. This will
update the current product from once hourly to four times per hour and
will give forecasters the ability to view multi-hour totals. It is also
requested that the GOES Multispectral Rainfall Algorithm (GMSRA) be part
of the new operational product.</td>
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<td colspan="2" rowspan="2"><p><strong>9. Benefits:</strong></p>
<p><strong>Value Range (check):</strong></p></td>
<td colspan="10">Higher-temporal frequency SPE’s on AWIPS will provide
more up-to-date estimates for rapidly developing/decaying systems. The
3- and 6-hourly totals will provide an enhanced capability for
monitoring longer-duration rain events. In addition, the data will also
be used in the Flash Flood Monitoring &amp; Prediction (FFMP) system on
AWIPS, which would require all of these totals as input. The forecaster
will be able to compare the precipitation estimates from radar and
satellite in FFMP to help them with the flash flood forecasting. SPE’s
will continue to be the only source over mountains and other areas radar
cannot cover. The SPE’s will truly become a complementary input.</td>
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<td colspan="4">Less than $100K</td>
<td></td>
<td colspan="2">$100K to $1 Million</td>
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<td>Greater than $1 Million</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>10. Shortcomings of Existing
Capabilities:</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">The current SPE is not frequent enough to be used in
quick-response, small-stream flash flooding events, nor does it take
advantage of the warm top rainfall estimation from the GMSRA.
Furthermore, forecasters cannot evaluate totals from longer-duration (up
to 6-hour) rainfall events. The best product is not made available to
the forecast field.</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>11. Need Date:</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">As soon as the improvements can be made.</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>12. Termination Date:</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">N/A</td>
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<td colspan="2" rowspan="4"><strong>13. User Priority:</strong></td>
<td colspan="4"><strong>Check Appropriate Box Below</strong></td>
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<td colspan="6"><strong>Mission Critical:</strong> Cannot meet
operational mission objectives without this requirement</td>
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<td colspan="4"><strong>XX</strong></td>
<td colspan="6"><strong>Mission Optimal:</strong> Requirement not
critical but would provide significant improvement to operational
capability</td>
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<td colspan="4"></td>
<td colspan="6"><strong>Mission Enhancing:</strong> Requirement needed
to enhance state of knowledge or assess potential for operational
capability</td>
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<td colspan="2" rowspan="6"><strong>14. NOAA Users only</strong></td>
<td colspan="10"><strong>What NOAA Mission Goal does this request
support (check all that's appropriate)?</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="8"><strong>Ecosystems</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="8"><strong>Climate</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>XX</strong></td>
<td colspan="8"><strong>Weather and Water</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"></td>
<td colspan="8"><strong>Commerce &amp; Transportation</strong></td>
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<td colspan="8"><strong>Goal-wide (please specify which
program):</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>15. Suggested Solutions
(Optional):</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">Add the GMSRA to the SPE to improve the quality of the
product and increase the frequency to once every 15 minutes, thus using
the latest imagery available when generating the SPE. Also add 3- and
6-hour total amounts to the SPE product suite.</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>16. Concept Of Operations
(Optional):</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">The improved product will be used in the FFMP, as well
as more frequent updated AWIPS display.</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>17. Additional Remarks (Optional):</strong></td>
<td colspan="10"></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>18. Email, Mail or Fax Request to:</strong></td>
<td colspan="10"><p>email: Eileen.Maturi@noaa.gov</p>
<p>Fax: Eileen Maturi at 301-763-8572</p>
<p>Mail: Eileen Maturi</p>
<p>NOAA Science Center, Room 601</p>
<p>5200 Auth Road</p>
<p>Camp Springs, Maryland 20746</p></td>
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<td colspan="12"><strong>Triage Board Member Initial Technical
Assessment</strong></td>
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<td colspan="12"><p><strong>19.</strong></p>
<p>Triage Board member:</p>
<p>Current capabilities:</p>
<p>Near term improvement plans related to this capability request:</p>
<p>Technical solution options to meet user request:</p>
<p>Recommended course of action:</p></td>
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<td colspan="12"><strong>NESDIS TRIAGE BOARD INPUT</strong></td>
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<td colspan="12"><strong>20.</strong></td>
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<td colspan="12">NESDIS SPSRB INPUT</td>
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<td colspan="12"><strong>21.</strong></td>
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<td colspan="12">NESDIS Resource Updates</td>
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<td colspan="12"><strong>22.</strong></td>
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