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<td colspan="13"><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="13"><strong>NESDIS INPUT</strong></td>
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<td><strong>1. Tracking Number: 0405-9</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>May 27, 2004</strong></td>
<td colspan="9"><strong>2. Requirement Title:</strong> Gridded Cloud
Product</td>
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<td colspan="13"><strong>USER INPUT</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>Name</strong></td>
<td colspan="4"><strong>Agency &amp; Mailing Address</strong></td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>Phone And Fax</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>E-mail</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>3. Approval Authority</strong></td>
<td colspan="2">Bob Glahn</td>
<td colspan="4"><p>NWS HQ</p>
<p>W/OST2</p>
<p>SSMC 2</p>
<p>1325 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910</p></td>
<td colspan="2"><p>P: (301) 713-1768 x 156</p>
<p>F: (301) 713-9395</p></td>
<td colspan="3">Harry.Glahn@noaa.gov</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>4. User Project Leader</strong></td>
<td colspan="2">Jaime Daniels</td>
<td colspan="4">NESDIS</td>
<td colspan="2"><p>P: (301) 763-8204</p>
<p>F:</p></td>
<td colspan="3">Jaime.Daniels@noaa.gov</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>5. Operational Point of Contact</strong></td>
<td colspan="2">Curtis Holland</td>
<td colspan="4">NESDIS</td>
<td colspan="2"><p>P: (301) 763-8142</p>
<p>F:</p></td>
<td colspan="3">Curtis.Holland@noaa.gov</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>6. Technical Point of Contact</strong></td>
<td colspan="2">Paul Dallavalle</td>
<td colspan="4"><p>NWS HQ</p>
<p>W/OST22</p>
<p>SSMC 2</p>
<p>1325 East-West Hwy, Silver Spring, MD 20910</p></td>
<td colspan="2"><p>P: (301) 713–0023 X 135</p>
<p>F:</p></td>
<td colspan="3">Paul.Dallavalle@noaa.gov</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>7. Requirement Title:</strong></td>
<td colspan="11">Gridded Cloud Product</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>8. General Description of Need:</strong></td>
<td colspan="11">Currently, MDL uses surface observations from METAR
reports to provide Model Output Statistics (MOS) forecast guidance of
sensible weather to the NWS forecasters at the WFOs. These observations
are limited by what can be observed from the ground by ASOS. They are
supplemented by the Satellite Cloud Product, which is a station based
augmentation of the observation based on satellite data. MDL requires
satellite observations on a fine scale grid for use in an advective
model used as input to the Local AWIPS MOS Program (LAMP) and for
providing Gridded MOS products. This need is not currently met in any
available satellite product. This request is to produce an hourly,
gridded 10 km cloud product (cloud-top pressure, cloud-top temperature,
cloud-top height, effective cloud amount), derived from the operational
GOES sounders. The GRID is to be Lambert Conformal covering the CONUS.
The data will be in GRIB2 format, and should be provided to MDL for
development and testing as soon as possible. In the future, the product
will be available operationally on the Satellite Broadcast Network
(SBN).</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="11">This data will be used to develop products to improve
Aviation Terminal Forecasts of ceiling height and total cloud cover.
Specifically, this data will be used to help develop LAMP and Gridded
MOS guidance. This product will contribute towards the NWS strategic
Plan Goals of reducing the false alarm rate by 50 percent and increasing
the probability of detection by 50 percent for critical ceiling (200 ft)
and visibility (1/4 mile) forecasts as contained in aviation terminal
forecasts, and of increasing the probability of detection for
thunderstorm warnings by 50 percent, and reducing the false alarm rate
by 50 percent.</td>
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<td colspan="3">Less than $100K</td>
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<td colspan="2">$100K to $1 Million</td>
<td colspan="2"><strong>X</strong></td>
<td colspan="2">Greater than $1 Million</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>10. Shortcomings of Existing
Capabilities:</strong></td>
<td colspan="11">Currently, no gridded satellite cloud product (SCP) is
in existence. MDL archives the station-oriented SCP available in a
series of alphanumeric bulletins (TCUSxx), but these data are inadequate
for specifying cloud cover at a high spatial resolution. Without the
gridded satellite cloud product, statistical forecast products do not
contain the spatial resolution that could be obtained from the satellite
data. In addition, the LAMP forecasts which will eventually be used to
create automated terminal forecast products will lack the accuracy that
is possible to obtain by using the satellite observations.</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>11. Need Date:</strong></td>
<td colspan="10"><p>Development need date: As soon as possible</p>
<p>Operational need date: Fall 2005</p></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>12. Termination Date:</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">Indefinite</td>
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<td colspan="2" rowspan="4"><strong>13. User Priority:</strong></td>
<td colspan="3"><strong>Check Appropriate Box Below</strong></td>
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<td colspan="7"><strong>Mission Critical:</strong> Cannot meet
operational mission objectives without this requirement</td>
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<td colspan="3"><strong>X</strong></td>
<td colspan="7"><strong>Mission Optimal:</strong> Requirement not
critical but would provide significant improvement to operational
capability</td>
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<td colspan="7"><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"><strong>14. Suggested Solutions
(Optional):</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">The solution has been worked on with Jaime Daniels of
NESDIS and consists of mosaic data available from GOES East and GOES
West satellites and projecting that data on the appropriate output grid.
MDL has provided support to encode the data in GRIB2.</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>15. Concept Of Operations
(Optional):</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">MDL initiated ftp or secure copy of data in GRIB2
format. MDL will archive these data hourly. In the future, the product
will be available on the SBN.</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>16. Additional Remarks (Optional):</strong></td>
<td colspan="10">We are currently having coordinated, regularly
scheduled meetings with Jaime Daniels of NESDIS. We request the product
be made available experimentally on a real-time basis as soon as
possible because we wish to establish an archive of this data to perform
an evaluation of the product and test its use in the MOS system.</td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>17. Email, Mail or Fax Request to:</strong></td>
<td colspan="10"><p>email: <a href="mailto:Eileen">Eileen</a>
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>NESDIS TRIAGE BOARD INPUT</strong></td>
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<td colspan="2"><strong>18. Recommended Action</strong></td>
<td colspan="10"><p>Send to Mitch Goldberg and Dave Benner, info Wind
POP.</p>
<p>Valid user request – evaluating for funding. If approved, will track
it through the process.</p></td>
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