# Presentation: 742524

## JHT Project:  Operational SFMR-NAWIPS Airborne Processing and Data Distribution Products

***OUTLINE***
* **JHT Project Scope*
* **Auto Calibration*
* **HS 2006*

- Dr. Peter Black & Eric Uhlhorn
- NOAA / AOML / HRD
- Dr. Paul Chang
- NOAA / NESDIS / ORA
- Dr. James Carswell
- Remote Sensing Solutions

## Year 1 Milestones
Auto Calibration / Tuning Algorithm*
Real-time & Post Comparison Tools
Real-time Quality Control Algorithm  (Version 1.0)
Land Flag
Bathometry Flag

***Year 1 Milestones***
- Auto Calibration / Tuning Algorithm*
- Real-time & Post Comparison Tools
- Real-time Quality Control Algorithm  (Version 1.0)
- Land Flag
- Bathometry Flag

## Year 1 Milestones (cont.)

Real-time SST Ingestion (Version 1.0)
SST Table Generation
SST Table Lookup

***Year 1 Milestones**** (cont.)*
- Real-time SST Ingestion (Version 1.0)
- SST Table Generation
- SST Table Lookup

## Year 2 Milestones
Updated Retrieval Process
Improved Atmospheric Model 
Improved Oceanic Emissivity Model
Improved Retrieval Process (with negative rain rates)
Real-time Quality Control Algorithms (Version 2.0)
RFI and Anomaly Removal.
Auto Health Monitoring 

*Year 2 Milestones*
- Updated Retrieval Process
- Improved Atmospheric Model
- Improved Oceanic Emissivity Model
- Improved Retrieval Process (with negative rain rates)
- Real-time Quality Control Algorithms (Version 2.0)
- RFI and Anomaly Removal.
- Auto Health Monitoring

## Year 2 Milestones
Bathometry Flag (Version 2.0)
Advanced Real-time Products 
Wind Radii (tropical storm, hurricane)
Maximum Sustained Wind
Different Temporal Products
Integration into NAWIPS

- Year 2 Milestones
- Bathometry Flag (Version 2.0)
- Advanced Real-time Products
- Wind Radii (tropical storm, hurricane)
- Maximum Sustained Wind
- Different Temporal Products
- Integration into NAWIPS

## Calculating Brightness Temperature

- Assumption:  Antenna feed / antenna absorptive losses are very small.

## Calibration Equation

- where:
-         V*ical*, V*ref*, V*A* are digitized voltages
-         T*ref*  reference load physical temperature

## SFMR Brightness Temperature

- Vs. Ocean Surface Wind Speed

- Brightness Temperature (Kelvin)

- Ocean Surface Wind Speed (m/s)

- 1                                                       10                                                    100

- 180
- 160
- 140
- 120
- 100

- 7.09 GHz
- 4.74 GHz

- Nice Calibration Region

- Not So Nice
- Calibration Region

## SFMR Calibration Flight

- Latitude (degrees)

- Longitude (degrees)

- 29 June 2005 – N43RF

- Flight Track

## SFMR Calibration Flight

- Altitude (m)

- Time (seconds)

- 29 June 2005 – N43RF

- Altitude

## SFMR Calibration Flight

- Flight Level Wind Speed (m/s)

- Time (seconds)

- 29 June 2005 – N43RF

- Flight Level Wind Speed

## SFMR Calibration Flight

- Flight Level Air Temperature (deg C)

- Time (seconds)

- 29 June 2005 – N43RF

- Flight Level Air Temperature

## SFMR Calibration Flight

- Calibration Number (deg C)

- Time (seconds)

- 29 June 2005 – N43RF

- Auto Calibration Number

## SFMR Calibration Flight

- Calibration Number Residual (deg C)

- Time (seconds)

- 29 June 2005 – N43RF

- Auto Calibration Number (cont.)

## SFMR Post Rita Flight

- Latitude (degrees)

- Longitude (degrees)

- 26 September 2005 – N43RF

- Flight Track

## SFMR Post Rita Flight

- Altitude (m)

- Time (seconds)

- 26 September 2005 – N43RF

- Altitude

## SFMR Post Rita Flight

- Flight Level Wind Speed (m/s)

- Time (seconds)

- 26 September 2005 – N43RF

- Flight Level Wind Speed

## SFMR Post Rita Flight

- Flight Level Air Temperature (deg C)

- Time (seconds)

- 26 September 2005 – N43RF

- Flight Level Air Temperature

## SFMR Post-Rita Flight

- Calibration Number (deg C)

- Sample Number

- 26 September 2005 – N43RF

- Auto Calibration Number

## SFMR Hurricane Rita Flight

- Latitude (degrees)

- Longitude (degrees)

- 22 September 2005 – N43RF

- Flight Track

## SFMR Hurricane Rita Flight

- Altitude (m)

- Time (seconds)

- 22 September 2005 – N43RF

- Altitude

## SFMR Hurricane Rita Flight

- Flight Level Wind Speed (m/s)

- Time (seconds)

- 22 September 2005 – N43RF

- Flight Level Wind Speed

## SFMR Hurricane Rita Flight

- Flight Level Air Temperature (deg C)

- Time (seconds)

- 22 September 2005 – N43RF

- Flight Level Air Temperature

## SFMR Hurricane Rita Flight

- Calibration Number (deg C)

- Sample Number

- 22 September 2005 – N43RF

- Auto Calibration Number

## Deliverables
Auto Calibration Algorithm & Procedures
Calibration Monitoring Process 
Real-time SFMR Product Display Tools 
Bathometry Flag
Land Flag

- Deliverables
- Auto Calibration Algorithm & Procedures
- Calibration Monitoring Process
- Real-time SFMR Product Display Tools
- Bathometry Flag
- Land Flag