NOAA's Joint Polar Satellite System's Proving Ground
and Risk Reduction Program – How JPSS Program Initiatives Partnerships Ensure
the Success of Operational Applications of JPSS Science and Capabilities!
Bill
Sjoberg, NOAA
JPSS Program, Greenbelt, MD
Abstract
This presentation will focus on the continuity of the NOAA
Joint Polar Satellite System (JPSS) Program’s Proving Ground and Risk Reduction
(PGRR) and key activities of the PGRR Initiatives. The presenter will provide details of the
Initiatives and how its government, academic, and research partners work
together to maintain the proven successful operational applications of JPSS
products and capabilities. The impact of
the new data from JPSS-1 will be discussed.
Information will be shared about specific weather events and how JPSS
Capabilities were being used to assist forecasters in response to these
events. The benefits derived from these
capabilities will be communicated and the processes of communicating these
benefits will be highlighted. Details of
the new 2017 PGRR Call-for-Proposals and information on the projects that were
selected and how they will be assimilated into current PGRR activities will be
discussed.