November 9, 2010

Satellite Imagery Use at the Aviation Weather

CenterC. Bruce Entwistle

Science and Operations Officer

AWC Forecast Desks

Global Graphics (2)Tropical Convective SIGMETCollaborative Convective Forecast (CCFP)Area Forecast (FA) (3)

AWC Warning Area

International SIGMETs

CONUS Convective SIGMETs

CONUS Area Forecasts

11-3.9 µm

VISBrightness normalized by cosine of solar zenith angle

Terminator

2 km IR – SABIR curve

2 km IR – ICE curve

4 km WV

Global Mosaic – WV 14 km